In Wales, we are passionate about sharing the gospel with young people and partnering with the local church through our different ministry areas in prisons, schools and communities.
To connect with young people, the Message Bus goes around Wales providing a great way for churches to engage young people with the gospel in a fun way, our LIFT events encourage young people in their walk with Jesus, in Tremorfa our Eden team has been running for four years leading youth groups, discipleship sessions and building community in the area.
Each week, our prison teams run Alpha and discipleship courses to support young offenders and share the gospel and we also have a heart to share the love of Jesus with the most vulnerable on the streets. Through our Street Pastors and Night Base teams, we take to the streets of Cardiff every weekend to assist people who need help and to share the love of Jesus in every opportunity.
Get Involved With Valleys Mission
We’re excited to partner with churches across South Wales for an epic week of mission – The Valleys Mission – between 26 February and 1 March 2024. Throughout the week, band OTC will visit four schools across the region delivering power-packed lessons on Resilience and Wellbeing (all from a Christian perspective) and every student they meet will be invited along to an evangelistic gig – LIFT – at the end of the week where they’ll get to hear the truth of the gospel and have the chance to respond.
We want as many people to hear about the hope Jesus offers and to get plugged into local church community so our partner churches are providing coaches to help young people easily get to and from the LIFT event. Find out more and book below!
Upcoming Events
What We Do
Advance Youth
As part of the Advance network, Advance Youth is a movement of bold believers equipped and empowered to Advance the kingdom of God through the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus.
Find out moreEden
We have an Eden team of urban missionaries that live sacrificially, share the gospel and build authentic community in deprived neighbourhoods in Tremorfa, South Wales. We’re always looking to start more Eden teams in deprived areas across Wales.
Find out moreLIFT
LIFT is our termly youth outreach event with performances from Christian bands and a relevant gospel talk with the opportunity to respond.
Find out moreMessage Bus
The Message Bus is a mobile youth centre which, through partnering with local churches, runs projects in communities and can be used to launch or work alongside youth groups. Every young person that steps onboard gets to hear the gospel and the chance to connect with their local church.
Find out moreNo More Knives
Knife crime and the devastating impact this is having on lives is never far from the headlines today. Something must change, so the No More Knives tour is heading into high schools to show young people there is another way.
Find out morePrisons
We work in a prison in South Wales, delivering courses to young men to explore faith and the Bible, as well as being able to help with the resettlement process for prisoners when they leave. We’ve also been able to deliver our Respect ME lessons to talk about PSE topics from a Christian perspective.
Find out moreSchools
Our schools’ team are available to be booked to deliver interactive, relevant and relatable PSE lessons through Respect ME and RE lessons. We cover various topics all from a Christian perspective.
Book a teamStreet Pastors
Street Pastors are teams of volunteers who are out on the streets of Cardiff from 10pm-4am every Friday and Saturday serving those who are vulnerable. The Night Base team work alongside the Street Pastors and provide a place for Street Pastors, South Wales Police and other members of Cardiff’s night time economy to get refreshments and relax. In 2019, we won the St David’s Award for citizenship.
Find out moreYouth Nights
Once a term we partner with churches across South Wales to gather young people together to celebrate and worship, with a focus on prayer and building each other up.
Find out moreContact
Address
Message WalesHebron Hall
Dinas Powys
CF64 4YB
Meet the Team
Mat Walls
Hub Leader
Matt Bailyes
Message Wales Operations Co-ordinatior
Owain Dexter
Offender Outreach Worker
Emma Lewis
Offender Outreach Worker
Alice Pepper
Mission Team member
Fiona Cursiter
Mission Team member
Georgia Redmore
Street Pastor coordinator
Stories
85 Young People Respond
Message Wales partnered with churches across the South Wales Valleys for a week of schools mission and invited young people to the end-of-week gig, where they got a chance to hear the gospel.
Read MoreGrabbing Every Opportunity
Message School of Evangelism students have been taking every opportunity to share Jesus no matter where they are.
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