Our heritage.

Our faith compels us to provide practical support for people experiencing times of hardship and difficultly, irrespective of race or religion, especially those who are struggling to feed and clothe themselves / their families.

Obviously, in all things, we must receive before we can give and the first ever donation we received as a charity was an £8 voucher from Morrisons in Milton Keynes. One member of the Church asked our President, shall we bother with such a small amount? The response an unequivocal “YES..and thank God on the way for His provision! Do not despise the day of small things and remember that “He who is faithful in a very little thing is also faithful in much” (Luke 16:10)!)

At the exact time, we arrived at Morrisons to collect the voucher (with thanksgiving!) staff had been instructed to dispose of a line of Heinz soup discontinued due to the introduction of a new label. The product was perfect but because the label was now obsolete it couldn’t be sold, therefore, it was offered to His Church along with the voucher.

We were delighted the Lord had brought an increase to us, but also recognised He was showing us something significant, in that, we were being set up and established as a solutions provider. Our stewardship in collecting, storing and redistributing the Heinz product meant an issue with surplus stock for Morrisons would become essential provision for people facing food insecurity.

To this day our ethos is that one person’s problem is another’s solution.

During 2006, we continued to expand providing solutions for not only food but also for clothes, as the distribution of both are central to our faith... “What good is it to say keep yourself warm and well fed without giving the necessities for the body” (James 2:16)

An inspired solution for the redistribution of counterfeit clothing by de-branding and re-branding the garments with our HIS logo meant we quickly became the go to solution for 90% of Trading Standards Organisations in the UK. This resulted in His Church being entrusted with millions of pounds worth of brand-new counterfeit clothing. This huge undertaking coupled with the fact food donations were rapidly increasing as more companies heard about our solutions meant we were struggling for room with 40 shipping containers!

At this time, we were offered a very large consignment of personal hygiene products and domestic cleaning products by a major multinational consumer goods company, we did not have room to receive the consignment and were focussed on food and clothes as the main necessities for sustaining life. We enquired of the Lord and were instructed to receive the consignment that was offered!

After we had agreed by faith to collect, store and redistribute the consignment, we were offered the temporary use of a warehouse in Corby, the timing was absolutely perfect, and it enabled us to receive hundreds of pallets of incredible products ranging from laundry detergent to nappies.

We did not know why we were receiving this quantity of this type of product but were grateful to the Lord for His provision and stewarded the warehouse unto the Lord as if it was our own, believing that if we were found faithful with another man’s warehouse then God would entrust us with our own.

By the time we had collected all the personal hygiene and domestic cleaning supplies it was June 2007. In July 2007 there was widespread flooding in the South Yorkshire and Humberside areas. The Lord sent us with exactly the relief items that were needed due to the crisis, we were given use of Sheffield United’s Football Stadium as a mission base and the car park as a temporary distribution centre.

We were the first organisation on the ground giving practical support and the recipients were as much comforted by the fact there was help to be found in their hour of need as the actual help that as provided.