Rap, poetry, drama and debate will be used to appeal to school children and their parents in an ambitious community campaign against drug abuse and crime in Port Elizabeth’s troubled Helenvale area. At a meeting this week Pastor Jerome Liberty of Victory Ministries International (VMI) briefed local school prinicipals, community […]
Youth
Making disciples through passion for surfing
Fifteen young people live together in a chilled house just a short stroll to one of the best surf breaks in the world. They come from Europe, North America, New Zealand and South Africa. They all love surfing and get to surf most days. But surfing is not their main […]
Young PE women celebrate their worth in Christ
On the weekend of May 13 and 14 Walmer Methodist Church hosted 90 young women from all over the Bay at the Worthy Young Women’s Conference. Amongst the speakers and conference delegates, 13 different churches were represented. The first-ever Worthy Young Women’s Conference was held in 2008, the second in […]
Port Alfred youth get behind drive to feed hungry
Port Alfred Soup Kitchen, in association with the international organisation Stop Hunger Now, packaged 50 436 meals last Saturday (May 14)th in less than 7 hours. They required 200 volunteers for the packaging operation at Port Alfred High School. Instead they got more than 400 volunteers from various schools and […]
A journey of faith, hope and perseverance
“Gateway City” prophetic word confirms calling to bring lasting hope to families and renews assurance that God has great plans for PE Six years ago a young Cape Town Christian youth worker had a vision in which God told him to move to a place in the Eastern Cape called […]
IGNITE still firing up youth leaders after 15 years
By Tim Marshall Hundreds of youth leaders from the Eastern and Southern Cape met at Harvest Christian Church, Port Elizabeth at the weekend for a time of training, equipping and inspiration. The annual Ignite conference, started some 15 years ago as a children’s workers’ conference, has grown to include those […]
Back to school with Team Impact
[notice]Gateway News joins strong men on visits to PE schools[/notice] Team Impact tough guys Shonn Keels and Shawn Harden spend a large part of their life going to schools all over the world and they love every minute of it. And judging by the reaction of students at Pearson High […]
“Genoeg is genoeg!” say Helenvale youth
By Andre Viljoen [notice]Rap song and real-life testimony changing lives in notorious gangland area[/notice] A Port Elizabeth Northern areas teenage rapper and his mother have become local heroes in troubled Helenvale after they visited 10 local schools with a powerful message that “genoeg is genoeg” (enough is enough). Jean-Mikyle Roos, […]