{"id":51983,"date":"2025-12-04T11:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/51983\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T11:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:54:16","slug":"return-to-bethlehem-seeks-volunteers-for-live-action-christmas-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/51983\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Return to Bethlehem’ seeks volunteers for live-action Christmas event"},"content":{"rendered":"

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 The long-standing Christmas tradition, “Return to Bethlehem,” is returning to the mountains and seeking community support to bring the celebration to life. <\/p>\n

The live-action experience, organized by Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry (ABCCM), invites volunteers from across the community to help tell the story of Jesus’ birth. <\/p>\n

LAKE LURE COMMUNITY CELEBRATES ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EVENT AS TOWN’S RECOVERY CONTINUES<\/a><\/p>\n

The event will take place Dec. 11-14 at Groce United Methodist Church on Tunnel Road. <\/p>\n

“We are looking for people who want to be a part of a fun community that comes together to tell the story, to tell it with their neighbors, and to be part of a great Christmas tradition,” Chandler Carriker, church engagement officer at ABCCM, said. “This has been going on, this will be the 39th year we’ll be doing this here in this community, and we have roles for everybody.” <\/p>\n

HOLIDAY SPIRIT BLOSSOMS AT THE GROVE ARCADE’S TREE LIGHTING BLOCK PARTY<\/a><\/p>\n

Those interested in participating, whether as actors or behind the scenes, are encouraged to visit abccm.com<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 The long-standing Christmas tradition, “Return to Bethlehem,” is returning to the mountains and seeking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-51983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}