Stories
Real people from across the Emmanuel churches.
Episodes
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34. Swimming the channel // Annie's story
34. Swimming the channel // Annie's story
On 3rd August 2021, Annie Shotton swam the channel to France. Here's her story. -
33. Lauren's Story // A Loving God
33. Lauren's Story // A Loving God
After being bullied at school, Lauren felt like she needed to strive to be loved. Then the truth of Jesus opened her heart to a love that filled her longing. This is her story. -
32. Care for our City // Darren's Story
32. Care for our City // Darren's Story
From being homeless in London to find a home in Brighton, here's Darren's story. -
31. Steve’s Story // God Heals
31. Steve’s Story // God Heals
Steve had back pain on and off for the past 35 years. People had prayed for healing over many years. In 2019 things became particularly difficult, it affected his work, home and general daily life... -
30. Levi's Story // Letting Jesus Lead
30. Levi's Story // Letting Jesus Lead
“This one time I was alone in my dorm room and I got down and just turned to God and was like, ‘I don’t even know if you’re real. But if you are real, I need some help because I don’t like who I’m... -
29. Unworthy of love - Neve's Story
29. Unworthy of love - Neve's Story
On the surface, everything seemed fine, happy even. But the secrets and the guilt made her feel more and more unworthy of love. Here's Neve's story. -
28. Dealing with death - Jacob's Story
28. Dealing with death - Jacob's Story
Two years ago, Jacob lost his sister cancer. Here's his story. -
27. Mary's Story
27. Mary's Story
Life at home was hectic for Mary. In the day, she’d go to school. In the evening, she’d be left without food. Her mother was usually out drinking and had locked all of the food in cupboards. She... -
26. Omar's Story
26. Omar's Story
At school, Omar had a good friend group. He wasn't very academic, but that didn’t seem to matter much to his friends. However, one day it did and he was separated from them. As they moved to... -
25. Elizabeth's Story
25. Elizabeth's Story
Elizabeth became a Christian when she was sixteen which did not go down well at home. Things were fine on the outside and seemed stable but she could never wrap her head around her relationship with... -
24. Claire's Story
24. Claire's Story
Claire had a strange relationship with her family. It was filled with silence. In between the gaps of silence were huge waves of anger from her father combated with fear within her mother. Her... -
23. Paul's Story
23. Paul's Story
Paul had a really good childhood. He loved living with his parents and younger sister and didn’t have much to worry about. At the age of ten, it all began to change as he was being bullied at... -
22. Bridget's Story
22. Bridget's Story
When Bridget was sixteen, she began to have severe pain and be tired most of the time. After feeling like this for a while, she was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia Syndrome.
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21. Stacey's Story
21. Stacey's Story
Stacey grew up in a family of six and absolutely adored her dad. When she was quite young, she realised that he didn’t seem to reciprocate that love on the same level.
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20. Anna's Story
20. Anna's Story
Anna was brought up in a Christian family and thought the idea of God was nice, but not needed. Here’s her story.
Anna is part of Emmanuel Students. It’s not too late to buy a ticket to... -
19. Ash's Story
19. Ash's Story
As a child, Ash identified as a Christian. But when his parents split up, he stopped going to church. Here’s his story.
Ash is part of Emmanuel Students. To find out more about our... -
18. Carmina's story
18. Carmina's story
Throughout her school years, Carmina endured a crippling struggle with how friends perceived her. Here’s her story.
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17. Hope for the deaf — Matthew's story
17. Hope for the deaf — Matthew's story
Matthew was born partly deaf and struggled with insecurity about his looks. Here's his story. -
16. Jackie's Story
16. Jackie's Story
Jacqui had always been a chilled kind of person, but was building a wall of protection around her that was stopping her from experiencing real connection with others and with God.
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15. Martha' Story
15. Martha' Story
When she was 17, Martha got cast into a TV show, and suddenly found her whole life was in the spotlight. Here’s her story. -
14. Christine's Story
14. Christine's Story
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13. Jaqui's Story
13. Jaqui's Story
At the age of 6, Jackie lost her whole family during 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
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12. Ben's Story
12. Ben's Story
Ben thought satisfaction and freedom could be found in casual relationships and drugs. Here's his story. -
11. Dan's story
11. Dan's story
Music became Dan’s life but on the inside he had a deep desire to be loved and known, that wasn’t being met. Here’s his story. -
10. Heartbroken from loss — Anneke's story
10. Heartbroken from loss — Anneke's story
About 2 years ago, Anneke gave birth to a baby boy, but three weeks later, he passed away. Here’s her story. -
09. From drugs to Jesus — Joel's story
09. From drugs to Jesus — Joel's story
It started as just a bit of fun but drugs quickly became a way for Joel to get to another level and find what he thought was a higher truth. Here's his story. -
08. George's Story
08. George's Story
Growing up with a paralysing fear of losing those she loved the most, the thought of death was something that George tried to avoid. Here’s her story. -
07. Christina's Story
07. Christina's Story
As someone who studied Neuroscience at the university of Sussex, Christina has been on a journey exploring the possibility of a Creator. Here’s her story. -
06. Tobi's story
06. Tobi's story
Tobi always known that there’s a God but, suppressed it because he felt christianity was restricting and going church was boring and dull. Here’s his story. -
05. Maxine's Story | #WeAreEmmanuel
05. Maxine's Story | #WeAreEmmanuel
Maxine was healed of pain from a dislocated knee. Here is her story.
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04. Jo's Story | #WeAreEmmanuel
04. Jo's Story | #WeAreEmmanuel
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03. Meredith's Story | #WeAreEmmanuel
03. Meredith's Story | #WeAreEmmanuel
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02. Connor's Story | #WeAreEmmanuel
02. Connor's Story | #WeAreEmmanuel
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01. Dan's Story | #WeAreEmmanuel
01. Dan's Story | #WeAreEmmanuel
