Living Hope Stories

"I prayed, 'Jesus I need you to help me', and I felt like two weights came off me." Following a difficult early life, Marsha found freedom from addiction when she invited Jesus into her life. She describes how the power of

‘Now I live my life with hope and peace, knowing God’s alongside with me’ Ronaldo came to faith in his home country of Nicaragua, but found himself unexpectedly moving to the UK. It was a challenging and hard time to adjust,

‘There’s got to be more to life than this.’ We loved sitting down with Joyce to hear her story of faith. Joyce had a great life, but one day started to question if there was more. After an invite to church,

“God, I’m tired of doing things my own way, I want to be your child again.” It was so good to sit down with Camila and hear her story of following a dream God gave to her when she was just

‘Knowing Jesus has completely transformed my life.’ We loved sitting down with Charis to hear some of her story getting to know Jesus throughout her life. She grew up as “the vicar’s kid”, but when Charis encountered the Holy Spirit at

'God said, "even if you lose everything, I'll still be beside you."' It was so great to sit down with Elisha and hear some of her story of how God turned pain into purpose. Whilst she grew up going to church,

God had carried me through all of this stuff, so I just trusted him and gave it a go." It was such a delight to hear Liz’s story as she rediscovered faith in her 40’s and found the joy of Jesus.

"Being part of the church family has helped me grow

“I said, ‘I give my life to Jesus’, and that’s when it really turned for me.” It was such a joy to sit down with David and hear the story of how coming along to a Nativity service with his family

“In the darkest of times, we are not alone.” We’re so pleased to share Kelly’s moving story, as she describes the difference discovering faith has made to her and her family. When Kelly was rushed into hospital, she realised how alone

“I dropped everything and moved to Nottingham, because this is where God was speaking to me.” Georgie sat down with us to share her story of how she’s been following God’s call over the past few years. Graduating during the coronavirus

"Everything is given over to God." We’re so excited to share Katrina’s story with you. Katrina is the Finance Director for our Diocese and has such an encouraging story of faith after her application to a ‘9-5’ led to so much

“God brought people to my door, and we'd sit and chat for hours about Him.” When we sat down with Josie to hear her story, her joy in sharing Jesus’ love with her friends was infectious. Josie is a student in

“Since that day my life has been changed.” Neil recently joined us to share his story of how a detour on his way to the gym when he was struggling with poor mental health, led to a life-changing encounter with Jesus.

“No matter who you are, God loves you.” We loved hearing Dylan's story, and his joy in sharing his faith with the next generation. Dylan has grown up going to church with his mum and brother, but he discovered faith for

“What God does, he does consistently. To this nothing can be added, from this nothing can be taken away.” We're pleased to share a new story in our Living Hope series today. We loved sitting down with Jean, now 92, to

"I never thought I'd be the person who would be healed." We're excited to share the next story in our Living Hope series today. Abbie grew up in church but stopped going as a teenager, instead falling into a pattern of