The front cover of a music sheet publication for ‘Honour the Dead’, text by Shirley Erena Murray and music by Colin Gibson. — It was published by the New Zealand Hymnbook Trust in 2008. The painting, The Man on a Donkey, is by New Zealand artist Horace Moore Jones. The painting shows a field medic using a donkey to carry a wounded soldier from the Gallipoli battle ground in World War One. The hymn is No 61 in Hope is our Song.
Easter music focus for Wesley Broadway community radio
Wesley Broadway Radio — April 9, 2022
A partnership with Manawatu People’s Radio (MPR)
We encourage all to listen online or to the live radio
broadcast, and support this initiative to share faith via a secular community
radio station. Through music and spoken words, Wesley Broadway explores
ways to share a Christian faith journey that touches the experience of
non-church people.
How to listen to the programmes
Online: Programmes can be downloaded via the station website: www.mpr.nz/show/wesley. Programmes stay for 2 to 3 months, and are listed by date and topic.
Live: These can be heard live in the Manawatu area at 11 A.M. each Tuesday and Saturday, on Frequency AM999.
Wesley Broadway Radio Hosts:
John and Gillian Thornley welcome responses/enquiries: Email: johngill@inspire.net.nz
The following 3 programmes are the April offerings from Wesley Broadway:
April 5: Traditional Easter Hymns: Wesley, Watts, Cowper, Newton, Crosby
April 12: Four NZ Hymnwriters and Easter:
- Colin Gibson, Shirley Erena Murray, Bill Wallace and Marnie Barrell
April 26: Songs for Peace – a contribution for Anzac Day
Each programme is repeated in the following week.
