First Parish in Lincoln Rev. Nate Klug, Burt Barachowitz, FPL member Jona Donaldson, and artist Jonathan Barachowitz with the “On the Way” installation.
An installation titled “On the Way” at the First Parish in Lincoln (FPL) will be the focus of a vigil on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 4:30pm.
The temporary art installation was commissioned by four area churches, each of which will host it for a week (it will be in Lincoln until Dec. 15).
According to the FPL, the piece “uses the motif of road signs to draw attention to the issue of immigrant justice. Like so many families living in fear in our country today, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were immigrants who sought refuge in a foreign land (Matthew 2).”
Another Nativity installation along similar lines at a Catholic church in Dedham has stirred controversy. That piece shows the Bethlehem manger with its three human occupants replaced by a sign saying “ICE was here.”
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