In August
1987 Helen became a committed believer in Jesus. Several
months of searching the Messianic prophecies
in the Old Testament, and seeing their fulfilment
in the New Testament, culminated in her being
opened to the truth of Jesus as Saviour of the
world and the promised Messiah of her own Jewish
people.
In 1989 Helen held the first of many Gospel
Evenings to coincide with the release of her
first gospel album ‘The Pearl’. This
album, along with her second gospel album ‘Kadosh’ (Holy)
proved to be a very big seller. At these ‘Gospel
Outreaches’ as they are now
called, Helen presents her challenging story. She
begins by singing a selection of worship songs
for approximately 20 minutes, aided by live
accompaniment. She then follows on to
tell about how she came to faith in Jesus. This
time of testimony is interspersed with songs
(including the ever-popular ‘Walking
Back to Happiness’) sung to
backing tracks. She concludes the evening
with a powerful, personal Gospel challenge
In 1993, Helen’s autobiography entitled ‘Walking
Back To
Happiness’ (what
else!) was published by Harper Collins
and Helen has held outreaches in the USA,
South Africa and Russia. Her 1995
Gospel album entitled ‘Nothing
But The Best’ includes a
duet with Cliff Richard and her fourth
Gospel album, entitled ‘Enter
Into His Gates’ was also
a big seller. Most of the tracks
from all four Gospel albums have now been
put on a double CD entitled ‘The
Gospel Collection’.
Helen now devotes herself solely to her Gospel
outreaches having
come out of show business at the end of 2002,
after 42 years of touring.
Kirby
Muxloe Free Church will be hosting a Gospel
Outreach
with
Helen Shapiro on:
Saturday
23rd June 2007
At
7.30pm
Tickets £5
available by post from
Kirby
Muxloe Free Church,
Main Street, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester,
LE9 2AN
For
further details 0116 239 3173 or Email admin@kirbyfree.org |
