Harvest
John Craven joins a farming family in Dorset to discover why bringing in the harvest this year has a special meaning, and Lindsey Chapman reveals how a Suffolk church helped visiting swifts survive the summer.
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Dorset County Show
Duration: 02:36
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Hymn: We Plough The Fields And Scatter
Duration: 02:59
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Harvest Trailer - 27/09/2015
Duration: 00:47
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Matthias Claudius
We Plough The Fields And Scatter
Choir: Congregation of Pershore Abbey. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Featured Artist: Michael Pegg. Featured Artist: Claire- Louise Appleby. Featured Artist: Natasha Wilson. Featured Artist: Neil Aston. Featured Artist: Jo Mayne. Featured Artist: Cath Cordey. Music Arranger: Paul Leddington Wright. Lyricist: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz.Tune: Wir Plugen Composer: Matthias Claudius
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Thomas Obediah Chisholm
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Choir: Congregatio of New Community Church, Southampton. Conductor: David Lawrence. Featured Artist: Michael Powell. Featured Artist: Rachael Joseph. Featured Artist: Ruth-Ellen Hones. Featured Artist: Russell Boniface. Featured Artist: Chelange Joseph. Featured Artist: Joseph Connell. Featured Artist: Ben Reid. Music Arranger: Michael Powell.Composer: Thomas Obediah Chisholm
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Reuben Timothy Morgan
Still
Choir: Andrea Begley. Featured Artist: Jonathan Rea. Featured Artist: Joanna Byrne. Featured Artist: David McCann. Featured Artist: Martin Surginor. Featured Artist: Rebekah Durston. Music Arranger: Jonathan Rea.Composer: Reuben Timothy Morgan
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Rev Lloyd Crossfield
O Come Let Us Sing To The Lord
Choir: Twyford Church of England High School. Conductor: Lloyd Crossfield. Featured Artist: Enoch John. Lyricist: Pslam 95. Lyricist: Rev Lloyd Crossfield.Composer: Rev Lloyd Crossfield
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George J. Elvey
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
Choir: Choirs and Congregation of All Saints' Church, Evesham. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Featured Artist: John S. Bailey. Lyricist: Henry Alford.Tune: St George's Windsor Composer: George J.Elvey
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Maurice Bevan
There's A Wideness in God's Mercy
Choir: Congregation of Manchester Cathedral. Conductor: Gordon Stewart. Featured Artist: Manchester Camerata. Featured Artist: Christopher Stokes. Music Arranger: Robert Ramskill. Lyricist: F.W. Faber.Tune: Coverdale Composer: Maurice Bevan
Stories
Harvest
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John Craven joins the Foot family, who work their 3000 acre farm near Weymouth, Dorset to discover why bringing in the harvest this year has a special meaning.
John meets Judy Foot, whose husband Charles died suddenly two months ago, and finds out how her Christian faith is helping her deal with her tragic loss amidst the pressures of this year鈥檚 rain-affected harvest.
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Andrea Begley
Claire McCollum meets blind singer Andrea Begley, the winner of 大象传媒 One鈥檚 The Voice, to discover how her remarkable story is inspiring others.听 Andrea, who has just ten per cent vision, is now an ambassador for the Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB) and she reveals how her faith has helped her cope with the many challenges she has faced.
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Swifts
Springwatch presenter Lindsey Chapman travels to Worlington in Suffolk to find out about the church helping one of our most enduring birds 鈥� the Swift.
She learns how the demolition of a nearby cottage meant the swifts would soon be homeless, until the church community stepped in.听
Music
- We Plough The Fields And Scatter was performed by the Congregation of Pershore Abbey.
- Great is Thy Faithfulness was performed by the Congregation of New Community Church, Southampton.
- Still was performed by Andrea Begley at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast.
- O Come Let Us Sing To The Lord was performed by the Twyford Church of England High School at the Albert Hall Conference Centre, Nottingham.
- Come, Ye Thankful People, Come was performed by the Choirs and Congregation of All Saints' Church, Evesham.
- There's A Wideness in God's Mercy was performed by the congregation of Manchester Cathedral.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | John Craven |
| Presenter | Lindsey Chapman |
| Presenter | Claire McCollum |
| Producer | Adam Purver |
| Series Producer | Matthew Napier |