You’re invited, along with your team and anyone you’re raising up in leadership, to a day of powerful input, practical tools, and Spirit-filled encouragement. Whether you’re carrying the weight of church leadership or just beginning to explore your calling, this is a moment to pause, recharge, and be freshly envisioned.
We very much hope you will join us.
Speakers
Rachel Riddall
Speaking at Chorleywood and Wimborne, Rachel Riddall is Senior Leader of Woodlands Church, Bristol. Passionate about Jesus and sharing the good news, she is married to Martin and mum to four sons.
Laura Lenander
Speaking at Bath, Laura Lenander is Leader of Telford Minster, a diverse and growing Anglican Resource Church. With a background in fine art, she brings a creative and prophetic voice to worship, discipleship and church leadership.
Anne Calver
Speaking at Maidstone, Anne Calver is a church leader, pioneer, author and speaker, and minister of Stanmore Baptist Church in North London. Passionate about seeing God’s Kingdom released through the Church, she is married to Gavin and they have two children.
Gemma Foster
Speaking at Peterborough, Gemma Foster has been involved in church leadership for 19 years and is passionate about helping people know God and grow as disciples. She is Rector of Cove Parish and Area Dean of Aldershot.
Eve Ridgway
Speaking at Liverpool, Eve is Associate Rector at St George’s Church, Leeds, where she leads the day-to-day ministry of the church. She is passionate about training and releasing disciples and leaders, growing healthy churches, and seeing people flourish in worship.
Elaine Sutherland
Speaking at Peterborough and Nottingham, Elaine Sutherland is Vicar at Holy Trinity, Leicester.
Mike Royal
Speaking at Newcastle, Mike Royal is General Secretary of Churches Together in England. Formerly Co-CEO of the Cinnamon Network and National Director of TLG, he has been in ordained ministry since 1993, is a Pentecostal Bishop, and also serves as a forensic mental health chaplain.
Gareth Dickinson
Speaking at Newcastle, Gareth Dickinson is Vicar of St Luke’s, Maidstone. He moved there with his family in 2020 and loves leading the church family as they follow Jesus together on God’s kingdom adventure.
Paul Harcourt
Speaking at Chorley Wood, Wimborne, Bath and Maidstone, Paul leads All Saints’ Woodford Wells in North East London with his wife Becky. He was National Leader of New Wine England from 2016 to 2023 and speaks regularly across the UK and Europe.
Ben Doolan
Speaking at Nottingham and Liverpool, Ben leads St Thomas’, a resource church in the centre of Newcastle, and is also part of the New Wine leadership team.
Programme Outline
9.30am
Arrival, Coffee & Registration
10.00am
Welcome & Worship
10.30am
Session 1
Keynote 1
11.30am
Coffee Break
11.50am
Session 2
Interviews & Discussion
12.50pm
Resourcing the Local Church
1.15pm
Lunch Break
2.00pm
Session 3
Breakouts
2.45pm
Worship
3.10pm
Session 4
Keynote 2
4.30pm
Finish