Potter's House Family Church

Profile of the Potter’s House Family Church

The Potter’s House Family Church was founded in 1995 by Bishop Sipho Ntombela from a church which was formerly known as the Apostolic Faith Mission – Madadeni Assembly.  Under the leadership of the Bishop Ntombela, the church started from a 300 seater building in Section 2, Madadeni Township with about 45 members attending and grew to a membership of more than 500. This necessitated growth operationally and infrastructurally which led to the establishment of the cell group system and the construction of a bigger hall housing 1500 people at a time. 

The church continued to grow and in 2005 two sessions became necessary every Sunday. This growth necessitated the development of a new strategy. In December 2008 the church purchased a site at KwaMathukuza area and has since built a 10 000 seater Auditorium which was officially opened on the 14^th December 2013.

The church is founded upon three pillars, namely: Prayer, Worship and the Word of God. Our motto is: “A church where everyone is a VIP and Jesus Christ is Lord”. The church has since grown and boasts vibrant branches in Volksrust (Mpumalanga Province), Blaauwbosch (± 20km east of Newcastle) and Emfundweni (near Danhauser). The church caters for all age groups and has services to meet most people’s needs ranging from children to youth and married couples to the elderly. The Potter’s House Family Church is a true cosmopolitan church drawing from the Pentecostal and Charismatic church approached to provide a balance service to our members.

Through its Multi-purpose Centre, Potter’s House Family Church is highly involved in welfare programmes around its community.

The Multipurpose Centre started in 2004, after seeing the need in the church and the community at large. It grew up to include and offer the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) service and home based care to the community of KwaMathukuza and sections 1 & 2 in Madadeni Suburb. The organisation was registered as a Non-profit organisation (NPO) in 2005 after identifying and analysing the needs of the community particularly around the issues of HIV/AIDS. This brought about the hiring of 10 Care Givers and 2 Child minders. Our main activities are OVC and Home base care. To date there is a Project Manager, 25 Child and Youth Care givers and 2 Child minders.        

The Cell group system and training of leaders is a pivotal component of the Church since its main growth is in cell groups. At present the church has over 92 fully functional cell groups operating around Newcastle and in areas serviced by the branches. The cell groups take turns to pray for various prayer items relating to the church, God’s kingdom, government and the society at large. Non-members of the Potter’s House Family Church are also welcome at our cell group meetings. The aim is to expand God’s kingdom through home churches.  

The church is active in soul winning and has an active Abadobi (Evangelism) Ministry.

Caring for both members and visitors is crucial in our family and to this end His grace the Bishop has established a Caring Ministry to oversee Ushering, Intercession and Counselling functions within the church.

We are also economically aware and have established a business forum to nurture budding entrepreneurs in the church.

In the pipeline is our Multi-Purpose Centre which will boast a primary care centre, a gymnasium, a music academy and many more amenities to cater for the members and the wider community.

Potter’s Family Church is your spiritual destination if you are around Northen KwaZulu-Natal. We are located at the intersection of Madadeni Road and Asiphephe drive about 12KM East of Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

GPS: 30°0’24.239” E, 27°46’5.249” S.

 To obtain regular updates on our activities please like us on our facebook page “Potter’s House Family Church”.

 We are looking forward to welcoming you anytime in our church!!!

 With Kingdom love,

 

Bishop Sipho Ntombela

 

Member of the International Bishops’ Conference

Praise and Worship Team

PRAISE AND WORSHIP TEAM

 

 

 

1.      Background

The Praise and Worship Ministry has been part of the Potters house family church since inception and has been growing in membership year on year. The membership rolls each year as a bulk of the membership is the youth, so as and members grow, so then does the choir membership evolve. This evolution does present challenges in terms of continuity of the excellence and high level of delivery of the praise and worship ministry and this challenge is curbed by developing worshippers from children ministry through a programme known to most as “the new breed”. One of the elements worth noting is that a lot of past members are now renowned national artists that are contributing to the gospel music industry at large.

2.      Structure

Chairperson  & Musical Director – Mr S Ntsele

                        Choir Conductor(s)    -          Dr. Anathi Zibeke
                                                           -          Mr Siboniso Shabalala

Sound Manager         -      Mr S Nene

IT Manager                 -       Mr. T Kubheka

Spiritual Developer   -       Mrs T Nxumalo

Secretary                    -       Miss J Zulu

Treasurer                    -       Mrs MP Nkosi

Events Co-ordinator  -       Mr F Ndaba

Conduct & Uniform   -       Miss N Kunene               

3.      Aim

The aim of the potter’s house family church music department is to usher the people of God into the presence of God and exalt His name above all names. This in an effort to contribute to the expansion of the church of God in order to support the anointed and called of the Lord to serve the great commission.

4.      Objectives

·         Maintain a high level of competency, team spirit and co-existence within the church choir in order to aid skilful praise and worship of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

·         Develop and Equip new and existing members on music skills

·         Develop and Equip new and existing members spiritually through workshops, events, participation in church initiatives etc.

·         Operate in the presence of the Holy Spirit and under the anointing of our church leader

·         Contribute to the church mission and vision using the above-mentioned skill

·         Contribute to the advancement of the Kingdom mission.

·         Serve within the church and support diligently all church activities and events

5.      Events and Programme

a.      Weekly prayer and rehearsals

                                                              i.      Friday: (17:00 – 19:00) – PHFC Auditorium

                                                            ii.      Saturday – (11:00 – 14:00) – OHFC Auditorium

b.      Quarterly Committee Meetings

c.       Annual Strategic Planning Meeting

d.      Annual Oneness Charity Concert – April each year

e.      Sunday worship service – 09:30 – 10:00

f.        New member auditions – at least once per annum (as announced during service)

·         Next Audition date:  15 August 2014

 

General:

It is exciting and equally rewarding to be part of the PHFC praise and worship team. We take absolute pride in our ministry. Our membership is quite large and is above 40 people at any one time, with highly skilled members. If you have love for the Lord, you have been called by the Lord to serve, and you have the musical talent (i.e. voice, can play an instrument, good with IT, sound maintenance skills, good computer literacy skills) as well as the resilience to be part of this ministry, contact the secretary and/or chairperson on these contact details for more information on the procedure to follow.

Secretary: Miss J Zulu Cell: 082 922 9080

Chairperson: Mr S Ntsele Cell: 073 679 9171 Email: cmphiwe@yahoo.com

NB: We are a God Fearing Team that fully supports and is part of the church structures.

 Signed: S. Ntsele