Marina sang three songs live tonight Alfie Clark aged 10 sang live and talked about Easter at Ingatestone Junior School. Tim Lee told us about the celebrations for Good Friday held this morning in the town centre in Brentwood, with over four hundred people and a dramatized re-enactment of the first Good Friday. He also talked about the service he had taken at Mountnessing school about an empty Easter egg. Adrian, chaplain at Brentwood school, explained about the services for Easter that were held before the pupils had their Easter holidays, so this focussed on Palm Sunday. He also told us about last Friday being in Ypes in Belgium and how moving an experience that was for all concerned. Marina sang her three songs and talked about the importance of the resurrection in her own life. John spoke on the phone about an event happening at Emmanuel church Billericay on Easter Saturday afternoon, where they are having a Messy church for Easter. Apparently the tomb is a bread roll. Jesus is a jelly baby and the stone across the entrance to the tomb is a rich tea biscuit! Sue, who lives with husband Jim in Colorado Springs, but had worked for eight years in Cyprus, explained about the multicultural character of the church in Larnaca where she worshiped and about how they worked with refugees and others on the edge of the society.  She also said the church back in Colorado Springs regularly has 7,000 attenders on a Sunday morning. We have never had such a packed show! Jonty was back as well. We had lots of e-mails saying that Alfie was a star.

Tonight’s playlist

Carrie Underwood – Jesus take the wheel – Holly commented that she loves this song and uses the phrase all of the time, having first heard it on this show.

Jesus Christ Superstar (1986) – Hosanna

Hilary Scott & family – Thy will

Michael W Smith – Awesome God

Casting Crowns – O my soul

Lisa Harman – Psalm 23 – LIsa’s own setting.

Jesus Christ Superstar – Title song – loved by everyone in the studio and Jonty had seen the show live in London and loved it.

Chris Tomlin – Amazing grace

Carrie Underwood – How great thou art

Matt Redman – 1,000 reasons – check out the amazing video of this being sung at a live concert in Times Square, New York to an enormous audience.

Godspell – Prepare ye the way of the Lord

David Pickhall Big Band – Mac Arthur Park – they are playing live on Easter Saturday at Ingatestone Parish Church.

Join me next week for more music and chat, live from Brentwood.

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