An Online Gathering is a free Microsoft Teams meeting where Friends of the Creche members give presentations about their nativity set collections, exhibits, and the joy of being a nativity collector.  You must register so that we can send you instructions on joining the meeting. Instructions will be sent to your email at least one week ahead of the meeting.

The Online Gathering will run for 60-90 minutes and is open to EVERYONE. You do not need to be a member of FOTC to attend. Please invite your friends and family who love nativities to join us.

Our agenda includes:

• Daniel Zorn - "Contemporary Nativity Art" - Daniel shares nativity art made since 2000 from a private collection and from items exhibited at Creche Festival Houston in past years.
• Miriam Crawford - "A Community Nativity Festival" - Miriam gives an overview of the annual McMinnville, Tennessee nativity festival, now entering its 12th year.
• Barbara Olsen
• Bruce Lawrence - “The Ox and the Ass and the Cherubim” - An Old Testament verse that inspired the tradition of the ox and ass in the nativity stable comes from Habakkuk 3: 2, “O Lord, . . . thou shalt be known between the two living creatures.” In its original context, this would have been understood as a reference to the cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant. I will consider how the humble ox and ass might be understood as stand-ins for the cherubim in nativity imagery.