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John Sumwalt For Agri-View
Dec 19, 2025
Dec 19, 2025

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The Adoration of the Shepherds is by Hugo van der Goes, circa 1470. He was a Flemish painter, one of the most important of the Early Netherlandish painters.

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Adoration of the Magi is by Jean Jouvenet, 1644-1717, a French painter specializing in religious subjects.

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Adoration of the Shepherds is by Bartolome Esteban Murillo, 1617-1682, a Spanish baroque painter best known for his religious works as well as realistic depictions of the everyday life of his times.

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The Nativity is by Jean Charles Frontier, 1701-1763, a French painter famous for his religious and mythological paintings.

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Adoration of the Kings is by Joseph Adam Ritter von Mölk, 1718-1794, an Austrian frescoes and panel painter.

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John Sumwalt For Agri-View

Christ Church would create a live nativity scene every year about two weeks before Christmas. The congregation had the perfect location, downtown on the square across from the clock tower. Everyone who drove into the business district went by the front lawn of the church. There was a dilapidated apartment building where migrant laborers lived a few blocks away, but no one could see it from the church.

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John Sumwalt is a retired pastor and the son of dairy farmers. He is the author of “Shining Moments: Visions of the Holy in Ordinary Lives.” Email johnsumwalt@gmail.com or call 414-339-0676 to reach him, or write to W172 N7735, #932, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051.