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Radio 4,12 Jul 2026,38 mins

Sea Sunday

Sunday Worship

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Sunday Worship recorded at Portsmouth Cathedral to celebrate Sea Sunday. The service is led by the Canon Precentor, the Reverend Dr Jo Spreadbury, and the preacher is the Chaplain of the Fleet, the Reverend Canon Dr Mark Davidson. . David Price Organist and Master of the Choristers directs the Portsmouth Cathedral Choir. The organist is Sachin Gunga. Readings Genesis 1.1-5 Matthew 14.24-34 Music Breathe on Me. Freda Swain . Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us The Theatre of the Sea. One part of the new sea wall has a poem inscribed along it. The poem called the Theatre of the Sea was written by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage. It was set to music for this year’s Portsmouth’s City centenary. Creator and Father. Christopher Gower Lord the wind and sea obey thee Michael row the boat A new arrangement of ‘Michael, row the boat’, combining this with another traditional spiritual, Deep river by Portsmouth Cathedral Sub-Organist Sachin Gunga Eternal Father, strong to save Produced by Carmel Lonergan

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