Heulwen is the Pastor at 21CC (21cc.uk) and is passionate about local church. Her day to day involves all the things that come with leading a church, from mid-week studies to supporting those in need, to building projects (check out The Siloah Project), to working hard to make Sundays excellent. Heulwen works alongside some incredible people with the aim of giving glory to God and seeing many people come home.
With over a decade of experience preaching in local church, Heulwen is a confident and creative preacher. With a first class honours in English Literature and a Masters in Theology, she combines exposition with creativity, humour with authenticity, helping bring age-old truths to light. She has a passion to reach the lost, knowing exactly what coming home felt like.
What began as a one-off creative experiment quickly became a valued tool in the kit of communication. Poetry has a way of connecting with the heart, and Heulwen's Spoken Words have time and time again resonated with people, helping them connect with timeless truths. With rhythm and rhyme, these words are honed to help hearts connect with something of the divine.
Heirs was founded by Heulwen in 2022 in the aftermath of the Pandemic. After God opened her eyes to the suffering of children, she felt compelled to act. She therefore launched Heirs.Wales, working with Social Services and the Police to help Looked After Children, believing that every life is valuable, made in the image of God: made to be Heirs, not orphans, sons and daughters, not statistics. Check it out here: heirs.wales
Integral mission is a concept which, until very recently, was absent from my vocabulary. It was not, however, absent from my practice. René Padilla’s theological concept has been shaping the way I, and many others, have practiced mission in Wales – albeit unwittingly. He is one of the most influential theologians not only in Latin America, but globally, and his concepts have had wide reaching implications. This essay unpacks this concept in a way that was helpful to my understanding of how we both show and tell the Gospel. If you want to get stuck into a bit of theology, grab a cuppa and read away.