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06/03/2016

For Mothering Sunday, Pam Rhodes meets grandmothers who are devoting their lives to become full-time carers for their grandchildren.

For Mothering Sunday, Pam Rhodes meets grandmothers who are devoting their lives to become full-time carers for their grandchildren.

Music:

Great in Power performed by Salvation Army, Sale

Jesus Calls Us performed by the Congregation of St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen

Beauty for Brokenness performed by the Congregation of Leicester Cathedral

For the Beauty of the Earth performed by Peterborough Youth Choir

I Love You, Lord performed by Grace Agbana at St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen

Amazing Grace performed by the Congregation of the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

O My Soul performed by the Congregation of Keswick Convention.

35 minutes

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Sun 6 Mar 2016 17:00
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Russell John Fragar

    Great In Power

    Choir: The congregation of Salvation. Conductor: Simon Lole. Featured Artist: Sale Corps Worship Group. Music Arranger: Oliver Chalker. Lyricist: Trad.

    Composer:Russell John Fragar

  • Paul Leddington-Wright

    Jesus Calls Us

    Choir: The congregation of St MacharÂ’s Cathedral, Aberdeen. Featured Artist: Dr Roger B, Williams, M.B.E.. Music Arranger: Paul Leddington-Wright. Lyricist: Cecil Frances Alexander.

    Tune:St Andrew

  • Graham Kendrick

    Beauty For Brokenness

    Choir: The congregation of Leicester Cathedral. Conductor: Simon Lole. Featured Artist: Worcester Cathedral Choir. Featured Artist: Daniel Moult. Lyricist: Graham Kendrick.

    Tune:Beauty For Brokenness

  • John Rutter

    For The Beauty Of The Earth

    Choir: Peterborough Youth Choir. Conductor: William Prideaux. Featured Artist: Matthew Philip Jones. Lyricist: F S Pierpoint.

    Tune:John Rutter

  • Grace Agbana

    I Love You, Lord

    Choir: Grace Agbana. Featured Artist: Gracey. Music Arranger: Grace Agbana. Lyricist: Grace Agbana.

    Composer:Grace Agbana

  • American Traditional Melody

    Amazing Grace

    Choir: Congregation of The Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Featured Artist: Mark Swinton. Lyricist: John Newton.

    Tune:Amazing Grace

  • Stuart Townend

    O My Soul

    Choir: The congregation of Keswick Convention. Conductor: Stuart Townend. Featured Artist: Stuart Townend. Featured Artist: Lou Fellingham. Featured Artist: Joseph Townend. Featured Artist: Eden Townend. Featured Artist: Matt Weeks. Featured Artist: Mark Edwards. Featured Artist: Bob McKay. Featured Artist: Richard Jones. Music Arranger: Stuart Townend.

    Composer:Stuart Townend

Hymns

  • Great In Power performed by Salvation Army, Sale
  • Jesus Calls Us performed by the Congregation of St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen
  • Beauty For Brokenness performed by the Congregation of Leicester Cathedral
  • For The Beauty Of The Earth performed by Peterborough Youth Choir
  • I Love You, LordÌýperformed by Grace Agbana at St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen
  • Amazing Grace performed by the Congregation of The Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick.
  • O My Soul performed by the Congregation of Keswick Convention

Stories

Kinship Carers

For Mothering Sunday, Pam Rhodes meets two inspirational grandmothers who have become committed carers for their grandchildren.

Sixty one year old Sharon Peake still takes on a gruelling 7am to 5.30pm schedule looking after her two grandchildren, six year old Leon and Holly who is four while their parents work long hours.

Pam also talks to Enza and Dave Bradley, who have ended up raising their two grandchildren over the past 15 years because the children’s own mother couldn’t.Ìý

Pam learns how the couple’s faith has helped them to deal with the challenges of caring for 13 year old Chloe and 17 year old Bradley, who suffers from the hyperactive disorder ADHD but who, with his grandparents’ support, has developed into a promising county rugby union player.

Enza’s experience has led her to set up a charity, Kinship Carers UK, to give advice and help to other grandparents and carers in the similar situation.

Claudia Lawrence

Sally Magnusson meets the mother of Claudia Lawrence, who mysteriously disappeared from her York home nearly seven years ago, to discover how her faith has helped her hold out hope.

Claudia worked as a chef at the University of York and suddenly vanished in March 2009. Despite extensive investigations, which are ongoing, to date no one has been charged in connection with her disappearance.

Claudia’s mother, Joan Lawrence, recalls the last time she saw and spoke to her daughter and describes how her faith helps her with the agony of not knowing what happened to her daughter.

Grace Agbana

In Grace Agbana’s Church in Aberdeen there are 34 different nationalities worshiping every Sunday in three exuberant services.

Many of the churchgoers came to the city to work in the city’s booming economy which is driven by the oil industry.Ìý Grace came to Aberdeen from Nigeria in 2008 and after some difficult years of missing her home and family, set up her own hairdressing business.

Grace is one of the church’s worship leaders and describes how its members supported her and her husband when they faced a difficult struggle to start a family.

Now settled with her two young children and husband, Grace leads the praise band in her church and her passionate faith in God has inspired her to release an album of her own songs.

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Credits

Presenter Pam Rhodes
Series Producer Matthew Napier
Executive Producer Dave Stanford

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