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Songs of Praise: Christian Peacemakers

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30/09/2018

BBC One - Songs of Praise, Christian Peacemakers

Sean Fletcher finds out how a Christian-run boxing club is bringing together rival gangs.

Sean Fletcher meets a Christian mother from London who runs a boxing club in memory of her murdered son, and a 7/7 survivor talks about forgiveness.

Sean Fletcher reflects on peace and forgiveness by meeting a Christian mother whose son was murdered in a knife attack and who now runs a boxing club to encourage reconciliation between rival gangs. Pam Rhodes talks to the Reverend Nigel Bennett, who survived the 7/7 attack and maintains forgiveness has been essential to his recovery. At Lambeth Palace Sean joins Christians and Muslims learning to gain deeper mutual understanding at a young peacemakers forum. And Canon Andrew White, the vicar of Baghdad, reflects on the results of his pioneering peacemaking work in the Middle East, which he undertook despite the risks to his own life and having MS. With hymns on the theme of peace from around the UK, including Make Me a Channel of Your Peace, Blessed Assurance and There's a Wideness in God's Mercy.

Music:
Blessed Assurance, LSO St Luke's, London
Now to Jesus, St Thomas the Martyr Newcastle with Philippa Hanna and Abby Eaton
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy, St Elisabeth's Reddish
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, St Patrick's Dungannon
The Peace, St Catherine's Pontypridd with Graham Kendrick and Sound of Wales
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace, Pershore Abbey
Thy Hand O God Has Guided, Christ Church Port Sunlight.

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