HiGHWAY

WORSHIP

Team

We love to worship and we love serving our church community.

TEAM | TEAM RESOURCES | WORSHIP LEADER RESOURCES | MUSIC | ROTA

UPCOMING EVENTS

Team Night | TBC | Stratford

This will be our first time gathering for quite some time and also will give an opportunity for some people who are new and hoping to join the team an opportunity to meet our wider team, and get a feel for what we do. Please make an effort to be there. It will be a blessed time of breaking bread, worshipping and fellowship.

Vineyard South East Regional Equipping Day | Saturday 5th October | Stratford

This a day to lean into connection & equipping for all of us to lead well and grow healthy church ministries for the Lord. These are wonderful family times that will include worship & ministry, input & encouragement, There's also lunch provided.

There are streams for:
- compassion ministry leaders
- youth ministry leaders
- kids ministry leaders
- worship leaders & teams (incl. tech)

More details & sign up is HERE - simply indicate which stream you want to be a part of (some have limited numbers of spaces)

TEAM LEADERS

Olu Meduoye | Worship Team Leader

Olu has been in our church for a number of years and has a real heart to see our community drawn into the presence of the Lord. He has previously served in our team as a musician on the keyboard and drums, as a backing vocalist, as a worship leader, and as the leader for our musicians.

Olu now provides oversight for our entire worship team at our Stratford and Manor Park sites as well as continuing to lead worship and serve as a musician. In addition to his work in our local church, Olu also serves within the Vineyard Worship movement within the UK & Ireland as a songwriter, worship leader and musician.

Olu and his wife Leshia also write songs together, some of which our congregation sing and worship to.

Esther Hayford | Worship Team Co-leader and leader for vocalists

Esther is an accomplished singer and worship leader who has served failthfully in our church for almost 10 years. She currently assists Olu with leadership of our team with specific oversight for vocalists. Her experience and competence spreads wide having served in worship as BVs and currently as one of our primary worship leaders, but also having served in the sound team, youth, and as a connect group leader.

Esther has led as a choir director to a number of worship and singing groups outside of church. And, she has a particular gift for bringing people together in joyful praise, and arranging worship sets with singers and bands that carry excellence, a discerned and clear vision, and the presence of Jesus.