"Carol of the Bells" Shepherd Boomwhacker Style 

Thank you. I'm claiming divine inspiration... but some would probably have issue with that. 🤣

To God be the glory!

I work for UPS & this slays me!!!! Great video!!!

@@3horsesrunning199 - Thanks for delivering all our packages!

@@3horsesrunning199 UPS, America’s unsung heroes! Thank you and have a blessed holiday season and a very merry Christmas!

Ha! I know, right? 😆

Why anyone would write shepherd as Shepard, spelled wrongly and with a capital is beyond me, I mean the bloody word is right there in front of you, dopey.

​@@prnothall9302 A-U-T-O-C-O-R-R-E-C-T

Um they weren't waiting around for Jesus, look, they had no idea what was about to transpire that night! And they weren't regular shepherds but Levitical priests who looked after the spotless sheep that were used for the sacrifices in the temple.

@@anniemcewen9049 This is the first I’ve heard of them being Levitical shepherds…where can I find information about this?

I'm not understanding. Why is it amazing?

Wow. So nice of you to say!

You're very welcome! Thanks for the kind words.

Thanks Christopher!

Thank you! We've got a hilarious new one in the works that will be filmed this Christmas Eve. Stay tuned!

Well... that it's a little overstating perhaps, but thanks for the kind comment! 🤣

Gearshifter... WHAT!??? Don't be crushing. Surely Mary was able to order prime delivery from amazon and get her baby wipes to the stable... next day.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@@sheilagravely5621 Now THAT is alot of emojis. 🤣

Thanks Patricianne!

Always love the Word of God. What's your reason for posting here?

Thanks Kim!

Which works really good when we're all in shepherd's costumes. NOT so good when we're in street clothes at Qdoba.

How can this scene even work in plain clothes, but its a very phenomenal piece of stage work with the shepherd costumes. All the various aspects should have a synergistic theatrical effect which they certainly do in this scene:

@@catherinehazur7336 - Sorry, I was referring in jest that the BAA handshake fits people dressed as shepherds at Christmas Eve service... and wouldn't work in normal day life. 🤪

@@BWPorter wa 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 🤗

@@sharonjones1900 - is this a code I need to decipher? Awesome.

It was! That's always a significant part of the win! 👍🏼

It is. That's why people do it. It takes on its own reality. It's its own escape, you shift quickly and apparently easily from real life role into that of a fantasy character. In the process of which it may become more and more difficult for " to differentiate between what is real and what is not." Such is theater. GREAT theater opens up the magic proscenium and when the actor becomes the character onstage an exchange of energy takes place that draws the audience inexorably in. The successful theater performance is magnified to the extent that all persons involved understand their roles, take them seriously and sheer energy and dynamism from this very process comes through to everyone involved in the production both on and off stage.......definitely could be community building

Ok. Just gotta say... catherine - you are obviously a fan of intellectual words. 😆 I'm not sure I've ever read proscenium, inexorably, and dynamism in the same post.

9 likes? I must be clueless, cause I don't even know what your sentence means. 😆

@@BWPorter Because the sheep would have been the only audience they would have had back in the day. 😅

@@mamaksstorytime Like this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LeWyE-RgRzE.html

Ha! 🤣

Lol. Thought the same

RU-vid was waiting for this EXACT moment... this specific timeline in your journey.... Bam! How is it changing your life? 🤪

Thanks! We had a blast with it. :)

The cell phone bit was great

Aw thanks!

True

@@BWPorter Which one are you in the group?

@@1cjadefox - I'm the one that is left out. 😉

Yea! What a great response. Stopping to say a little prayer for your recovery - and thanks for the encouragement!

🙏❤️

You're very welcome, Thanks Peggy!

Headcanon: it's the same delivery man in Good Omens 😇

Totally agree! And no harm. I don't take it personally. 😉 Thanks!

🤣 Awesome! Thanks for watching, Jane Doe (classic) from Sweden!

It’s out in the field 🤣

Thanks Anna!

Aww, thanks Laura!

Diane... very sweet. Would you like me to send you the color coded arrangement? I'm all about making things easier for our teachers!

Some people have no sense of humor because I guess they think god doesn't have a sense of humor but have you SEEN the duck-billed platypus? I mean that's one of god's greatest punchlines ever and I don't even know what the joke is. LOL BTW, thanks for being a teacher. I know you don't do it for the recognition but teachers deserve way more love for what they do, especially with those middle schoolers.

@@jmcfall8505 - Ha! Yes, the joy of laughter. What a gift it is to us! I can't wait to hear God's laughter.

Ooo! Good baaa-luuck!

@@jmcfall8505 Amen! I taught middle schoolers for eight years, and my niece has been teaching them for 22 years! They are definitely a challenge, but actually sweeter than you would think. 😜

I THINK... you mean boomwhacking! 🤣. But hey, maybe this year we will do "Landscaper Bushwhacker" style!

@@BWPorter Omgoodness! Good catch. It would certainly be an interesting take. The creative and humors potential abound.

Hunorous. ... I almost wish I had autocorrect today.

Pretend that was an "m"

@@jenniferjohns5087 - you are either a blistering fast typer, love creating new words in the English language, or have a broken autocorrect. 🤣

Ha! 🤪

Keith - you are the first of millions to send a "Baa". 😆 Perfect. Thanks bro.

THANKS

Ty

Holy shit 69th like

Living nativity's are awesome! What part did you play?

Awesome! Thanks erflingnot. 😃

It's even better if you let go and enjoy the foul ups also! Life is not perfect. Don't expect perfection or you will be disappointed.

Repeat viewers! Awesome. We've got a hilarious new one in the works that will be filmed on Christmas Eve. Stay tuned!

Thanks Hemlock! Appreciate your serving in military - and church alike!

Yes. They're pretty cool! And a rubber end cap will drop it an octave.

Yes adding more rubber bands to different places to the plastic tubes gives it different sounds on a 36 inches long tube even how thick the plastic tubes are , as a kid growing up in grade schools we had Christmas wrapping paper tubes made of cardboard tube 36 inches long and made a lot of music 🎵 in music class wrapping rubber bands around the tubes at different lengths to made sounds . And didn't have any plastic tubes in the 1970s we also have Quaker oatmeal cereal boxes as drums the tube shaped not the box type . I even made a guitar with 2 deep dish Paper throw away dishes and added a paper tubes to the dishes bowls as the neck part and added rubber bands on the end of the small stiff string to attach to the tube end and stretch it to the paper bowls to make different types of sounds of 6 tightness string then added a drinking straws on both ends to raised the strings up off the tube and bowl ends . Oh I forgot I added a hole first in the top part of the paper bowl to added deep sounds then staple gun around the bowl and adding strings .

This brings back memories of my grade schools music class . Thanks you for the music 🎶🪕🎶❣️

@@richardscaggs5936 - You're quite welcome!

@@richardscaggs5936 - Richard, you were the MacGyver of instruments, dude! 😆

I think you might be the first person that has mentioned that subtle messaging! Glad you caught it. ;)

🤣. Well, we're glad you escaped from that bunker! And grateful you saw this first!! (Sincerely - thanks.)

Hahahahahahaha

Yep. Just need an email address.

@@BWPorter hello, how can I send you a personal message with my e-mail address?

@@agnieszkawolf2491 - you'll have to put your email address.

Glad you enjoyed it, Sheri!

Thanks!

Thanks for watching!

Amen!

Me too! Laughter is such an awesome gift! 🤣

Yes! 😆

Now that's a new comment! Thanks Bosse! 👍🏼

Ha! Do you really think that we're saying this is reality? 😆

Ha! That's awesome. 😆

Thanks so much. Blessings to you as well. 😃

Yes! 🙌🏽

Aw thanks. It's all good! It's been fun to hear of those enjoying it - and I can still smile at those that think it's the worst video they've ever seen in their life. 🤪. My identity and self worth is NOT wrapped up in this video. 🤣

Thanks Airgun! Stay tuned.... new one coming soon.

That's awesome! Glad to imagine that of you two. Thanks.

Wow. Very kind. Thanks Anna!

Thanks Lilith!

Wow. What a great blessing to read! Thanks Mama Ames. ❤️

He still is! 😃 (...a good guy.). Thanks for being a part of our fam for a little. Come on back when you're able!

@@BWPorter I actually am now practicing in the eastern orthodox tradition of Christianity. I love all of my brothers and sisters but we need to keep close to the Bible. And remember the church fathers prior to the reformation and know where the roots of the church came from.

@@jdoyle7768 No argument there regarding the Word! We need to know it and live it more than ever. 👍🏼

Thank you, Romeo and Susan! Merry Christmas. ❤️

Sure!

Who do I send it to?

Dang. If only sheep sounded like GOO-OOOD. 😉

I agree with you to a degree, but respectfully - the tangy shop shouldn't be overwhelmed by the upbeat save. striped, longing level. If it were an intimate rejected. dotted curve.... it WOULD be better, but we just ran out of time. 🤣

Ditto

@@tomgucwa7319 - Ha!

Ha! No harm in a candid rebuttal. 🤪 Sorry it missed the mark for you, BlossomFlower.

Well said, William! ❤

Ha! Those shepherds may have been more black than we give credit! 😜 Merry Christmas, Joseph. Thanks for watching.

Yep... the sheep is an integral part of the shep-herd. 👍 Thanks!

😂 We feel your pain. So sorry! You'll never get those precious moments of life back, BUT... it IS better than reruns of 90210.

Ha! True! 😂

Ha! Obviously, our "HCA - Historical & Cultural Accuracy" team missed the mark! Duly noted. 👍🏼

Alex... I'm not really sure what you mean by 'word most who watch this aren't allowed to see'?? Butttttttt, it sounds like a compliment - so thanks! 🤪

I'm not familiar with that - will have to check it out? 😜

We think it's North American humor - but only the upper north western, southern tip of the 49578 zip code.

The shepherds are an important part, for sure. 😊

Well, that’s not entirely true. There were certainly aspects of tender, meaningful worship in the service to God… but this was intended to just be a moment of laughter, levity and enjoying those who’ve gathered.😃. Do you think God is insulted?

Not gonna lie... we did little drummer boy too. 🤣

You didn't like the boomwhackers?? No plastic tubes of musicial delight?? 😉 Well, thanks for watching anyway!

We created one. If you’d like it, I’ll send it to you free. 😊

Yes, please. Thank you so much!

@@dale.jeaniethornhill4219 - just need an email to send to... 😉 (Feel free to google me at church)

One of my favorite replies! 😂😂😂

Very flattering reference. Blue Man Group rocks! Thanks!

Birdy... sadly, very true. Thanks for speaking up and fighting for the excluded or neglected. It was certainly not our intent to promote that behavior. In the holiday spirit of treasured "classics", this is done more in the comical nostalgic slapstick era of "Laurel and Hardy", "Three Stooges", etc. Sorry for an offense.

@@BWPorter Oh please, don't be sorry! ❤️ The story is well told and the acting was brilliant, it was a pleasure to watch, how committed the actors were! Maybe I'm a littlebit too sensitive for the people treated badly in life; after all, this is a fictional character and not a real person. Maybe I'm having a bit of "Weltschmerz" right now, so much sad things happened in the world in the last year... I sincerely wish you a peaceful and merry Christmas and all the best for you! 🌟 Warm greetings from Germany! ❤️

@@birdylove24 - hugs. ❤

Yep. Valid point. 👍🏼

Of course! Toss me an email at kentwood community church.

Thanks for loving! And yep - we bought the tubes. They actually ARE called boomwhackers. You can find on amazon. 👍🏼

Feel free to edit, borrow, or whatever! 😃

Thanks!! (Ok. I think I might be regretting this question…😂, but what’s “pax+”?)

"Utterly brilliant." I'm going tell my wife I am "utterly brilliant" today, and see if that has any advantages? Most likely, she'll say to take my utterly brilliant self to the sink and finish the dishes. 🤣

Moses... was not a shepherd. #factcheck

Oh for sure, it's offended some. But that's potentially always the case these days. 🤪I think it's delighted far more. 😉

Thanks Jewel! Love your name. ❤️

Thanks for the mention. 😉 Valid for those that just 'wanna get on with it'. 🤣

Our contribution to you. Doing what we can to answer the questions that consume our mind. 🤣

Ha! Yes, we should add a shortcut in there... if I can figure out how. 😆 And I'm not sure what you're saying about cell phones and Jesus - (and historians can rebuttal if desired...) but I'm fairly certain He didn't have one.

Thank you, Dorothy! So glad you enjoyed it. 😃

Nailed it. 🎯

The video answers that exact question. 😂

I wish I knew! It was too many years ago. 🤪 May have to google "Adele hello remix"...

You're watching in the middle of your school Christmas party?

@@BWPorter no this video is our performance lol

... that you WISH YOU COULD DO AGAIN!? 😃 YES! 😉 You can. Free for you.