Ever wonder what the shepherds do to pass time? :) This hilariously fun, creative approach was done by the KCC Worship Arts in the Christmas Eve services at Kentwood Community Church, a multi-ethnic community of faith in Grand Rapids, Michigan. kentwoodcommunitychurch.com
NGL, it's the "BAAAAA!" handshake that makes it. xD
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.
Just imagine being a Shepard during the biblical times just taking care of sheep and waiting around for Jesus when a UPS guy comes up like "Hey I got a package for.....Bartholomewl?"
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?
With that ringtone I can only assume God was calling.
Ha! 🤣
Lol. Thought the same
I like to imagine that to the shepard’s, it’s their sheep that do the clapping
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 kzhead.info/sun/f8mQqalliZmIrX0/bejne.html
It’s been four years. Algorithm. Why am I four years late to the masterpiece
KZhead was waiting for this EXACT moment... this specific timeline in your journey.... Bam! How is it changing your life? 🤪
This is so fun! Kudos to whomever came up with the idea of a UPS delivery & the cell phone! And the 'baa' greeting? Fantastic!
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!
It must have been a great way to get to know each other whilst practicing, creating costumes, lighting, etc. A great way to build community!
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.
Very creative! Kudos to the barefoot shepherd and crickets who braved the snow.
One of my favorite replies! 😂😂😂
Oh, that's Hilarious!!! Merry Christmas!!
Thanks Lilith!
BRAVO so funny Thank you for sharing with all Pax+
Thanks!! (Ok. I think I might be regretting this question…😂, but what’s “pax+”?)
The shepherds ringtone, "Hello from the Other Side." Biblical, Dad joke. Wonderful. I noticed some pretty harsh comments here. Just remember, "To avoid criticism : Say nothing Do nothing Be nothing." Hello from an another side (of the world) 🇦🇺 Merry Christmas from Australia.
Totally agree! And no harm. I don't take it personally. 😉 Thanks!
🎅GOD ✝️is❤ Love 🎅GOD✝️ bless🌹 you
Thanks so much. Blessings to you as well. 😃
This is amazing and hilarious and something my church would totally do if we had the resources. We're pretty laid back and love to have a little silliness from time to time
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. 😉
Amazing how this just magically popped up in my feed. 😱🚫🤣🤣🤣
I'm not understanding. Why is it amazing?
The Shepard watching their sheep by night are watching to care for them as they give birth so that all goes well with them
The shepherds are an important part, for sure. 😊
I came for the bushwacking, but you had me at the UPS delivery. ... this is so awesome!
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. 🤣
I wish the bell choir at my mom and dad‘s church with loosen up! :-)…that comes with confidence ((you can really laugh when you know you’re good))))! Thank you so much for this delight! I really believe this put a smile on Gods face!
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.
This is how they really did it in church 😂
I loved it! As shepherds watched their flocks by night, they heard a bright new shining melody.
Thanks Anna!
I love anything that makes me laugh out loud. “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord”. 😊🎄
Me too! Laughter is such an awesome gift! 🤣
This was great fun! Greetings from Sweden or should I say BAA!🐑😉
🤣 Awesome! Thanks for watching, Jane Doe (classic) from Sweden!
This is one of the Christmas carols I love. Th asks for sharing it.
You're very welcome, Thanks Peggy!
I came back to watch this again after I came across it last year. Such a brilliant skit!
Repeat viewers! Awesome. We've got a hilarious new one in the works that will be filmed on Christmas Eve. Stay tuned!
UPS is wa-ay too cute!! Such a clever way to open this delightful piece! Well done!
Headcanon: it's the same delivery man in Good Omens 😇
The baaa man group 😆
Ha! That's awesome. 😆
I just loved this! "Baa" from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. I was in a bell choir so I know the work you guys put in and the fun you had doing it. A fun filled masterpiece!
Keith - you are the first of millions to send a "Baa". 😆 Perfect. Thanks bro.
I'm recovering from covid, and you guys make my day. Thank you very much, between the coughs i have a good laugh.😷
Yea! What a great response. Stopping to say a little prayer for your recovery - and thanks for the encouragement!
🙏❤️
my son and I having a giggle over this! ty so much! Merry Christmas!!
That's awesome! Glad to imagine that of you two. Thanks.
Ho, Ho, Hoooooo!!!! Merrrry Christmas!!!🥰🤩
Merry CHRISTmas! 🌟
I had gone to KCC for a little bit. Pastor Kyle was a good guy when I went there. Blessings to him and his family
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. 👍🏼
Since when have Shepard's had delivery? Very funny. I mean that. It's very funny.
Aww, thanks Laura!
This is officially the funniest thing I have seen in forever and I have no clue why. 😂😂
🤣. Well, we're glad you escaped from that bunker! And grateful you saw this first!! (Sincerely - thanks.)
4:48 is the actual song 😊
THANKS
Ty
Holy shit 69th like
hello from the other side, i must have called you a thousand times... wow. what a message.😄very intense in evangelical context😁
I think you might be the first person that has mentioned that subtle messaging! Glad you caught it. ;)
Guarded by sheppards, worshipped by kings, yet he had no palace! Owned no slaves had no servants yet they called Him master!
Well said, William! ❤
Absolutely brilliant! Loved it.
Thank you, Dorothy! So glad you enjoyed it. 😃
Whoever wrote and designed this is a genius! This is awesome!!!
Wow. Very kind. Thanks Anna!
Lol!!! In the Army I did guard duty all night watching a big field with a sheep herd!The things you do to stay awake. Speaking in sheep is a real thing after a week. I’ve delivered packages, played percussion for church Xmas performances that did not go quite as planned, and lived in North Africa/middle East were these stories occur. This skit was spot on. very vocal invisible sheep, God Calling a cell phone vía Adel, a package delivery driver who GPS probably had him driving through every field until after dark, and a climatic ending when a music maker massacre was narrowly avoided. Smart way to blend Xmas and anti bullying message. Thank you, thank you, thank you, I was rolling with laughter.
Thanks Hemlock! Appreciate your serving in military - and church alike!
I guess the length of the tube determines the note it produces. Fun.
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! 😆
You guys are hysterical! Thanks so much for the laughs, my friends.
Glad you enjoyed it, Sheri!
Every thing in this video was just perfect !
Wow. So nice of you to say!
Let it happen again guys 😂😂😂😅😅😅this is so cute😂😂😂😅😅😅a lot of fun indeed 😂😂😂😅😅😅
Thank you, Melania! We are edited down our new one and releasing shortly!
Well ….l did have a nap waiting for this to begin..yawn..but worth the wait..great comedy and percussion prowess..🇨🇦
Worth the wait! Holler! 🙌🏽. Thanks!
This was great 😆 props to who ever wrote this script !
Thanks!
The reason why im here is this is for a school christmas party lol
You're watching in the middle of your school Christmas party?
@@BWPorter no this video is our performance lol
The way he flipped his scarf lmbo 😂
Ha! Thanks for watching! 😃
Wow - I scrolled through the comments simply to see if I could find anything relating to your boomwhackers arrangement for this amazing performance, and I was so disappointed by some of the comments and judgments that were made . This performance was brilliant! Your timing and modern elements thrown in are absolutely hilarious, and the ending was the best ! Well-done and BRAVO! I may attempt an abbreviated version of this with my middle schoolers this year! Wish me luck ! And again - AMAZING JOB!!
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. 😜
Utterly brilliant. This made me smile so much
"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. 🤣
That last ten seconds was the best. Great job
Thanks Ashbranch! Merry Christmas. :)
Working in His mysterious ways, from nowhere, your video appeared as a YT "Recommended." I felt our Lord speak to my heart as He offered your joyful video to me... for MY sake. I am so humbly thankful, dear Lord Jesus.💕🙏💕
Wow. What a great blessing to read! Thanks Mama Ames. ❤️
This is great! Fantastic job everyone!
Christmas at the farm? The sheep adds to it.
Yep... the sheep is an integral part of the shep-herd. 👍 Thanks!
It’s like a like Blue Man Group
Very flattering reference. Blue Man Group rocks! Thanks!
CUTE 😇🎶🎁 THANK YOU 💝🎶🎁😇BLESSINGS💖🇺🇸
You're quite welcome. I see you're a lover of emoji's. 😜
@@BWPorter YES I AM 💝🎁🎶⭐🇺🇸💖BLESSINGS AND THANK YOU FOR TGE RESPONSE AND VIDEO : ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SONGS 💝🎶🎁⭐💖 MERRY HOLIDAYS😇
So that's what Shepherds do in their spare time... wonder no more!! ❤
Our contribution to you. Doing what we can to answer the questions that consume our mind. 🤣
So there’s THAT! 🤪
Ha! Thanks for watching!
This video is loads of fun, and I have enormous respect for how you choose to respond to negative comments. ❤️
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. 🤣
Not into the church thing anymore, but I can definitely appreciate the fun skit and the skill of those performers!
AGD... why you not into the church thing anymore??
@@BWPorter I was born and raised in the church, a devout believer up to and into my early 20s... until I wasn't. I could be more specific and detailed if you request, but since I'm not sure that's really what you were asking about, for now, I'll spare you the boring bits. 😁👍
@@AGDinCA - caring about people and their God relationship is the most important thing I do! 🙂 Let's dive into details! Why so devout, and then not?
@@BWPorter Hmm... OK, since you seem to be genuinely interested (and not someone looking to fight), I'll share. You asked two questions, which I will answer separately. *"Why so devout?"* Well, I was born and raised in a Christian family, with all members of both sides belonging to the same denomination. My grandpa was a deacon and my grandmother was a deaconess. It was joked about within my family that I would marry the music pastor's son who was the same age as me. I'm sure you get the picture here. Everyone in my life was Christian - my family, my friends, my classmates, my teachers, etc. My life was my religion. I believed everything I read in my Bible and everything I was told by my pastors, without question. I studied my faith, prayed fervently, proselytized when possible and, in general, tried to be everything the Christian God would want me to be. I was proud of my unwavering beliefs and of my relationship with God - a relationship that shaped and dominated my life for the first 20 years. *"And then not?"* Quite simply, I went to college and made a new friend. She was a Hindu, which my sheltered mind found fascinating. She was genuinely one of the kindest people I had ever met and we instantly clicked. We were very good friends for about a year and then she moved back to India with her family. Long story short - the first cracks in my faith came from my internal struggle realizing this wonderful person was destined for Hell. She was a better human than many Christians I knew, so how could a loving God allow her to go to Hell? After all, she was only Hindu because she was born in India, to a Hindu family. So, surely God would say it's not her fault and let her into Heaven anyway, right? Wrong. But wait... if she was Hindu due to the circumstances of her birth, couldn't I just as easily say the same about myself? Anyway, this was the beginning of the end of my religious beliefs. It took about a decade of soul-crushing self-examination, but the journey has been worth it.
@@AGDinCA - I can certainly see how that would test your faith! That's a difficult scenario for sure. However, one of my good friends lives in Nagpur, India... and loves and follows Jesus. Likewise, I have friends here in the USA that are muslim. Is the location of one's birth truly the determination of faith? Your friends sounds awesome and a beautiful gift in your life... but the Bible is clear "all have sinned" and it's only through Jesus, and His holy sacrifice, that we are saved. Our efforts cannot earn this salvation. So, I'm curious - and if it's too personal of a question, please don't feel obligated to answer - but genuinely, do you have a faith now? Some say that given the miraculous evident all around us, it requires MORE faith to NOT believe in God, than it does to believe in God.
Super video & super TEAM - i like this
Thanks Piotr!
I wonder what these guys do when they aren't busy!
The video answers that exact question. 😂
I laughed and laughed!! SO MUCH FUN!!
Thanks Warrior!
Selten so eine lustige Darbietung gesehen. Macht weiter so.
You're very welcome! Thanks for the kind words.
Shalom. 🎉
Peace to you, as well!
HAHAHA so funny! Whoever thought it up is very creative.
Thanks Ed!
This was the shortest 7 minutes of my life! Would have loved to see more :D
Now that's a new comment! Thanks Bosse! 👍🏼
This is my fave Christmas carol, now this is my new fave version!!! This is great!!
Thanks Jewel! Love your name. ❤️
Great! thanks!! and merry Christmas!
You're very welcome, Anne! 🙂
THE most entertaining thing I've watched this season.
Aw cmon.... now you're just making us feel warm and happy all over! 😉
This is so great!! I was involved in a living nativity scene last year with my church and it would be really funny if we did this!
Living nativity's are awesome! What part did you play?
Funny and cute.
Thanks countrypaul!
I am going to share this with my assistant minister.
Feel free to edit, borrow, or whatever! 😃
That was FANTASTIC.
Merry Christmas! Thank you, Sharon. 🌟
Was not expecting that ending 😂😂😂😂
Curious what you were expecting?
@@BWPorter Something else other than that!
But…the UPS truck didn’t squeak when the driver hit the brakes! What? Did they rent from Hertz or something?
Ha! 🤪
Why is there an actual cricket noise
It’s out in the field 🤣
This was cute! So much fun. ❤️
Wonderful! Thanks Kathy. A new one is coming soon!
Made me smile the whole time.
Ahhhh, that makes us smile reading this! Thanks.
❤Wow:-) I love it~ Amazimg!
Aw, thanks so much! 🙂
I loved this!! So funny and creative.
Thanks Rachel! 😌
Thanks for the laughs!
You're very welcome. Glad to do so!
This was amazing, loved it!
Thanks Sandy!
Genius!
Well... that it's a little overstating perhaps, but thanks for the kind comment! 🤣
these guys are nuts lol
Yes... yes we are. 😆
Adorable.
Thanks!
So Funny! Thank you for sharing this 😂
Thank you! We've got a hilarious new one in the works that will be filmed this Christmas Eve. Stay tuned!
That was hilarious and very clever
Thanks Willy!
Bravo!
Thanks slaptone! Got any clips of you playing? We love some slap bass!
What fun!
Thanks M L!
Love this very much. What a fun way to do this song.
Thanks Christopher!
This is crazy fun!!! Love it!
Thanks!
I SO laughed my head off 🤣
Thanks Stupensardi!
Well done! Thanks for showing the video!
Thanks for the encouragement!
This was great!!!
Thanks Christie! We've got a new one being filmed this week! Stay tuned.
The blue man group before it was cool
Yes! 😆
The tp roll!!!
One of our favorite parts! 😂. Thanks for watching.
Wonderful.
Thanks Paul! And your profile pic of your wife - wow. Beautiful.
That was amazing!
Thanks!
I love how Adele all of the sudden starts playing. I feel sorry for that one shepherd.
No shepherds were harmed in the making of this video. 😉
This is amazing.
Thanks Nerdy Bunny!
L.O.L. Great fun. Love it! Merry Christmas!
Thank you, Patrick! Merry Christmas. :)