LiveNativity.com is home to Searcy's Living Nativity. This site includes videos, photo galleries, and other helpful information. Think Advertising did the photography, and the set design for The Living Nativity was done by Mark Ferren, who helps with our scenic department.

Pastor Vernon Ables and Children’s Pastor Mark Ferren of Searcy First Assembly of God came up with a plan that would require countless hours of work, numerous sketches and drawings, and much research.

It would take hundreds of church volunteers to sew costumes, build sets, and portray the characters involved in the biblical account of Christ’s birth. 

It would transform the outside of First Assembly into the town of Bethlehem and allow visitors to drive through the “city” in order to experience the birth of Christ.  But more than that, it would be the kind of reminder and uplifting experience that people need during the Christmas season.

From this plan came “The Living Nativity."  Now going into its third year, “The Living Nativity” has been seen by more than 30,000 people and has impacted countless others through testimony after testimony.  There is no charge for the event.  It is simply the church’s desire to give back to the community a priceless gift with its roots deeply grounded in Jesus Christ.