THE community of Manenberg is mourning the loss of a spiritual giant, after beloved pastor Winston Fouten passed away on Monday.\u200b<\/p>\n
Pastor Winston Fouten, 61, tragically passed away on 2 March at Groote Schuur Hospital after suffering a heart attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was fondly known for his ministry work at Lily Ministries Bible Church, alongside his wife, Margaret, and their work at the Little Lilies Educare located on the corner of Sabie and Scheidt Road.\u200b<\/p>\n
The educare centre, which falls under the church and is part of the City\u2019s Early Childhood Development Programme, was a calling for the couple after they were asked to take over when it was still known as Manenberg Pre-Primary.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They gave it a revamp and turned it into their own little saving grace for youngsters in one of the Cape\u2019s most violent neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n
His sister, Charlene Esau, told the Daily Voice that in November 2022, he had a major stroke, which led to him stepping away from his duties, focusing more on administration.\u200b<\/p>\n
Esau explained: \u201cWhen he had the stroke, it was a hemorrhagic stroke which affected his frontal lobe and led him to be paralyzed on the right side of his body.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe would mostly help out with doing the commissioning of oaths and not too much physical work, and that\u2019s what the past four years were like.\u201d\u200b<\/p>\n
His daughter, Chanelle van Niekerk, said that when her father\u2019s stroke, she managed his accounts and in doing so, she found that he had sent money for groceries and electricity to people in the community, something her and her mother weren\u2019t aware of.<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cMy father was that type of person. Like the Bible said, \u2018we need to become like Christ\u2019. \u201cEvery Sunday, the whole family was at church. The last Sunday he served communion, it was almost like it was our last supper with him.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father really played a big role in the community; he was humble, selfless and would do anything for his kids.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was even a better grandfather as he never missed his grandchildren’s extra-mural activities.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe made sure you felt loved. Even the gangsters had respect for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u200bRamona Biggs, who is in charge of the administration of the Ministry and has known the family for over 35 years, said Fouten was like a father to her.\u200b<\/p>\n
She explains: \u201cHe stood in the gap when I lost my parents and grandparents. I was blessed to have Pastor walk me down the aisle last December at our wedding. We were the last wedding that Pastor officiated.\u201d<\/p>\n
Manenberg Neighbourhood Watch coordinator Keegan Hendricks added: \u201cHe did a great job in Manenberg and made a huge impact.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE community of Manenberg is mourning the loss of a spiritual giant, after beloved pastor Winston Fouten passed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[52],"tags":[2829,64974,4365,64971,3494,64963,64965,64970,64969,3543,64972,64966,27375,64973,11996,64964,64967,64968,131,64975,64962],"class_list":["post-117463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-south-africa","tag-christmas","tag-cpt-bennett","tag-daily-voice","tag-esau","tag-groote-schuur-hospital","tag-keegan-hendricks","tag-lily-ministries","tag-little-lilies","tag-little-lilies-educare","tag-manenberg","tag-manenberg-neighbourhood-watch","tag-margaret","tag-monday","tag-nhw","tag-pastor","tag-ramona-biggs","tag-sabie","tag-scheidt-road","tag-south-africa","tag-the-reverend","tag-winston-fouten"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116175246917941869","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}