Central and East
In Central and East, we are passionate about sharing the gospel with young people and partnering with the local church through our different ministry areas.
Bringing Message Enterprise to Yorkshire
We’ve recently secured a building in Sheffield from which we’re planning to launch our enterprise work in South Yorkshire offering fair pay, training, specialised pastoral care and discipleship to ex-offenders and those at risk of re-offending. From the building we hope to provide an enterprise centre, rented offices as well as an events space. Watch the video below to find out more. You can help us turn this vision into a reality by supporting the work here.
Upcoming Events
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What We Do
Creative Mission
Our mission bands go into secondary schools using their music to deliver lessons that support the RE & SMSC curriculum. We work with partner churches to host outreach gigs that communicate the gospel and provide young people with a chance to connect with their local church.
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Eden
We have five active Eden teams living and working in some of the region’s most deprived estates, bringing a message of hope to many people in a desperate state of need. Our teams are based in Bradford, Sheffield, Doncaster and Lincoln. We are in discussions with other churches to plant more teams and are always looking for new team members, if you’d be interested in joining or launching a team then please get in touch.
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Higher
The Higher Tour is an RE initiative run in partnership with the local church. Our mission teams go into schools across the UK to deliver RE lessons and culminates in an evangelistic gig on the final night of the tour. Here every young person will be offered the opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel and connect with their local church.
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Message Bus
Our Message Bus is an old London double decker that has been developed into an unrivalled mobile youth centre, kitted out with a climbing wall, tube slide, DJ booth, multiple games consoles and a nail bar. Our bus projects work in local communities in partnership with the local church to build relationships with young people and communicate the gospel. We also offer a Message Bus schools programme supporting young people struggling with conventional education.
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Prisons
We have a full time Outreach Worker based in a prison in West Yorkshire supporting the chaplaincy team, delivering services and providing pastoral care to the young people.
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Respect ME
Our Respect ME team deliver hard hitting secondary school lessons that tackle some of the most challenging and prevalent issues in youth culture such as abuse, sexting and self-esteem.
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Meet the Team
Matt Leeder
Hub Leader
Sarah Belcher
Assistant Hub Leader
Josh Wheeler
Operations and Development Manager
Janet Ayres
Administrator
Jack Webster
Message Bus Manager
Lydia Daubney
Schools Team Leader
Stories
Building Relationships From Day One
Despite the lockdowns of 2020 our prisons work has continued to grow. We caught up with Mark, our new Young Offender Outreach Worker for the Central and East hub to hear about what he’s been up to.
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Putting Down Roots
As well as spending their days meeting the practical needs of their communities during the pandemic, our Eden teams have also been tirelessly pointing their neighbours to Jesus. We caught up with Eden Buttershaw’s new team leader, Matt Law, to find out what’s been happening for young people in Bradford.
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