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Paul is the director of rehabilitation for Iceland Foods. Previously he pioneered the Alpha course within prisons and in 2002, after completing a degree in theology, was ordained into the Church of England.

Paul grew up in Manchester, with parents who were alcoholics and his home life was filled with abuse. Leaving home at 15, he became involved in crime and served a short prison sentence. He later joined the army, but continued to make damaging life decisions. After being an Atheist for almost 38 years, he attended an Alpha course and became a Christian.

Jo is a psychotherapist, leader, writer and speaker who integrates theology and therapy to help people pursue emotional and spiritual wholeness.
As the founder of Faith Filled Therapy and host of The Faith Filled Therapy Podcast, Jo creates spaces where neuroscience and scripture intersect, offering insight into mental health, identity, and spiritual formation.

Luke currently lives with his family in Rabat, Morocco having moved there in August 2024. During the week he is full time dad and in his spare time he’s trying to enjoy what he describes as "a long overdue gap year" spending his time settling into a new rhythm, culture and climate.

Lisa is the deputy director of Spring Harvest and was previously the worship pastor of a church in Surrey. She trained at the Royal Academy of Music on the postgraduate musical theatre course and later went on to perform with the RSC and in the West End. Lisa pioneered the livestream into prisons in 2023 and continues to be passionate about the church's role in social transformation.

Paula, along with her husband, has led a church in South East London for many years. She is passionate about community transformation and runs the church's community hub, coffee shop and library. They both bring apostolic oversight to churches in the south region in the Pioneer Network. Paula also runs the Pioneer Prophetic Community.

Janneke has a background in social work and now works with Count Everyone In – a charity which inspires and equips God’s church to be welcoming and accessible to all, especially adults with a learning disability.
Janneke is also a Makaton tutor and has developed a Christian Makaton workshop (Know & Grow Makaton) which has opened up this simple, useful, expressive form of communication to churches up and down the country.

The BIG Sing Directors - Howard & Gemma Francis have performed with gospel legends including Bazil Meade & The London Community Gospel Choir, Andrae Crouch and Donnie McClurkin amongst many others.  Howard is also one of the finest gospel songwriters in the UK.   Together Gemma & Howard make an inimitable teaching duo and are excited to be featuring at Spring Harvest in 2025.

Simeon is based in London, working for Alpha UK overseeing church relationships in London and south east England. He has a heart to see the church living the Gospel and proclaiming it to the world. Come and say hi if you see him at Spring Harvest and want to chat Alpha/evangelism!

Mads works for Fusion Movement, and has a heart for seeing students come to know Jesus during their time at University. She loves connecting with new people and is a dynamic and engaging communicator.

Fusion support, resource, and encourage Churches & students in mission so that every student has the opportunity to find hope in Jesus and a home in the local church! 

Cath is an international gospel singer, creative communicator, author, poet, podcaster and one third of SOW Acapella, who also happens to feature in hit sitcom ‘Gavin and Stacey’. Cath leads the creative collective ‘Sound Of Wales’ with her husband Dai and she is a regular contributor on BBC Radio 2 ‘Pause for Thought’.
Cath is also head of Wales for 24/7 Prayer.

Cath will be hosting The (not so) Late show with Dai.

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