Nativity Trail- A Christmas Celebration
THURSDAY 18th DECEMBER 2025 (5-7pm)
FRIDAY 20th DECEMBER 2025 (4- 7pm)
This Christmas something very special is happening at Blackhall St Columba’s…..again. Many members of the congregation are working very hard to produce our third community Nativity Trail and we can’t contain our excitement. We have made some changes from previous years and we hope they will make the Trail even better than before. Come along, bring your grandchildren, children and friends and support this event. You won’t want to miss it! Get your diaries out and note down the details.
Our doors will be open wide on 18th and 19th December (at the above noted times) to welcome everyone, young and not so young, to come into the church at the heart of the Blackhall community and experience for themselves our “Follow the Star: A Christmas Celebration”.
We will be spreading the Good News by hosting this interactive exploration of the Greatest Story Ever Told using the church itself and all its halls and buildings. We want members of our community to join us in finding out the true meaning of Advent and Christmas in a novel and exciting way as they hear the Angel Gabriel’s message and go, with Mary, on a journey to Bethlehem. You will follow the star and discover the shepherds, King Herod and some busy innkeepers on the way until you finally reach the stable with Mary and Joseph and discover for yourselves the most wonderful gift we have ever been given.
As if that wasn’t enough, we are also planning to offer a Christmas Nativity Escape Room for the older children who come along. There will be a more advanced paper one for the adults!
In addition, we will be serving Christmas treats along with teas, coffees and juice in the sanctuary and all our little visitors can enjoy making crafts in our craft area.
Ferryhill Primary and Blackhall Primary are coming along earlier on during the days of the event and there is no reason why some older members (unaccompanied by any children) shouldn’t come along in the afternoon or evening and see the fantastic scenery created, enjoy hearing the Christmas story acted out by our cast and generally join in the fun. So don’t let age be a barrier to coming along.
I would like to express my thanks to all those involved with this project whether you have said “yes” when asked to do something specifically, whether you have volunteered your services or whether you have supplied props, materials or monetary donations. Your willingness to help has been a wonderful example of what can be achieved when we all work together.
Last year, we welcomed about 450 people from the community through our doors in one day. Let’s aim higher this year. So come on Blackhall, let’s show them what we can do to spread the Good News this Christmas, “to glorify God…to proclaim Christ…..to serve others”.