Wales
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.
WILD Youth Tours
Want to bring a night young people won’t forget to your church and community? Then WILD is the answer.
Combining fun and high-energy activities with the gospel, games and giveaways, WILD is a great way to reach out into your community and connect with young people.
Planned in partnership with you, your WILD event will bring activities tailored to your community and venue to you. These could range from VR headsets and laser tag to zorbs and crazy golf. But WILD is about more than one night.
Upcoming Events
What We Do
Eden
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.
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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
Shunita Barry
Missions Team Leader
Owain Dexter
Offender Outreach Worker
Matt Bailyes
Message Wales Bus Manager
Dean Fryer-Saxby
Cardiff Street Pastor Coordinator
Alice Pepper
Mission Team member
Stories
Finding Identity In Jesus
We caught up with mission team member Alice, from our Wales hub team, to hear all about what God’s been doing in the lives of young people.
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Andy Looks Back On 2021
Andy reflects on 2021 and all that God’s done through The Message.
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