Serve WEC Camps as part of the set-up team last week of July 2023, preparing one of two campsites on fields between Criccieth and Pwllheli on the Gwynedd coast.

The two weeks of WEC Camps aim to give children and young people of all backgrounds a life-changing experience.

Preparation week jobs may include: putting up tents and marquees, installing power supply to relevant areas of site, setting up and plumbing kitchen area.

Helpers are also needed to assist in packing up afterwards from 12 August 2023.

Qualities & Gifts Sought

Willing to serve through a very practical ministry, as well as praying for the children before they arrive. Preferably physically fit and strong.

There is no charge for accommodation or food while helping to set up in this Prep Week.

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About United Kingdom

The capital of the United Kingdom is London and is the largest city with a population of 10.3m. London is the fourth-largest city in Europe. Other major urban areas in the UK include Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester.

The UK is a developed country and has the world’s fifth-largest economy by GDP. The total area of the UK is approximately 243,610 square kilometres. The country occupies the major part of the British Isles archipelago which includes the Republic of Ireland. The UK has a temperate climate, with plentiful rainfall all year round.  

Politics

The UK has a constitutional monarchy. King Charles III is the monarch and head of state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as well as the Sovereign of 15 other independent Commonwealth countries. The UK has a parliamentary government based on the Westminster system that has been emulated around the world. The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, is the UK's head of government. The UK has sovereignty over 17 territories which do not form part of the UK itself (14 British Overseas Territories and three Crown dependencies).

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have devolved administrations based in their capitals: Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast respectively. Each have their own government or executive led by a First Minister.

[Main source: Wikipedia].

Religious worldviews and unreached peoples in the UK

The population of the UK is around 65.4 million.
57% profess to be Christian and of those 7.91% are Evangelical. Other main religions and belief systems include: Islam - 4.1%, Hinduism - 2.8%, Pagan religions - 0.7%, Buddhism - 0.4%, Non-religious - 34.5%.

The UK contains around 105 distinct people groups, of whom 34 are classified as 'unreached' with little access to the good news of Jesus in their community, language or culture.

[source Joshua Project]

WEC's ministries in the UK

WEC’s primary goal is to take the gospel to the least-reached peoples of the world, and to see churches planted and growing among them. WEC's work in the UK and Ireland has a long history of training and sending Christian workers all over the world, but also of identifying the unreached in our midst.

WEC International is committed to:  

• Working cross-culturally among immigrant communities  in several cities to see Christian communities established which reflect their cultures through our Neighbours Worldwide teams;

• Encouraging and stimulating prayer for cross-cultural mission around the world, accurately researching the whole mission scene through the Operation World team;

• Partnering with churches all over the UK and Ireland to mobilise their congregations into cross-cultural ministry;

• Offering opportunities for short-term cross-cultural missions exposure and pass on the vision;

• Ministering to those who suffer from drug and alcohol addictions and plant churches among them through Betel’s teams;

• Training and producing media broadcast content through our Radio Worldwide ministry;

• Working with schools and churches to run children’s programmes and youth camps which aim to bring children to faith and to learn about their potential role in God’s world;

• Publishing strategic websites, magazines, pamphlets, Bible Studies, books and social media material to share the vision;

• Hosting events and courses for those wishing to explore God’s call to cross-cultural work or to pray for mission.

Please pray with us for: – integration and support for refugees and immigrants – a national awakening – local churches sharing the good news of Jesus – youth and childrens' work [Operation World, 2010 print edition]

You can also pray for the UK using the online resource: Operation World.