June 27, 2025

Project Outdoor Nativity Scene starts fifth year of keeping Christ in Christmas

A Project Outdoor Nativity Scene adorns a front yard at Christmastime. (File photo by Mike Krokos)

A Project Outdoor Nativity Scene adorns a front yard at Christmastime. (File photo by Mike Krokos)

Special to The Criterion

Project Outdoor Nativity Scene, a program to both share the true meaning of Christmas as well as raise money for a parish or school ministry, will once again be offered this fall.

In the last four years, more than 4,600 Holy Family Nativity kits have been sold and now adorn front yards across Indiana at Christmastime.

The easy-to-assemble Nativity kits are made in the United States and are built with white, all-weather PVC material to sustain Indiana winters for years to come. They include the Holy Family and a stable. Add-on kits are available that include the three wisemen, shepherds and sheep.

Participating organizations do not purchase kits in advance to sell, so they incur no cost and do not risk losing money.

The process is simple. A parish or school promotes the kits with provided material and gathers money for kits that are ordered. The parish or school then sends the order and the money to the manufacturer, which will deliver the kits prior to Thanksgiving so they can be distributed before Christmas.

For more information on how your parish or school can take part, contact Jim Liston at 317-590-5403 or jliston@catholicbusinessexchange.org. †

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