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Our blog contains thoughts, news and encouragements from our staff, members, partners and beneficiaries. As we grow as an organisation, so will this space of encouraging words, personal thoughts and motivational stories.
A First Time For Everything
Higher Tour came to South Africa in 2019 and we kicked off our very first large-scale gospel proclamation event in Parkwood. This was an exciting new project that involved all hands-on deck at The Message Trust. Our team had this remarkable opportunity to equip, encourage and strengthen the local church to raise up a generation […]
Impacting the community of Parkwood!
Our Creative Missions Team was ecstatic to work alongside our soon-to-be community hub in Parkwood to deliver a holiday club to over 70 young children from the local area. This is the first time the team has been able to run this type of programme since the Covid pandemic began, but they were in no […]
Not Everyone Will Finish The Journey With You
The reintegration group has been planning to climb one of Cape Town’s mountains for quite some time, but there seemed to be something that kept stopping us, the rain and scheduling just to name a few. On Monday 7th of September, 6 of us finally had the opportunity to go together, choosing Devil’s Peak as […]
Our Community is our Family
At The Message Trust, we believe so strongly in the importance of community it is one of our four core values. Life can be found within the context of community, and lack thereof can lead to a form of ‘death’. As an organisation, our British counterparts often describe us as ‘mates on a mission’, meaning […]
Facing the (Covid-19) Future We Didn’t Choose
I sit in fear, dread and expectation waiting for President Ramaphosa’s face to appear on my laptop screen, whilst I stream the address alongside hundreds of thousands of other South Africans. It’s a strange reality considering I have never, in my lifetime, sat anticipating the words of a South African president. The unusual and unexpected […]
Recent Posts
- A First Time For Everything
- Impacting the community of Parkwood!
- Not Everyone Will Finish The Journey With You
- Our Community is our Family
- Reaching out through The Oaks
- Facing the (Covid-19) Future We Didn’t Choose
- Innovation is the only way forward!
- We love the local church.
- Expectant
- Hope in the New Year
A First Time For Everything
Higher Tour came to South Africa in 2019 and we kicked off our very first large-scale gospel proclamation event in Parkwood. This was an exciting new project that involved all hands-on deck at The Message Trust. Our team had this remarkable opportunity to equip, encourage and strengthen the local church to raise up a generation […]
Impacting the community of Parkwood!
Our Creative Missions Team was ecstatic to work alongside our soon-to-be community hub in Parkwood to deliver a holiday club to over 70 young children from the local area. This is the first time the team has been able to run this type of programme since the Covid pandemic began, but they were in no […]
Not Everyone Will Finish The Journey With You
The reintegration group has been planning to climb one of Cape Town’s mountains for quite some time, but there seemed to be something that kept stopping us, the rain and scheduling just to name a few. On Monday 7th of September, 6 of us finally had the opportunity to go together, choosing Devil’s Peak as […]
Our Community is our Family
At The Message Trust, we believe so strongly in the importance of community it is one of our four core values. Life can be found within the context of community, and lack thereof can lead to a form of ‘death’. As an organisation, our British counterparts often describe us as ‘mates on a mission’, meaning […]
Facing the (Covid-19) Future We Didn’t Choose
I sit in fear, dread and expectation waiting for President Ramaphosa’s face to appear on my laptop screen, whilst I stream the address alongside hundreds of thousands of other South Africans. It’s a strange reality considering I have never, in my lifetime, sat anticipating the words of a South African president. The unusual and unexpected […]