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Katherine Jenkins' Faith Journey

Katherine Jenkins goes back to her childhood church in Neath, south Wales, for Advent.

Katherine Jenkins journeys back to her childhood church in Neath, south Wales, for Advent. She meets family and friends to reflect on her Christian faith and explores how it has deepened over recent years. She shares tender moments with her mum, and ends her journey in the church where she grew up and learned to sing.

Music:
Hills of the North Rejoice, St Michael's Church Southampton
What Child Is This?, St Albans Cathedral
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace, Pershore Abbey
Nearer My God to Thee, Hackney Empire
Adore - a new song from Graham Kendrick, in St David's Exeter
Plus two performances by Katherine Jenkins - Blinded by Your Grace and Jealous of the Angels.

34 minutes

Last on

Sun 9 Dec 2018 13:15

Stories

Children Are A Gift From God
As Christmas approaches Katherine gets together with lifelong friend Katie to reflect on how their lives have changed since they were young. Katherine is Godmother to Katie’s eldest son Jac, a role which has helped deepen her own Christian faith, along with becoming a mum herself.

Not Just My Teacher – My Friend
Katherine heads to Cardiff to visit her singing teacher and now friend, Beatrice Unsworth. Katherine stresses the importance of giving her singing voice an β€˜MOT’ when she visits Beatrice, and they consider how their shared Christian faith is key to their 20-year friendship. Β 

How I Got My Faith Back
Katherine returns home to Neath and visits her Mum, Susan. They reminisce about Katherine’s late father, who died suddenly from cancer when she was only 15. In their home church of St David’s Neath, they light two candles for the second Sunday of Advent. Katherine reflects on how anger with God for the loss of her Dad caused her to lose her faith. But after Susan had a special moment of a strong Godly presence in the church, Katherine was impacted by it thousands of miles away in Australia, and it brought her back to believing.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Katherine Jenkins
Executive Producer Cat Lewis
Executive Producer Emyr Afan
Producer Mark Warburton
Series Producer Matthew Napier
Production Company Avanti Media

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