from Aylesbury
The 13th-century church of St Mary is at the physical and spiritual heart of the county town of Buckinghamshire. During recent renovation work, the church was found to be falling down. The options were demolition or rebuilding the church into a community centre. The church was saved and now every day St Mary 's is filled with a variety of activities.
Roger Royle meets the people responsible for this rebirth. He visits Christians working in the burns unit at the nearby Stoke Mandeville Hospital and in Aylesbury prison. He also discovers a couple building the world's first wildlife teaching hospital.
0 worship the King (Hanover):
Christ is alive! (Truro): Love divine (Blaenwern); How great thou art!
(Russian hymnj; All creatures of our God and King (Easter Song);
Through the night of doubt and sorrow (Marching); Christ is made the sure foundation (Westminster Abbey): Tell out, my soul (Woodlands)
Conductor RAYMOND COOK Research JUDITH PEERS
Producer SIMON HAMMOND Editor STEPHEN WHITTLE
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