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Sunday Worship: Hear the Cry

04/12/2016

Hear the Cry

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday Worship, Hear the Cry

A service marking 90 years of the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Sunday Worship marks the 90th anniversary of the BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin-in-the-Fields with the Rt Rev Graham James, bishop of Norwich.

TOGETHER FOR 90 YEARS

Back in the 1920s, the vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Dick Sheppard, was preaching at a service broadcast on the BBC. Sheppard asked those listening to send in donations to support those in need in the run-up to Christmas. This was the beginning of a partnership that has continued for 90 years. For the past nine decades, Radio 4 listeners have supported the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields with charitable donations that go towards helping some of the most vulnerable in our society through the various charities and agencies the church supports.

The current vicar, the Rev Dr Sam Wells leads a service to mark the appeal and the work it has done. Familiar Radio 4 voices join those reflecting on the history and impact of the appeal. The preacher is the Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Rev Graham James, with music from the Radio 4 Choir, the composer, Will Todd, and St Martin's Voices, directed by Andrew Earis.

Producer: Katharine Longworth.

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