DRIVE-THRU NATIVITY: Motorists and their passengers will...

DRIVE-THRU NATIVITY: Motorists and their passengers will be able to drive slowly past living Nativity scenes from the biblical stories of Jesus’ birth at Santa Clarita United Methodist Church on Sunday and Monday evenings.

The re-enactment of the first Christmas by church members is narrated in a tape recording that will be handed to drivers as they bring their cars onto church property from Espuella Street, next to the church at 26640 Bouquet Canyon Road and just north of the Bouquet Center Shopping Plaza. Tape players will be furnished to those who do not have them in their cars, a spokesman said.

The free production, which lasts about 15 minutes, will run continuously from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday.

NATIVITY WALK-THRU: An outdoor representation of biblical Bethlehem as described in the Gospel stories of Jesus’ birth will be offered by the Church at Rocky Peak in Chatsworth today between 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Visitors may mingle with merchants, shepherds, wise men and others portrayed by church members in the free event. The “Bethlehem 1994” production will also be open from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, Thursday and Friday. Call (818) 709-0113 for more information on the “interactive event for the whole family” or directions to the church at 22601 Santa Susana Pass Road.

DRIVE-BY CRECHE: Shepherds, magi, angels and animals will pose in a living manger scene outside St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1020 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. For more information, call (818) 240-3860.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT: The Glendale Youth Orchestra and Glendale First United Methodist Church choir will present a free holiday concert at 5 p.m. Sunday at the church, 114 N. Kenwood St.

The music will include the “Hallelujah Chorus” from “The Messiah.” Aaron Taylor, organist for the church and orchestra, will be the soloist.

For more information, call (818) 243-2105.

JEWISH TALK: Rabbi Michael Kessin of New York, a clinical psychologist and an authority on Jewish mystic lore, will give a public lecture at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Young Israel of Northridge, 17511 Devonshire St., on tumultuous events at home and abroad affecting Jews.