Category Archives: Christmas

Christmas Day Podcast 25/12/13

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Madonna by Waiting for the word on flickrListen again to the Songs of Hope Christmas Day edition. It lasts for one hour and features carols and the short story of the first Christmas in Australia. Hosts are Rod Carr and Chris Whiting in tandem.

Click the play button for the audio or download. Play time is one hour.

Christmas Day Playlist

  1. Anthony Callea – Do you hear what I hear
  2. Gary Chapman – Mary Did You Know
  3. Old Royal College Naval Choir – Bethlehem Down
  4. Jed Santa Maria – 05 A Child Is Born
  5. H Elphinstone – Luke 2 1to20
  6. Justin Peters – God is my shepherd
  7. Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir – Christmas Bush for His Adorning
  8. The Irish Drovers – Christmas in Australia
  9. Wynton Marsalis – Joy to the world (instrumental)
  10. Lyn Cooper – Lyn Cooper – wise men still seek him
  11. Ed Dowdell – Ed Dowdell – God gave the world
  12. Rodney Carr – The first Christmas in Australia
  13. John Farnham – The first noel
  14. The Chieftains – Once In Royal David’s City

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Handels Messiah Broadcast

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handels messiah 2 by HerryLawford on FlickrTune in this Sunday 22 December to “Songs of Hope” at 8am to hear Handels Messiah. All the major pieces, with explanations, will be broadcast. Broadcast duration is 53 minutes. The station is Southern FM 88.3

Other features on Songs of Hope this Sunday are:

  • 7am to 8am Christmas Carols with Chris Whiting
  • 7:10am Our Daily Bread – spiritual devotions 1.5 mins
  • 7:30am Words for Life – Kevin Pedersen – Titles of Jesus – Messiah  – 17 mins
  • 8:00am Handels Messiah broadcast – 53 minutes

Songs of Hope website: http://songsofhope883.com

One hour of Carols 15/12/13

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Madonna by Waiting for the word on flickrListen again to a one  hour podcast of carols from “Songs of Hope” on Southern FM 88.3 last Sunday 15 December 2013. Carols include:

  • Good Christian men rejoice
  • Silent night
  • Once in Royal Davids city
  • Christmas bush for his adorning
  • Glory to God (Hillsong)
  • Angels from the realm of glory
  • While shepherds watched
  • O come o come Emmanuel
  • God rest ye merry gentlemen

Features included are Vic Campbell with Aussie legend Nathan Tasker and the story of Henry Holden, founder of the Holden motor car company.

Click the play button for the audio or download. Play time is one hour.
Songs of Hope website: http://songsofhope883.com
Email us at songsofhope@southernfm.com.au

Carol of/It came/Good King

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christmas tree ornament by zaimoku_woodpile on flickrListen again to Songs of Hope carols podcast from the 15 December 2013. We celebrate the birth of Jesus. The broadcast was on Southern FM 88.3. Carols include:

  • Carol of the Bells (John Williams),
  • It came upon a midnight clear (Eileen Farrell), and
  • Good King Wenceslas (Denis Walter)

Click the play button for the audio or download. Play time is 7 minutes.

Songs of Hope website: http://songsofhope883.com
Email us at songsofhope@southernfm.com.au

Messiah prophecy (Isaiah 9:2-7)

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Listen again to an Old Testament prophecy of the coming of a great messiah. This was written hundreds of years before Jesus birth. The Bible reference is Isaiah 9:2-7

Songs of Hope website: http://songsofhope883.com