Neil AllenApr 114 minCelebrating Betsy Christenson When I first met Betsy Christenson I thought she was a one of a kind collector. However, since editing this page and writing blogs, I...
Neil AllenApr 42 minHow Can You Help Friends of the Creche?Our FOTC board met in April and, as expected, one of the business items from a 2 year Covid-19/no in-person convention-annual meeting...
Neil AllenMar 151 minSusan Duke Waters "O Holy Night" art to be featured at FOTC Fall meeting.The poster Susan Duke Waters printed for her latest exhibit of "Oh Holy Night" shows the amazing detail of her stunning "life size" wire...
Neil AllenMar 152 minFriends of the Creche Goes DigitalCatchy title - but not exactly the truth - Friends of the Creche has been digital for many years. Facebook, email, Webpages have been...
Neil AllenMar 151 minLeast Expected Nativity DisplayIf you don't know Helen (FOTC Secretary) and Bill Holder (Nativity enabler) you may not know something rather important about her...
Neil AllenMar 151 minFather Roten (Distinguished Member of FOTC) to speak this Friday via zoomForwarded Message First Name: Gloria Last Name: Dodd Email: gdodd1@udayton.edu Subject: Invitation to Fr. Roten's talk on Creches on Dec....
Neil AllenMar 151 min2023 Convention AnnouncementFasten your seatbelts. This is going to be FANTASTIC.
Neil AllenMar 151 min2022 Annual Meeting Announcement: Moore Methodist Museum, November 12The 2022 annual meeting will be held on St. Simons Island, Georgia at the Moore Methodist Museum/Epworth by the Sea on November 12. The...
Neil AllenMar 151 minHelp us Celebrate our 20th Year via ZoomNovember 6th - 9 a.m. Pacific Time, 10 a.m. Mountain Time, 11 a.m. Central and Noon Eastern. The link will open 30 minutes prior to the...
Neil AllenMar 151 minRwanda shepherdsThis is a picture of one of the shepherds, hand carved in wood from my Rwanda crèche. I wondered what the pointy thing was sticking up...
Neil AllenMar 151 minWhat Time is it?What time is it? Look closely at this clock made by Harry Mushenheim. He had an old battery operated clock mechanism and his wife, Ceal,...
Neil AllenMar 153 minVolunteers Behind the ScenePerhaps you were unaware of our 100% volunteer Organization status. Friends of the Creche depends on all of them. Perhaps the most...
Neil AllenMar 152 minPortland, Oregon Convention Moves From In-Person to On-lineDear Friends of the Creche Membership And just when it all looked good…BAM…another wave of Covid-19, this one more ambitious than the...
Neil AllenMar 152 minMy Nativity Story: Neil Allen (Webmaster)Usually when you start a story about collecting nativities one starts at the beginning. However, Covid-19 has caused us all to start with...
Neil AllenMar 151 minMake and Take Set for NovemberHere's a great idea from Kathleen Conrad November 21, 2021 from 1:00-4:00 PM- A Make and Take Tour of the Bethlehem Cave and Nativity...
Neil AllenMar 151 minJOIN US ON ZOOMSATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 20021 Important information about the Portland Oregon Convention. Here's the link: Neil neilwallen@frontier.com is...
Neil AllenMar 151 minWhat Am I Going to Do With All My Sets?Michelle Devitt Here’s an idea….. Many FOTC members are asking themselves ‘what will I do with my collection’? I have laid awake at night...
Neil AllenMar 153 minWhy you should attend the 2021 FOTC Convention#25. The Bannner is really cool. The Allens sent their daughter to Art School for this! #24 You will see rare nativities! #23. You will...