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Preparing for Christmas

Josie d'Arby follows a Christmas tree from forest to local church, and a minister reveals how God helps him cope with cancer.

Josie d'Arby celebrates Advent by following the journey of a Christmas tree from a Devon forest to a village church, while its farmers share their own deeply held Christian faith. In Plymouth, a church minister with cancer describes how God is helping him look forward to Christmas. JB Gill meets B Positive, a new choir founded by the MOBO Awards and the NHS to encourage people from all different backgrounds to give blood, and he donates his own for the first time.

Songwriter Matt Redman performs a Christmas song - How Far, while the Hereford Cathedral Choristers sing The Truth from Above. Plus there are hymns and carols both old and new, including Hills of the North Rejoice, Christ Be Our Light, O Come O Come Emmanuel, Here I Am to Worship and The First Nowell.

Music:

Hills of the North Rejoice led by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic with Huddersfield Choral Society
Christ Be Our Light sung in St Patrick's Church, Dungannon
How Far, written and performed by Matt Redman
O Come O Come Emmanuel sung in Hereford Cathedral
Here I Am to Worship led by Noel Robinson at Church of Christ the Cornerstone, Milton Keynes
This Is the Truth Sent from Above performed by Hereford Cathedral Choristers
The First Nowell sung in Romsey Abbey.

34 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Josie d'Arby
Presenter JB Gill
Performer Matt Redman
Executive Producer Cat Lewis
Executive Producer Emyr Afan
Producer Mark Warburton
Series Producer Matthew Napier
Production Company Avanti Media

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