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Have you had any formal training for your role: I worked as a musician, then as a primary school teacher several years ago. Apart from that its been pretty much on the job!

Hometown:: Birmingham

What church denomination do you belong to: Vineyard - I work for Vineyard Network Church Birmingham.

What type of work with children are you involved in: Church based children's ministry: Working with my wife Jo, we have been leading the 0-11's teams in our church since 1995.
Community & Schools: I teach in the local primary school promoting positive values and have been involved in starting and running a number of after school & holiday kids clubs..
Worship: I have lead children's and all age worship for even longer & over the years have written songs for kids to sing in churches, schools, clubs and at home and helped to produce the Great Big God series of worship CD's.
Family: We have three fantastic kids of our own which as you can imagine is a full time job in itself with amazing challenges and rewards.

Are you a volunteer or an employee: Full time church worker

Are you part of a local network of childrens workers, if so give details: I'm part of x:site Birmingham which is led by a comitted and passionate local team.
I also co-ordinate a Children's Task force for Vineyard Churches UK with some fantastic people from across the UK. We are looking at how to help develop great children's ministry across the 100 or so UK Vineyard churches and church plants.

Which of the following interest groups might you be interested in: Churched Child, Unchurched Child, Children and Culture, Parenting and Family

Do you train others - please give details: I have led seminars on most aspects of children work and especially on kids worship. I'm especially passionate about equipping others to work with kids in a longer term sustainable way!

You can find articles, resources and links to some of the music I've been involved with on www.greatbiggod.com

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Announcing... Great Big God - the DVD!

So it's 3 years after the last Great Big God albums came out and we're in the planning process for our first ever GBG DVD. We're planning an all singing, all dancing live music extravaganza which should capture the essence of a GBG event so anyone can join in from the comfort of their living room. We'll be filming in October and aiming to release in March 09. We've got a great team together - including some old faithfuls & some brand new talent and to be honest we're well excited about the w… Continue

Posted on 17th July 2008 at 11:32pm — 3 Comments (Add)

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At 12:17pm on 24th March 2008, Nigel Hemming said…: Takes 'kids worship' to a whole new level!

At 7:10pm on 23rd March 2008, Alan Charter said…: Hi Nigel, Great to have you there; as you say - lots to think about.
I still find 40 really inspiring. Go to www.emergingchurch.info/stories/40/index.htm and you can read a bit about it and details of how to order it are at the end of the page.
Enjoy! Grace and peace at Easter.
Alan

At 8:29pm on 19th March 2008, Paul Crouch said…: I overheard you say you were going on holiday...? Have a good one - relax and be inspired for your DVD!!

At 10:33pm on 18th March 2008, Andi Markham said…: good to see you on here mate!

At 10:30pm on 18th March 2008, Paul Crouch said…: Good to see you again Nigel - you look so smart in your photo!!

At 9:41pm on 18th March 2008, Nigel Hemming said…: I just got back from the Children Mater forum with slight brain overload but lots of things to think about. Cheers to the guys who set it up

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