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Oswald Barnett got rid of Melbourne slums

Listen again to the story of Oswald Barnett. He was the devout Christian who worked to help the poor in the slums of Melbourne in the early 1900s. He was instrumental in founding the Housing Commission and moving slum dwellers into good accommodation. Broadcast on Songs of  Hope on 21 May 2017 at 8:45am.

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God be – Recessional – Navy hymn

Passing-exercise-with-USS-Carl-Vinson-and-U.S.-and-Indian-navy-ships.-by-Official-U.S.-Navy-Page.jpgOur 26 April hymns podcast includes the following:

  • God be with you – Jim Reeves
  • Recessional – L Warren
  • Navy hymn – St Mary’s choir

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World War 1 diary extract

anzac-soldier-no-writing-250x181-95pc.jpgListen again to an extract from a diary of a soldier at Gallipoli during the first world war. Read by Rod Carr. Broadcast during Songs of Hope on Southern FM 88.3 on 26 April 2015, 100 years since the Gallipoli landing.

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St Matthew’s Passion by Bach

cross-three-file-320x240For Resurrection Sunday, 5 April 2015, Songs of Hope did a feature on the choral work “St Matthew’s Passion” by J S Bach. In this piece Bach focussed his music around the gospel of St Matthew. Our Songs of Hope presenter Chris Whiting presented major excerpts from the piece, with explanations. Play time is 1 hr 26 minutes.

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Songs of Hope Good Friday podcast

Listen again to Songs of Hope Good Friday podcast for 2015. It goes for one hour, starting with appropriate hymns and later an Easter talk from Reverend Kevin Pedersen at about the half-way mark.

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