On our View from Earth Descriptor TX Dec 3rd, 2017 • View from Earth on this first Advent Sunday preparation for Christmas, we begin looking forward to Christmas. • “Sandra’s Diary” marks “Stir-up Sunday” when the Christmas pudding was begun by all the family. • Andrew Barr takes us to the Benedictine Douai Abbey on his travels. • We go back to 2011 for the fiftieth anniversary of “Songs of Praise” as the programme settles into production outside the BBC. • Gail reflects on the need for joined-up thinking. • In the news, the Church of Scotland has joined an international group to work against domestic violence. And Dr Richard Fraser called on the Government before the Budget to freeze the Universal Benefits roll-out. • An Australian is gaining international support to save his family’s ancestral place of worship, the former Church of Scotland Balmaghie Parish church. • The reflection is for the first Sunday of Advent with an inspiring story from Australia.
