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Sunday Worship: Raise the Song of Harvest Home

04/10/2015

Raise the Song of Harvest Home

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday Worship, Raise the Song of Harvest Home

A traditional service for Harvest from Wallingford Parish Church in Oxfordshire.

A traditional service for Harvest from Wallingford Parish Church in Oxfordshire. Leader: the Rev David Rice. Preacher: the Acting Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev Colin Fletcher OBE.

In 1843, the Revd Robert Hawker created the first Harvest Festival service - "Let us gather together in the chancel of our church on the first Sunday of next month, and there receive, in the bread of the new corn, that blessed sacrament which was ordained to strengthen and refresh our souls."

Today's Sunday Worship, a traditional service for Harvest, comes from Wallingford Parish Church in rural Oxfordshire, and reflects on the life and legacy of Robert Hawker. It is led by the Rector, the Revd David Rice, and the Preacher is the Acting Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd Colin Fletcher OBE. Music includes familiar harvest hymns 'Come, ye thankful people, come' and 'We plough the fields and scatter', led by the Choirs of Wallingford Parish Church, and directed by Sue Ledger. Producer Andrew Earis.

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