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Behind the scenes with Care for the Family
Our friends and partners at Care for the Family believe that every family should have somewhere to turn to for support in both good and challenging ti... Read more
Street Pastors: Caring, Listening, Helping
Caring, Listening, Helping. These three words form the tagline for Street Pastors, which, for nearly 20 years with faithful local church volunteers, h... Read more
INTRODUCING: EC-GO, ESSENTIAL CHRISTIAN’S NEW RESOURCES WEBSITE
Looking for Christian resources for your home group, church service or even your own personal daily devotional times? We want to introduce you to our ... Read more
10 in 10: 10 questions with Open Doors in 10 minutes
We interviewed Open Doors UK CEO, Henrietta Blyth, to unpack more about the charity’s incredible history and vision.... Read more
Taher’s Courageous Journey: His Story After Release
It’s a privilege to partner with our friends at Open Doors and stand alongside them in their mission to serve and support persecuted Christians worldw... Read more
Reaching 1,000 Secret Christians Globally: Taher’s Story
Here at Spring Harvest, we partner with several Christian organisations from around the world. One of those organisations is Open Doors. We’re incredi... Read more
Five reasons to book for Spring Harvest 2022
If you’re trying to decide whether to book and join us next year, then here are five reasons why you should! We’ve put together a list of the top five... Read more
Spring Harvest Home 21 Highlights
Can you believe it? It's been two months since we met online for Spring Harvest Home 21 to worship our Unrivalled God. Now we're ready to get back to ... Read more
Prices and Accommodation
The wait is over, bookings are open now! You can save the booking number in readiness now: 0330 100 9330 Spring Harvest at Butlin's is a staycation wi... Read more
#OurSpringHarvest: A Story Sent on Facebook
It’s not just their stories, it’s your story, it’s my story, it’s #OurSpringHarvest To encourage you, over the next few weeks we will be releasing som... Read more
#OurSpringHarvest: Graham's Story
It’s not just their stories, it’s your story, it’s my story, it’s #OurSpringHarvest To encourage you, over the next few weeks we will be releasing som... Read more
#OurSpringHarvest: Becky's Story
It’s not just their stories, it’s your story, it’s my story, it’s #OurSpringHarvest To encourage you, over the next few weeks we will be releasing som... Read more
EC-GO: Essential Christian's brand-new streaming platform
This is part one of three part series on EC-GO. Today we’re going to tell you a little bit more about the vision behind Essential Christian's brand-ne... Read more
Spring Harvest 2022 Update
In the last two years we’ve gone from Big Top to laptop, from Skyline to online and now it’s time to come together in person again. Spring Harvest is ... Read more
We're coming back together for 22
We are delighted to announce that Spring Harvest will be happening at the Skegness and Minehead Butlin's venue’s next year in 2022. After a challengin... Read more
Spring Harvest 2022: Our free covid protection guarantee
We are sure you all need something to get excited about for 2022. However, we realise that we are all living in unprecedented and unpredictable times,... Read more
An Open Letter on behalf of UK Christian Event Leaders
We know that life is difficult for all of us right now. Being separated from those we love and unable to be together as families is painful. It is the... Read more
Big Start is back for 2021!
Big Start, our all-age morning celebration, is BACK for 2021 with The Dustbin Crew! Get your boxes, bins and tins at the ready and join us for a big t... Read more
Everything you need to know about Spring Harvest Home 21
It’s here! The full programme is now ready to download and print off. This means that we can all plan what we’re doing over the Easter week, and if yo... Read more
Spring Harvest Home Accessibility Features
At Spring Harvest Home ’21 we’ve planned from the start to make our online event as accessible as possible. We want everyone to be able to access the... Read more
Family life matters
This week our event partner, Care for the Family, explain what they do and what support they might be able to offer you and your family in times of ne... Read more
SH2021 at a glance
So, you've seen the brilliant line-up, what's next? Here's a first look at the Spring Harvest Home programme! We'll be exploring our theme 'Unrivalle... Read more
How to buy tickets for Spring Harvest Home
Spring Harvest Home 21 is going to be bigger and bolder than ever before, it's an event you're not going to want to miss. We'd love as many of you to ... Read more
Will the world ever return to the way it was before COVID?
For many of us, the Coronavirus pandemic has turned life as we know it upside down. It’s seen NHS staff working harder than ever, schooling taken onli... Read more
The most extreme places in the world to be a Christian
Have you ever wondered about what it costs to follow Jesus? Here in the west, we are free to read our bibles, pray and meet with other Christians safe... Read more
Are you running on empty?
We can’t keep saying ‘what an odd year’ forever, but in reality, it's true. This last year has been a traumatic one for so many of us. In this season ... Read more
Five things we learnt in 2020
You don’t need me to tell you that this year has been like no other. We have all felt the difficulties of 2020. I doubt we will forget them. We are st... Read more
Worship in exile: how has lockdown changed the way we worship?
Life has changed in so many ways. How we do church together is different – not being able to gather physically has fundamentally changed the way we ap... Read more
Inside the Psalms: YOU ARE RADIANT
“Psalms is a songbook for all who worship God. The heart soars in praise, the voice lifts in prayer and the anguish of sin and the joy of salvation co... Read more
Looking ahead
The gospel according to Wikipedia describes the tradition of making New Year’s resolutions as an attempt to “continue good practices, change an undesi... Read more
“In this unprecedented time.”
There was a point earlier this year where every single media story that we monitored in the Jersey Road PR office (our virtual, working-from-home offi... Read more
Decoding Coronavirus: Sin, judgement and (not) the end of the world
Dr Ruth Valerio and Gideon Heugh explore some of the questions that Christians have been wrestling with during the coronavirus pandemic. The arrival o... Read more
A Scientist’s Letter to the UK Church: Hope, prayer and some helpful resources
Dear Church, I am so grateful for the overwhelmingly gracious and resourceful ways in which UK churches, including my own, have responded to the COVID... Read more
One Body Youth
Over ten years ago, Benjamin Coombs and Matt Kenyon met at Spring Harvest, Minehead. They exchanged email addresses and have kept in touch ever since,... Read more
Losing our identity: What do we look for in political leaders?
In the wake of the US elections, the aftermath of the Brexit vote, and the current leadership through COVID-19 in the UK, many believers are engaging ... Read more
Faith in Later Life
Did you know that 5,800,000 older people say that the television or their pet is their main form of company? 5.8 million people. And that was before t... Read more
Five Apps That Help Grow Our Faith
Technology is already deeply embedded in our lives, but when we were thrusted into a new world back in March, we turned to new ways to stay connected.... Read more
Are You Tired of Waiting?
How long have you been on hold on the phone? I've counted 35 minutes before hanging up, only to call back later. I'm not the only one who doesn't like... Read more
The Bramber Bakehouse Story
Lucy Butt is the co-founder of Bramber Bakehouse, an award-winning bakery in the South East. Writing especially for Spring Harvest, Lucy shares her te... Read more
Worship: From formality to freedom
Over the past 50 years, it has been amazing to see God restore worship to the British Church. During the 1960s and ‘70s, worship in Church was very fo... Read more
Create a ‘shed’ moment
Back in April 2015 I was half politely nodding whilst listening to someone explaining, with not too much humility, how they had managed to get a new c... Read more
Tim Hughes on Worship in a Crisis
During the last six months it seems like many of our ways of worshipping have been up-ended. So it feels right to be exploring worship as our Spring H... Read more
When the book came
Joe Fisher is a renowned presenter, host, speaker, mentor, comedian, children’s worker and the list goes on! Many of you won’t need to be introduced t... Read more
Rev Matt Timms sets up Britain’s first drive-in church
One of our staff meetings in July looked a little different. We were joined by Rev. Matt Timms of Wave House church in Newquay. It was humbling for us... Read more
Racial Justice and Reconciliation
In recent weeks we have all seen and felt the immense pain of racial injustice. So much has been brought to the surface following the death of George ... Read more
Connecting With Each Other
Connecting with each other. How many Christian events around the UK support each other. By Abby Guinness, Head of Spring Harvest Programme. Many may b... Read more

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3 reasons why you don’t have to wait to book into Spring Harvest 2022

Behind the scenes with Care for the Family

Street Pastors: Caring, Listening, Helping

INTRODUCING: EC-GO, ESSENTIAL CHRISTIAN’S NEW RESOURCES WEBSITE

10 in 10: 10 questions with Open Doors in 10 minutes

Taher’s Courageous Journey: His Story After Release

Reaching 1,000 Secret Christians Globally: Taher’s Story

Five reasons to book for Spring Harvest 2022

Spring Harvest Home 21 Highlights

Prices and Accommodation

#OurSpringHarvest: A Story Sent on Facebook

#OurSpringHarvest: Graham's Story

#OurSpringHarvest: Becky's Story

EC-GO: Essential Christian's brand-new streaming platform

Spring Harvest 2022 Update

We're coming back together for 22

Spring Harvest 2022: Our free covid protection guarantee

An Open Letter on behalf of UK Christian Event Leaders

Big Start is back for 2021!

Everything you need to know about Spring Harvest Home 21

Spring Harvest Home Accessibility Features

Family life matters

SH2021 at a glance

How to buy tickets for Spring Harvest Home

Will the world ever return to the way it was before COVID?

The most extreme places in the world to be a Christian

Are you running on empty?

Five things we learnt in 2020

Worship in exile: how has lockdown changed the way we worship?

Inside the Psalms: YOU ARE RADIANT

Looking ahead

“In this unprecedented time.”

Decoding Coronavirus: Sin, judgement and (not) the end of the world

A Scientist’s Letter to the UK Church: Hope, prayer and some helpful resources

One Body Youth

Losing our identity: What do we look for in political leaders?

Faith in Later Life

Five Apps That Help Grow Our Faith

Are You Tired of Waiting?

The Bramber Bakehouse Story

Worship: From formality to freedom

Create a ‘shed’ moment

Tim Hughes on Worship in a Crisis

When the book came

Rev Matt Timms sets up Britain’s first drive-in church

Racial Justice and Reconciliation

Connecting With Each Other

Essential Event Management

Essential Christian Songs

Hope Lebedyn

Big Start Assemblies

Song Solutions

Spring Harvest Holidays