Richard has worked worldwide with YWAM for over 20 years and is a passionate speaker. He raced bikes in his youth and dabbled in selling drugs which ended in a short stretch at HMP. He got soundly saved and has a prolific knowledge of the Word and has been a key trainer in YWAM’s Discipleship Training School.

Pete and Nicki are worship leaders and songwriters and are also the senior leaders at their amazing home church, CGC Chelmsford.

Helen is a lecturer and BA Course Leader at Moorlands College. She is also a ministry leader with Richmond holidays and speaks at her local church and others in the area.

Damian is the general director of Scripture Union Northern Ireland who have a vision to see all people transformed by God’s good news. In his spare time you’ll find him spending time with his family, going out for a run, studying for his MA or drinking good coffee!

Brian leads the team, at Newton Mearns Baptist church in Glasgow and is involved with Spring Harvest. A former fisherman, he likes the challenge of teaching the Bible in today’s society. Married to Janet, they have two children who are LPO fans!

Jamie is the Worship and Creative Director at St Aldates, Oxford.

Rachael is CEO of Saltmine Theatre Company. She was also a speaker at Spring Harvest for many years.

Josh is finishing his final year of studying for a degree in popular music and worship. Having been involved in leading worship for the youth at Spring Harvest for a few years, this is Josh’s first time leading worship at Le Pas Opton. He is based in Coventry although is still very much an Essex boy at heart!

Ben and Heather are pastors at Kerith Community Church, Berkshire, and have a baby son called Jasper. Ben loves food, running and good funny stories. Heather’s favourite things are lazy summer days, big family meals and long walks with their dog Wilbur.

Luke is a London based singer, songwriter and worship leader. His journey has seen him live in five countries, spending many years in Botswana before settling in the UK in his teens. As well as writing and performing his own music, Luke is passionate about leading worship and has been involved in leading at churches, events and festivals across the UK and Europe.

Abby spent many years as an actor and writer working in a wide variety of Christian and secular environments. Now, alongside a fantastic team, she is the Head of Programme for Spring Harvest.

Neil is National Director of British Youth for Christ. He is passionate about evangelism and has a wealth of experience in visionary leadership and team building, innovation and communication, as well as knowledge and understanding of missiology, culture and religious diversity.

Paul is the leader of New Generation Church in south-east London and serves on the leadership team of Pioneer. Paul is passionate about the local church and has founded a new free school, Hope Community School, in Sidcup. He is a husband, dad and qualified chef.

Jimmy pastors Leigh Park Baptist Church along with his wife Kathryn, who he met whilst studying at Spurgeon’s College London.

Tom is minister of Union Church Heathfield.

Matt is a worship leader from Scarborough, North Yorkshire and regularly leads worship at Ebenezer Baptist Church and Hope Whitby. Along with his wife Emily, they run Re-fuel worship ministry and lead a young adults group at their local church.

John works as a producer, presenter and operations manager at TBN UK. John’s passion for creating an atmosphere of intimacy in worship has been captured in his recent EP Fix Our Eyes which was launched October 2017.

Gerald and Nelinda are Dutch singers, composers and songwriters. Gerald released his first album in 2000, and many more since. They are ambassadors for Compassion.

Rich has an Engineering degree from Cambridge and worked in banking before becoming a Baptist pastor for thirteen years. He now works as a leadership consultant and as European Director of Biglife, a global disciple-making movement.

Alongside studying at the University of Leeds, Alex leads worship and helps lead the student ministry at Leeds Vineyard church. Alex has been a Courier at LPO for the past few summers.

Sam is a British Worship Leader, musician and songwriter, based in West London. Married to Rachel, they have four children; Caleb, Levi, Talitha & Naomi. Sam currently serves as both the Worship Pastor of a large, vibrant multi-ethnic Elim church, in Ealing, and as National Director for Elim Sound.

Dan is the worship pastor at St George’s Church, Leeds.

Lisa is Lead Minister of Skipton Baptist Church and was formerly a UCCF staff worker. She lists coffee and cake among her interests, so you’ll  probably find her in our Vendée Vous coffee shop at Le Pas Opton!

Johnny leads a large and thriving Baptist Church in Bangor, Northern Ireland.  He studied at seminary in the USA. He’s married to Jenny and they have two children.

Dave leads one of the congregations of Rising Brook Church in Stafford – the church led by this week’s speaker Martin Young. He studied music and worship at Nexus Academy and music production at Staffordshire University.

Jim is on the staff of Freedom Church Romsey. He first led worship at Le Pas Opton in September 2017 and is keen to return. As a husband and dad to two toddlers, Jim fits this week perfectly.

Pete James is a regular main stage Spring Harvest worship leader. He is based in Eastbourne where he leads worship at Kings Church. He features on several Spring Harvest live worship albums and has releases of his own too. Pete is a water-sports enthusiast who loves spending time at LPO.

Sue loves LPO and has both led worship and spoken at LPO over the years. She travels internationally helping churches and individuals develop their worship. She also works with our sister companies developing artistes and music products.

Kees grew up in the traditional Dutch Reformed Church. At 17, he became involved with YWAM and is now involved with Worship Central. Kees has released a number of albums and now leads worship both in his native Netherlands but internationally.

Cathy is a singer and songwriter, working in acoustic and dance music. She is also a worship leader and part of Revelation Church, Chichester.
Cathy tours UK churches, partnering with MAF to promote their vital work in the developing world.

Sim is the Senior Leader of Freedom Church in Romsey, and a trustee of Links International. He loves seeing the local Church make a real difference in their communities and is part of the Spring Harvest Planning Group.

Gavin is the director of mission for the Evangelical Alliance, helping to mobilise mission across England. He is passionate about seeing the local Church fulfil its calling to take the gospel of Jesus into every community.
Anne is Assistant Minister at Stanmore Baptist Church. She is passionate about seeing people meet Jesus and released to grow into all their potential in Him.

James is a Senior Pastor of Elim Church in Glasgow and a member of Elim’s National Leadership Team.