Meet our trainers
Jessie Tang
Jessie is a musician and worship leader based in the UK. She studied Music and Ethnomusicology with an interest in music & identity and intercultural worship. She is part of the Songs2Serve Europe team and currently leads the UK network, where she delivers workshops about intercultural worship. Jessie is a pianist, guitarist and percussionist who also plays other instruments, including qanun (Middle Eastern zither) and hulusi (Chinese recorder)... and keeps learning more! She has experience in providing general band training, teaching songs in diverse languages and styles, curating intercultural song sets and digging into the scriptures to find God's heart for interculturalism. As well as planting an intercultural church, she was in a Chinese-heritage church for many years and has a heart for second-generation immigrants and all things connected to culture, identity and Christianity. A time of training with her is fun and informative, and will be an amazing opportunity to build on your skills whether as an experienced team or a novice in intercultural worship. Please contact Jessie at [email protected]
Ilse Roskam
Ilse is a musician based in the Netherlands, who loves the interaction with other cultures. With lots of experiences in the Balkan and in Brazil, she started leading music in an intercultural church in Rotterdam in 2013, until this day. From the first beginning, she is involved in Songs2Serve, in worship leading, in collecting songs, translating, and training. She is often part of the Songs2Serve training day. She studied Teaching Music and Community Arts and her main instrument is the accordeon but she is also skilled with playing the keys, singing and guitar. She has experience in providing general band training to an intercultural church, or training in Klezmer and some Latin styles. Or teaching the basics about singing. You could find more information about her on www.balconyplayers.com. A time of training with her is fun and will be an amazing opportunity to build on your skills as a team. Please contact us at [email protected].
Ian Collinge
Ian is a trained musician, ethnodoxologist, Bible teacher and intercultural worship trainer based in England. He and his family enjoyed several years of experience in the Himalayas where he learned various Asian instruments and discovered that the worship of Jesus is not homogenous: it does not have to sound the same around the globe, but each culture can bring its own unique, God-given insights and colour. In 2008, Ian and his wife founded Arts Release, the arts ministry of WEC International, and in 2012, the Resonance multicultural worship collective, who help multi-ethnic churches celebrate and introduce the songs of the nations. Ian serves on the board of the Global Consultation on Arts and Music in Missions and as an adjunct tutor on ethnodoxology and multicultural worship at All Nations Christian College. He has had the joy of observing how churches can move from entirely monocultural expressions of worship to gladly embrace more intercultural approaches. To invite Resonance to lead worship or run a workshop, visit https://artsrelease.org/en/music-worship/multicultural-music-performance To invite Ian to advise your church or to conduct intercultural training, write to: [email protected]. To experience Resonance multicultural worship see: https://youtu.be/hxSvSmjmCmE and the Arts Release YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ArtsRelease
Noah Bartlett
Noah's parents are from England and the States, he grew up in France. He and his wife Suzi spent several years working with refugees in Athens where they learnt to speak Persian. They now serve with the European Christian Mission (ECM) in Northern Ireland. Noah works with Intercultural Ministries Ireland where he leads the Intercultural Worship Ireland collective, a group of musicians and worship leaders who come together to lead, equip and encourage intercultural worship across the island of Ireland. He and his wife also serve Persian speaking people together. Noah collaborates with Songs2Serve UK in Northern Ireland as a catalyst for intercultural worship, and contributes to our online training for the “Introduction to Intercultural Worship” course. Noah is based in Belfast
Rob Baker
Rob Baker trained as an ethnomusicology consultant with SIL International and worked in West Africa for eight years, studying its musical traditions and patterns of worship. He carried out many song-writing workshops to promote scripture usage, literacy and for education, making hundreds of field recordings of indigenous songs. Rob also carried out extensive research into Beninese church music and wrote this thesis on the subject. In the UK, Rob has done a lot of work in the field of multicultural worship, leading training sessions and taking services across the UK and beyond, singing in over 20 different languages. For five years, he was leader of the Resonance London World Worship Band, part of WEC UK's ArtsRelease ministry. Rob is a dynamic and engaging speaker, who has given presentations across four continents. His areas of expertise include West African Music, the demysification of so-called 'pagan' song styles, and intercultural worship. He has extensive experience in leading djembe circles, community choirs and Brazilian samba workshops, and is the author of three books, including Adventures in Music and Culture.
Chiel-Jan van Hofwegen
Chiel Jan van Hofwegen is a componist and musician on organ and piano. He loves to arrange music and wrote some medleys for Songs2Serve. He is teaching organ and piano to many students. He is connected to a churchplant called ‘Licht op Zuid’ in Rotterdam as coordinator of church music and serves regularly in the music of ICF Alblasserwaard. Chiel Jan has been working with us on the Songs2Serve training day for several years already. He is one of the workshop leaders there to train churches.
Anne-Marie Dane
My name is Anne-Marie Dane. I live in the Netherlands, near Rotterdam, with my husband and two daughters. I work for Intercultural Church Plants NL. I am mainly involved in communications and training and support, also in the area of worship. Before joining ICP, I was employed by my church for 15 years, where I was responsible for the worship teams. I am passionate about the body of Christ. The Church in all its diversity and in perfect unity. In full surrender directed towards the Father of all communities on earth and in heaven. In that Jesus becomes visible on earth. I also love to read and sing and make music😊
Gert-Jan van Dommelen
Gert Jan is a musician who loves quality in working together as a music band. With lots of experiences in leading music in churches with non professionals, next to his experience with leading his own full worship band, he is involved in advising Songs2Serve from the first beginning. In his own church, ICF Alblasserdam (the Netherlands), the songs they sing are always in several languages. Regularly you can find him Songs2Serve worship events, making music with us. Gert Jan has been involved in band training many times at the Songs2Serve day and the people he trained were glad with what they learned! Gert Jan’s main instrument is playing the keys, although he is also fine with bass or guitar. Please contact us at [email protected].
Jill Ford
Jill was born and raised in the UK and has a background in music, theatre and performing arts. Jill is the Arts Programme Leader and Lecturer at All Nations Christian College UK. For the last 20 years she has been developing the creative arts curriculum at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In particular Jill has been developing and teaching modules in the area of multicultural worship and fostering partnerships with others who are passionate about this area: Songs 2 Serve, Arts Release, Mosaix. She currently supervises BA and MA students implementing creative research projects into multicultural churches. Jill also trains the All Nations Hearts for Mission Team who travel to local churches to help them engage creatively with mission and multicultural worship. Jill recently completed a Doctorate in Worship Studies (DWS) and has developed a Training Programme called:‘Worship Across the Cultures: Training in Liturgical Diversity.’ Annual Courses in Multicultural Worship at All Nations · Multicultural Worship Day (February 1 Day Beginners Level) · Multicultural Worship Week (May 5 Days Intermediate Level) · Music and Global Worship Week ( February 5 days Intermediate Level) · Multicultural Worship Music, Worship and Liturgy (April 4 days Advanced Level) Website: www.allnations.ac.uk For any other training needs please contact Jill Ford: [email protected]
Josh Davis
In 2001, Josh Davis receives God’s call to “bring nations together” and founded Proskuneo Ministries. It was founded with the vision to bring nations together in worship. (Proskuneo is the Greek word for worship, meaning to bow down or kiss towards.) In 2015, the book “Worship Together: In Your Church as in Heaven” by Josh Davis and Nikki Lerner was published. The book was one of the first publications applicable to the multi cultural church. From 2022 Songs2Serve works together with Josh, as he was recording two of our training video’s that we use to train churches. Josh provides detail-oriented, organizational leadership to his Proskuneo staff and innovative soul-shepherding in their community and beyond. He is passionate about helping people integrate and offer their entire selves (including gifts, fears, cultures, languages, dreams, desires and more) to God in worship. Josh cries at every episode of Undercover Boss.
Marjan Groenendijk
Marjan is trained in personality and behavioural models such as MBTI, DISC and ICI. She has a heart for people and loves helping individuals and teams grow in understanding, connection, and unity. With a strong focus on intercultural awareness, Marjan equips leaders and teams to value and embrace differences. She believes that the beauty of cultures coming together reflects God’s heart for unity in diversity, which deeply inspires her work. Marjan offers creative and impactful workshops on intercultural awareness and personality insights, creating space for both depth and genuine encounter.