Wales
In Wales, we are passionate about sharing the gospel with young people and partnering with the local church through our different ministry areas.
Message Wales 2020 Update
So much has been happening here in Message Wales over the last few months. Tune in with Matt Walls, leader of Message Wales, as he shares about some of the amazing things that we have seen God do during this time, including seeing over 400 young people respond to the gospel in one night!
Upcoming Events
We don’t have any events scheduled at the moment – check back soon.
What We Do
Eden
There are currently three Eden teams of urban missionaries that live sacrificially, share the gospel and build authentic community in deprived neighbourhoods in South Wales – Tremorfa, Rhydyfelin and Blaenymaes. We’re always looking to start more Eden teams in deprived areas across Wales.
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Higher
The Higher Tour is an RE initiative that runs 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.
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Lift
Lift is our termly youth outreach event with performances from Christian bands and a relevant gospel talk with the opportunity to respond. Whilst we might not be able to meet in person at the moment Lift has moved online
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Message 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.
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Prisons
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.
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Schools
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.
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Street 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.
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Honest Conversations
Honest Conversations is a brand-new series of topical discussions for young people, looking at issues they’re facing all from a Christian perspective.
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Meet the Team
Mat Walls
Hub Leader
Cerys Gemma
Operations and Development Manager
Caitlin Woodington
Events and Higher Coordinator
Jackie Bradshaw
Street Pastors Coordinator
Autumn-Louise Williams
Missions Team Member
Shunita Barry
Missions Team Member
Owain Dexter
Offender Outreach Worker
Matt Bailyes
Message Wales Bus Manager
Stories
Blessing Blaen-Y-Maes
As soon as the firebreak in Wales was lifted, our team went straight back out for a week of Love Where U Live mission in Blaen-Y-Maes.
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Introducing Eden Blaen-Y-Maes
Despite the nation being locked down, Eden has kept growing with, more and more people choosing to follow their call to urban mission and join an Eden team.
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