Bear Grylls is a former SAS soldier, who went on to become one of the youngest ever climbers of Mt Everest, despite breaking his back.  He hosts extreme adventure TV shows including MAN Vs WILD and RUNNING WILD with Bear Grylls, where his guests have included Hollywood stars, President Obama and many others.  Bear is the first ever Chief Ambassador to 60 million young Scouts worldwide and is married to Shara with 3 sons. They live part of the year offgrid on a small remote Welsh island.

Bear will be joining us on Wednesday afternoon in Studio 36 in Minehead.

Jake Isaac is worship Leader and singer/songwriter from South London. Jake has written ‘Greater than it all’, ‘Love song For a city’ (with Martin Smith) ‘As in heaven’ (with Graham Kendrick) & Final Say (with Lou Fellingham). He has also previously worked with artists such as Gabrielle, India Arie, Cat Burns, Blue & Duffy. As a singer/songwriter Jake has supported/worked with Tori Kelly, Paloma Faith, Angus & Julia Stone and Elton John. Jake loves Jesus, cheesecake & family.

Jake will be co-leading worship with Elle Limebear each evening in the Gathering Celebration.

Evie is a worship leader, songwriter and artist from Eastbourne. She has led worship as part of Bright City, the worship collective from St. Peter’s Brighton, and at her local church throughout her time at university in Cardiff. Having just graduated, she released her debut EP, Where to Next?, with critical acclaim from BBC Introducing and featured on the latest The Church Will Sing album in the USA.

Evie has been part of leading worship at Spring Harvest since 2022 and will be leading worship with her band in the Gathering celebration in Skegness and with a chilled-out, unplugged vibe in the Soul Space celebration in Minehead.

Rosie has led the pastoral team at Spring Harvest for many years and now leads the prayer ministry teams in the celebrations. After retiring as a headteacher, Rosie developed safeguarding materials for the Church of Uganda and has been involved with training for children's clergy, leaders and teachers. She enjoys living in Devon and is very involved in her local Christian community.

Ruth is director of partnership delivery at Stewardship, where she works with churches and charities to increase generous giving to their missions. She has worked in the Christian charity sector for nearly 20 years and her roles have included head of fundraising for Home for Good and leading the UK fundraising teams for Tearfund.

Newquay based indie-folk duo ‘Our Atlantic Roots’ are fast becoming one of the most popular artists in the South West, as well as having a dedicated and growing fan base around the world, with features on some of the biggest indie-folk channels and playlists. The American-British duo have had airplay on BBC Radio 2, BBC Introducing and they have shared the stage at festivals with the likes of Passenger, Tom Odell and Ward Thomas.

Sola uses creative arts to help people engage in discussions about identity, race/racism and child criminal exploitation. He is also an actor, dancer and movement director and loves to expound the Bible and help people to grow in evangelism. Sola is married to Sophie and they have two children.

Hugh has more than 30 years’ experience in the insurance sector and has worked for Aviva since 2001 where he is Director of External Reporting Developments. Hugh is responsible for assessing and responding to future external reporting and regulatory and accounting developments, including IFRS and Solvency II, which impact the Aviva Group.

Kate started working with Care for the Family in 2012, originally as a volunteer running their parenting courses in her community, before joining their Community Engagement Team and representing the charity in London. Kate leads on Care for the Family’s prisons project and is also a chaplaincy volunteer in her local prison, where she regularly delivers parenting sessions with dads. Kate lives in London with her husband and they have two daughters. 

Freddy is an actor, director and writer whose work includes collaborations with Saltmine Theatre Company, Searchlight Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has been involved with Big Start at Spring Harvest since 2013, a role that continues to be the highlight of his year. Now based in Norwich, Freddy continues to pursue his creative work while enjoying life with his wife and their two children.