Great Idea From a Creche Lover
Carol Waldo writes: This year I had the idea to drop an anonymous Christmas card at the door of people who display a nativity in their...
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mail4creche
- Dec 3, 2020
- 2 min
Pandemic Era Displays
Following up on a previous conversation about how Covid-19 has affected displays open to the public, our board members responded. ith...
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mail4creche
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
Something New
(Made by the Children's Sunday school Class) It’s been more than 20 years now, but I can still see the little girl that stood in awe...
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mail4creche
- Nov 22, 2020
- 1 min
Letters of Love
Here's just one of the many positive notes from our membership regarding the 2020 first Annual Meeting via zoom. This note from a long...
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mail4creche
- Nov 17, 2020
- 2 min
Sue Parker's Collection
After the devastating fire that totally destroyed one of the collections we had planned to use at the Portland Convention next year, Sue...
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mail4creche
- Nov 15, 2020
- 1 min
Board Meeting Bullet Points
17 members of the board were present. Marguerite Sullivan was welcomed as a new member 2. A committee was formed to look at revising...
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mail4creche
- Nov 15, 2020
- 3 min
An Important Conversation - 30 year in the Making
An Important Conversation Me (Neil Allen Webmaster FOTC) : Hey, some day I want to do a blog on our Friends of the Creche page about your...
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mail4creche
- Nov 13, 2020
- 1 min
Wood Tartan
I found a lady who lives in Scotland who makes nativity sets customized with family tartans. I wrote to her and said I wanted a set...
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mail4creche
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
About our FOTC Board
Perhaps you wonder (I always did) about our Friends of the Creche Organization? How it came to be (I knew most of it), or what a Board...
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mail4creche
- Nov 10, 2020
- 5 min
Family Nativity
Rev. A.J. Beavers Using Family Nativity Sets in the Time of the Scattered Church While the coronavirus will mean that there won’t be...
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mail4creche
- Nov 4, 2020
- 3 min
A Special Message from our President
November 1, 2020 Happy Fall one and all, I hope this finds you well.much has happened over these last few months - even if we have been...
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mail4creche
- Nov 1, 2020
- 3 min
Outside the Box
By Neil Allen. Talking with a new nativity friend the other day we were speaking about a very carefully collected set that took years and...
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mail4creche
- Oct 25, 2020
- 1 min
Still time to register for the Annual Meeting!
Sneak peak at one of the many sets to be share electronically with Friends of the Creche on November 21st at 1 p.m. EST. This unique...
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mail4creche
- Oct 13, 2020
- 2 min
Nativity Markets
by Neil Allen A recent conversation among our board members about the state of the nativity markets prompted a lively discussion. With a...
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mail4creche
- Oct 11, 2020
- 1 min
Miniature Size/Maximum Craftsmanship
Germany By Michelle Devitt Miniatures have always fascinated me because of the delicate nature of their size. Seeing miniscule nativites,...
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mail4creche
- Oct 3, 2020
- 1 min
Rita Bocher Shares a link
Recently, Rita was contacted by a society of Creche lovers in Spain to do a presentation for their organization from the archive files as...
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mail4creche
- Sep 29, 2020
- 3 min
When I grow up I want to be like Patty
My dear friend and team member of the 2021 Portland Convention recently lost everything in one of the wildfires that ripped through her...
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mail4creche
- Sep 20, 2020
- 1 min
Marian Library link worth your time to watch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad2-cwBLhN4
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mail4creche
- Sep 19, 2020
- 3 min
Meet our Board Nominees
Judy Klein Judy Klein comes to us from Denton, Texas. She is retired Office Manager at Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home after 19 years. Prior...
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mail4creche
- Sep 17, 2020
- 1 min
A few more from Michael Whalen's Collection
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