Eric & Danielle

Eric and Danielle Weiss grew up in faith-based homes. Church was part of their story from the beginning. They were baptized, raised around Scripture, and taught to love the Lord. But like many, they drifted during college and began building their adult lives carrying both faith and unanswered questions.

By 2022, they found themselves in a season they never expected.

After leaving a church where they had been deeply involved and invested, they were left carrying frustration, hurt, and distrust. What once felt like a place of belonging now felt fragile. Their guard was up. Their hearts were closed. And for an entire year, they were not plugged into a church at all.

If they attended, it was online.

There was no community. No Life Group. No people walking with them. And slowly, the weight of isolation began to settle in.

Danielle felt the ache deeply. Coming out of the Covid years, walking through pregnancy and postpartum, and raising a young daughter, she longed for community. She prayed for Eric’s heart to soften. She prayed for a place where their family could belong again.

Eric, carrying the weight of leadership in their home, was cautious. Protective. Wounded by past disappointment. He wanted to shield his family from more hurt. But eventually, they agreed to try again.

In 2023, they made a list of churches to visit.

North Klein was one of them.

From the moment they walked through the doors, something felt different. They were greeted. Known. Welcomed. People shook their hands. Asked their names. Invited them into conversation. It was not forced. It was genuine.

They felt something they had not felt in a long time.

Trust.

By their second visit, they were invited to the membership class. They went upstairs that same day. They asked hard questions about finances, leadership, and accountability. And they were met with honesty and humility. They saw a church that practiced what it preached.

Within weeks, they were all in.

Eric realized he had never been baptized by immersion. So on Good Friday, just four weeks later, he was baptized. Not long after, he stepped into leadership and now serves as a deacon. What he once approached with hesitation, he now embraces with full commitment.

Today, Eric and Danielle are deeply rooted in the life of the North Klein Campus. They serve in kids ministry. They help lead their Life Group. They are prayer coordinators. They participate in men’s and women’s ministry. They show up wherever God opens a door.

But more than anything, they found what they had been missing.

Community.

When Eric unexpectedly lost his father last summer and when they walked through years of unexplained infertility, the church rallied around them. Their men’s group became a brotherhood. Their Life Group became family. They experienced the gentleness of God through the people of God.

And through it all, their faith was rebuilt on a stronger foundation.

“We learned that people will fail you. Circumstances will fail you. Feelings will fail you,” Danielle says. “But God never does.”

As a young family, they are excited about the future of Champion Forest and especially the future of the North Klein Campus. They believe in building a church that will serve not just their children, but generations to come. A church where families can walk in guarded and walk out healed. A church where trust can be rebuilt. A church where faith can grow deep roots.

They see the Next Initiative as an opportunity to prepare for the next decade of ministry. To create room for more families. More kids. More stories like theirs.

They know what it is like to walk in searching.

And now, they get to be part of welcoming others home.

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