AN ANGEL TOLD SHEPHERDS WITH GREAT, GREAT JOY (CAROL) (Click here)
A simple-to- learn children's carol which tells of the birth of Jesus and the Salvation story. This is simple enough to teach in a service and the suggested activity which can involve small or large numbers of children - and the grown-ups with them!
AT BETHLEHEM IN BORROWED CATTLE STALL (CAROL) (Click here):
A carol based on the beautiful French folksong Plaisir D'Amour with a fanfare chorus based on the magnificent Isaiah prophecy "Wonderful, Counsellor... “
BEFORE THE CREATION, THE WORD WAS WITH GOD (HYMN) (Click Here)
A sung version of The Christmas Gospel (John 1. 1 - 15). Sing it to the tune 'To God be The Glory’
BE STILL, SMALL EARTH (CAROL) (Click Here),
also known as 'A Carol of the Cosmos' as it celebrates the cosmic disturbances that marked the birth of Jesus. This is written to be sung to the hymn tune from Finlandia (Please observe the copyright note printed with this carol).
GO TO NAZARETH MY GREAT MESSENGER (CAROL) Click Here Imagines God instructing His Angels from The Annunciation to the warning to Joseph to flee with his new family to Egypt. Lively dance-style tune.
OVER PLAINS OF ARABIA ONE CRYSTAL NIGHT (STAR OF JUBILEE) Click Here. Story of the Star sung to the Shaker Tune used for Sidney Carter’s 'Lord of the Dance’
PRAISE THE CREATOR GOD Click Here
Hills of The North Rejoice reframed to start with creation and build to the crescendo of Advent.
STABLE TALK (This Manger’s Well Made) - Click HERE
A carol that gives Joseph a ‘voice’ in the stable as he imagines the future for his new-born son
STARS AND PLANETS SING YOUR GLORY (HYMN) (Click here).
This hymn of praise, (can be sung ‘Lux Eoi’ (preferred tune) or to the Beethoven tune used for 'Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee’ or another 8.8.8.8 tune) is suitable as a Christmas hymn but can also be used at other times to celebrate Christ as the Lord of the entire cosmos.
STAR OF HIGH HEAVEN by John B Hobbs (Click Here)
Children’s Carol for the Epiphany to the Low German Folk tune ‘Dat Du min leefste best’.
VIVID WINTER'S MORN (CAROL) (Click here)
This carol is intended to be played and sung in rock style
Whilst this post consists of all the contemporary Carols published on this blog, there are also children’s Christmas activities on this blog which you can access by clicking HERE
