Praise is an artist, worship leader, A&R and founder of Night of Parables. She is passionate about creativity and worship, and runs Night of Parables as a way to provide opportunities for artists to share their songs and stories. As well as supporting and equipping artists to walk in their calling, she is also passionate about encouraging the next generation, and seeing them step into their God given identity.

Praise will be a Guest Worship Leader in the Gathering Celebration in Skegness on Thursday 2nd April, and part of the After Hours programme in Minehead on Tuesday 7th April.

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.

Dai is an award winning storyteller, spoken word poet and author, blending rhythm and rhyme with passion, playfulness, and colloquial prose. Dai is host of the Spoken Word Stage at Big Church Festival, Creative Specialist for Bible Society and runs Urban Wordsmiths in Cardiff. He has performed at Westminster Hall, Lambeth Palace and Trafalgar Square, and is also author of several books including 'God's Brilliantly Big Creation Story', ‘The Story Of God’s Amazingly Awesome Rescue Plan’, 'Prayers, Texts and Tears' and 'Six Beasts One Story'.

Dai is hosting The (not so) Late Show with Cath in Minehead.

Katie is a founder and ministry leader at Our Fathers House Recovery Ministry in east London. Our Father's House is a Christian recovery ministry bridging the gap between the 12 step fellowships and the church.

James is Chaplain General and Head of Faith Services for HMPPS, leading chaplaincy across prisons and probation and supporting multi faith pastoral care. An Anglican priest, he also serves as a Chaplain to the King. With many years of experience of prison he has a key interest in Chaplaincy as a facilitator of restorative hope.

He will be speaking in the seminar about prison ministry on Tuesday evening.

Jo is an Executive Leadership Coach with a specialised focus on supporting women navigating the challenges of peri-menopause and menopause. Inspired by her own lived experience and observing the impact on women’s careers, she became a dedicated Executive Menopause Coach. She is also the founder of the What the Fog? Facebook group and Foglights Menopause Hub. Jo was part of the leadership team of Freedom Church Romsey for 8 years.

David is an Assemblies of God Pastor and has served as a prison chaplain since April 2002. He leads a multi-faith chaplaincy team in a public sector prison. He is passionate about chaplaincy and keen to help others on their journey into chaplaincy.

He will be speaking in the 'How to Break into Prison' seminar on Tuesday afternoon.

Martin Dickson, Director of Church Relationships at Safe Families and Home for Good, holds strategic oversight for the organisation’s work with 7000+ UK churches and Christian volunteers. A social entrepreneur and strategic leader with 20 years experience in senior leadership, Martin brings a unique blend of faith, vision, passion, and humour. He is deeply passionate about releasing potential in people, places and particularly the church. He is a gifted communicator known for his use of powerful storytelling.

Rachael serves as head of mission for the Evangelical Alliance, seeking to resource and equip the UK Church in all forms of mission activity. Rachael was previously on the leadership team of Youth for Christ and served as mission and youth adviser within the Diocese of Ely. Rachael and her family live in Ely, Cambridgeshire, where she is involved in her local church, overseeing their youth ministry and mentoring.

Jo is author of nine books, an editor and speaker and Director of Communications for A Rocha International. She lives in Bath with her Vicar husband and their two daughters. Jo loves getting people to tell her their best stories and is excited for her very first Spring Harvest experience!