One of England’s best-known Christian music ministers, Godfrey Birtill, will lead worship events in Fayette County March 8-11.

Birtill, who has become known as a prophetic minstrel, is untrained as a musician yet, a spokesperson said, “ ... he is incredibly gifted in writing songs that penetrate deeply into the heart and spirit.”

Hosted by mission agency Operation Mobilization, Birtill will minister at Grace Evangelical Church March 8 and 11, at Peachtree Christian Fellowship on March 9 and will lead a seminar for worship leaders on March 10. All events are open to the community.

It has been said that Birtill’s unique blending of worship and intercession is, in part, an inheritance from his Moravian roots. His family’s Moravian heritage dates back to the early 1700s and includes hymn writer James Montgomery (“Angels From the Realms of Glory”) as one of Birtill’s ancestors.

He has led worship and done “Song and Intercession” workshops across the UK, South Africa, Europe and America, including workshops on a Navajo reservation. He also leads worship at Grapevine International Celebration where more than 10,000 people gather for worship in Lincolnshire, UK, each year.

Birtill has released nine live CDs of his songs, and a new studio CD (recorded in Nashville) is now available. For more information, visit www.godfreyb.com.

The Fayette events, all of which are open to the community, are scheduled for:

• Thursday, March 8, 7 p.m. until late, Grace Evangelical Church Flat Creek Road, Fayetteville. Part of mission agency OM’s OutBound Missionary Training Conference. For information, go to www.gracechurchfayette.org

• Friday, March 9, 7:30 p.m., Peachtree Christian Fellowship, 640 Ebenezer Church Rd., east of Peachtree City. Worship and Prayer Celebration. For information, go to www.pcfellowship.net.

• Saturday, March 10, 9:30 a.m. until noon, Peachtree Christian Fellowship, Ebenezer Church Road, Peachtree City. Worship and Intercession Seminar for worship leaders, teams and intercessors.

• Sunday, March 11, 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m., Grace Evangelical Church, Flat Creek Road, Fayetteville. For info, go to www.gracechurchfayette.org.

Operation Mobilization is an international Christian mission agency with its U.S. office in Tyrone. OM has more than 4,000 missionaries working in more than 110 countries around the world and onboard three mission ships.

In the U.S., OM helps American Christians become more involved in mission work through praying, going (such as mission trips or a year or more of service), and giving of resources.

OM is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

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