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Gwen Weast of Manassas, Va., prays next to her swaddled baby Kimberly as they play Mary and baby Jesus in the Live Nativity of the Faith and Action ministry in Washington, D.C., on December 11, 2014. Layla Sowers, left, and Briella DeLeon, right, join in the prayer. Religion News Service photo by Adelle M. Banks

Adelle M. Banks

December 7, 2015 at 4:17 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (RNS) Each year, Faith and Action, a Washington, D.C. ministry, sponsors a Live Nativity procession around the Supreme Court during the Christmas season. The Rev. Rob Schenck, the ministry’s founder, and people from the Washington area and Midway Assembly of God in Lewes, Del., stand outside the high court to portray the story of the birth of Jesus, in December 2014. Religion News Service photos and video by Adelle M. Banks.

Click any photo below to view a slideshow of the Faith and Action Live Nativity.

Gabriel Ross, left, prepares to portray the drummer boy in the Live Nativity of the Faith and Action ministry in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11, 2014. His grandmother, Gwen Ross, assisted members of Midway Assembly of God in Lewes, Del., who played characters in the presentation. Religion News Service photo by Adelle M. Banks

Members of Midway Assembly of God in Lewes, Del., prepared to play characters in the Live Nativity of the Faith and Action ministry in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11, 2014. Religion News Service photo by Adelle M. Banks

Beverly Cottle of Midway Assembly of God in Lewes, Del., prays before taking part in the Live Nativity of the Faith and Action ministry in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11, 2014. Religion News Service photo by Adelle M. Banks

Peggy Nienaber of Faith and Action ministry in Washington, D.C., feeds Humphrey the camel before the Live Nativity of the Faith and Action ministry in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11, 2014. Religion News Service photo by Adelle M. Banks

Ernie Roy of Midway Asembly of God in Lewes, Del., played one of the three kings in the Live Nativity of the Faith and Action ministry in Washington D.C., on Dec. 11, 2014. Religion News Service photo by Adelle M. Banks

The Rev. Rob Schenck, founder of the Faith and Action ministry in Washington, D.C., reads from the Gospel of Luke during his ministry’s Live Nativity in front of the Supreme Court on Dec. 11, 2014. To his left is the Rev. Gary R. Ross of Midway Assembly of God in Lewes Del., whose members portrayed many of the characters in the event. Religion News Service photo by Adelle M. Banks

Left to right, the Rev. Patrick Mahoney, the Rev. Robert Schenck and the Rev. Gary R. Ross lead the procession of the Live Nativity of the Faith and Action ministry of Washington, D.C., around the Supreme Court on Dec. 11, 2014. Religion News Service photo by Adelle M. Banks

Humphrey, a camel from Wilson’s Wild Animal Park in Winchester, Va., waits with Larry Friend of Midway Assembly of God in Lewes, Del., to march around the Supreme Court for the Live Nativity of the Faith and Action ministry in Washington, D.C, on Dec. 11, 2014. Religion News Service photo by Adelle M. Banks

Gwen Weast, left, carries her baby Kimberly, as she and her fiance Jesse Bills, who played Joseph, depart from in front of the Supreme Court during the Live Nativity of the Faith and Action ministry in Washington, D.C., on December 11, 2014. Religion News Service photo by Adelle M. Banks

Participants in the Live Nativity of the Faith and Action ministry of Washington, D.C., gathered in front of the Supreme Court on Dec. 11, 2014. Religion News Service photo by Adelle M. Banks

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