Christmas prayer

Here is our Songs of Hope Christmas prayer (2015 12 27):

Audio 2015-12-27-a-Christmas-prayer.mp3
 
 Click for Songs of Hope prayers on itunes

Christmas Day carols

Listen again to Songs of Hope Christmas Day broadcast for 25 Dec 2015. It is mostly carols, but it includes a short item on the first Christmas in Australia towards the end. Play time  is 1hr 39min. Chris and Rod are the hosts.



Click the play button for the audio. Right click download to download

Songs of Hope on tunein radio

Twelve days - What child - While shepherds

Listen again to Songs of Hope carols podcast for 4 January 2015. Songs include:

• The twelve days of Christmas - 100 Classic Christmas Songs album
• What child is this - Jill Johnson
• While shepherds watched their flocks - Choir of St Mary's

Broadcast on Southern FM 88.3

Songs of Hope Christmas Day edition

Here is the podcast of our Christmas Day edition of Songs of Hope. It goes for 1 hour 39 minutes. The message from Mark Durie is given in another podcast previously posted on our web site.

Audio 2014-12-25-1h39m-ChristmasDay.mp3

Click the play button for the audio. Right click download to download.

Songs of Hope on tunein radio

Christmas Day medieval carols

Listen again to three medieval carols from Christmas Day Songs of Hope 2014. Carols include:

• Methinks I see
• A virgin unspotted
• The babe of Bethlehem

Audio 2014-12-25-3-medieval-carols.mp3

Click the play button for the audio. Play time is 11 minutes. Right click download to download

Songs of Hope on tunein radio

Songs of Hope Christmas Message Podcast

Our Christmas Message is by Rev Mark Durie of St Mary's Anglican church in Caulfield, Melbourne. Talk time is 18 minutes. Mark looks at the birth of Jesus and its implications. Broadcast on Christmas Day on Southern FM 88.3.

Audio 2014-12-25-MD -Christmas Message

Click the play button for the audio. Right click download to download

Songs of Hope on tunein radio

The birth of Jesus

Here is the Bible account of the birth of Jesus, as recorded in the book of Luke. It was referenced in Rev Kevin Pedersen's sermon we posted on 14 December 2014 here The reader is Hugh Elphinstone.

Audio 2014-12-14-the-birth-of-Jesus-Luke2v1-20.mp3

Click the play button for the audio. Play time is 3 minutes. Right click download to download

Songs of Hope on tunein radio

Songs of Hope Carols 21/12/14

Listen again to Rods one hour Songs of Hope program from 21 Dec 2014. It is carols to celebrate the birth of Christ. Broadcast on Southern FM 88.3 on 21 Dec 2014.

Audio  2014-12-21-1hr.mp3

Click the play button for the audio. Play time is one hour.
Right click download to download

Songs of Hope on tunein radio

Christmas Day/Carol of the birds/Three drovers

2014-12-21 The carols podcast includes three Australian carols by the ABC Adelaide Chorus:

• Christmas Day
• Carol of the Birds
• The Three Drovers

Audio 2014-12-21-3-aust-carols.mp3

Click the play button for the audio. Play time is 6 minutes. Right click download to download

Songs of Hope on tunein radio

The first Christmas in Australia

Listen again to the story of the first Christmas in Australia. Broadcast on “Songs of Hope” on 21 December 2014 on Southern FM 88.3

Audio 2014-12-21-the-first-Christmas-in-Australia.mp3

Click the play button for the audio or download. Play time is 5 minutes
Songs of Hope on tunein radio

The birth of Jesus

Our Words for Life talk on 14 December 2014 at 7:30am was by Kevin Pedersen. The title is “The birth of Jesus” and refers to the shepherds and angels in Luke 2. Program is Songs of Hope on Southern FM 88.3.

Audio 2014-12-14-KP-The-birth-of-Jesus.mp3

Click the play button for the audio. Play time is 18 minutes. Right click download to download

Will the real Santa please stand up?

Tune in to Songs of Hope 7am to 9am this coming Sunday 5 January 2014 to hear the story of where Santa came from. Listen also to great Christian music.

Features are:

7:30am What does forgiveness mean at Christmas time? - Chris Witts

8:30am Aussie Christian Music Legends - Family - presented by Vic Campbell

8:45am Where did Santa come from?

Godspeak website: http://songsofhope883.blogspot.com.au

The first Christmas in Australia - podcast

Listen again to the story of the first Christmas in Australia. Broadcast on "Songs of Hope" on 25 December 2013 on Southern FM 88.3

Audio: 2013-12-25-the-first-Christmas-in-Australia.mp3

Click the play button for the audio or download. Play time is 5 minutes

Godspeak website:  http://songsofhope883.blogspot.com.au

Christmas Day Podcast - 25/12/2013

Listen 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.

Audio 2013-12-25-ChristmasEdition-160.mp3

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

Godspeak website: http://songsofhope883.blogspot.com.au

Songs of Hope on Christmas Day

Songs of Hope will have a special Christmas Day program from 7am to 8am this Wednesday 25 December, Christmas Day. Rod and Chris will be on deck to celebrate this great occasion, the birth of Jesus.

A feature at 7:45am will be the story of the first Christmas in Australia.

Godspeak website: http://songsofhope883.blogspot.com.au

Email us at songsofhope@southernfm.com.au

Listen to Handel's Messiah - podcast

Listen again to Handels Messiah as broadcast on Southern FM 88.3 on Sunday 22 December 2013. This is the greatest choral piece and it is podcast for your enjoyment.

Audio 2013-12-22-Handels-Messiah-160.mp3

Click the play button for the audio or download. Play time is 53 minutes

Godspeak website: http://songsofhope883.blogspot.com.au
Email us at songsofhope@southernfm.com.au

Handels Messiah Broadcast this Sunday

Tune 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.
Other features on Songs of Hope this Sunday are: 

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

Godspeak website: http://songsofhope883.blogspot.com.au

One hour of Carols 15/12/2013

Listen 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

Audio SOH-2013-12-15-1hr-carols-160.mp3

Features included are Aussie legend Nathan Tasker by Vic Campbell 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.
Godspeak website: http://songsofhope883.blogspot.com.au

Three carols for Christmas

Listen 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)

Audio SOH-2013-12-15-three-carols.mp3

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

Godspeak website: http://songsofhope883.blogspot.com.au

Email us at songsofhope@southernfm.com.au

One hour traditional carols podcast 8/12/2013

Songs of Hope had one hour of traditional carols on Sunday 8 Dec 2013. Here is the podcast. This podcast includes Aussie Legend Roma Waterman by Vic Campbell half way through. It also include the story of Jose Ramos-Horta for 5 minutes three quarters of the way through.

Audio SOH-2013-12-08-1hr-carols.mp3

Click the play button for the audio or download. Play time is 60 minutes
Godspeak website: http://songsofhope883.blogspot.com.au
Keywords: Christmas, carols, John Farnham, Harry Belafonte