Songs of Praise

New Beginnings (2018x11)

Uitzenddatum: Mrt 18, 2018

The Rev Kate Bottley celebrates spring on a farm run by Christians in Derbyshire. Owners Roger and Beryl have offered a fresh start to local young people for 40 years by giving them work on the farm. JB Gill meets a Christian couple attending a church-run marriage-preparation course. Methodists in Derby open a brand new townhouse to replace their old church building. There is also a tribute to the late Billy Graham, the US evangelist who affected millions of Christians around the world and who died in February. The programme has hymns old and new, including Be Thou My Vision, And Can It Be, and Our God Is Greater. The Irish hymn St Patrick's Breastplate marks St Patrick's Day, and a performance of Drop Drop Slow Tears reminds us we are in the season of Lent. Music: Our God Is Greater, led by Noel Robinson from the Church of Christ Cornerstone, Milton Keynes All Creatures of Our God and King, from St John the Baptist, Tideswell I Bind Unto Myself Today, from Down Cathedral, Downpatrick My Jesus My Saviour, from the Church of St Cross, Winchester And Can It Be, from Hereford Cathedral Be Thou My Vision, from Platt Church, Manchester.