Bethany Baptist Church Drive Through Bethlehem

Drive Through Bethlehem

This FREE December event will be held in the parking lot of Bethany Baptist Church.

Check our Facebook Page and online Calendar
for Dates and Details

This is usually an annual event, but Drive Through Bethlehem was not held in 2019.
Drive Through Bethlehem is usually held the 3rd weekend of December.

Drive Through is usually held the 3rd weekend in December, and we have over 1,000 participants.
(Fri. - Sun.) from 6 pm - 8 pm

(Dress Rehearsal will be on the Thursday Evening Before the Event)

at Bethany Baptist Church, 608 Ga. Hwy. 26 East, Cochran, Georgia.
Located across the street from Bleckley County Middle School.

This FREE 3-night Christmas event is a fun and effective way to witness to our community. The Drive Through
Bethlehem is a community-wide event that brings the Bethany congregation outdoors into the winter nights.
Just slowly drive through and experience a cast including animals, blacksmiths, Roman soldiers and craftspeople
transport you back to that miraculous night and see ancient Bethlehem without leaving the comfort of your car.

(This event is held outdoors & could be cancelled due to inclement weather)

This event is free and open to the public, hosted by the Bethany Baptist Church Members.
Teach your children there's more to the Christmas holiday than the mall.

The True Story of Christmas

At the time of the first Christmas, Caesar Augustus decreed that a census be taken, and every person in the entire Roman world had to go to his own town to register. Many people traveled to Bethlehem for the census and all the houses and the inn were full. Joseph, being of the line of David, was required to go to Bethlehem to register with Mary, who was pledged to be his wife and was expecting a child. When Mary and Joseph arrived, there was no room at the inn. The Virgin Mary gave birth to her firstborn, a son, in a crude, little stable where the animals were kept behind the inn.

"Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger."

All too often, the real meaning of Christmas gets lost or blurred in all the flurry of shopping, travelling, and holiday. We must remember that there is a reason the name "Christ" is in the word Christmas and it doesn't have a thing to do with a "winter festival".

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

Absolute faith is not a requirement in our church. An open heart is. Come join us as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. And you may just find that faith is the greatest Christmas gift of all.

You Are Invited . . . .

Bethany Baptist Church would like to invite the community to join us as we celebrate the Christmas Season by visiting our Drive Through Bethlehem program. We want you to experience the sights, sounds and feel of ancient Bethlehem as it would have appeared on the night of Jesus’ birth. The Drive Through Bethlehem will be presented Friday, Saturday and Sunday, from 6 pm to 8 pm nightly. This event is FREE to the public, and we would also like to invite your church groups to bring a van load (buses are too big to pass through the “gates of Bethlehem ”.This event will be a great outing for children, families and even senior adults due to the fact that there is no walking involved. Participants will ride through the “streets of Bethlehem ” in their vehicles so even cold temperatures should not be a deterrent. Bethlehem is re-created in the church yard of Bethany Baptist Church located at 608 Georgia Highway 26 East (Dublin Highway) in Cochran, Georgia. Vehicles will be directed to line up across the street at Bleckley Middle School and drive slowly through with headlights turned off.

Our Church members will be dressed in costumes and will take their places as shepherds, angels, shopkeepers, Roman soldiers, Mary and Joseph. Our church members will be in costume and will take their places as angels, shepherds, shopkeepers, Mary and Joseph. We will have a blacksmith, an inn, lots of shops, and much more. One of the unique features of our Drive Through Bethlehem is the presence of many live animals. We will have sheep, goats, horses, etc. There is No Admission, and you can see it all without leaving the comfort of your car!

Our purpose in presenting the Drive Through is to help focus the attention of our community back to the real reason for the season – the birth of our Savior. We hope that you will make plans to attend and celebrate this special time of year with us.

Call the Church at (478) 934-7151 for more information.

Click to view some of our Videos

12th Annual Drive Through Bethlehem 2018

7th Annual Drive Through Bethlehem 2013
Our first ever Walk Through Bethlehem was held Dec. 13, 2013

Contact Nina Richards if you would like to purchase a sign for $5.00 to post in
your yard to help us advertise "Drive Through Bethlehem".
Re-use the same sign year after year - just have the date and time changed.