On the BBC
Dr Mike Townsend, Chair of Through the Roof and trustee of Torch Trust is preaching the sermon for the BBC Radio 4 service on Sunday 19th August. The service is billed as ‘Anticipating the Paralympic Games and exploring the encounter with God through disability’. The service is broadcast live from Coventry and led by The Revd Yvonne Stone, from the Olympic Chaplaincy Team in Coventry. Mike, who is a deacon at Fleckney Baptist Church in Leicestershire, lost his sight at the age of eight.
You can listen to the service on the BBC iPlayer and read a transcript of the service including Mike Townsend’s sermon and contributions from Alan Whetherly and Stefanie Reid. Goto the page on the BBC website.