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Hello and welcome to a special Easter Sunday Songs Of Praise. | 0:00:03 | 0:00:07 | |
I am in Poole in Dorset, to go behind the scenes | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
of the town's community Passion play, | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
to discover how it is having a meaningful and lasting effect | 0:00:13 | 0:00:15 | |
on the lives of some of its actors. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:18 | |
I have seen the Lord! Don't be sad. He came back for us. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:22 | |
'I had lost a lot of my self-confidence, | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
'but Poole Passion really helped me' | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
to find that again. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
I'll be meeting a pastor from war-torn Syria, | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
to find out why he'll be returning to his ministry there, | 0:00:32 | 0:00:36 | |
in spite of the war. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:38 | |
I want to serve the church back home | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
and I want Christians to know what's going on. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
And David is in Oxford, | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
to rediscover the long-lost tradition of carols at Easter. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:51 | |
SINGING IN LATIN | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
And as well as a wonderful mix of music, | 0:01:06 | 0:01:08 | |
including a familiar carol for Easter, | 0:01:08 | 0:01:11 | |
I'll also bring you details of how you can get involved | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
with our Gospel Choir Of The Year competition. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
But we start in Birmingham, | 0:01:17 | 0:01:19 | |
recalling what happened | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
on the morning of the first Easter day - | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
Christ's resurrection - | 0:01:24 | 0:01:25 | |
celebrated in a great song from the writing team | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
of Stuart Townend and Keith Getty. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
CONGREGATION SINGS | 0:01:34 | 0:01:37 | |
WOMEN SING | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
MEN SING | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
ALL SING | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
Since medieval times, the Passion play, | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
depicting the last days in the life of Christ, | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
has been at the heart of Easter worship for millions of Christians, | 0:04:06 | 0:04:10 | |
and here in Poole, | 0:04:10 | 0:04:11 | |
people from all walks of life have come together | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
to produce their own community Passion play. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
One, two, three...and action. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
I'm Jamie Derrick, I'm 35, | 0:04:23 | 0:04:24 | |
I play the role of Marcus, who captures Jesus. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
I will tell you a story, | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
-but you're going to have to help me. -Yes? | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
'My name is Faustine. I'm 39. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
'I am originally from France,' | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
but now I live in Bournemouth | 0:04:36 | 0:04:38 | |
and I am playing the part of Mary Magdalene. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
Reaching out to people from all parts of community | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
has been at the heart of the Poole Passion | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
since it began in 2009. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
It is the brainchild of director and drama professional Sharon Coyne. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:52 | |
Can we wind back to when you say Magdalene is a great speaker? | 0:04:53 | 0:04:57 | |
'I was up in London and I saw an exhibition' | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
and I was so inspired by it, | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
because it was the Passion, | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
and it was slow, moving actors | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
in modern-day costume and I thought, "We could do that. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:11 | |
"That is something we could do down here in Poole." | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
So just explain how it's grown over the years. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
Well, it started as, supposedly, a one-off of two nights, | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
with a cast of about, maybe, 30 to 40 | 0:05:21 | 0:05:26 | |
and now, it has grown to five nights | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
and a full company of about 100. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
The cast is made up of people | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
from a wide variety of very different backgrounds and ages, | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
with actors ranging from seven years old | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
right up to 80. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
While teaching drama in a local rehab centre, | 0:05:44 | 0:05:48 | |
Sharon met recovering addict Jamie. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:50 | |
I started using drugs and alcohol around the age of 12, | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
started off just smoking marijuana, cannabis, | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
and then it progressed. | 0:05:57 | 0:05:58 | |
I was also quite excessively drinking. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:01 | |
It, kind of, gradually got worse and it spiralled out of control. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
Two years ago, Sharon invited Jamie | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
to become a cast member for the Poole Passion | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
and he's never looked back. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:12 | |
When I first done in the play, I didn't have much confidence, | 0:06:14 | 0:06:18 | |
so it was, like, quite a big boost of confidence | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
and it is working with a lot of people from the community, | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
which was really important, as well, because I felt part of something. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:28 | |
Somebody help me! | 0:06:28 | 0:06:30 | |
Faustine has played the part of Mary Magdalene | 0:06:30 | 0:06:32 | |
ever since the production began seven years ago | 0:06:32 | 0:06:36 | |
and getting involved has had a major impact on her life. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
They have taken my Lord out of the tomb. Please... | 0:06:39 | 0:06:43 | |
'I became quite disabled, became a recluse.' | 0:06:43 | 0:06:47 | |
So Sharon decided to get me involved, | 0:06:47 | 0:06:50 | |
to see if that could help me to get out of my shell. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:52 | |
'I had lost a lot of my self-confidence, | 0:06:52 | 0:06:56 | |
'but Poole Passion really helped me to find that again.' | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
Some people have actively said, "Oh, I don't act, I can't do it." | 0:07:01 | 0:07:05 | |
And yet, here they are, | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
finding a voice and working together. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
They are courageous, I think, | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
to stand in front of people in a costume and speak. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
WOMAN SINGING | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
Since the start, Sharon has been striving | 0:07:18 | 0:07:21 | |
to make the Poole Passion relevant and ground-breaking. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
Every time that we've done it, this will be our fifth production, | 0:07:24 | 0:07:27 | |
we have changed the role of Jesus. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:30 | |
So, so far, we have had a woman Jesus, | 0:07:30 | 0:07:34 | |
we have had a Nigerian Jesus, | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
we've got an Irish Jesus this time, | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
and we have changed it, | 0:07:40 | 0:07:41 | |
and that makes people look at the play differently. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
As the production prepares for the first night, | 0:07:44 | 0:07:48 | |
cast members like Faustine and Jamie | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
are grateful for the way the play has helped turn their lives around. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:54 | |
I feel a lot of parallels with the story of the Roman guard | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
who is, kind of, this brutal man, | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
but Jesus got down and healed him, | 0:08:00 | 0:08:03 | |
and I feel like that is what has happened to me. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
Later in the programme, I'll see first-hand | 0:08:06 | 0:08:08 | |
how Sharon and the cast's first big night performance | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
of the Poole Passion turns out. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
It is just very scary! | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
SHE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
CONGREGATION SINGS | 0:08:22 | 0:08:24 | |
MEN SING | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
ALL SING | 0:09:04 | 0:09:06 | |
WOMEN SING | 0:09:27 | 0:09:30 | |
ALL SING | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
Lord Enthroned In Heavenly Splendour, | 0:10:38 | 0:10:41 | |
written back in their 19th century, but with that classic timeless feel | 0:10:41 | 0:10:45 | |
of many of our great Easter hymns and, down the years, | 0:10:45 | 0:10:49 | |
the Easter message has been set to a whole variety of styles of music, | 0:10:49 | 0:10:54 | |
some of which have been lost in the mists of time. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
And so, in search of those old musical treasures, | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
David has gone to a very old city, to find out more. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
# Ding-dong merrily on high... # | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
Oxford, the City of Dreaming Spires - | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
the perfect place to delve into history | 0:11:09 | 0:11:11 | |
and to enjoy some carol singing. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:14 | |
NEEDLE SCRATCHES | 0:11:14 | 0:11:15 | |
No, not that kind of carol. | 0:11:15 | 0:11:16 | |
There isn't a shepherd, wise man or a baby in sight. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
I've come here to rediscover | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
the lost tradition of carols for Easter. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:23 | |
Carols are actually songs of celebration | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
dating back to medieval times | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
and some were written specifically for Easter. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:33 | |
'I have come to Oxford's famous Bodleian Library | 0:11:33 | 0:11:36 | |
'to meet historian Dr Eleanor Parker, to find out more.' | 0:11:36 | 0:11:39 | |
Eleanor, when I think of carols, | 0:11:39 | 0:11:41 | |
I think of O Little Town Of Bethlehem, Away In A Manger - | 0:11:41 | 0:11:43 | |
I think of Christmas. But originally, | 0:11:43 | 0:11:45 | |
carols weren't just for Christmas, you're saying, right? | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
That's right. Carols can be sung all year round and in the Middle Ages, | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
people would sing carols on any occasion | 0:11:51 | 0:11:53 | |
where they got together to celebrate something. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:55 | |
But if carols aren't Christmas songs, | 0:11:55 | 0:11:57 | |
what is a carol? | 0:11:57 | 0:11:59 | |
Well, originally, the word would refer to dancing, | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
so it comes from the idea of dancing in a ring | 0:12:02 | 0:12:04 | |
and the songs that people sang as they danced would be called carols. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:08 | |
And what form did they take? What were they like? | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
Well, we actually have an example and I can show you one right now. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
Oh, wow. Yes, please. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:15 | |
So, what we have got here is a Medieval Latin song. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:23 | |
What is it about? | 0:12:23 | 0:12:24 | |
It is really about the season of spring | 0:12:24 | 0:12:27 | |
and it talks about how, in spring, | 0:12:27 | 0:12:29 | |
things get warmer and the birds start to sing, | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
flowers reappear on the Earth, | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
and it talks about all these things as a reflection | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
of the creative power of God. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:38 | |
So why did people stop singing them? | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
Why did Easter carols go out of fashion? | 0:12:41 | 0:12:43 | |
One of the reasons is that the main occasions for singing them | 0:12:43 | 0:12:47 | |
just, kind of, died out, as society changed, | 0:12:47 | 0:12:49 | |
but another one might be that carols could sometimes be a bit subversive, | 0:12:49 | 0:12:53 | |
because they could be sung by anyone. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:55 | |
Authorities didn't always like people singing carols | 0:12:55 | 0:12:59 | |
and tried to stamp it out a bit. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:01 | |
So, were there protest carols? | 0:13:01 | 0:13:02 | |
There were political and satirical carols, | 0:13:02 | 0:13:04 | |
making fun of the rich or criticising social inequality. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:08 | |
But they did keep being sung for quite a long time | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
in folk tradition, even as late as the 19th or 20th century. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
To hear what our Easter carol sounds like in its original Latin, | 0:13:19 | 0:13:23 | |
we have invited young musicians who specialise in early music | 0:13:23 | 0:13:26 | |
to the majestic hall of New College. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
THEY PLAY TRADITIONAL TUNE | 0:13:29 | 0:13:31 | |
THEY SING IN LATIN | 0:13:37 | 0:13:40 | |
Eleanor, how does it feel to hear this music | 0:13:49 | 0:13:53 | |
in this place? | 0:13:53 | 0:13:55 | |
It's really lovely. I mean, this is just the kind of place | 0:13:55 | 0:13:57 | |
where carols would have been sung in medieval Oxford, | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
so it is really, really nice to hear it. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:02 | |
Now, I have got the English lyrics, | 0:14:05 | 0:14:07 | |
I can really see what you were saying | 0:14:07 | 0:14:09 | |
about them speaking about spring and what it is like, | 0:14:09 | 0:14:13 | |
and then speaking about God | 0:14:13 | 0:14:14 | |
and weaving it all... | 0:14:14 | 0:14:16 | |
Is this quite typical | 0:14:16 | 0:14:17 | |
of the way that people used to write | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
in this period? | 0:14:20 | 0:14:21 | |
Yeah, medieval poets really loved writing about the spring | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
and they liked seeing the signs of God in the natural world | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
and, of course, the new life that comes | 0:14:27 | 0:14:29 | |
with the resurrection of Christ at Easter is reflected | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
in the new life that we see in the signs of the world around us. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:35 | |
And now a French traditional carol, | 0:14:42 | 0:14:44 | |
which is perfectly suited for springtime | 0:14:44 | 0:14:46 | |
and the resurrection. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:47 | |
CONGREGATION AND CHOIR SING | 0:14:47 | 0:14:51 | |
MEN SING | 0:16:30 | 0:16:32 | |
ALL SING | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
CHOIR SINGS | 0:17:02 | 0:17:04 | |
Well, I love carols, so it is nice to think | 0:17:18 | 0:17:20 | |
we are allowed to sing them twice a year. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
And singing is right at the heart | 0:17:23 | 0:17:25 | |
of our Gospel Choir Of The Year competition, | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
so if your choir is thinking of entering, | 0:17:28 | 0:17:30 | |
do it now, because this year's competition closes on May 1st. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:35 | |
You can get all the details and the terms and conditions that you need | 0:17:35 | 0:17:39 | |
on our website... | 0:17:39 | 0:17:45 | |
To whet your appetite, here is a performance | 0:17:45 | 0:17:47 | |
from one of last year's finalists. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:49 | |
# Why do you cry? | 0:17:51 | 0:17:55 | |
# He has risen | 0:17:57 | 0:18:02 | |
# Why are you weeping? | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
# He's not dead | 0:18:08 | 0:18:12 | |
# He paid it all | 0:18:12 | 0:18:16 | |
# On that lonely highway | 0:18:17 | 0:18:24 | |
# And his anointing | 0:18:24 | 0:18:28 | |
# I can feel | 0:18:28 | 0:18:33 | |
# He shed his blood | 0:18:33 | 0:18:37 | |
# Ohh, ohh, ohh | 0:18:37 | 0:18:38 | |
# For my transgressions | 0:18:38 | 0:18:42 | |
# Ohh, ohh, ohh | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
# And by his stripes | 0:18:45 | 0:18:47 | |
# We are healed | 0:18:49 | 0:18:54 | |
# So, as you go | 0:18:54 | 0:18:59 | |
# Through life's journey | 0:18:59 | 0:19:06 | |
# Don't you worry | 0:19:06 | 0:19:09 | |
# Lift up your head | 0:19:09 | 0:19:15 | |
# Don't you cry | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
# Ohh, ohh, ohh | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
# Stop your weeping | 0:19:21 | 0:19:23 | |
# Ohh, ohh, ohh | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
# He has risen | 0:19:26 | 0:19:31 | |
# He's not dead | 0:19:31 | 0:19:35 | |
# Whoa, don't...cry | 0:19:37 | 0:19:41 | |
# Wipe...your eyes | 0:19:43 | 0:19:48 | |
# He's...not...dead | 0:19:48 | 0:19:56 | |
# Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
# Don't...cry | 0:19:59 | 0:20:04 | |
# Wipe your eyes | 0:20:04 | 0:20:09 | |
# He's not... | 0:20:09 | 0:20:15 | |
# Dead. # | 0:20:15 | 0:20:25 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
This week's attacks in Brussels have been a stark reminder | 0:20:38 | 0:20:42 | |
of the long shadow of terrorism that exists in our world today. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:47 | |
Fortunately, such attacks are not part of OUR daily lives, | 0:20:50 | 0:20:54 | |
but the same is not true for many Syrians, | 0:20:54 | 0:20:56 | |
who are desperate to escape violence and flee the country. | 0:20:56 | 0:21:00 | |
But there is one Syrian Christian who has been visiting Britain | 0:21:00 | 0:21:04 | |
with no wish to stay here. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:06 | |
He feels that his ministry is to be alongside | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
those who are caught in the midst of conflict. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:11 | |
Josie has been to the New Life Centre | 0:21:11 | 0:21:13 | |
in Northallerton in North Yorkshire, to meet him. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
There is very little | 0:21:16 | 0:21:17 | |
good news coming out of Syria at the moment, | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
but for some people there, suffering the ravages of war, | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
hope and comfort come in the form | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
of Pastor Edward Awabdeh. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
He is in the UK to meet the Christian charity | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
that helps support him. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:32 | |
We never thought that Syria | 0:21:32 | 0:21:35 | |
will plunge into such depths of darkness and killing. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:41 | |
Of course, Damascus is a city that plays a big part in the Bible. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:47 | |
What is the climate like there for Christians at the moment? | 0:21:47 | 0:21:51 | |
The risk they go through is a risk on everybody who lives in Damascus. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:57 | |
Everything you rely on, you just lost. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:01 | |
Everything that was a priority in your life, | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
you find out that it's lost its value completely. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
We go through some risky days | 0:22:09 | 0:22:11 | |
with random shelling from around Damascus | 0:22:11 | 0:22:15 | |
and that is very scary, | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
because you cannot guess where this bomb will fall on. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:20 | |
But any area that is threatened by the extremist Islamists, | 0:22:27 | 0:22:33 | |
like Isis, Jabhat al-Nusra and others, they are very intolerant, | 0:22:33 | 0:22:38 | |
to the degree that you deserve to be killed, if you're not like them. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:42 | |
It is so sad to see people | 0:22:45 | 0:22:48 | |
who want to take everything out, everything Christian. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:52 | |
What is your message for those of us here? | 0:22:52 | 0:22:55 | |
I want to tell the people of the whole world | 0:22:55 | 0:22:59 | |
that evil is real. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:01 | |
We can touch it every day. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
But Jesus and his victory is real also, | 0:23:04 | 0:23:09 | |
and you can experience that every day. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
And one such triumph in the face of evil is the painful story | 0:23:13 | 0:23:17 | |
of a teenage boy's sacrifice, in order to stay true to his faith. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:21 | |
He knew that this town was taken by Jabhat al-Nusra. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:30 | |
And he was expecting, the whole family, | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
expecting that they might kill this son. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:36 | |
They tried to protect him, | 0:23:36 | 0:23:39 | |
to give him a false ID or something like that, | 0:23:39 | 0:23:44 | |
but he rejected, his mother said. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:46 | |
He said, "No, Jesus said if you deny me before man, | 0:23:46 | 0:23:52 | |
"I will deny you before my Father in Heaven." | 0:23:52 | 0:23:55 | |
And this is what happened. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:57 | |
They asked him to deny Jesus | 0:23:57 | 0:23:59 | |
and he said, "I want to be faithful to my Lord and Saviour." | 0:23:59 | 0:24:06 | |
And they killed him right away. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:08 | |
This is the age of martyrdom. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:13 | |
In terms of going back to Syria, which you are doing very shortly, | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
what are your feelings about returning? | 0:24:16 | 0:24:19 | |
I can't wait. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
We feel that we are living a divine, meaningful life. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:27 | |
We are so blessed to be the heart of Jesus for the broken-hearted | 0:24:27 | 0:24:33 | |
and for the crushed and for people who are suffering at such a time. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:38 | |
I would have not preferred to be anywhere else in the Earth | 0:24:38 | 0:24:43 | |
at such a time. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:44 | |
CONGREGATION SINGS | 0:24:50 | 0:24:52 | |
MEN SING | 0:25:41 | 0:25:44 | |
WOMEN SING | 0:26:04 | 0:26:07 | |
ALL SING | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me | 0:27:31 | 0:27:34 | |
will be the one to betray me. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:36 | |
In Dorset, the early scenes of the Poole Passion | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
are being played out. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:40 | |
Judas, what are you saying? | 0:27:40 | 0:27:42 | |
After seven months of painstaking preparations and rehearsals, | 0:27:42 | 0:27:46 | |
tonight is the first of five performances. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:49 | |
We have worked so hard to put this play together | 0:27:49 | 0:27:52 | |
and we are just ready, now, | 0:27:52 | 0:27:54 | |
to share this piece of work. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:56 | |
The King of the Jews, Your Majesty(!) | 0:27:56 | 0:28:03 | |
The productions moves across two churches, | 0:28:03 | 0:28:05 | |
with a street procession of Jesus being led to his crucifixion. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:10 | |
Come on, Jesus! | 0:28:10 | 0:28:12 | |
Playing Jesus is an amazing privilege. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:14 | |
You know, it's a... a fantastic emotional journey. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:18 | |
It has given me a, sort of, greater understanding, | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
in my own particular faith and beliefs, | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
especially with the message | 0:28:24 | 0:28:26 | |
of love, compassion, forgiveness and tolerance to all mankind. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:32 | |
The Passion play being told in this way, in this community, | 0:28:36 | 0:28:39 | |
makes it real, makes it relevant. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:41 | |
It allows people to engage in an emotional way, | 0:28:41 | 0:28:45 | |
and it really reaches deep inside us, at some level | 0:28:45 | 0:28:48 | |
we perhaps really can't fully understand. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:51 | |
Magdalene says that she was lost, that she was troubled | 0:28:51 | 0:28:55 | |
and that, when she met Jesus, | 0:28:55 | 0:28:58 | |
she found a new way of life. | 0:28:58 | 0:29:00 | |
And for me, finding the Passion play gave me a new way of life. | 0:29:00 | 0:29:06 | |
Do not touch me, Mary. Do not hang on to me. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:10 | |
You have to let me go. | 0:29:10 | 0:29:12 | |
The play culminates with the scene of the resurrection. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:15 | |
I have seen the Lord! Don't be sad. He came back for us. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:19 | |
For Sharon, this part of the story is the lynchpin | 0:29:19 | 0:29:23 | |
of every Christian's faith. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:25 | |
This is the message. | 0:29:25 | 0:29:27 | |
If it had ended, if the resurrection hadn't happened, | 0:29:27 | 0:29:32 | |
we definitely wouldn't be telling the story today. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:35 | |
We would be lost. | 0:29:35 | 0:29:37 | |
# Still be thou my vision... # | 0:29:37 | 0:29:41 | |
It is because there is hope | 0:29:41 | 0:29:46 | |
that Jesus did come back from the dead | 0:29:46 | 0:29:49 | |
that is a very powerful and key message | 0:29:49 | 0:29:53 | |
for Christians all over the world. | 0:29:53 | 0:29:55 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:29:55 | 0:29:58 | |
Jesus is for now. He is for everybody now. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:01 | |
He died for all of us 2,000 years ago. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
It's just as relevant now as it was then. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:06 | |
I have done two, now. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:07 | |
I am not well enough to do any more. This is my last, I am sorry to say. | 0:30:07 | 0:30:11 | |
So it was quite emotional for you. | 0:30:11 | 0:30:13 | |
Well, I can't tell you how emotional it is been. I'm breaking up, now. | 0:30:13 | 0:30:17 | |
It is spiritual and you feel moved, | 0:30:17 | 0:30:21 | |
and I think we all feel moved inside, when we do it. | 0:30:21 | 0:30:25 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:30:25 | 0:30:27 | |
Well, we end the programme today, of course, | 0:30:30 | 0:30:34 | |
remembering the victims of those attacks in Brussels this week, | 0:30:34 | 0:30:37 | |
but also remembering that the message of Christ's resurrection, | 0:30:37 | 0:30:41 | |
especially on this most important day | 0:30:41 | 0:30:44 | |
in the Christian calendar, is hope. | 0:30:44 | 0:30:46 | |
So, wherever you are, | 0:30:46 | 0:30:47 | |
I wish you a safe and a peaceful Easter. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:50 | |
CONGREGATION SINGS | 0:30:55 | 0:30:57 | |
MEN SING | 0:31:47 | 0:31:50 | |
WOMEN SING | 0:32:05 | 0:32:08 | |
ALL SING | 0:32:22 | 0:32:25 |