WATCHING OVER THEIR FLOCK—Becca West, left, and Kalo Inoke play shepherds in last year’s Nativity Scene put on by the youths of Simi Valley United Methodist Church. Youths from Simi Valley United Methodist Church will stage the annual outdoor living nativity in front of the church, 2394 Erringer Road, Simi Valley.

Hours are 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tues. and Wed., Dec. 22 and 23, and from 6 to 7 p.m. Christmas Eve, Thurs., Dec. 24.

The public can walk by to observe, and admission is free. Parking is accessible from both Cochran Street and Erringer Road.

The tradition was started in 1978 by the church’s youth group, grades 6 through 12.

For more information, call Diane Thomson, interim youth coordinator, at (805) 526-6231.