This has died at the age of 87 he was born in Birkenhead and played for the Blues 3 times you can club says his players hailed their 1st clean sheet since late September after beating Bournemouth yesterday Liverpool are now 11 points clear at the top after the 3 nil win and the Reds boss says the display was clinical it was professional it was controlled scoring one of 4 goals we didn't want to do or make it then all the exciting again so really had to control the game and we just we had to bring it over the line most Jews were dressing on a moment to scream sheets or try and over sell it out of was of course halves wonderful performances to the really good game of a lot of players so that held elsewhere caretaker boss Duncan Ferguson inspired habits into an impressive 31 win against Chelsea at Goodison a results which left them ounce of the relegation zone tram a true one all without Clinton Stanley leaving them 20th in League One Southport are level on points with 3rd place Chester after beating Gloucester City at Hagan have a new chance to themselves fail to defeat at Darlington and Anthony Joshua has reclaimed his world boxing title from Andy Rooney's who won them in a shock result in June Joshua has become only the 4th heavyweights in the sport's history to win them back in a direct rematch and the weather the Met Office of put out a yellow weather warning for strong winds it will be unsettled with frequent and heavy showers possibly thundery at times highs of 9 Celsius b.b.c. Radio Merseyside news just filled about with b. 0 at 9 o'clock I certainly will be hearing it all. Daybreak with Al in general use b.b.c. Radio mezze side. I've done a. Good thing see you mean one couldn't get by yourself. And I don't know. Like you'll be able to bring his into the final hour of daybreak and that you. Great. Between now and 9 o'clock we'll have an act of worship at around 830. This week for the 2nd Sunday an advantage brought to us by Reverend Phil jump Baptist regional minister for Matthew Stanley I'm the last. What else we call kept in the ways Brown is in the building from the Salvation Army at Strawberry Fields she'll be talking to is about to ring and plans for Advent. I'm going to comes to church music you more traditional person. You have the kind of additional stollen him old maybe more contemporary to go as far to say the type of music in your local church is pushing he was going. Which. Morning I went out. A great guest who was written many modern hymns to get them to tell owes what they think. Maybe later on this morning you're off to your church to keep your mouth shut or just a couple looked through the newsletter but didn't want to sing you. Will talk it over I went to get in touch if you have any thoughts on this particular subject then why not get in touch right now. Text 8133 feet start your message with the magic text charge your standard network rate see our previous you know just b.d.c. Dot co dot you can slash local radio privacy Radio Merseyside Cohen. And want remember to have a little let's think about modern or traditional your favorite particular style just as a few later on Spencer may is with his with on the plate at 7 o'clock and the guests on the show all mud capped John and Wild Willy Barrett also he'll talk about Rex It's a great tribute band and the reason that I'm sharing this with you now is Spencer a great listen if you doing the dishes after say to clear up all of the at the bits and pieces and you can hear more with the man from 7 through until 8 wait on the Beat it was. So. Don't start now. People say that a lot to me this week. We're talking music and modern altricial for his local church music pushing he was actually going to church we're going to talk now to pulpit last that you may know a lot of pools what he's written many Best Live hems like open the is of my here Lord and above all and of course I was on a pool is in the u.k. Promoting his latest new single behold him and he's got an album coming out as well going to talk about that exact same old mixing up modern and traditional pull Good morning good morning 1st of all that isn't it straightforward it's either new or old mixing it up does that kind of risk not pleasing everybody. Well that's it's sad that we feel like we have to use music. That's it becomes divisive it doesn't have to be in my opinion as a worship pastor in the u.s. For 25 years at the same church you know I look out of my congregation every week and I see multi generations I see the 20 somethings teenagers I see the middle aged folks I see the retired folks over here in a 2nd row and and just my heart as a pastor was just you know to keep us together as a family and to promote kind of a mutual respect and as I would prayerfully plan my set list each week. I think you know let's let's make sure we incorporate a classic in him maybe like a great is that faithfulness on a holy holy holy something like that and oh hey here's a say here's a new song that came out a few months ago that seems to be resonating with a lot of churches and let's let's maybe give that a try and so you know you had this image recently like almost like a buffet when you walk into a restaurant and they have a buffet you know that's just not one just one style if you will that you walk in and there's a selection and not in the name of trying to please everyone will never please everyone but with the heart of respect we're trying to respect each generation and create more of a sense of unity and encourage each generation to tolerate the other you mentioned if you will and pull feel expertise on the thing what makes a good question song then or heaven why does it what other special ingredient that is a great question I mean. Somebody Yeah. Somebody pointed out I had 400 some songs published with c.c.r. I recently I like I wasn't keeping track but it dawned on me like wow. You know that's only the 400 that actually got recorded there's another you know 400 that that were terrible that never were recorded right and so you know I think I'm always striving for over the years or try to find a way to write a song that will help others worship that to me is the key in my heart is to take biblical truth either from Scripture or a prayerful idea and craft it in a way that makes it easy for others to sing and as they sing it that it would it would feel like they're singing a prayer to God So that's that shit because that's what they say Paul is now sadly time has beaten us but I think it's warm for us to think about over the day to day thanks that. He was a hymn writer Christian leader he's written some of the best known wash of songs such as Open the eyes of my heart and above all if you put his name into a search engine you will get the lowdown on his brilliance what thanks to 1000000 run cool she likes both styles of worship song and hymns I think it's such a personal choice what question to answer. B.b.c. . Travel and 15 Let's get the latest traffic and travel here is some good morning some good morning hello I'm well we've had rain overnight which means there is quite some large pools of standing water out and about on the road so if you are heading out just take it easy this morning in Liverpool old whole streets closed an unsafe building there from Brook Street to Edmond street a large window fell from the building on Thursday evening so that's been closed since then imma go 59 this length improvements take place at Liverpool Road south and. John Lennon Airport cancellations to flights at the airport and delays possible because of strike action in France passengers are advised to check before they travel anything you spot though give us a call 101-517-9495 extension 3. B.b.c. Radio travel thank you so much but you're back with the lovely Paul Beasley in about an hour's time I certainly have a great week doll and hopefully if the 6 numbers don't come in we'll see each of the next and I will be here next and don't my Flynn's birth. Populus and if there is something. I know I know so it can't be too much excitement for a 14 year old this moment I don't beg so yes but it'll be a nice day anyway so great memories I have a bowl yet some Thanks a lot you don't have them by. Christmas carol service if you're still available now on Friday the 13th of December will be at Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral for an evening of Christmas magic will be performances from family brass band The Sing me Maizie choir Soprano Rachael on the Metropolitan Cathedral gales choir Plus of course your favorite radio presenters will be joining in as well tickets are available from the b.b.c. Radio made you sad studios here on how mobile streets for the suggested donation of 5 pounds in aid of Children in Need to fly between 9 and 5 to be part of it on Friday December the 13th follow a lot of the cold nights away you know it wrong. Will be that this Friday will be doing a little think. The great old Nancy and and Frank and Nicole and Robbie that were not singing thankfully doing a festive reading as part of the carol service and what delighted to be involved. Come and say hi wrap up warm it is Friday the 13th about the date put you off but enjoy is a great way to bring in the festivities for your plans for 2019 and Christmas and again we broadcast the cow service on Christmas Eve at tea time and again on Christmas day. To you. And I'm talking to the Salvation Army next. The at the at. Eye out. The out. The out. To our. The at. The at you. You At. The out. More great music and from the eighty's from now on the club will join as for Sunday brunch will have his competitions just a phone. From the eighty's trucks that he plays and I thank. Davies dialect and I'm a he'll be asking you to guess the name over. The song as well as the maestro self David all put you through the paces to work out what the particular song is all and more stay tuned after the act of worship from 9 o'clock today is the 2nd Sunday in Advent and Advent is a season of served in Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christmas the term Advent is a version of the Latin word meaning coming and we marking each of the false and days in Advent and today I'm delighted to say I'm joined by Captain Louise Brown is the fresh expression leader with the Salvation Army at Strawberry failed Good morning good morning Helen must be a Willie lovely time to be involved with stroppy field the 1st Christmas Yeah it's beautiful it's a really exciting time and we still meeting people from all over the world which makes it even more exciting and explain more about the the role leader of fresh expression that's what does that mean yeah because the Salvation Army is a Christian church so we're looking at new ways of engaging with people around faith in spirituality so maybe people who would never think about going into a church will never want to go into a church we want to meet them where they are hear their story and journey with them and for examples you've obviously had loads of people thousands of people through the door since the site opened others transformation stories that maybe already Luis u v 18 year or give you an example be of the day a man walked into our press space which is open all the time anybody can come into that space and just find some stillness and a man walked in and he just said to me I've been wondering about this God Where can I find out more and we're having all sorts of conversations like that where people are very open up. The questions they're asking and people are seeking and wondering and it's such a privilege to be on the site where John Lennon did a lot of wondering and we can kind of. Share that story and with that help people to join in with that story in the biggest story of what's happening how can you signpost listeners to prepare for ADFA and give us some top tips maybe using strawberry failed or the Salvation Army generally how because it all is about taking time to polls and to stop the machine that and them being between now and December 25th was signed to pull on my way in this morning I've seen people who are just on their way home from a night out and you know the world today is just 24 hours of can be craziness for people and with social media and our mobile phones we're constantly having the pressure to be connected so this year what we're saying to people is can you imagine Christmas differently and to help people do that with inviting people to join us in a time of stopping so every day at $1130.00 we are stopping and we inviting people to come as we reflect and be still and hopefully become aware of the presence of God So people talk about making space cheering at Fenway preparing for something but for me it's also about being aware so how can we help people to be more aware rather than our heads being full of all this other stuff and want your advice on how can we achieve take a moment to be still and if you need someone else to do that with you you know come and be with us or find someone else and just be still and I think you know for the God I know. There's no pressure on us to do anything to to say anything I think Mother Teresa once said when someone said to her What do you say to God when you pray she said I listen and they said what has got sigh and she said he listens. So you're both there in that listening and it's just stepping off the the hamster wheel isn't it personally ways how do you prepare. I think they should hear I'm finding it really interesting and I'm trying to take that time to be more aware so trying to slow down so even when I'm walking down the street being aware of what I'm seeing in my conversations with people really trying to listen to them and be aware of what they're saying might be from their heart might be what they're not saying a verbal a but what they're trying to say so just trying to slow down trying to not concentrate on 20 things at a time because that's what we really try Are there isn't it this time of year Yeah and and for you as a personal goal and what are you looking forward to I'm really looking forward to celebrating with people over Christmas time it's terribly failed we've got things going on for people to come and join in with we've got a family Christmas party we've got breakfast with Santa and we sing in the Christmas story on the 23rd so I'm looking forward to those times on Christmas Day I'm joining since Mary's a move to in for anybody who's on their own can come and have a Christmas meal I'm really looking forward to those times and for people that may struggle the ways we're trying to get off the race and trying to say no to things and prepare for the 2nd week of Advent Wow How would you steer people to really try and take that time here I'd say try and focus on what is Christmas all about and it's about the light of the world who came to us and today he's saying the same thing is saying is here they slide to the world is here so just for a moment focus on that light that's what I'd say Happy Days give us the all important website and I mean times for Strobel failed yet so it's sure prefilled Liverpool and we're open from 930 until 5 brilliant Luisa. Pleasure to talk to you today Louise at the leader of fresh expression at Strawberry Fields at Louise Brown an absolute star Many thanks for sharing your top tips today for the 2nd Sunday of Advent My thanks to you for your company this morning thank you so much for choosing b.b.c. Side for Sunday breakfast will do it all over again next Sunday morning between 6 and 9 and you get in touch with the show could be an event or little item you want to allow myself to the want to e-mail Jones at b.b.c. Dot co dot you can be 0 follows the act of worship at 9 o'clock my thanks to him for studio production today and has a say for Copley with the times gone from earlier today he was back again on b.b.c. Sounds to today Pryke if at is a choice that you prefer next it is time to welcome our leader for the regional but just community Reverend Phil jump who takes this part of the program it's called act of worship and I hand you over to Phil jump have a great Sunday and a fabulous week out catchy next weekend to. A I. Am. A I. Was. A I am. Hi this is Phil Jones Baptist regional minister and I'm delighted to welcome you to our active worship here on b.b.c. Radio Merseyside they break program on what is recognized in the traditional Christian calendar as the 2nd Sunday of Advent and that's why we began with that classic Advent tame come down Oh Love Divine Of course these days we're far more likely to mark this time of year not so much by counting up the Sundays of Advent as counting down the shopping days till Christmas which in case you are concerned is 16 not including today but of course this year for the 1st time in almost a century it is also the last Sunday of a general election campaign for more campaigning days to go including today and this Thursday the nation will go to the polls in what is probably one of the most intriguing and potentially significant elections we've ever witnessed. And here we are gathering together in our act of worship amidst all these realities and I guess there's a very real question to ask do we gather in worship to try and escape these things to focus our thoughts heavenwards instead of being in broiled by Christmas shopping days and political electioneering Or does our worship help us embrace and make sense of these things well if you know me well you will know that my answer is very much that we should engage I have to admit it's a fascinating contrast seeing children excitedly opening the windows of their advent calendars and then hearing the latest raft of promises and policies on the various political parties though in some respects is quite a similarity as every day there seems to be a new treat and a new promise in store perhaps one of the party should have published their manifesto is an advent calendar but if you think a general election in the midst of Advent is a bit unusual then perhaps we might remember that it offers a striking similarity to the events that we remember at this time of year here's Polly McAdam reading the words of Luke's gospel that anyone who was a regular at carol services will recognize as the classic opening of the Nativity story in those days Caesar Augustus she did a crane that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world this was the 1st census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria and everyone went to their own town to register so Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea to Bethlehem the town of David because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary he was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child Ok it may not have been an election campaign but the story of Jesus' birth took place and appeared to be influenced by the political comings and goings of the day they didn't have general elections in those days Caesar Augustus was the ruler of the Roman Empire but they did have electoral rolls and you were signed up to the electoral roll so that you could be registered to pay your taxes to Rome and you had little choice but to obey the decrees of Caesar Augustus and when the local rulers write out that decree summoning people like Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem I'm sure that there were the equivalents of Brenda from Bristol who would have declared I don't know not another one but the people went the people obeyed Joseph went Joseph obeyed and Mary in the most difficult of personal circumstances went with him. And this is where we start the story writes in the middle of all those comings and goings the chaos and complaints of another political maneuver by the pound was the baby and this is where we start the story because we believe that in the midst of all these human stories God story is to be found.