Around the World

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Duration: 35 minutes

Songwriter Noel Richards leads a thousand people in praise at Peterborough's Kings Gate Community Church, where fifty nationalities are represented in the congregation.

Aled Jones meets couples from India, Egypt and Africa and introduces Songs of Praise School Choir finalists, Southfields Junior School.

Last on

Sun 31 Jan 2010 16:55 BBC One except HD

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Music played

6 items
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    Noel Richards & Band with KingsGate Community Church congregation Come, Now Is The Time To Worship

    Composer: Brian Doerksen

  • Artist Image

    Noel Richards & Band with KingsGate Community Church congregation How Great Thou Art

    Composer: Stuart K Hine

  • Artist Image

    Noel Richards & Band with KingsGate Community Church congregation How Great Is Our God

    Composer: Chris Tomlin

  • Artist Image

    Southfields Junior School Choir Give Me Joy In My Heart

    Composer: Trad Arranger: Steven Hasien Conductor: Andrew De Silva

  • Artist Image

    Noel Richards & Band with KingsGate Community Church congregation To Be In Your Presence

    Composer: Noel Richards

  • Artist Image

    Noel Richards & Band with KingsGate Community Church congregation Great Is The Darkness

    Composer: Noel Richards

  • Factsheet for Sunday 31st January

    Presented by Aled Jones from Peterborough.

  • LOCATION

    KINGSGATE

    KingsGate Community Church in Parnwell, Peterborough is a new church with a growing congregation. They have been holding services in their current location since 2006 but the church began with a gathering of nine people at the home of Pastor David and Karen Smith. Now – 21 years later the church has a congregation of almost two thousand.

  • CONTRIBUTORS

  • Noel Richards

    Noel Richards is an international worship leader who accepted our invitation to lead the singing for this Songs of Praise. It isn’t his first appearance on the programme. Back in 2000 he led the worship in front of a crowd of sixty six thousand at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. He is a prolific songwriter and this show features one of his songs ‘To be in your Presence’.

    Noel Richards website

  • Southfields Junior School

  • Folu & Ade Kehinde

    Speak to Aled about their move from Nigeria.

  • Ony & Andy Carter

    Tell us how they met and married in Egypt and how different their lives are in England.

  • Rincey & Wilson Chetian

    Rincey and Wilson describe how their move from India to England has changed their lifestyle. The interview with Rincey and Wilson was filmed at the Bombay Brasserie in Peterborough.

Credits

Presenter
Aled Jones
Participant
Noel Richards
Producer
David Taviner
Executive Producer
Tommy Nagra

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