Add retreat and reflection to your holiday in this relaxed week led by LPO veterans Tom and Ruth Duncanson.
Feature Weeks
Every week is a holiday week at Le Pas Opton. Check out these options to add something special to your holiday, from a spiritual retreat to a gathering of board gamers.
At Spring half term we create a full-on, action-packed family holiday! Specialist teams will lead youth, children's and all-age activities.
Half Term
23 May - 30 May
Straight after half term comes a week that welcomes pre-schoolers and their parents. Maybe some Grandparents too! The weather's not too hot, the prices more accessible and the whole area a little less busy than in high season.
Pre-schoolers week
1 June - 8 June
This holiday week, organised in conjunction with Pete, Christine and friends from Count Everyone In, includes daily special worship sessions and activities for adults with learning disabilities. Count Everyone In guests have their own sessions each morning and join other guests for the evening meeting from 6-7pm. Pete, Christine and friends organise some special on-site activities through the week, too.
Count Everyone In
1 June - 8 June
Established 2025: A special week for families who home educate their children.
Home Education Week
8 June - 15 June
The ever-popular creative holiday is back, in partnership with our friends from Saltmine Theatre Company. This unique holiday brings together art, photography, writing and drama - plus beaches, restaurants, chateaux, wine and cheese!
Creative Week with Saltmine
15 June - 22 June
Kick-start your summer with everything from worship to water sports and beach party to Bible study.
Young Adults Holiday
22 June - 29 June
This holiday week offers the opportunity for some extra in-depth Bible study.
Equipped - in partnership with Moorlands College
31 August - 7 September
A fun, relaxing, sociable holiday geared particularly for adults. The provision of French translation helps ensure a real international flavour.
The Anglo-French Houseparty
7 September - 14 September
A holiday in France playing board games with friendly people for a whole week.
Board Games Holiday
14 September - 21 September
Playing On In Extra Time
The Vendée is a great place to enjoy the September sunshine, particularly if you are looking to holiday after the schools have returned. Our programme is aimed at those making the most of their retirement, though those dreaming of retiring are welcome too!
Extra Time
21 September - 28 September
Speakers & worship leaders
Tom & Ruth Duncanson![Tom Ruth Duncanson]()
Tom is now retired after 40 years in Baptist Ministry including 7 years as a Hospice Chaplain. Ruth, a registered nurse, retired after 18 Years as a school matron at a very large Secondary School. They now live in Eastbourne. Their experience is wide and varied. They have two children and seven grandchildren. When not involved with the family they have a fairly active social life!!
Tom has been a companion in the Northumbria Community for many years.
Jonathan Woodhouse![Jonathan Woodhouse photo]()
A Baptist minister for 10 years, Army chaplain for 24 years and former Chaplain-General of the British Army, leading 155 full time chaplains from the main UK denominations, Jonathan has given appreciable Christian leadership experience. Working as an MA tutor and chaplain at Moorlands College, Convenor of the United Navy, Army and Air Force Board, have all brought deeper insight into leadership dynamics. He was appointed the Queen’s Honorary Chaplain (QHC) in 2008 and made Companion of the Bath (CB) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2014. He has since been moderator of Baptist churches and continues to mentor Baptist ministers and chaplains. He enjoys watching most sports, plays golf, tennis and loves a wide range of music, but can’t play a thing!
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Andy Caldwell![Andy Caldwell]()
Andy has been in pastoral ministry and church leadership for over 30 years. A gifted and passionate Bible teacher, preacher and church leader. He has a deep love for Jesus and people and a strong spiritual gifts of encouragement and compassion.
Before entering ministry, Andy served as a police officer in The Thames Valley Police and later as a police inspector in the Royal Hong Kong Police. But God had a different calling - to be a policeman of his people: to protect them, encourage them, teach them and love them.
Andy is the pastor of Welcome Baptist Church in Heathfield, East Sussex. He is married to Jo, and together they have three sons.
April Ballard![April Ballard]()
April Ballard is a worship leader and songwriter living in the Southwest of England. After meeting Jesus in Bristol, she has spent the past 13 years serving and ministering in the city she loves. In 2021, April and her husband planted Open House Community church, where she now serves as Senior Pastor. She has led worship at a range of local and national gatherings, including New Wine and David's Tent, for the past 6 years. April's desire is that through music, leadership, and service, her life would reflect Romans 11:36 - from Him and through Him and to Him are all things.
Olly Goldenberg![Olly Goldenburg]()
Olly Goldenberg is the director of Children Can, author of many books, convener of Hand in Hand national children’s and family leaders conference and the Come Lord Jesus international prayer relay. He lives in the South of England with his wife and 5 children. They desire to see the next generation walk in revival and generations of the church connected together.
Luke Bacon![Luke Bacon]()
Luke is married to Becci and with their two daughters they live in the Medway Towns, South East England where they serve as part of the team at St John’s Chatham - a church on an exciting journey having reopened its doors after being closed for over two decades. Luke has been leading worship since his teens when he was gifted a guitar by someone at church, since then he has had the privilege of serving at churches, events and festivals across the UK and beyond.
Luke first visited LPO in 2019 and since then it has become a hugely important place for him and his family, building amazing friendships and significant moments of encounter. He can’t wait to be back!
Olly Goldenberg![Olly Goldenburg]()
Olly Goldenberg is the director of Children Can, author of many books, convener of Hand in Hand national children’s and family leaders conference and the Come Lord Jesus international prayer relay. He lives in the South of England with his wife and 5 children. They desire to see the next generation walk in revival and generations of the church connected together.
Luke Bacon![Luke Bacon]()
Luke is married to Becci and with their two daughters they live in the Medway Towns, South East England where they serve as part of the team at St John’s Chatham - a church on an exciting journey having reopened its doors after being closed for over two decades. Luke has been leading worship since his teens when he was gifted a guitar by someone at church, since then he has had the privilege of serving at churches, events and festivals across the UK and beyond.
Luke first visited LPO in 2019 and since then it has become a hugely important place for him and his family, building amazing friendships and significant moments of encounter. He can’t wait to be back!
Emma & Ben Jeffrey![Emma Ben Jeffery]()
Ben and Emma Jeffery are the Senior Pastors of soulcity church in Manchester. Ben is also the Head of Unity for the Evangelical Alliance and Emma leads LAUNCH. They have three children (15, 11 and 5 years) and Emma is involved in parent-led education at their independent Christian school. They are passionate about discipleship of all ages and parenting with purpose.
Sue Rinaldi![Sue Rinaldi]()
Sue loves LPO and has led worship as well as spoken at LPO over the years. Sue travels internationally as a concert artist, Worship leader, speaker and creative consultant. She also serves as Worship Pastor & Lead Elder at a church in Hampshire and presents a weekly inspirational breakfast show every Sunday on Konnect Radio.
Martin Young![Martin Young]()
Martin has been leading the work of Rising Brook Church in Stafford for over 20 years with an emphasis on church planting, social transformation and cross-cultural mission overseas. He is now working with churches and leaders, pursuing evangelism, and running projects that engage people with the creativity of the Kingdom of Heaven. He is the Chair of the Spring Harvest Board of Directors.
Dave Stephenson![Dave Stephenson]()
Dave is a minister and part of the leadership team at Rising Brook Church in Stafford, where he has led and shaped worship for the past decade. Alongside his wife Ruth, he has been involved in serving Spring Harvest in different ways for more than twenty years. They have three teenage children : Morley, Erin, and Tilly.
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Joanne Arton![UTF 8 Joanne]()
Joanne is so looking forward to being at LPO over the summer! She lives and works in Edinburgh and oversees worship at St Pauls and St George's, a city centre church. You will often find her in a corner of a coffee shop drinking a long black, listening to music. She loves having dinner with friends and getting to know new people. Joanne is passionate about seeing people connect with God through worship and feels it is such a privilege to lead people into His presence.
Gareth Higgs
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Jean de Garis![2022 Jean de Garis]()
Jean is a Guernsey man serving as vicar of St Francis Church, Salisbury. Sue and Jean have 4 children who love making music together. Whenever possible, Jean enjoys riding his motorbike – and praying!
Matt Brooksbank![Matt Brooksbank]()
Matt is a worship leader and youth worker at Ebenezer Baptist church in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, where he lives with his wife Emily and their daughter Ellie. As well as serving at his church he also works alongside organisations such as CMA UK, Spring harvest holidays and the YBA.
He also runs a ministry called Refuel which is primarily focused on equipping and “refuelling” people to live for Christ in an increasingly hostile world. Matt enjoys Music, history, mountain climbing, building Lego, eating pizza and spending time with his family
Chris Sinkinson![Chris Sinkinson Headshot Square]()
Chris serves as Associate Minister & Programme Director for the School for Discipleship at Lansdowne Church, Bournemouth. He pastored three local churches and taught theology for many years at Moorlands College. Chris has written extensively on archaeology, apologetics and philosophy. His archaeology interests have taken him far and wide, involving excavations across the Holy Land.
Jemimah Paine![Jemimah Paine]()
Jemimah Paine is a worship leader, songwriter and artist. Jemimah serves regularly at her church in Hammersmith. She has also been releasing music since 2020 and since then has continued to release a stream of music and tour around the UK. Jemimah sings about topics people can relate to and cares deeply for people and the world. This has taken her to new levels becoming an Ambassador at the renowned charity Compassion.
Ian & Ruth Coffey![Ian Ruth Coffey]()
Ian and Ruth Coffey have been involved in Christian ministry for five decades and, in that time, have served in a variety of leadership roles from local church to national organisations. They spent the last fifteen years on the staff of Moorlands College until they retired in 2022. They continue to travel, teach, preach and write extensively They live in a small village in East Dorset.
Sue Rinaldi![Sue Rinaldi]()
Sue loves LPO and has led worship as well as spoken at LPO over the years. Sue travels internationally as a concert artist, Worship leader, speaker and creative consultant. She also serves as Worship Pastor & Lead Elder at a church in Hampshire and presents a weekly inspirational breakfast show every Sunday on Konnect Radio.