About Engage Worship
Engage Worship aims to resource the local church for creative, sustainable and world-changing worship - read more about this vision here.
This vision is achieved through:
- Running training days and workshops at churches, conferences and events, and teaching for colleges such as London School of Theology and St Mellitus.
- The development of this website, as source of creative worship ideas, podcasts and articles.
- Leading worship services, celebrations, and other events, to inspire participative worship from the whole church. Resourcing conferences such as Spring Harvest, denominational days and retreats.
- Our published books and printed resources, such as The Rest Is Worship, Whole Church Worship and How Would Jesus Lead Worship?.
- Evergreen: our new project to provide support and formation for younger worship leaders, through retreats and mentoring.
- We also writes and release worship songs. Visit our Spotify page. Sam helps to lead Resound Worship and the 12 Song Challenge, (hear his songs on Spotify).
To support this ministry, please consider making a donation or setting up a direct debit via our Donations page.
About Our Team
Sara and Sam Hargreaves
Sam and Sara were both trained at London School of Theology in Theology, Music and Worship. Sam was on the faculty in the Worship Department at LST for five years, and now returns as a regular guest lecturer. Both Sara and Sam have Masters degrees from King's College London. In 2017 the Royal School of Church Music gave them the Associate award for services to worship in the UK.
They moved to Luton in 2011, where they are now active in St Luke's, Leagrave. They have co-led a missional community in a local park called Park Church.
Previous to this, Sam worked part-time as Worship Minister at St James', Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire between 2008-2010, and before that they both served at Ascension, Balham Hill for five years, developing the worship among adults and teenagers.
Gemma & Timo Scharnowski worked with us from 2021, developing our Evergreen project and many other aspects of Engage Worship. They have since moved on to other adventures, and we miss them but their creativity lives on in our resources.
About Our Trustees
Engage Worship is a ministry of the Music and Worship Foundation CIO. This charity (registered with the UK Charity Commission - Charity Number 1175280) has been running for 40 years (although changed to the "CIO" status in 2018). A group of trustees oversees the work, ministry and finances of our organisation.
Hannah Hodges, Chair of trustees - Hannah is an experienced singing teacher, choir director, worship leader and songwriter with a passion for ecumenical unity within the UK Church. She runs Aligned & Adorned, a colour analysis & personal styling business in the West Midlands and worships at NHKC in Coventry.
Emma Billington, Vice Chair, Safeguarding - Emma is an avid amateur musician and keen gardener. She loves helping out at her church with music and writing songs about whatever the current teaching is. She also serves in Kids Church, helps to look after the building, and oversees church safeguarding.
Jonathan Knight, Charity Secretary - Jonathan is a General Practitioner and is part of the Leadership Team at Woodbridge Quay Church in Suffolk where he helps with preaching, leading services, playing guitar, and moving chairs.
Mwidimi Ndosi - Mwidimi is a University Lecturer and Health Researcher in Bristol. Originally from Tanzania, he has experience in training and leading worship in congregations and groups. He worships at Woodlands Church in Bristol and plays the guitar and bass.
Damian Herbert - Damian is Transformation Programme Director for the Diocese of Worcester, also bringing 8 years’ experience as a Worship Director and over a decade with BIG Ministries.
Sylvia Kalisch - Sylvia is Finance Secretary for St Michael's Church Chester Square in London with large experience in the charity sector, she loves singing in choirs and worshipping in church services.
Nicholas Bennett, Treasurer - Nick is a worship leader, songwriter, father of two and husband to an Anglican Ordinand. With a decade's experience as a Chartered Management Accountant, he now works as Chief Finance Officer for Thrive CE Multi Academy Trust and Director of Marble Beers.
Naomi Buckler - Naomi is a freelance fundraising consultant with over 20 years of experience in the Christian charity world as volunteer, donor, staff member and trustee. She sometimes leads all-age services at her church (where her husband is worship leader), and loves singing in choirs.
Miriam Barton - Miriam works as the Media Manager for City Church Coventry, alongside running her freelance photography business. She enjoys dabbling in any creative skill that takes her fancy, taking her music degree out for a spin on the drums at church and collecting far too many cameras.
Revd. Andy Stinson - Andy is a vicar in Chester and is passionate about creative worship that grows discipleship. He is a liturgist, poet and musician who loves to learn new things. He enjoys teaching about worship and empowering others to build the Kingdom. He is presently learning to paddleboard and loves being outside.
