Andy Flannagan, who is Youth For Christ’s national songwriter/worship leader, wrote ‘Tears and Celebration’ along with Sam Hargreaves to mark the Queen’s passing.
The song was used in a special episode of BBC’s Song of Praise on Sunday evening.
Andy, who is originally from Portadown but now lives in Luton, England revealed the song by saying: “By a series of miracles this is done. Praying it is useful for our nation at this time.”
He said that it was “not just a song about the Queen but absolutely a hymn to God in praise and worship of Him and in thanks to Him and in grieving and lament to Him, but set in the context of this moment in time”.
Andy is the son of former Portadown College headmaster Tom Flannagan, who is also the Church of Ireland General Secretary on the Armagh Diocesan Board of Religious Education.
In an interview with Premier Christian Radio, Andy, who…
