After leaving university, Hemming worked as a primary school teacher and as a musician. performing at festivals such as
Greenbelt and was part of the line-up when the band reformed in 2011. Hemming became involved with recording for
Vineyard Music UK when
Brian Doerksen invited him to play keyboards on the Vineyard UK album
Come Now Is the Time to Worship. The first Great Big God album was released in 2001. It was called
Great Big God after the title song written by Nigel and Jo Hemming. Hemming co-produced the album with Brian Duane and wrote five of its songs. Since the release of the first Great Big God album Hemming has produced and written for all six of the Vineyard
Great Big God releases. and is widely regarded as having created "one of the most successful series of UK children's albums ever." Hemming is a
Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland pastor. He worked on staff at Birmingham Vineyard Church throughout the 2000s until moving in 2011 to become the senior pastor at the Winchester Vineyard Church with his wife Jo. Hemming was a director of Vineyard Music UK from 2014 to 2017. == Releases ==