Living Nativity & Pecan/Black Walnut Festival

Dec 13, 2012 to Dec 22, 2012
10:00 am until 8:30 pm

This event occurs weekly on Thursday and Friday.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Living Nativity

& Pecan / Black Walnut Festival

at Shepherd’s Cross

December 13, 14, 15 & 20, 21, 22

Thursday, Friday & Saturday 10:00 am – 8:30 p.m.

• The Living Nativity is a walk through event complete with animals and costumed

characters inside a gambrel roof barn at Shepherd’s Cross, an authentic working

farm, just north of Claremore OK on Scenic Route 66.

• Come to the farm and enjoy the peace of a few hours spent in the country,

contemplating that original Christmas when the Christ Child was born in a stable.

• Open the barn door and step back in time - spinning, weaving and wool working

demonstrations throughout the day. Watch as handmade evergreen wreaths are

created; enjoy a craft activity with your children; enjoy a cup of complimentary

apple cider & cookies; and enjoy a Christmas children’s audio-visual program.

• This year the Living Nativity will feature three Dramatic Stories – one of the following stories told by a dramatic storyteller each hour :
  •  Elisabeth – the story of Christ’s birth from the perspective of Elisabeth (John the Baptist’s mother) – written & told by Betty Howard
  •  The Inn Keeper’s Wife - the story of Christ’s birth from the perspective of the Innkeeper’s Wife’s – written & told by Frankie Campbell.
  • Menagerie at the Manger - the story of Christmas from the animals at the manger – written & told by Linda Allen
• Shepherd’s Shop will be open, featuring a host of Made in Oklahoma gift items,

paintings, artwork, and handmade crafts from over 30 local artisans.

• Farm fresh grass fed, natural lamb meat is available.
• 100% natural wool yarns and fibers are available; processed at our own mini-wool mill.  Shepherd’s Cross is an “eco-friendly” wool mill. 
• A Fair Trade Shop that sells hand made products from missions, and returns 100% of the proceeds to those missions, is a part of Shepherd’s Shop
• This is black walnut & pecan harvest season on the farm. Farm fresh black walnuts & native pecans will be available at down home country prices.

• Enjoy watching the sheep resting in the pastures, as they did that first Christmas night.
• The event is available free of charge. Donations are accepted, and are tax deductible.

Suggested donation is $3.00 per person.  Large groups please schedule in advance.

• Journey with the Shepherds – Hayride in the pasture - as they journeyed to see the Christ on that first hallowed night.  Available every two hours ($5 per person; cancelled in inclement weather).
• Shepherd’s Cross is home to a non-profit Christian organization called Heart of the

Shepherd that hosts this event.  Shepherd’s Cross provides the farm, animals and

the barn for the event.

• The Living Nativity will proceed even in the case of inclement weather. All activities

take place inside the heated Amish built gambrel roof tour barn, which houses some

of the animals as well as the wool processing, farm museum, games, hands on

learning stations, story time and the gift shop.

• Shepherd’s Cross is an accredited Agritourism facility, a Made in Oklahoma

Company, is Animal Welfare approved, and is a distribution site for the Oklahoma Food Co-op.

• If your family would like to participate in the Living Nativity please contact us. Shifts

are for two hours, throughout the day. Participants experience a memorable, peace

filled, quality family time. Costumes are provided; pictures available.

• To find out more information about this woolly event please visit our website:

www.ShepherdsCross.com - go to Living Nativity at the bottom of the tool bar

http://www.shepherdscross.com/livingnativity.html

Contact:

Shepherd’s Cross Inc. & Heart of the Shepherd Inc.

Dr. Diane Dickinson, owner & executive director

sheepfarm@ShepherdsCross.com

918-342-5911

16792 East 450 Road, Claremore, OK 74017  

Shepherd's Cross
16792 East 450 road
Claremore, OK
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