Faith

When you walk into Hair Max Beauty Supply in Augusta, you may walk out with not only hair extensions, lashes, fashion jewelry, cosmetics and other products, but also an encouraging word or two. Owner Rochelle Tutt knows her storefront is a platform for connections that go beyond the point of sale with customers. “When I see my customers come in, I’m grateful,” she said. “Sometimes they share a testimony, and I will share mine.” But sharing her faith so openly didn’t always come easy for the 51-year-old wife and mother.

Chandler Brewer started his car detailing business with $25 worth of products, and about six months later, he’s now living the American Dream of being a successful entrepreneur. Brewer, 22, co-founded Elevate Auto Cosmetic Lab with his fiancée, Kamalani Straus, in October. Despite his age, he’s always aspired to become a business owner. While he was still in middle school, Brewer began working with his dad on his family’s vacation rental property business in Tybee Island. Prior to launching Elevate, he also worked for Rapid Restoration Auto Lab in Evans,

People develop their personal faith journey in different ways. Some experience triumph that solidifies belief in self, in others and in a higher power. Others survive a gunshot wound to the head. That’s Christina Riley’s testimony. It was 2009. She was 19. She was hit by a .22 bullet, a wound from which she still has fragments throughout her face, head, jaw, neck and shoulders. However, she lived to tell the tale of how God spared her life so she could help others heal theirs. “I lost vision in my

Arielle Page puts the “small” in small business. Her homemade cheesecake pastries are primarily online/pick-up only right now. However, that is slowly changing. Since August of 2020, when Arie’s Confectionaries officially began operating as a business, the pastry chef’s sweets have been making their presence–and taste–known. While she’s the sole baker, her mom helps when it’s time to do a pop-up shop or a farmers’ market. “We offer a variety of cheesecake flavors!” she exclaims. “What makes this company unique is that we provide mini, assorted cheesecakes. Customers are able

Editor’s Note: Our Faith Friday columnist Monique Williams is off this week and will be back with a new story sure to inspire you next weekend. In early November, she profiled a special family utilizing God’s creation to quench the thirst of others. Geoffery Jackson wants to leave a legacy for his children’s children. It’s a seed he says was planted one day while listening to a sermon from his pastor. “That’s something we don’t do,” he thought to himself. “Leave a legacy. But, I asked God how did that

As a child, your bedside prayer might have gone something like…”Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.” Adrienne Mann’s goal for every customer is not only to have a good night’s sleep, but also the time of their life at any of the festivities she coordinates through her mobile event company, Sweet Dreaming Slumber Parties, LLC. “We provide party set-up services,” said Mann. “We come to you