‘From a young age I arrived at the conclusion that God was not part of my life.

Even though my church schooling and regular Sunday church visits secured my belief that God existed, the idea that he was far too busy to help with the problems my family faced consumed me at the start of every prayer. To me, my prayers were empty words fuelled by a combination of doing what I was told and getting the words right…’

‘My family had never been to church we didn’t need to, it wasn’t even on our radar. Alpha became a precious space where we had deep, open, honest conversations. I found something that I didn’t even realise I was missing.’