Stories from the family

Real people. Real Wednesdays.

Forty-two testimonies — not the airbrushed Sunday kind. Grief, comebacks, small Wednesdays that turned into something, couples who rebuilt, careers that opened, a lot of cups of coffee from Red Band.

Every Sunday, someone new gets home.

42 stories · most recent first
Marcus

"My wife walked into FH Kariega one Sunday because the parking was easy. We've been plugged in for four years now — best accident we ever had."

Marcus Le RouxKariega · 2022

"FH Saints gave my teenager a tribe at exactly the right age. She's the same kid but louder and braver. Twice a week she comes home and tells me something she's brave enough to say."

Nadia HendricksSaints parent · George
Simphiwe

"I lost my job on a Tuesday. Called the pastoral line on a Wednesday. By Friday three people from the church had brought food and one of them had made a call that got me an interview."

Simphiwe Mkhize2024
Amy

"We did the Hitched course six weeks before our wedding. The things Lloyd & Kelly made us actually talk about — that's what our marriage is still leaning on three years in."

Amy & JoshMarried 2023
Terence

"I came to help pack boxes on Summer Serve. Ended up joining Dream Team. Two years on I run the sound desk and I've never been more proud of a job."

Terence PieterseProduction · 2024

"My four-year-old now prays over her food. Unprompted. Whatever they're doing in FH Kids — please keep doing it."

Zanele DubeFH Kids parent · 2025
Leva Baby Safe

"I don't have names to put to this one. I just know that in the last year alone, three infants who would have had no place went home with families that were already ready and waiting."

Leva FoundationBaby Safe programme · 2024
Nosipho

"I moved to PE for uni, didn't know anyone. Walked into Young Adults on a Sunday night. Have roommates, a crew to study with, and an honest answer to 'what are you doing this weekend'."

Nosipho M.NMU · 2025
Baptism

"I was 52 when I finally got baptised. Christmas Day 2010 I walked in sceptical. Christmas Day 2025 I walked out wet."

Pastor Lloyd baptised him2025 Easter
TANKS kids

"Our Grade 6s just won a coding competition at NMU. A year ago they couldn't spell variable. TANKS is the only thing we changed."

Mr. BothaTeacher · PE East primary · 2025

"Our Grow Group has eaten together every Thursday for six years. We have one divorce, three weddings, nine babies, and one funeral between us. That's a church."

The Glenwood Thursday groupGeorge · since 2019
Red Band

"I trained seven Red Band baristas last year. Five are now head baristas somewhere in PE. The academy teaches skills; Gqeberha keeps employing them."

Bongani N.Red Band trainer · 2024