Sara & Sam discuss their recent time at Spring Harvest, leading the All Age Celebrations and Morning Reflections. Find out about a campfire in the middle of a Butlins venue, and the "Star Jump Song". They look ahead to the next Whole Church Worship training day.

Sara & Sam chat about Lent worship, and how to approach the church year as life-giving rather than as rules. They also feedback on recent activities, upcoming events and share about Sara's World Book Day costume.

Sara & Sam chat about what's been happening in January and February. They reflect on the launch of the Really Useful Book and give you some background on the inspiration and content of the resource. Plus, hear about how Sara wrote some of the Bible, and Sam's prowess with a canoe.

Welcome to our new-look Engage Podcast! This is the first in a series of monthly chats between Sara & Sam. In this episode they reflect back on 2025, and think ahead to things happening in the coming months. You'll also find out what Sara's preferred mode of transport is (powered by smugness, apparently).

Sam wraps up season three. He shares about how you can delve further into The Rest Is Worship with books, songs and service plans. Plus more news about training events and new resources, and an invitation to feed back to us about this series.

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In this episode we speak to farmer Ali Birkett and author Steve Aisthorpe. They are both involved in consulting churches for mission and development, and they are both passionate about nature. They explore a range of views around metaphors we can draw from the natural world, such as seasons, leaving the ground fallow, and re-wilding, and how these images speak to our experiences of rest in life and in the church.

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Linda Fintling from Sweden shares her story of burnout, and how God has restored her through nature and gardening. She and Sara tall about growing up as high-achieving activists in a church culture with little room for rest. They also touch on Linda's rediscovery of things like silence, solitude and Lectio Divina as ways of knowing God's presence with her.

New episodes of Season 3 exploring "The Rest Is Worship" will drop every Monday in the autumn term 2023, so subscribe on your favourite podcast app.

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Hannah Hodges, Keiko Ying, Matt Weeks and Elise Massa talk about writing worship songs on themes of rest. They unpack the inspiration behind their songs, and deep insights emerge which will help whether or not you've ever written a song yourself. Themes include sabbath, simplicity, laying down our work and finding rest in joy and abundance.

New episodes of Season 3 exploring "The Rest Is Worship" will drop every Monday in the autumn term 2023, so subscribe on your favourite podcast app.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUDRjRlgErY (Hannah Hodges' Martha)

https://keikoeying.wixsite.com/website (Lord of the Sabbath)

https://www.mattweeksmusic.com/murmurs (O Still My Soul Within)

https://www.elisemassamusic.com/music (Now I Lay at the Altar)

https://youtu.be/Bm8OAXerfdg (Stuart Townend - Still My Soul Be Still)

Ruth Rice runs Renew Wellbeing, a network of quiet shared spaces where it's okay not to be okay. She tells her story of how these grew from her own burnout and learning new, gentler, deeper ways of doing discipleship and worship. She also gives very practical tips for simple, contemplative practices that can deepen your relationship with God and improve your wellbeing.

New episodes of Season 3 exploring "The Rest Is Worship" will drop every Monday in the autumn term 2023, so subscribe on your favourite podcast app.

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Grace Sentamu Baverstock is back! The former host of this podcast talks about her own journey of rest, and what it has looked like to lead a church in Jesus' rhythms of grace. We discuss chronic fatigue, restful Sunday worship, sabbatical (AKA "the great unravelling") and much, much more!

New episodes of Season 3 exploring "The Rest Is Worship" will drop every Monday in the autumn term 2023, so subscribe on your favourite podcast app.

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