Christian rocker,Rebecca St. James will bring a special message close to her heart as a featured highlight of the June Billy Graham TV Special, “Longing ForChange,” which will air intelevision marketsthroughout the U.S.May 31st through June 8th.

Rebecca will be seen on video in a special live edited performance of her song, “Forgive Me” originally recorded last year duringa majorcrusadeappearance with Franklin Graham in Canada.

The June Grahamtelevision special shares the stories of people who havesearched for change in all the wrong places, discovering that lasting change comes only through Jesus Christ. It’s a message the Australian born singer has shared from stages worldwide –and in the past several years, she has seen an outpouring of response to the “Forgive Me” song itself.

Itis, in fact,a song with a message that’s resonating importance toSt. Jamessecured aplace onher 2005 album release, If I Had One Chance To Tell You Something.

“I actually heard'Forgive Me'for the first time five or six years ago at Willow Creek Church in Chicago," she recalls. "I was so moved by hearing the song in the service that I actually went up to the worship team afterwards and asked about this song. I ended up meeting the writer, Scott Dyer—he had actually just written the song for that particular service. To me it was so inspired and so anointed—I asked him if he would send me a tape of the song—with the idea of maybe recording it. It wassent it to me probably six months to a year later and I had it sitting in my bedside table for literally years. Every once in awhile I’d pull the song out and listen to it again—and really be touched by it. It’sreally a songof confession—something that’s too often absent today in our lives as Christians, to our own detriment.We all needto be reminded—aswe will beby the Billy Graham Special next week—of God’s continued love and forgiveness.”

For additional information about the “Longing For Change” special, including promo video, webcast and local broadcasting dates, times and stations,resource online at www.billygraham.org/TV

Screener copies of this special are available by contacting Billy Graham Evangelical Association’s media representative, Graham Clark at (704) 401-2116.

Beginning tomorrow, Saturday, May 31st, Rebecca will also begin sharing the Forgive Me performance from the special on her own MySpace site: www.myspace.com/rebeccastjames

On the heels of the major U.S. television exposure next week,Rebecca herselfis setto take her message and music that rocks toEurope for a series of concerts that willincludestops inScotland, England, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, and Austria.


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