Worship For Everyone Training Conference
18 May 2024 · Birmingham
For Church. For Home. In partnership with Parenting for Faith
Join us for our 2024 Worship for Everyone conference – Equip. Explore, be equipped and inspired to grow in intergenerational worship and discipleship both in church and at home.
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Seminar Streams
We’re excited to bring you two seminar streams this year. We’ll be exploring Worship for Everyone at church and at home, in partnership with Parenting for Faith.
CHURCH STREAM
Worship for Everyone – The Big Idea
Nick & Becky Drake
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What is the theology of worshipping together? How can we form a vision for ourselves and our churches? And why is all-age worship so powerful and important?
Inviting Your Church on the Journey
Rachel Turner
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You’ve got the passion for intergenerational worship, but how do you envision others? How can you institute culture change in a way that brings others on board?
The Power and Potential of Singing Together!
Becky Drake & Taku Mudere
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All age worship should unite but can often divide! How can we create times of sung worship which draw all the ages together? Whether you’re a beginner or keen to go a step deeper, Becky and Taku will explore how everyone can grow and develop their all-age singing.
Talks and Services That Are Truly for Everyone!
James Leavy, Martha Goshawk, Sabrina Blackstock-Miller
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Get top tips and help with crafting all-age content that is meaningful, engaging and serves the whole church – whatever size, shape or tradition you come from!
HOME STREAM
A God-filled Home!
Becky Sedgwick & Kate Irvine
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How can we help children and teenagers read the Bible well, worship and connect with God through prayer? As parents we are not handed a textbook for this! Becky offers wisdom and practical tips for cultivating faith at home.
Children in Church: Engaged, bored, distracted, or can’t tell?!
Rachel Turner
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How do we, as parents and carers, help our children to engage with God in church services? And how can church leaders support with this?
Big Parenting Questions! Tech, wellbeing, identity….and everything in between!
Katherine Hill
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We all want our children to flourish but their world often feels so different from ours? How do we parent this well? Katharine will explore some of the current parenting challenges in our world, and how to form good practices.
Contributors
Nick & Becky Drake
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Nick and Becky Drake are the founders of Worship for Everyone, a movement to unite all ages in worship, creating songs and resources for churches, homes and schools. They have led worship for many years, and are based at Gas Street Church in Birmingham. Nick has a doctorate in theology and regularly teaches on worship, whilst Becky has spent several years as a primary school Chaplain, and is passionate about communicating Jesus in a joyful and accessible way for all.
They have four children, who joined them throughout lockdown in a weekly live show, ‘Family at 4’, which reached tens of thousands of households. They continue to write and release music both for Worship For Everyone, and Songs For School, and have published books including Worship for Everyone: Unlocking the transforming power of intergenerational worship, and Worship For Everyone: A Journal for all ages.
Martha Goshawk
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Martha has been part of the Gas Street team for six years, in a variety of roles from youth work to running the food bank and missional activities, and is now Lead Kids Pastor. She’s passionate about coming alongside kids to help them love Jesus and love church.
Sebrina Blackstock-Miller
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Sebrina is a priest with a passion for intergenerational and intercultural church services, as well as school ministry and racial justice. Her varied experience across denominations, size and tradition brings all-age worship ideas that anyone could use!
Kate Irvine
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Kate Irvine joined the Parenting for Faith team in April 2020 and she supports and encourages churches who are using the amazing resources that Parenting for Faith produces. Before this she was the children’s ministry leader in Chipping Campden where she ran a Parenting For Faith course. Kate has three children and lives in the Cotswolds with her husband Andy, who makes fudge for a living. She enjoys walking and spending time with her family and also enjoys eating cream teas in her spare time.
Jessica Rodewald
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Jess is passionate about all ages being able to worship God together and making space for everyone within church. She is currently training to be a vicar, is a mum and has around 20 years experience of working with children and families.
Rachel Turner
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Rachel Turner is the Discipleship Lead at Hope Church, Harrogate and is the founder of Parenting for Faith. She has worked in churches for over 15 years within churches and consults, speaks at conferences for church leaders, parents and families around the world. Rachel is the author of ten books, and the Parenting for Faith course.
Becky Sedgwick
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Becky Sedgwick joined the Parenting for Faith team in 2017, where her main role is to write and help produce new resources. Before that, she was a children and families’ worker in Devizes, Wiltshire as well as having all sorts of other interesting jobs! In January 2024, Becky published her first book, Grandparenting for Faith. Pretty much of all her spare time is spent coaching, watching and talking about netball, mainly with her daughter Hannah.
Katharine Hill
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Katharine Hill is the UK Director of Care for the Family, a national charity which aims to strengthen family life and help those who face family difficulties. She is a popular speaker, writer and broadcaster and regularly presents marriage and parenting events across the country. She is the author of a number of books including Left to Their Own Devices?, A Mind of Their Own and her most recent, Born Free: A call to be still, know God and flourish in a hectic world. She lives in Bristol with her husband Richard, and they have four children and seven grandchildren.
Taku Mudere
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Taku is the Worship Pastor of Gas Street Church, Birmingham. Taku is a zealous individual who is passionate about children of God connecting with their Father through music. In his free time, you will find Taku songwriting, finding new restaurants & hanging out with his friends.
James Leavy
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James has been part of the Gas Street team for the past 7 years. He was Kids & Youth Pastor for 4 years before starting Ordination training which he finishes this summer. James is now Location Pastor at GS Longbridge which launched earlier this year. Before this James studied Christian Youth Work and worked for a Church in Bromley. James loves seeing all ages and stages meet with God in powerful ways. James is married to Holly, they have three young children, 5, 3 and 1.
Get empowered to pioneer Worship for Everyone at church and at home
Including two keynote sessions where we’ll encounter God together and seminar streams from Worship for Everyone and Parenting For Faith.
For the first time, we are partnering with Parenting For Faith to cover both worship for everyone at church and worship for everyone at home.
Come as a church leader or ministry leader and bring your teams, but also come if you are a parent or carer to explore how you can grow the worship in your family more intentionally.
TICKETS
Full Price: £30
FAQS
Is there an age limit?
Unlike last year, this year’s conference is aimed at training and equipping adults at church and at home. If you would like to experience Worship for Everyone with your children, please join us at one of the festivals in 2024!
I’m a worship leader/kids pastor/Church leader. Is this conference for me?
Yes – 100%! One of our key aims is to resource YOU to lead intergenerational worship in your church. So there will be content tailored to your area of ministry.
I’m a parent or carer. Is this conference for me?
Yes – absolutely! We want to inspire you to grow the worship and prayer in your family with more intentionality. We’re delighted to be partnering this year with Parenting for Faith to support you.
Where is the conference taking place?
Gas Street Central, 41 Gas Street, Birmingham, B1 2JT, with some seminars taking place at Gas Street St Luke’s, Great Colmore Street, B15 2AT.
How do I get there?
Go to gasstreet.church/visit to find out about local public transport links from across the city.
Is there parking?
There are many car parks around Gas Street. Street parking is limited to four hours in bays. Yellow lines cannot be parked on except in the evening or for Blue Badge holders (usual restrictions apply). Leonardo Hotel car park is located right behind GS Central on Berkley Street. This is a pay on exit car park.
Will lunch be provided?
Lunch is not provided but there are a large number of food places, restaurants and coffee shops around!
Will the conference be live-streamed?
We don’t currently have plans to stream the conference.
I have more questions!
We’d love to hear from you! Send an email to w4e@gasstreet.church with your questions and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.