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2. who is coming?
We're confirming lots of great guests and speakers, plus entertaining characters to come along in 2010, so check the list to see who they are and what they will be doing!
The first three are our very special Soul Survivor hosts... you may or may not recognise them!
Here's a quick key...
*Means they are only at Week B
^Means they are only at Week C
Otherwise they are at both!
your hosts
andy croft
Andy is Associate Director of Soul Survivor. He studied Theology at Cambridge Uni (so is very clever), has written a book and does a fair bit of speaking too. He also heads up ‘Called to Lead’, the Soul Survivor discipleship course for emerging leaders and is now happily married to the lovely Beth Croft.
see andy in action...
mike pilavachi
Mike keeps himself busy by competing with his friends over anything from a game of tennis to who has the most friends on Facebook or who can eat the most chillies. Oh yeah and he set up this thing called Soul Survivor, pastors a church called Soul Survivor Watford, speaks at churches and events around the world and writes books.
see mike in action...
ali martin
Ali is the mum of Soul Survivor. It's now official as in August she gave birth to her firstborn (which is possibly the most exciting thing to happen in the Soul Survivor office ever). She's on the leadership team of Soul Survivor ministries and Soul Survivor Watford and also heads up Soul Sista.
see ali in action...
the worship leaders
jamie rodwell
16 year old Jamie has only just got himself a full sized guitar which is good cos he’s helping out leading some of our sessions this week. He’s from Soul Survivor Watford and is taking his GCSE’s this year. We’re chuffed to have him back with us.
tom field
Tom is our 17 year old (soon to be 18) worship leader friend from Wellington in New Zealand. He came over to help out at last summer's events and he's taking some time in 2010 to hang out with Soul Survivor in Watford. He'll be back at week's B&C leading some of our main sessions!
more coming soon...
the speakers
suzie brock...
Married to Tom (see below), Suzie is, with her husband, one of the directors of Wave of Life Ministries. Suzie has been serving in full time ministry for over 30 years having founded and directed initiatives that have sent missionaries to 4 continents and she’s even been involved in pastoring 2 congregations too!
tom brock...
Married to Suzie (see above), Tom is (with his wife) the second half of the leadership team of Wave of Life Ministries. He's served as a pastor in 2 congregations and also travels the world speaking and encouraging his listeners to commit themselves to the Lord and to find their place in the body of Christ.
gavin calver...
Gavin Calver is the National Director of Youth for Christ. A graduate of the London School of Theology, ordained Baptist evangelist and regular public speaker, his third book Lazy, Antisocial & Selfish? came out just last year. He is married to Anne, and they have 2 young children, Amelie and Daniel, and live in Halesowen, West Midlands. Gavin loves sport, curry and devotedly following AFC Wimbledon.
bishop graham cray...
Graham is the chairman of the Soul Survivor Trust and his day job is Team Leader of 'Fresh Expressions' and the Archibishops Missioner. He is married to Jackie and they have two adult daughters. We reckon he’s the coolest bishop this side of the moon as he has a full month of music on his iBook!
watch bishop graham in action...
roy crowne...
Former director of Youth For Christ, Roy is now a national evangelist, working with the church across the UK. In the past few years he helped set up the Hope initiative and now heads up the programme of stuff that is seeking to encourage the church in its mission to spread the news of Jesus!
rev. dr. andy emerton...
Andrew is Director of St. Paul’s Theological Centre which is part of St. Mellitus College and is linked with Holy Trinity Brompton in London. He’s married to Liz and they have two scrumptious boys Benjamin and Sebastian. Andrew enjoys a round of golf, game of tennis and also has a PhD in theoretical physics!
hugh evans ...
Hugh is an internationally renowned development advocate who founded the Oaktree Foundation and was a leader in the Australian Make Poverty History campaign. Hugh was named 2004 Young Australian of the Year and 2005 Junior Chambers Young Person of the World. Hugh holds a law and science degree and is undertaking a Masters!
edwin evelyn-rahr ...
Having just finished his A-Levels, Edwin is planning on going to Brighton and Sussex medical school to train to become a Doctor (providing his grades come out alright). He's volunteered in the toolshed with the Haiti Hospital Appeal for the last 4 years but this is his first time speaking at Soul Survivor so go easy on him!.
jason gardener...
Jason Gardner is lecturer in youth discipleship at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. His work aims to look in depth at what it takes to create passionate whole life followers of Christ today. He’s also author of the book Mend the Gap: Can the Church reconnect the generations?
rachel gardener...
Rachel Gardner is creative director of Romance Academy a sex and relationships education initiative that equips youth workers to engage young people in and outside the church with some essential wisdom for living.
james grier...
James is half a vicar in rural Devon and half a Diocesan Youth Church Adviser. Alongside the vicar thing, he’s still trying to start a church for youth that don’t do church! He also runs Soul Exeter – a monthly celebration for youth from across Devon! He’s married to a wonderful wife, Liz, and has two lovely boys – Josh and Toby.
^andy hawthorne...
Andy is the Founder and Director of The Message Trust, which has birthed The Tribe, Blushuk, LZ7, Eden, Genetik Evangelist Training School, The LifeCentre, Breathe & the Eden bus ministry. Manchester born and bred, Andy has a burning passion to see the young people of his city transformed by the gospel.
fuzz kitto...
Fuzz travels the world collecting stories, creating stories and spreading rumours of hope. He is a youth worker, minister, trainer speaker writer and coach. His 35 years of being in ministry gives him a breadth of experience and wisdom for his consultancy work. He has a beard and has been involved in church planting!
see fuzz in action...
chris lane...
Chris leads Langworthy Community Church in Salford. He has one wife, Esther, and two children, Daniel and Rebekah, and hopes that his kids will grow up to follow Jesus and Manchester United, in that order.
eddie lyle...
A respected Bible teacher and motivator, Eddie is currently Chief Executive of Open Doors UK & Ireland travelling extensively as an advocate for the persecuted church. Eddie is passionate about local church and has been involved in leadership and service in a broad cross section of charismatic evangelical fellowships.
barry mason...
Barry lives in Salford with his wife Becky and their children Olivia and Alex. He is the National Sports Coordinator for YFC which involves running the Fly, Kick, Skate and Nomad sports mission training teams.
pete miller...
Pete works for Youth for Chris supporting the year out volunteers around the UK. He comes from sunny St Albans but lives in rainy Birmingham now. He plays football 4 or 5 times a week and supports the mighty AFC Wimbledon. He's been working on the Sports Team at Soul Survivor for 9 years now!!
jeannie morgan...
Jeannie has been part of the Soul Survivor Watford Church team since it started 17 years ago and has also travelled internationally as part of the Soul Survivor team, teaching about prayer ministry. She is also the author of the book ‘Let the Healing Begin’ having a passion to see Jesus set people free and encouraging others to do likewise.
amy orr-ewing...
Amy is Training Director of RZIM Zacharias Trust and Director of Programmes for the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. She's a speaker and lecturer on Christian Apologetics and has written and co-written a number of books including Holy Warriors, Deep,Why Trust the Bible? and But Is It Real? She and Frog (below) have three boys.
frog orr-ewing...
Frog has been the Vicar at All Saints, Peckham since 2002. He is married to Amy and they have three boys: Zachary, Elijah and Benjy. Though both very busy with life at All Saints, Frog and Amy often speak at conferences around the UK and beyond. When he gets any spare time, Frog loves to paint and draw.
kiera phyo...
Kiera heads up the Tearfund Youth Team. She’s half-Irish, very messy, loves silly games and a rowdy round of Kabaddi. Be careful not to get her too excited though, your ears might not be able to take the squeaking!! Oh, and by the way, it's not "Fi-Yo", it's pronounced "Pew", thank you very much!
see kiera in action...
beth redman...
Beth is married to Matt (below) and they have five children! She's passionate about encouraging and developing female leaders and seeing women and girls released into all that God has for them. She's written a few books, is a great and inspirational speaker and has been involved in church leadership (and church planting) for years!
matt redman...
Matt is married to Beth (above) and knows more about Soul Survivor than even Mike P! Why? Well, because he helped Mike start it back in the early 90's! Matt's a world renowned worship leader, song writer and author and is also a bit of a church pastor/planter too! He's currently based in Atlanta helping to start 'Passion City Church'.
see matt in action...
patrick regan...
Patrick is the founder and director of XLP, a charity that for the past 15 years has been working with families and young people in inner-city London. God has led him to over 30 countries, supporting poorer communities and speaking in many diverse places, including Jamaica’s Trench town to events at the House of Commons.
see patrick in action...
^mark ritchie...
Mark is a passionate Scotsman who has travelled all over the world communicating about the cross. He mixes a unique blend of humour with the Gospel message.
Mark, son of a minister, left Musselburgh Scotland in 1987 to spend three years at bible college. He's spent time as a church leader and now is a national evangelist.
see mark in action...
mark russell...
Mark Russell (34) is Chief Executive of Church Army, a movement of Evangelists in the Church of England. He is also the youngest member of the Archbishops' Council of the Church of England. Originally from Northern Ireland, Mark is Spurs fan, so understands suffering! He is a fan of U2, Coldplay and skiing.
see mark in action...
tre sheppard...
Now helping to lead the Causeway Coast Vineyard in Northern Ireland, Tre is originally from the USA. He is the front man for onehundredhours, runs a consulting business and enjoys surfing, playing golf and mowing the lawn.
see tre in action as part of onehundredhours...
^matt summerfield...
Matt Summerfield is passionate about young people living God’s great adventure for their lives. As well as being the Executive Director of Urban Saints (formerly Crusaders) he also leads the 11-18s outreach work of his local church. He loves water fights, ben n’ jerrys ice cream, and watching movies – although not usually at the same time!!!
see matt in action...
^andrew wilson...
Andrew Wilson is an elder at Kings Church Eastbourne, responsible for Teaching and Training. He moved to Eastbourne in 2003 to run Impact, the church-based year out project, and to get married to his wife Rachel. Since then, he has got involved in all sorts including overseeing the 20s work in the church.
other guests
29th chapter
We're very, very, very, very pleased to have our awesome mates, hip hop all stars, the 29th Chapter back with us in 2010! As ever they are taking the annual migration route out of the big smoke to host our urban music venue, Underground. And they will be bringing a whole heap of mates with em. Just check the track to see what we mean!
see the lads doing their thing action...
[dweeb]
Dweeb is a four piece band coming straight out of England’s greatest beach resort, Coventry. With a guitarist called The Badgerman and a love of pirates, ducks and shrubberies, Dweeb will have you raging against the machine with laughter till your ears bleed...though you’ll haveto tell em to get out of your dad’s shed..
see [dweeb] in action...
*joe brooks (week b only)
The twenty-two year old Southampton-ite began singing and playing guitar just six years ago, but is already an online sensation with 17 million MySpace plays and a sold out UK tour under his belt. Joe camped out at Soul Survivor as a young whipper snapper for four years running and cites Mike P as his biggest singing inspiration.
see joe sing a ben harper song...
lz7
LZ7 has beats to get the party off. The recipe goes something like this: One kilo of live band mixed with a good portion of a phat track, add a splash of rap, some freshly caught breaks and simmer for twenty minutes. Then, when the dish is just at the right consistency chuck in a scratch dj, mc and a few singers for good measure. Mmmm tasty.
see lz7 in action...
the gentlemen
Formed in Sheffield The Gentlemen have been performing in and around the North of England for nearly five years. Their prolific live show has won them many fans and their hard-working ethos, catchy songs and gentlemanly manners will surely see them win thousands more in the future. We can't wait to host them!
see the gentlemen in action...
^tom & olly (week c only)
Tom & Olly are not two but four men. They sing songs. Some would say one of them does a bit of rapping. They are brought down by little things, so if you see them mention big things (like football stadia or blue whales) and they will be happy. We're chuffed to have them with us, they are a bit different to the usual mix & that's why we love 'em.
see tom and olly in action mode...