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.
Youth Nights Is Back!
Once a term we gather young people from across South Wales to celebrate and worship together, with a focus on prayer and building each other up.
These Youth Night events are a chance for young people to connect and also to step up to shape and lead the evenings and future events. Our next one is happening at All Nations Church, Cardiff, on Friday 31 January 2025 so do invite your young people and youth groups along for a powerful night of prayer, worship and connection.
Upcoming Events
What We Do
Community Groceries
Community Groceries are all about bridging the gap between supermarkets and foodbanks. Using surplus food fresh from local supermarkets, our groceries make the cost of the weekly shop more affordable.
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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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LIFT
LIFT is our termly youth outreach event with performances from Christian bands and a relevant gospel talk with the opportunity to respond.
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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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No 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.
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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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The Charge (previously Advance Youth)
The Charge is an initiative that resources and supports local churches to help them raise missional young people by rediscovering the heart of discipleship – the proclamation of the gospel.
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Youth 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.
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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
‘I Want A New Life’
Week in, week out, our prisons team are sharing the love of Jesus in word and action through one-to-ones, worship services, courses and discipleship sessions. We caught up with team members Emma and Kez to hear what’s been happening.
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