Bible study & worship

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Every week at Le Pas Opton you’ll find quality Bible teaching with popular speakers from Spring Harvest and other Christian organisations. Our optional morning Bible study gives you an opportunity to grab a coffee and croissant and enjoy the teaching on offer.

The topics are thought provoking and provide spiritual food for the day. With kids’ clubs running concurrently with the Bible studies (from May half term to 1 September), you can sit back and relax with the peace of mind that our team of children’s workers are looking after your little ones.

Then, later in the day, evening celebrations are a great place to join with family and new friends for a short time of worship, prayer and a short talk.

On Sunday morning the week culminates in a family celebration, with kids presenting a drama, song or story from their groups. The whole service is family-focused, with all-age worship, prayer and preaching. Translation into French and Dutch is available in certain weeks via headsets.

Speakers and worship leaders will be confirmed in the next few weeks.

Speakers & worship leaders

11 May

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.

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16 May

Tom & Ruth Duncanson

Tom has been a companion in the Northumbria Community for many years.

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23 May

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

1 June

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8 June

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15 June

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Dave Stephenson

Dave is part of the leadership team at Rising Brook Church in Stafford along with his wife Ruth. He is a minister whilst Ruth heads up the Children, Youth and Family department. Together they have worked with Spring Harvest in some capacity for the last 18 years and are excited to return to LPO for more worship and fun during Creative week. They have 3 children, Morley, Erin and Tilly.

22 June

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29 June

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6 July

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Stu Barbour

Stuart Barbour has served as a worship pastor for many years, including 18 years at The Point Church in Burgess Hill, and more recently at St Andrew’s Church of England, Burgess Hill. He is also a regular worship leader at The Filling Station in West Sussex.

Stuart will be joined by his daughter Holly on vocals and his son Kyle on drums, who serves as Assistant Youth Pastor at St Paul’s Hammersmith in London. Together with musicians from France, they will bring a rich, international flavour to our times of worship throughout the week at Le Pas Opton.

13 July

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20 July

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27 July

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Pete James

Pete James is the creative behind the charity Swell Revolution. His 12 years as a worship pastor have equipped Pete to create songs, stories and video resources to help all ages grow in their faith. He leads worship frequently in his local church and at festivals and events. He is keen biker and boarder and enjoys snow and water sports.

3 August

Gavin & Anne Calver

Gavin is the CEO of the Evangelical Alliance and has been involved with Spring Harvest for most of his life. He is passionate about seeing the local Church fulfil its calling to take the gospel of Jesus into every community.

Anne is pioneering Unleashed Church, and has co-authored three books. She is passionate about seeing people meet Jesus and released to grow into all their potential in Him.

Kees Kraayenoord

Kees grew up in the traditional Dutch Reformed Church. After work with YWAM and a calling to be a worship leader, Kees now leads worship both in his native Netherlands and internationally (he has released several albums). Kees and Nicole founded, and now pastor, a church movement in The Netherlands called Mozaiek.

10 August

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Pete & Nicki Sims

Pete and Nicki are Senior Leaders of Skylark International, a relational network of churches, charities and ministries with a vision to rebuild ruins, build bridges and create culture in the UK and beyond. Together, they also lead Skylark Church in Chelmsford, a vibrant church family committed to taking God’s love and hope into every arena of society. Pete and Nicki are passionate about the local church as a change-agent in the world and love equipping people to live out their faith wherever God has placed them. They are proud parents to two daughters, Aria and Seren, who keep them on their toes!

17 August

Phil Knox

Phil Knox is an evangelist and missiologist at the Evangelical Alliance. He is passionate about making Jesus known and the power of friendship. He loves learning and has degrees in law and mission and evangelism. His work in the UK is studying how people come to faith in Jesus and helping the church maximise those pathways. He preaches around 100 times a year in a variety of contexts and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 2's Pause for Thought.

Phil is married to Dani and they have two sons, Caleb and Jos. He is an avid runner, enthusiastic waterskier and once broke the world record for the longest five-a-side football match. He is also an award winning performance poet and author of Story Bearer and The Best of Friends.

Andy & Jenny Flannagan

24 August

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31 August

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7 September

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!

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14 September

Chris Sinkinson

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.

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21 September

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.

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28 September

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