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Easter has come early this year! We celebrate with music, a poem, special needs families, egg hunts, and even the Hallelujah Chorus! A quiz of bird name anagrams... What does Hosanna mean? Not to mention Spring cleaning!
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Easter has come early this year! We celebrate with music, a poem, special needs families, egg hunts, and even the Hallelujah Chorus! A quiz of bird name anagrams... What does Hosanna mean? Not to mention Spring cleaning!
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Easter has come early this year! We celebrate with music, a poem, special needs families, egg hunts, and even the Hallelujah Chorus! A quiz of bird name anagrams... What does Hosanna mean? Not to mention Spring cleaning!
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Spring Cleaning! Spring Cleaning! We deodorise and sanitise and harmonise you! Spring Cleaning! Spring Cleaning! We're gonna make this town look all shiny and new! Spring Cleaning! Ah! We've got this mess! Spring Cleaning! I'll vacuum the chair! Spring Cleaning! I can't stand the rain! You'll find a lot of stuff when you're Spring Cleaning! Well, hello again! I'm Jenny. I hope you've been with us before, but if not, I hope you'll enjoy this hour. Now then, I hope you enjoyed that clip as well. Lots of hopes going on here. But, have you sprung into Spring yet? You do realise Spring has arrived now, don't you? Is there a Spring in your step? Is there a Spring in mine? Well, thinking of that clip we just played you, have you started your Spring Cleaning? We certainly have plenty to do in our house, don't we Peter? Indeed we do! Yes, but I'd love to give a shout out, especially to all church cleaners. There's so many people around so many church buildings, doing lots of work that's probably unseen. But, if they didn't do it, we might be complaining. So thank you very much to everyone who cleans any churches. And for that extra work over this Easter weekend as well! And thinking about the weekend, if you're listening to this before Easter Sunday, don't forget that our clocks spring forward on the morning of Easter Sunday this year. Yes, Easter is actually so early this year that it's actually the same day as British Summertime starts. Why do we call it British Summertime when it's starting in Spring? That is a bit confusing as well, isn't it Jenny? It is indeed. But now things move swiftly on after the season of Lent we're just finishing. We've had Palm Sunday, remembering when Jesus rose into Jerusalem on the cult of a donkey. Then on Maundy Thursday, we remember the Last Supper. And then on Good Friday, good, because then God, Jesus, made things good by dying on the cross for us. Well, what does Maundy mean? Maundy Thursday? Well, Maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum or commandment. And Jesus told us to do this in remembrance of me. And Jesus also said, I give you a new commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. So that's awkward. I'll bow across for the dear redemption For a world of lost sinners one day I'll cherish the old rogues' scorn Till my trophies at last I lay down I will cling to the old bondage thorn And exchange it someday for a crown To the old rugged cross I will ever be true Its shame and reproach gladly bear Then He'll call me someday to my home far away Where His glory forever I'll share I'll cherish the old rugged thorn Till my trophies at last I lay down I will cling to the old rugged thorn And exchange it someday for a crown I'll cherish the old rugged thorn Till my trophies at last I lay down I will cling to the old rugged thorn And exchange it someday for a crown Well, what great words there are in that good old favourite, the old rugged cross. That was a country music version. I hope you enjoyed it. And here's some advance notice. A heads up, if you like. Our Just for Fun quiz this week, you would benefit by having a pen and paper ready. That's all I need to say at the moment, except that yes, you really will benefit by having a pen and paper of some description ready for when we get to our Just for Fun quiz. But that comes a little bit later. And now for the Thought for the Week for the Keynsham Talking Newspaper. Hello, my name is Caroline and I'm Parish Outreach Worker at St Dunstan's Parish in Keynsham. And I'm looking forward to joining you again for this last week of my time with you, reflecting with you. And we are now approaching Easter. We're approaching Holy Week and Easter. And this year, Holy Week falls in within term time. So I'm kind of in my home life at the time where I'm planning now what I'm going to do in the Easter holidays with my children, how we're going to spend that time. And I'm also looking ahead to Easter Sunday and how we're going to celebrate that as a family. Now I'm planning this year to, what I try and do every year, we're planning an Easter egg hunt. I don't know if you've ever experienced one yourselves, but it is usually a very fun experience and maybe quite a chaotic one as well. But it's one my children really value. Now each year when I plan these Easter egg hunts, I always make sure that there are quite a lot of eggs easily available that can kind of encourage the children, especially my little one. I don't want her to get too discouraged. So I put some of the cheaper, less interesting eggs, usually in fairly obvious places, and kind of encourage the children in their search and in their hunts. But every year I always hide their most special eggs somewhere difficult. It's in a difficult place. And, you know, the children really have to look for them. And often they find it quite difficult. They get to a point where they're feeling quite tired or they get quite frustrated and they'll come to me and they can even be a little bit cross and say, look, come on, can you tell us now? We're tired, you know, we want to know. But I really believe that they need to persevere. They need to persevere with this. You know, they've set this task and they need to see it to the end. And so I never give in and give them the answer. And eventually they do. Eventually they do find their treasure. They find their special egg. And the joy, I think, and the value they place on this special egg is, I think, always enhanced by the fact that they've had to persevere and they've had to work hard to get their treasure, get their reward. And I often feel this is very like our journey through Lent for us as Christians. I feel like it is a great act of perseverance to have this desert experience through Lent and for us to persevere with our Lenten promises and persevere with our prayer. And it can be easy to become frustrated. It can be easy to become fed up and even maybe cross with ourselves or with what we're doing. But I do feel that if we really do persevere our Lenten journey, when it comes to the joy of Easter and the treasure we find in the great Feast of Easter, I do feel we're able to experience that more fully and treasure it more closely if we've really persevered in that journey towards Easter and we've really persevered in that desert experience before the great joy of Easter when it comes. So I hope you have been able to persevere with your own Lenten journey and I hope you've persevered through these listening to my thoughts and reflections during our last few weeks together. And I hope you have a treasured and joyful experience at Easter and you find all that you are looking for. So thank you again for listening and I hope to join you again soon. Thank you so much Caroline for all that and I hope people are going to enjoy some egg hunts while they think about Easter. Excellent. Now I wonder how you've been doing during Lent, how have I been doing? But we're moving on to Easter Sunday or Resurrection Sunday as some people prefer to call it. You can find out on the internet which you want to go with. But of course it's when we especially remember Jesus rising from the dead. He has risen! He has risen! He has risen! He has risen! Jesus is alive! He has risen! He has risen! He has risen! Jesus is alive! When the light flowed from His body It seemed like Jesus' mission failed But His sacrifice accomplished Victory over sin and hell He has risen! He has risen! He has risen! Jesus is alive! And the great God did not need Him For His body to decay Raised from life the grave awaking Satan's body overcame He has risen! He has risen! He has risen! Jesus is alive! He has risen! He has risen! He has risen! Jesus is alive! When the Lord rise out of heaven Mighty angels at His side They will sound the final promise From the grave we shall arise From the grave we shall arise From the grave we shall arise He has given life immortal We shall see Him face to face Through eternity we'll praise Him Christ the champion of our faith He has risen! He has risen! He has risen! Jesus is alive! He has risen! He has risen! He has risen! Jesus is alive! He has risen! He has risen! He has risen! Jesus is alive! He is alive! He is alive! He is alive! Right, well thank you to Noel Richards for that banging, lively, challenging He has risen! And now it's time for our Just for Fun quiz Time for question one Now for the Just for Fun quiz this week I thought we'd do something a little bit different So I hope you don't mind But did you get your paper and pen or pencil ready? If not, maybe you just have a very good memory So this is what we're going to do Some anagrams Anagrams are where you say a series of letters And you've got to change them all around to make something Okay, now we're going to have something about birds this week For whatever reason, there may be a reason, you may find out later Now these are not very difficult ones But they are if you haven't got any paper to write them down So the first one is quite simple Now what is this bird? I'll give you a few letters Just five letters, you ready? B-N-O-R-I Got that? B-N-O-R-I Now what bird is that if you change the letters around? Bulldog! It doesn't sound like a pigeon Well, if you were listening last week to Believe Together You would have heard the voice of Kath She was reading William Wordsworth's poem, Daffodils Kath sent me a little audio recording at 5.30am the other day She said, this is what I heard in my garden just now It's a lot of birds, how lovely And Kath lives in Keynsham So you never know what you might hear I wonder if you hear birds in your house or flat Just open the window at dawn and you will hear them So here we go, thank you Kath B-N-O-R-I Daffodils B-N-O-R-I That was just beautiful, I must listen to birds more often Right, well before we get to our second Just for Fun quiz question Here's an old classic again This is a Harry Seacombe version of that All Things Bright and Beautiful All things bright and beautiful All creatures great and small All things wise and wonderful The Lord God made them all Each little flower that opens Each little bird that sings He made their glowing feathers He made their tiny wings All things bright and beautiful All creatures great and small All things wise and wonderful The Lord God made them all The turtle-headed mountain The river running by The sunset and the morning That brightens up the sky All things bright and beautiful All creatures great and small All things wise and wonderful The Lord God made them all The tall trees in the greenwoods The meadows where we play The rushes by the water We gather every day All things bright and beautiful All creatures great and small All things wise and wonderful The Lord God made them all He gave us eyes to see them And lips that we might tell How great is God Almighty Who has made all things well All things bright and beautiful All creatures great and small All things wise and wonderful The Lord God made them all And now it's time for our Just for Fun quiz. Time for question two. Thank you, Blaze. Right, number two. Here's your next anagram. Which bird is this? You've got to unjumble these letters to get the name of a bird. L-G-E-S-A-L-U I'll say that again. L-G-E-S-A-L-U That's not a pigeon either, is it? What? It's not a pigeon, is it? No. That's still not a pigeon, Peter. Oh. Here is a list of the information on how to listen again and contact us. You can do it by phone, text message or WhatsApp through Peter's phone, whose number is 0787 940 2114. That's 0787 940 2114. You can use your email at bt at ktcrfm.com or through a Facebook message at Believe Together Radio. To listen live, you can listen on the radio at 105.8 FM and DATS+. Or you can go to our website at www.ktcrfm.com. However, if you would like to listen again, go to audio.com slash believe slash together. One of our good friends, David Brasington, produces a very different show on this radio station. Let's hear him tell you all about it. Hi, I'm Dave Brasington and it's my pleasure to present The Country Hour on KTCR 105.8 FM. You will hear classic country hits, old and new, plus news on local clubs and gigs. We look forward to spending this hour with you. Until then, keep it country. You're listening to Believe Together, a church's together and patreon and software production for KTCR FM 105.8 and online. Before we bring you some reports on recent events around the town, here's a song which was sung at the last Lent course organised by Churches Together in Keynsham and Salford. This song is called Brother, Sister, Let Me Serve You. Sometimes it's called the Servant Song. And here it is brought to you by the Northumbria community. A beautiful, quiet, reflective song. Brother, sister, let me serve you Let me be as Christ to you Pray that I may have the grace to Let you be my servant too We are pilgrims on a journey We're companions on the road We are here to help each other Walk a mile and bear the load I will hold the Christ light for you In the night time of your fear I will hold my hand out to you Seek the peace you long to see I will weep when you are weeping When you laugh, I'll laugh with you I will hold the Christ light for you In the night time of your fear When you laugh, I'll laugh with you I will share your joy and sorrow Till we sing this journey through When we sing to God in heaven We shall find such harmony For all we've known together Of Christ's love and agony Brother, sister, let me serve you Let me be as Christ to you Pray that I may have the grace to Let you be my servant too Now, I don't know if you have children or grandchildren or work with children, but I have noticed quite a few Easter escape rooms. Do you know what I'm talking about? Lots of people go to physical escape rooms. They're great fun, don't they nowadays? But you can actually do things, games with families and friends and so on online. So if you look online, I'm sure there's still be time to either buy or have a look at some free Easter escape rooms. If not for this year, let's think about it for next year. I think I fancy doing one myself. So that's Easter escape rooms. Now, what was on? The Lent course. There have been several Lent courses in the area, I'm sure. But we were taking part in the Churches Together one, which is why we make this radio show, isn't it, for Churches Together. They have been excellent. Five sessions in all. Really good. We had the last one last week and that was run by Trevor Stubbs. The Rev Trevor Stubbs from St John's Church. It was excellent. Obviously, I can't tell you everything he said, but it's about how we sort of share our faith with others. Sort of things that are useful to do or not to do. But the main thing that came out of it, and we were chatting about different scenarios, was we just need to listen to people. We are not trying to get people into the church buildings. We are trying to help people get to know Jesus themselves. And hopefully, eventually, they'll want to join up with other Christians. So that was excellent. The whole course was excellent. And big thanks to Ros Durrant, who sort of helped put that together. Indeed. Thank you very much, Ros and Trevor, for that one. Now, another thing that's happened just recently, which we told you about in advance, was this special needs Easter event or celebration in St Mary's Church in Timsbury. Yes, we got down there with our family last Sunday afternoon, and it was excellent as usual. Now, if you remember, Caroline's talk, her thought for the week, talked about Easter egg hunts. And yes, we had an Easter egg hunt in St Mary's Church for the children to take part. And they loved it. The eggs weren't terribly well hidden, if you know what I mean. They were obvious. And the kids just rushed around happily, filling their hands with little Easter eggs. They were so happy. It was exciting just to watch them and listen to them. And yeah, I think I actually got one too. Anyway, what was it all about? Well, yes, it was about Easter. We sang some Easter songs, and we had some Easter words. I'll tell you what, I'll play you a couple of little clips from it. Listen to this. The first clip is the Rector with his friend, or maybe I should say puppet, Bert. The children absolutely loved Bert. And the second clip is a very familiar old song, but again, both of these clips just show how happy the children were being in church for an Easter celebration. And so were the rest of us. Indeed, we all enjoyed it. It's a happy Easter, Joey. Say Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. 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On Palm Sunday, we like to celebrate and think about what we call Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and we picture Him on the coat of the donkey, riding into Jerusalem, and we think of the people laying their coats down in front of the donkey, or putting palm branches down and waving them, and shouting out, Hosanna, Hosanna to the Son of David. Well, and we sort of think they're praising Jesus coming to Jerusalem, but in fact, it's not necessarily the same for everybody standing there, is it? Because it turns out that although we like singing songs with Hosanna in praising God, Hosanna in Judaism is actually a cry for help. It means save me, please. Of course, the people there might not realize they did need to be saved by Jesus, but hey, so that's quite interesting. Now, I wonder how we got it in Christianity to mean praise God. Anyway, it's lovely. Wouldn't it be lovely to have a little girl called Hosanna so she'd have the meaning of save me, save me, but also praising God. I think that would be lovely. Anyway, we're going to hear Hosanna now, sung here by Karl Tuttle. Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest. Lord, we lift up your name with heart full of praise. Be exalted, O Lord my God, Hosanna in the highest. Glory, glory, glory to the King of kings. Glory, glory, glory to the King of kings. Lord, we lift up your name with heart full of praise. Be exalted, O Lord my God, glory to the King of kings. Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest. Lord, we lift up your name with heart full of praise. Be exalted, O Lord my God, Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest. Lord, we lift up your name with heart full of praise. Be exalted, O Lord my God, Hosanna in the highest. Lord, we lift up your name with heart full of praise. Be exalted, O Lord my God, Hosanna in the highest. Be exalted, O Lord my God, Hosanna in the highest. Now for some what songs. We usually don't mention all the church services, do we? Because there'd be far too many. But as it's especially Easter, we will mention more than usual services. So get ready for this. Now on Maundy Thursday, we remember the time when Jesus met with his friends at Passover. After the meal, Jesus invited his disciples to share in bread and wine and they were asked to do this in the future to remember him. Jesus also washed his disciples feet as a loving, caring act which demonstrated that those who follow God's way of love need to act as those who serve others. This year at the Victorian Methodist Centre in Kenship High Street on Thursday 28th of March at 11am, they will be sharing in an act of remembrance, Holy Communion, as part of the Thursday shoppers service. All are welcome. Right now in Salford at St Mary's Church, 7pm, a communion commemorating the Last Supper. Presumably that's on the Thursday as well. Yes, Maundy Thursday 28th of March. Right. Then also at St Mary's Salford on Good Friday, the next day, there'll be an hour at the cross service at 10am. Then at 2pm, there'll be an hour at the cross at All Saints Causton and the Holy Trinity Newton St Lowe. Right, back in Kenship on Good Friday, the 29th of March, the Churches Together service is at 10am. It's a combined service in St John's Church with Reverend Annika Gardner. 10am, Reverend Kevin Durrant will be leading the service at Market Walk following the Walk of Witness. So we meet in St John's Church, we walk down the High Street to the Clock Tower and have another little celebration there. Now we have been requested to keep to the pavement for the Walk of Witness and not to walk on the road. And as last year, we cannot distribute the hot cross buns on the High Street, but we will still be able to enjoy the hospitality of the Keynesian Baptist Church, where hot cross buns, tea and coffee will be readily available following the service at Market Walk by the Clock Tower. Yes. Now, on Good Friday, meditation will take place in St John's Church from 2pm till 3pm, also led by Reverend Annika Gardner. At 3pm, Reflections on the Cross at the Methodist Victoria Centre with Reverend John Hayes. Then on Easter Saturday, something quite different, this is not a service, there's an Easter Walk. The people who do this, or who sort of lead it, say we aim to do a Saturday Easter Walk, providing it involves walking boots rather than swimming gear. We meet outside St John's Church at 10am on that Saturday and hope to visit all the churches in the parish. Wow! No pressure to do the whole walk though. Hope to see you there. Sounds good. Now, on to Easter Day itself. Easter Sunrise Breakfast. There will be an Easter Sunrise Holy Communion service at St Francis Church on Easter Sunday the 31st of March at 6.30am, followed by breakfast of porridge, toast and drinks. All are welcome from across the parish and beyond. If you plan on coming, please can you let us know, they say, in advance via email. The email address will be on our Facebook page or you can let the parish office know in advance. Yes, that's Martin Burton to say about that. Now, on Easter Sunday also, Resurrection Sunday, there'll be a 6.30am sunrise service in Saltford at the Shallows and Easter Communion at 10.30am in Holy Trinity, Newton St Low. At Keynsham Elam Church, there's an Easter Sunday service at 10am and there's probably services in various other churches. If you usually go to them, I expect you'll know where and when to go. Yes, there'll be an Easter Day Holy Communion at 10.30am at Queen's Road Methodist Centre. This will include decorating the cross with flowers and at St John's Church, there'll be a service at 10.30am. Now, lastly in our What's On, we've got a date for your diary. It's a little bit in the future. It's the 29th of May. It's a Wednesday at 7.30 in the evening in Bath Abbey. What's happening? It's a special free fundraising concert by Children's Choir from Watoto in Uganda. Why do we know about this? Why are we mentioning it? Well, about 10 years ago, Jenny and I went along to a church where there was one of these Children's Choirs from Watoto and it was such a beautiful, excellent evening that we decided we wanted to sponsor one of the children from Uganda and we've been doing that now for about 10 years. His name is Emmanuel. Emmanuel has been going on a Children's Choir tour around Europe this last autumn. He won't be here in Bath Abbey but we thought we'd try to see if there's any way we can build a link using this radio show to actually find some way of communicating across the miles to Uganda. So we're going to hopefully go along to this event and have a chat with the people there about how we might be able to make some progress. But if you want a really positive evening out, some really encouraging stories about how children can be rescued and grow up in the community of Watoto into adults with jobs and really satisfied, also learning about the Christian faith at the same time, then that's a good evening to be at. It's a really encouraging, positive time. If you want to find out more, there's a website simply called Watoto. That's W-A-T-O-T-O. Now just before we finish all this section about what's happening, we'll just mention one other little thing. We have heard a rumour. You may remember hearing or seeing little painted rocks around Keynsham. They're lovely, they're beautiful and people who find them can either keep them or move them around and put them somewhere else for someone else to discover. Well, we've now heard this rumour that across this Easter time in the town of Keynsham, there are little models of Jesus appearing in nooks and crannies. You never know where they might be. So just keep your eyes open as you're going around the town, around the park or wherever. Do you spot a model of Jesus? If you do, maybe take a picture of it. Stick it up online if you like or take it home or simply move it and put it somewhere else just for fun. Now my diary verse for the week comes from 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 17 which says, Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. No more in condemnation. Here in the grace of God I stand. My heart is overflowing. My life just keeps on growing. Here in the grace of God I stand. And I will praise you, Lord. Yes, I will praise you, Lord. And I will sing of all that you have done. I am a new creation. No more in condemnation. Here in the grace of God I stand. My heart is overflowing. My life just keeps on growing. Here in the grace of God I stand. And I will praise you, Lord. Yes, I will praise you, Lord. And I will sing of all that you have done. The joy that knows no limits. The lightness in my spirit. Here in the grace of God I stand. I am a new creation. No more in condemnation. Here in the grace of God I stand. My heart is overflowing. My life just keeps on growing. Here in the grace of God I stand. And I will praise you, Lord. Yes, I will praise you, Lord. And I will sing of all that you have done. The joy that knows no limits. The lightness in my spirit. Here in the grace of God I, here in the grace of God I, here in the grace of God I stand. Well, thank you, Dave Philbert, for putting that Bible verse to music in the song simply called I Am a New Creation. You're listening to Believe Together, a Churches Together and KChem and Salford production for KTCR FM 105.8 and online. And now it's time for our Just for Fun quiz. And time for question three. This is our last bird anagram. It has seven letters in it. And here are the letters. T-L-E-B-T-I-U. I'll say that again. T-L-E-B-T-I-U. And no, Peter, it is not a pigeon. So sorry. Not a sparrow either. Oh. Right. Now we always welcome poems from you. And we look forward to getting some more from you. Right now we've got another one from Pat. This one is called Jesus is Alive. What wonderful affirmation. Christ Jesus is alive. He now is risen from the grave so that our faith can thrive. To those who do not believe it, then all hope will be lost. If Jesus did not rise again, what good then is the cross? I believe he rose from the tomb, eternal life to bring. To everyone who will accept Jesus as their great king. Not just to Jews, but everyone, including us today. For Jesus brings the greatest joy we have on Easter Day. Thank you, Pat. It's time for our international news headlines. Remember, if you want to find out any more about any of these headlines, feel free to look them up. Now, here we go. I've been speaking out on China for ten years, so I'm glad the UK government is finally waking up, says Christian activist. Pope skips Palm Sunday homily but continues service. Church leaders shocked and saddened by Moscow attack. God gave us Trump. The US church leaders preach a messianic message. Presbyterian Church of Ireland assisted dying, not the hallmark of compassionate society. CFE giving falls by a third in a decade. Archbishop of Canterbury slams diocese over job ad for deconstructing whiteness officer. Transgender child forcibly removed from Christian parents. Court refuses to hear appeal. No change for Baptist ministers on same-sex marriage. New safeguarding standard award scheme for Christian groups with zero tolerance for harm and abuse. New 15-minute church service to accommodate busy working lives. Churchgoers set out on a quest to visit 42 cathedrals. Church of England grants 8.5 million for nationwide church evangelism. Christenings are the hardest event to write cards for, new study shows. Christian ministry urges churches to prioritise toddler groups. Made in Chelsea star questions the existence of Jesus in BBC series. MP invites fellow MPs to knock on his door if they want to know more about Christ. Well, it won't take long to read out the answers this week. Thank you, Blaise. Right, these anagrams of birds. I'm sure you've got them all right. The first one was a robin, not a pigeon. The second one was a seagull. The third one was a blue tit. So, I wonder how you did with that, whether you'd written them down or you were doing it in your head. I wonder if any of those birds were singing in that little extract that Kath sent us at dawn of the birds singing. That was beautiful, wasn't it? There, thank you for that. In a minute we're going to play out with a wonderful piece of music that is very well recognised. That's the Hallelujah Chorus, but what's the story behind it? It's often associated with Christmas time, but actually is part of Handel's Messiah, a larger piece of music conceived for Easter. So, a great crowd had gathered, which included King George II of England. He was so moved by the exhilarating music of the Hallelujah Chorus that he sprang to his feet, an action which seemed to prompt the whole audience to do the same. In fact, that was protocol. The king stands, you stand. From that day, wherever in the world the Hallelujah Chorus is presented, the audience stands. So, I wonder if you'll want to stand when we play the Hallelujah Chorus. This time played and sung by the Vienna State Orchestra and Choir. And now it's time for me to say goodbye and a very happy Easter to you all. And goodbye from me too. We wish you well and we hope to see you again next week. May the Lord bless us and keep us. May he lift up his face to shine upon us and may he grant us his peace, now and forevermore. Amen. HALLELUJAH CHORUS HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH
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