Bethlehem Is Coming To Kingsport

Bethlehem is coming to Kingsport, according to Cookie Greer of First Baptist Church. First Presbyterian, First Broad Street United Methodist and First Baptist churches plan to host a Live Nativity and Bethlehem scene surrounding Church Circle in Kingsport this Christmas season to celebrate Jesus’ birth and to add to Kingsport’s year of centennial celebrations. The new event will begin on East Sullivan Street near the Charlemont and Sullivan streets intersection and will flow through a planned route down New and Shelby streets and finally wind around the three church fronts on Church Street facing Church Circle. “We want to bring the true meaning of Christmas to our region by giving people a scene similar to the one at the First Christmas,” said Greer, Interim Children’s Minister at First Baptist.