A passion for the people

Off the back of the success of singing shows like The Choir, the BBC has announced a major new project for this Easter, called The People's Passion. It's a brand new choral work that can be performed by people across the country at Easter. Schools, existing choirs and those still to be formed in communities or at work can be part of this nationwide premiere - “a moment of national harmony”. It's part of a co-ordinated effort at the BBC to combine drama and music in the week before Easter which will draw people into the Passion story.

This is an opportunity that we would be silly to miss out on. For any church with a few singers and some competent musicians, this represents an open door to make some inroads into your local community. Think big, advertise locally, link up with anyone who likes to sing, and create a gospel opportunity out of it, where the singing is complemented by a Gospel word about the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Because his passion was always to reach out to, and to seek and save the lost.