Back in the Saddle: My first few weeks back

After a season away, stepping back into my role as  Centre Director of Llandudno Youth for Christ has felt a bit like re-joining a fast-moving conversation — but in the best possible way. These first few weeks of my phased return have been full, encouraging, and pretty exciting. I’ve already remembered why I love this work so much.

Redefine Is Back — and Brilliant

One of the biggest highlights has been coming back to our Sunday evening Redefine discipleship nights. We’ve launched straight into exploring the idea of wisdom — what it means, where it comes from, and how young people can navigate a world that feels chaotic, loud, and complicated. Both sessions have gone really well. The group has engaged deeply, asked sharp questions, and pushed into what wise living actually looks like in real life. It’s been amazing to see the energy and thoughtfulness in the room! The young people are awesome!

Back Into Schools

I’ve also had the chance to reconnect with our local schools. I visited Ysgol John Bright to meet the assistant head, which was encouraging — there’s still a real openness to collaboration moving forward. Then it was off to Ysgol Aberconwy, where I taught Religious Studies to AS-level students. They were brilliant — curious, switched-on, and not afraid to wrestle with the big questions. It’s one of those sessions you leave thinking, Yes, this is why we do this.

AskRedefine Returns

Our online work has restarted too, including our popular AskRedefine TikTok series. Young people send in real questions about faith, God, life, doubt, hope, and everything in between, and we respond with short, honest videos that are always under a minute long. It’s always a joy to see how these digital conversations open doors that might not appear in a classroom or youth club. We’ve already got a (huge!) backlog of questions waiting — which is a nice problem to have!

Training, Teamwork, and… Emails

On the ground, things have been just as full. I’ve run a couple of training sessions and begun overseeing our new youth worker, Jaime. It’s been good to get into a rhythm together and start thinking about what comes next for the team.

And yes — I have also heroically battled through a couple of hundred emails from my time off ill. (No medals were awarded, but I feel I earned one.)

Between meetings, visits, and catch-ups with supporters and partners, it’s been a full but deeply encouraging restart. It has at sometimes been overwhelming, but I’ve genuinely enjoyed reconnecting.

How You Can Join In

As we step into this next season of ministry, we would love your support. Would you consider:

🙏 Praying for us — especially for wisdom as we grow our work with schools and deepen discipleship with young people.
🤝 Volunteering — whether regularly or occasionally, your presence makes a huge difference.
💛 Giving — helping us continue and expand this work across Llandudno and beyond.

Thank you for cheering us on. It’s good to be back — and even better to be moving forward together.