0:00:02 > 0:00:06This week I'm in Somerset, relaxing with thousands of Christians
0:00:06 > 0:00:09at the annual summer event, New Wine.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Welcome to Songs Of Praise.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38Coming up, how family, faith and fun can make the perfect holiday,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40even if you're camping.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43It's the one event of the year that we feel we can't not do.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45It's a great way just to get re-centred back in
0:00:45 > 0:00:48and focused on Christian values.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Connie Fisher is celebrating the 50th anniversary
0:00:51 > 0:00:53of one of the Beatles' greatest hits.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57# All you need is love. #
0:00:57 > 0:01:02And how Christianity has transformed this man's life.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05I left school with no qualifications.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07I'm a little lad from Blackpool.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09How am I leading in a place like this?
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Much of today's music comes from here at New Wine,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23including a contemporary song that's become a firm favourite
0:01:23 > 0:01:25for Christians right around the world.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Christian festivals have long been a regular summer fixture.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17New Wine began in 1989 as a gathering
0:04:17 > 0:04:22organised by members of the Anglican Church, St Andrew's, Chorleywood.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25It was given the Bible inspired name, New Wine, as a symbol
0:04:25 > 0:04:29of the new life that many Christians associate with their faith.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Over the years, it's grown into a huge network of events,
0:04:34 > 0:04:39both here and abroad, and every July and August, the UK contingent
0:04:39 > 0:04:44get together here at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Somerset.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47The Sloman family have travelled on the overnight ferry
0:04:47 > 0:04:50from Guernsey in the Channel Islands to get here.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55Mum Susie, runs her own company and Dad Paul, works in finance.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59They've been coming to New Wine for five years with their three boys.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Yeah!
0:05:03 > 0:05:06After giving the family a helping hand setting up camp,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08I want to find out what's on offer for them
0:05:08 > 0:05:12and the other 25,000 people attending this year.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16What's the plan for everyone today then?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18OK, so we're going to start with worship today.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20There are three different venues.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Different sizes - small, medium and large.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25When the music starts, it could be from acoustic and chilled
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- to pretty excited. - OK, Susie, what are you up to?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31There's loads of seminars to choose from
0:05:31 > 0:05:33with all sorts of different topics, politics.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- I'm going to the parenting one.- OK.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37I feel like I need a bit of help on that one!
0:05:37 > 0:05:39- Stuff for the boys as well, I'm guessing?- Yep.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Cameron, what are you going to be doing?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43There's groups for different ages.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46They're all called different names like Rock Solid,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49which is the one I'm in, but they're all fun.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50What are you planning then, Isaac?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Well, you don't really have to do anything at all when you come here.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56You can just go for a coffee down at the main arena.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- So that's what I'm going to do. - That's your plan?- Chill, relax.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- All right, enjoy. See you for lunch. - Thank you.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08After a full morning of activities,
0:06:08 > 0:06:10there's time for us to relax together
0:06:10 > 0:06:15and for me to hear why Susie and Paul appreciate being here.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18We come here to just almost re-start,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21it's like the start of a year almost for us,
0:06:21 > 0:06:24to have time to think what our vision is for the family
0:06:24 > 0:06:27and what we want Jesus to do in our lives in the next year,
0:06:27 > 0:06:29and what we want for the kids.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32It's just that space to do that
0:06:32 > 0:06:34amongst other people with the same belief.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38It's a great break just to go and get together, all five of us,
0:06:38 > 0:06:40as a family. Now that Isaac's off at university,
0:06:40 > 0:06:42it gets us all back in the same place.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46It's the one event in the year that we feel we can't not do.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Yeah, it's a bit like Christmas and birthdays,
0:06:48 > 0:06:50this is the same sort of priority.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Christmas, birthdays and New Wine, yeah!
0:06:52 > 0:06:57What is it like now raising a family as Christians in the modern world?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00When I grew up, there was conscious acceptance of Christianity
0:07:00 > 0:07:03and those values were evident everywhere and I think it's
0:07:03 > 0:07:06almost flipped on its head now that is a Christian, you feel
0:07:06 > 0:07:09like you're in the minority there and the values are very different.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12What you read in the news, what you see on telly, the films
0:07:12 > 0:07:17and things, so we think coming to New Wine is a great way to get
0:07:17 > 0:07:20re-centred back in and focused on Christian values and you can
0:07:20 > 0:07:22drink it in and impart it to the kids
0:07:22 > 0:07:25and use that as a good solid basis.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27I think life's so busy,
0:07:27 > 0:07:28particularly with the three kids,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31and we travel quite a lot for work, so it can feel very rushed
0:07:31 > 0:07:35and it's like taking ten steps back coming here
0:07:35 > 0:07:37and just having time at a much slower pace.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Everything happens more slowly.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42We can come here and consciously spend time,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45a bit of quiet time or in the noise of the worship
0:07:45 > 0:07:48and reconnect with God, get a fresh focus from him.
0:11:21 > 0:11:2450 years ago, the Beatles released their song, All You Need Is Love.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28It came at the end of the summer of love and while youth culture was
0:11:28 > 0:11:32undergoing a revolution, a similar one was happening in churches.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Connie Fisher has been to find out what happened
0:11:34 > 0:11:37when two worlds collided back in the 1960s.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43This must be the world's best known zebra crossing.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47It leads to the world's most famous recording studio,
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Abbey Road, where the Beatles, Oasis, Pink Floyd have all recorded.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54However, it's also home to some of the most popular
0:11:54 > 0:11:56recordings of modern worship music.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03# It is well with my soul... #
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Christian singer-songwriter Matt Redman recorded his top 10 album,
0:12:07 > 0:12:12Unbroken Praise, here in the very same studio as the Beatles.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16But that's not the only connection between pop music and praise,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19as I found out when I met Christian record producer Les Moir.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24In the early '60s, actually in the '50s, everybody was making music.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27All the young people were in bands, but then in the south,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30there was a group called the Joystrings.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32They were really basically like a skiffle band.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39They recorded here at Abbey Road.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41They recorded these songs that were in the charts
0:12:41 > 0:12:44and the Joystrings were in their uniforms making music.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49OK, so did the Beatles really influence contemporary
0:12:49 > 0:12:50worship music?
0:12:50 > 0:12:55The Beatles, they inspired a generation to find their voice
0:12:55 > 0:12:58and to start to write their own songs.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01In the Psalms, it says, "Sing unto the Lord a new song."
0:13:01 > 0:13:03And so that message kind of spread,
0:13:03 > 0:13:07and encouraged other Christian songwriters to do that.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11A famous phrase from a modern hymn writer called Graham Kendrick,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14and he said his greatest inspirations in the '60s
0:13:14 > 0:13:17were the Beatles and the Baptist hymn book.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20And because the Beatles' song All You Need Is Love
0:13:20 > 0:13:24is 50 years old this summer, we've asked musician Ken Burton
0:13:24 > 0:13:28to make a brand-new arrangement of the song.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Ken, you're a gospel guru.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Some people consider All You Need Is Love as an urban hymn.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35What do you reckon?
0:13:35 > 0:13:40The heart of the Gospel message indeed is love.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Love to God, love to each other, and so in that sense
0:13:43 > 0:13:47it does what a hymn does, which is connects us to something deeper
0:13:47 > 0:13:52and something greater and something which unifies and connects us.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54So all you need is love and music?
0:13:54 > 0:13:57All you do need is love. and as cliched
0:13:57 > 0:14:01and as light as that might sound, it's a much deeper concept.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06Love indeed runs deep and it's what the world certainly always needs
0:14:06 > 0:14:08and needs very much today.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14# Love, love, love
0:14:15 > 0:14:20# Love, love, love
0:14:21 > 0:14:28# Love, love, love, love
0:14:28 > 0:14:35# Love
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- # Oooo - There's nothing you can do
0:14:40 > 0:14:41# That can't be done
0:14:43 > 0:14:48# There's nothing you can sing that can't be sung
0:14:49 > 0:14:52# There's nothing you can say
0:14:52 > 0:14:56# But you can learn to play the game
0:14:56 > 0:15:00# It's easy
0:15:01 > 0:15:06# There's nothing you can make that can't be made
0:15:07 > 0:15:12# There's nothing you can save that can't be saved
0:15:14 > 0:15:19# Nothing you can do but you can learn to be you in time
0:15:19 > 0:15:23# It's easy
0:15:25 > 0:15:29# All you need is love
0:15:30 > 0:15:32# All you need is love
0:15:32 > 0:15:37# All you need is love
0:15:37 > 0:15:40# Ooo-ooo
0:15:40 > 0:15:43# All you need is love
0:15:43 > 0:15:47# Love
0:15:47 > 0:15:52# Love is all you need
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- # Oooo - There's nothing you can know
0:15:57 > 0:15:59# That isn't known
0:16:00 > 0:16:06# There's nothing you can see that isn't shown
0:16:07 > 0:16:13# Nowhere you can be which isn't where you're meant to be
0:16:13 > 0:16:17# It's easy
0:16:18 > 0:16:22# All you need is love
0:16:23 > 0:16:26# All you need is love
0:16:26 > 0:16:30# All you need is love
0:16:31 > 0:16:33# Oo-oo-oo
0:16:33 > 0:16:37# All you need is love
0:16:37 > 0:16:40# Love
0:16:40 > 0:16:45# Love is all you need
0:16:47 > 0:16:52# All you need is love
0:16:52 > 0:16:54# Deep down in your soul
0:16:54 > 0:16:59# All you need is love
0:16:59 > 0:17:02# Ohhh
0:17:02 > 0:17:06# All you need is love
0:17:06 > 0:17:09# Love
0:17:09 > 0:17:13# Love is all you need
0:17:13 > 0:17:14# Love is patient
0:17:14 > 0:17:16# Love is kind
0:17:16 > 0:17:20# Love is all you need
0:17:20 > 0:17:23# Ohhh
0:17:23 > 0:17:37# Love is all you need. #
0:17:43 > 0:17:46A famous song from the famous Abbey Road Studios there,
0:17:46 > 0:17:50and if you'd like to enjoy Songs Of Praise from another iconic venue,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53then make sure you've got your tickets for our annual Big Sing,
0:17:53 > 0:17:57happening at the Royal Albert Hall on September 10th.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01For details, you can go to our website:
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Back here at New Wine,
0:18:07 > 0:18:11the organisers take pride in being as inclusive as possible,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14and that leads to some inspiring partnerships being formed
0:18:14 > 0:18:16behind the scenes.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- Billy, how long have you been on the team at New Wine?- Three years.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23So, what do you enjoy about it?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- I like the music.- Mmm. - Oh, the music's great.- Yeah.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29And where do you help on team, Billy? Which team do you help with?
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- The Flavour Cafe.- The Flavour Cafe?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- Yes.- What do you do there?
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- There are cakes...- Yes.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41I like making hot chocolate with marshmallows.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- Hot chocolates with squirty cream are the best, aren't they?- Yeah!
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- Really tasty.- Yeah, but too much calories.- Too many calories.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Naomi, why do you do it? Why do you enjoy it?
0:18:51 > 0:18:55I really love it. I love it because God's heart is for everybody,
0:18:55 > 0:18:58and I think everybody is of value within his kingdom.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02As New Wine, we want to reflect that in everything that we do.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Just enabling people across site to be able to connect with God
0:19:06 > 0:19:09in different ways, whether it's bouncing on a gym ball,
0:19:09 > 0:19:11or playing with rice,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14but in a way that enables them to engage with what's going on.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Meanwhile, New Wine goer Ian Grasmeder and his family
0:19:19 > 0:19:20get to enjoy their time here,
0:19:20 > 0:19:24thanks to the team of British Sign Language interpreters,
0:19:24 > 0:19:26led by Hannah Robinson.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29I like the access that I have here,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32because if I go to church, I'm on my own.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35I might have subtitles or a lot of information,
0:19:35 > 0:19:37but having the interpreters here
0:19:37 > 0:19:41means I can fully absorb everything, and it really helps my faith.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Hannah, why is it you do this?
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I really got into sign language by seeing interpreters
0:19:46 > 0:19:49at Christian events, and throughout my whole journey
0:19:49 > 0:19:52of learning sign language and becoming an interpreter,
0:19:52 > 0:19:56it's been important to me that I want to serve God in this way.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58I really love being part of the deaf community,
0:19:58 > 0:20:01and the deaf Christian community, and it's great to work with
0:20:01 > 0:20:04other Christian interpreters, and to provide access to God's word.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Does it give you a slightly different perspective
0:20:06 > 0:20:08on what is being said or sung?
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Songs are essentially poetry, a lot of the time,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14so that's very challenging to interpret into another language.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17So we're constantly looking for the meaning.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Would you agree with that, Ian? Do you feel that expression,
0:20:20 > 0:20:22especially in worship songs?
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Yes, through worship it's very important,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33because deaf people need to worship as well as anyone else.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41The task of organising
0:23:41 > 0:23:45and leading New Wine's music for the thousands of Christians here
0:23:45 > 0:23:49falls to the Reverend Chris Sayburn, who's new in the job this year.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53So, I've taken on a voluntary role of overseeing all the musical
0:23:53 > 0:23:56worship teams from across the site, so yes,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59a massive privilege, and pretty daunting as well, if I'm honest.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02So you may be not what a lot of people expect
0:24:02 > 0:24:04when they hear they're going to meet a vicar.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Often, a lot of people I meet have a certain expectation
0:24:07 > 0:24:09of what a vicar will look like, sound like,
0:24:09 > 0:24:13so for them to see, hopefully, a normal working-class guy
0:24:13 > 0:24:15with a collar... Sometimes they think I'm on a stag do!
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Actually, to say this is part of God's calling on my life
0:24:19 > 0:24:22and I feel very privileged to serve in this way.
0:24:23 > 0:24:2834-year-old Chris' lifestyle today is a far cry from his childhood.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34He was brought up in Blackpool in a family that faced many challenges.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38As a result, as a teenager he had serious issues.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40I left school with no qualifications
0:24:40 > 0:24:44and was really struggling with self-worth.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48I saw my family coming to faith and saw their lives change,
0:24:48 > 0:24:52but for me, I was like, well, that can't reach me, and I struggled
0:24:52 > 0:24:58with depression, anxiety, anger - real, serious flare-ups of anger,
0:24:58 > 0:25:01and that would then feed into the depression,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04feed into the anxiety, and I was just in a real cycle.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07So I'd be drinking, I would be trying to numb
0:25:07 > 0:25:09some of the pain I was in, always looking for something
0:25:09 > 0:25:14to take my mind off me, and to give me self-worth and things like that.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17I guess the way I look at it now is seeking things that were
0:25:17 > 0:25:20over-promised but under-delivered, is how I kind of see it.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26It was an event at this very campsite in Somerset in 2001
0:25:26 > 0:25:29which turned around Chris' life at the age of 18.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34So, I got invited to come to an event like this
0:25:34 > 0:25:37called Soul Survival, which is like the youth version of this.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41We actually met in a similar tent to this, just over the way, where,
0:25:41 > 0:25:45after three days of hearing some of the talks about who Jesus was,
0:25:45 > 0:25:46I finally thought, do you know what?
0:25:46 > 0:25:49I think there could be something in this.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52He is who He says He is, and I am who He says I am,
0:25:52 > 0:25:56not what the world has spoken of me, or what I have spoken of myself.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00And so it was there that I said yes to Jesus, yes to following Him,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02and it is kind of crazy,
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I'm a little lad from Blackpool,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07how am I leading in a place like this?
0:26:07 > 0:26:09So, it's just by God's grace.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15What would you now, if you could, say to your 14-year-old self,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18who was struggling with all of those issues?
0:26:18 > 0:26:23Yeah, I want to say don't be proud in saying that you need help.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26So, I still struggle with anxiety at times.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28I still struggle with times of depression,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31but the difference is, I know that God walks with me through those.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34I don't fear them, I don't get lost in them.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38My anger, by God's grace, is no longer like a flare-up thing.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41So I just want to say, be real, be honest, just be you.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45God is not looking for some Sunday school type perfection
0:26:45 > 0:26:48where church is like Disneyland and we all smile and it's all very nice.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49He wants to meet us where we are.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53I probably talk more about my brokenness than any of my gifts
0:26:53 > 0:26:55because I just think that's really important
0:26:55 > 0:26:58as we sort of model that in our journey together.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02As well as leading the music at New Wine,
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Chris also writes his own worship songs,
0:27:04 > 0:27:07which are popular all over the world,
0:27:07 > 0:27:09and he's chosen one for us.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12So, it's a song called Spirit And Truth,
0:27:12 > 0:27:15which I've recently written with a few friends,
0:27:15 > 0:27:17and it's about the worship of God,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20how we love him in response to all he's done for us.
0:30:24 > 0:30:25That's almost it from Somerset.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Next week, Sally Magnusson is in Edinburgh,
0:30:28 > 0:30:30home of the famous festival.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33And JB Gill tries his hand at "champing",
0:30:33 > 0:30:35that's camping in a church.
0:30:35 > 0:30:40He also meets the famous gospel group The Blind Boys of Alabama.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42# Feel that jumping!
0:30:42 > 0:30:44# Jump, jump... #
0:30:44 > 0:30:47The words of our final song were originally written
0:30:47 > 0:30:50as part of a hymn almost 200 years ago.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52More recently, they've been revived
0:30:52 > 0:30:55in the modern classic known simply as Cornerstone.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40CHEERING AND APPLAUSE