In the News ... "Second Baptist Church’s Christmas gift to Odessa"

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• Free, live Nativity shows reason for the season

By Casey Dennis, Reporter
Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - Odessa’s Second Baptist Church will give the community a gift for the 60th time — a live Nativity during the Christmas holiday.

For 60 years, the members of the church have volunteered their time and efforts to put on the event free of charge for all Odessans.

The church, located at 711 E. 17th St., goes all out — including not just human actors, but also a few of God’s other creatures.

Take Georgia the donkey, for example ...

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