Life-size Nativity portrays meaning of Christmas
The nativity scene in front of the Conerstone Free Methodist Church Wednesday. The scene has stood in front of the Coventry Township church for the past 25 years after gracing the marquee of O'Neil's department store in downtown Akron. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Members of the congregation of the Conerstone Free Methodist Church get a closer look at the church's nativity scene after its lighting Wednesday. The scene has stood in front of the Coventry Township church for the past 25 years after gracing the marquee of O'Neil's department store in downtown Akron. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
A young member of the congregation of the Conerstone Free Methodist Church runs in front of one of the three wisemen after the lighting of the church's nativity scene Wednesday. The scene has stood in front of the Coventry Township church for the past 25 years after gracing the marquee of O'Neil's department store in downtown Akron. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Hope Mesher, 2, of Akron, looks up at the figures of Mary and Joseph after the lighting of the nativity scene in front of the Conerstone Free Methodist Church Wednesday. The scene has stood in front of the Coventry Township church for the past 25 years after gracing the marquee of O'Neil's department store in downtown Akron. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
