Christmas Carol Rap

The gritty truth of Christmas told in a rap remix of the classic carol ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’, featuring the Carlisle Cathedral Choir & Andy Dykes.

Ministry use licence

Description

The gritty truth of Christmas told in a rap remix of a classic Christmas carol God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.

This remix of 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' unpacks the Christmas story in a way you won't have heard before!

So often at Christmas time, we're told the familiar, child-appropriate, story. But there's much more to the Biblical account than the classic nativity play shows us - we may be unaware of the danger, the suspense, and grittiness that surrounded the birth of Jesus.

This Christmas carol rap explores some of these details to show that God’s plan to rescue helpless humanity was truly extraordinary.

Possible Discussion Questions

  • What is your favourite line in the rap and why?
  • Does the rap mention any parts of the Christmas story that you didn't know about before?

Credits

Performed by Andy Dykes

Andy lives in Liverpool and works at the cathedral as an evangelist. He's creative, musical, enjoys rapping and loves making things, particularly when it involves power tools.

Music by Harri Endersby-Marsh
Music by Carlisle Cathedral Choir

Licence Agreement

Ministry use licence

By purchasing this video, you are purchasing a license to use and show this video as part of your ministry in ONE church.

You are granted permission to use the video in:

1) Offline services, school assemblies or lessons, groups or at events (including youth, kids and midweek groups and events)

2) Online services or assemblies that are streamed or pre-recorded. (For online services, the content video you have purchased should be part of a complete church service which must be at least 20 minutes long.)

3) Online small groups meeting over Zoom or a similar video call platforms.

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