Imagine if Jesus was born today. Mary is an ordinary teenager. Joseph a normal guy.
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Christmas from Scratch is a modern-day adaption of the Nativity story, released as ten free episodes. The Christmas story, stripped of tinsel and myth. We hope it brings the Christmas story into fresh focus for you.
Download the videos for free: vimeo.com/showcase/7161469
*Use the download link beside each video **at Vimeo** the below versions of the videos don’t include a download link!
Download the script: churchfromscratch.org/church-nativity-script
A Church from Scratch production
with the Baptist Historical Society
and Baptists Together~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Written & Directed ~ Rachel Dingle
Produced ~ Peter Dominey~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dorothy Hazzard ~ Sally Lawrence
John Fawcett ~ Alan Gill
Margaret Jarman ~ Ellie Gill
Woman ~ Jessica de Carvalho
Sam Sharpe ~ Leon Stewart
Thomas Helwys ~ David Streames~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Production Team
Catering ~ Rick
Editor ~ Peter Dominey
Graphics ~ Samantha Lacey Visual Arts
Assistant Director ~ Grace Claydon
Assistant Director ~ Josephine Melville
Director of Photography ~ Dan Keeble
Costume Supervisor ~ Broghain Diggins
Sound ~ Len Usselman~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Historical Consultants
Revd Dr Andy Goodliff
Revd Dr Keith Jones FRHistS
Red Dr Ruth Gouldbourne
Revd Dr Simon Woodman~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Additional Funding
Central Baptist Association
Eastern Baptist Association
Heart of England Association
London Baptist Association
Northern Baptist Association
Norther Baptist College
North West Baptist Association
South Wales Baptist Association
Spurgeon’s College
Yorkshire Baptist Association~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Permission is granted to use these videos in churches and formal education settings
A Church from Scratch production
with the Baptist Historical Society
and Baptists Together~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Written & Directed ~ Rachel Dingle
Produced ~ Peter Dominey~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dorothy Hazzard ~ Sally Lawrence
John Fawcett ~ Alan Gill
Margaret Jarman ~ Ellie Gill
Woman ~ Jessica de Carvalho
Sam Sharpe ~ Leon Stewart
Thomas Helwys ~ David Streames~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Production Team
Catering ~ Rick
Editor ~ Peter Dominey
Graphics ~ Samantha Lacey Visual Arts
Assistant Director ~ Grace Claydon
Assistant Director ~ Josephine Melville
Director of Photography ~ Dan Keeble
Costume Supervisor ~ Broghain Diggins
Sound ~ Len Usselman~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Historical Consultants
Revd Dr Andy Goodliff
Revd Dr Keith Jones FRHistS
Red Dr Ruth Gouldbourne
Revd Dr Simon Woodman~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Additional Funding
Central Baptist Association
Eastern Baptist Association
Heart of England Association
London Baptist Association
Northern Baptist Association
Norther Baptist College
North West Baptist Association
South Wales Baptist Association
Spurgeon’s College
Yorkshire Baptist Association~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Permission is granted to use these videos in churches and formal education settings
1. Mary
And I’m like, “Oh my God!” And they’re like, “It’s Gabriel actually”
2. Elizabeth
Yeh. I’m like pregnant as well. I was bursting to tell someone.
3. Joseph
It’s Joe. Only my Nan calls me Joseph!
4. Gabriel
I’m not sure about this you know, they seem so… normal.
5. The Birth
It took me less time to birth the son of God than it did for Joe to put up this tent!
6. Shepherds
Nothing’s gonna be the same again.
7. Wise Person
Just follow that fat off star, old man
8. Gift Haul
9. Herod
10. Refugee
11. The full video
The Trailer
Christmas from Scratch was written and directed by Rachel Dingle
“I joined Church From Scratch in early 2020 – spent more time with them on zoom than in real life!
I loved writing this modern day nativity story. The first meeting with Grace and Nat in CFS, sparked the whole thing. We discussed how to translate who these people would be in the year 2020. It all made it so much more real to me.
I wanted to explore the real-ness; the shepherds and wise kings would be normal people, that it was dangerous and at times traumatic for Mary and Joseph, that Jesus was a real baby and that fleeing to Egypt made him a refugee. It was all so relevant to what is happening in our world right now.
I’ve worked in theatre since 2010 as a designer, in wardrobe and stage manager. In the last year I’ve begun to focus on writing and producing. I set up Show Up Productions, as I especially want to create stuff in my hometown”.
