23/08/2015
The scenery of the Lake District provides the setting for Songs of Praise, as the programme joins Christian festival the Keswick Convention.
The spectacular scenery of the Lake District provides the setting for Songs of Praise, as the programme joins Christian festival the Keswick Convention in their big tent near the shores of beautiful Derwentwater. Religious songwriter Stuart Townend and poet Stewart Henderson reveal what inspires their work, and more than 2000 join the singing.
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Stewart Henderson
Duration: 03:32
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Promise Of The Ages
Duration: 02:49
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Duration: 00:46
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Stuart Townend
In Christ Alone
Choir: Congregation of Keswick Convention. Conductor: Steve Thompson. Featured Artist: Stuart Townend. Featured Artist: Lou Fellingham. Featured Artist: Joseph Townend. Featured Artist: Eden Townend. Featured Artist: Matt Weeks. Featured Artist: Mark Edwards. Featured Artist: Bob McKay. Featured Artist: Richard Jones. Composer: Keith Getty. Music Arranger: Stuart Townend. Lyricist: Stuart Townend. Lyricist: Keith Getty.Composer: Stuart Townend, Keith Getty
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Stuart Townend
Promise Of The Ages
Choir: Congregation of Keswick Convention. Featured Artist: Stuart Townend. Featured Artist: Lou Fellingham. Featured Artist: Joseph Townend. Featured Artist: Eden Townend. Featured Artist: Matt Weeks. Featured Artist: Mark Edwards. Featured Artist: Bob McKay. Featured Artist: Richard Jones. Composer: Gary Sadler. Music Arranger: Stuart Townend. Lyricist: Gary Sadler.Composer: Stuart Townend, Gary Sadler
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Stuart Townend
Never Failing Love
Choir: Stuart Townend. Featured Artist: Joseph Townend. Featured Artist: Eden Townend. Featured Artist: Matt Weeks. Featured Artist: Mark Edwards. Featured Artist: Bob McKay. Featured Artist: Richard Jones. Composer: Mark Edwards. Music Arranger: Stuart Townend. Lyricist: Stuart Townend. Lyricist: Mark Edwards.Composer: Stuart Townend, Mark Edwards
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Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
What A Wonderful Change
Choir: Blackpool Beach Congregation Recording. Featured Artist: Leyland Band. Music Arranger: Goff Richards. Lyricist: Rufus H McDaniel.Tune: McDaniel
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Gareth Davies-Jones
Borderland
Choir: Gareth Davies-Jones Bronwen Davies-Jones. Music Arranger: Gareth Davies-Jones. Lyricist: Gareth Davies-Jones.Composer: Gareth Davies-Jones
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Matt Redman
10,000 Reasons
Choir: Congregation of Keswick Convention. Conductor: Steve Thompson. Featured Artist: Stuart Townend. Featured Artist: Lou Fellingham. Featured Artist: Joseph Townend. Featured Artist: Eden Townend. Featured Artist: Matt Weeks. Featured Artist: Mark Edwards. Featured Artist: Bob McKay. Featured Artist: Richard Jones. Composer: Jonas Myrin. Music Arranger: Stuart Townend. Lyricist: Matt Redman. Lyricist: Jonas Myrin.Composer: Matt Redman, Jonas Myrin
Stories
Keswick Convention
Gareth and Clare Wroe听and their children, are regular attenders at the Keswick Convention 鈥� this year they are attending with 10 families from their church, camping in one of the Convention's campsites. 听Gareth himself has been coming to the Convention for 26 years. 听听<?
Jonathan Lamb
CEO and minister-at-large, Keswick Ministries
Jonathan first attended the Keswick Convention as a student in the 1970s and it was a formative experience for him, bringing about his decision to devote his energies to Christian ministry.听听 He remained involved in the Convention over subsequent years, eventually becoming a speaker at the Convention, then its Chairman, and recently its CEO.
Marie Bell听
Marie Bell is a long-standing volunteer steward at the Keswick Convention 鈥� this is her 10th year. 听Her key responsibilities are the safety of the Convention guests and to provide help and support to anyone in need of a listening ear.
Rebekah Mills鈥揝trawson
Rebekah is a volunteer BSL interpreter for deaf people who come to the Keswick Convention. She interprets both the seminars and the worship.
Stuart Townend听听
Stuart Townend听is one of the leading worship songwriters of his generation and has been a听regular performer at the Keswick Convention over recent years.听 At this year's Convention he is also hosting 'An Audience with Stuart Townend' as well as leading worship.
Guardians of Ancora
The Scripture Union have just launched a new game or app for phone and tablet called Guardians of Ancora aimed at engaging children with bible stories. Radzi Chinyanganya from 大象传媒鈥檚 Blue Peter has visited a beach mission in Cornwall where the game is being trailed on a group of children.
Stewart Henderson
Stewart Henderson has been writing poetry since he was in his teens. His poems are well known to many and are studied as part of many school curriculums - his best known poems being 鈥榃ho Left Grandad at the Chipshop?鈥� and 鈥楢ll Things Weird and Wonderful.鈥�
He regularly performs at Christian events and presents Pick of the Week for 大象传媒 Radio 4.听
For Songs of Praise he visited听St Oswald鈥檚 church in Grasmere where William Wordsworth is buried and his personal Prayer Book is on display听
And 鈥楽urprise View鈥� near Ashness bridge, just outside Keswick.
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听Music
- In Christ Alone听was performed by the congregation听at Keswick Convention.
- Promise Of The Ages was performed by听the congregation at Keswick.
- Never Failing Love was performed by Stuart Townend at Keswick Convention.
- What A Wonderful Change was performed by the Blackpool Beach Congregation Recording.
- Borderland was performed by Gareth Davis-Jones and Bronwen Davies-Jones at the Keswick Convention.
- 10,000 Reasons was performed by the congregation at Keswick Convention.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Josie d'Arby |
| Presenter | Radzi Chinyanganya |
| Series Producer | Matthew Napier |
| Executive Producer | Dave Stanford |
Broadcast
- Sun 23 Aug 2015 17:00