Rapping for Jesus

Posted by Melinda | Filed under Uncategorized

Many of you know I like to share my gifting of poetry through Christian rap since I was saved last year at NHC.  I was blessed when Greg Carr allowed me to share my first christian poem turned rap not long after I was baptized on the main worship stage at NHC (click here to relive that day through my eyes).  I was also blessed to be able to contribute to worshipping Jesus through rap when we celebrated the birth of our savior with an awesome set of christmas worship in 2007 on the “main stage” at NHC.

I’ve since been blessed to be able to “rap for Jesus” to our youth in  Spiked Student Ministries.  It gives me a chance to share Jesus on a music level that our youth can relate to.  I take songs they hear or listen to in their IPods and radio and rewrite the lyrics so that they can be related to from a christian stand-point.  (If you listen to the original version of a couple of the songs…you’ll see why that’s a pretty big deal and a more positive side to what they are used to hearing!) 

I am blessed to serve along side an extremely talented group of  adults and youth (Jon, James, Kristy, Ian, Skidz, Chase, Spencer the Animal) who serve Jesus at NHC by sharing their musical talents in youth music worship.  They absolutely amaze me with how quickly they can learn and play the songs we do these to. If you ever want to come check them out live - let me know and I’ll keep you posted when we are going to lay the rap down for Jesus at Spiked.    You are welcome to come hang out at Spiked Student Ministries anytime!  God is truly moving through our ministry and “we’re about to blow up!”  Be forwarned…I will attempt to recruit any visitor to serve in the youth ministry somehow!  Ha ha!

In the meantime feel free to check out  a few of  my Raps for Jesus.

Permalink | July 21st, 2008

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