Methodist’s Nativity message

This year’s thought provoking Nativity at the Claremont United Methodist Church included a chain link fence and no trespassing signs around the traditional manger scene. A sign on the fence asked viewers to think about the Christmas celebration and those around us who are excluded, unwelcome, rejected and oppressed. Last year’s Nativity, which displayed silhouetted cutouts of same-sex couples, was vandalized. COURIER photo Steven Felschundneff