XL Team in Jerusalem - Israel

Welcome to the XL Academy online homepage.

The XL Academy is a residential Christian Gap Year Programme based at Church @ The Foundry - Widnes - UK. If you are aged 18 - 25 years old and want to give 1 year of your life to God and His church whilst getting some excellent input from cutting edge leaders and ministries, then maybe the XL Christian Gap Year is for you. Applications are now being taken for September 2012 with limited spaces available. The Foundry is linked to AOG UK church networks and part of the Evangelical Alliance.

The dates for 2012 are Sept 22nd 2012 to July 14th 2013 with an extension week at SYC in August 2013.

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Welcome to the home of the XL Academy online. For students past, present and future it’s fantastic to have you here. The XL Academy is a christian gap year that has been running since September 2003 and we have seen students from all across the world, including Australia, Mexico, USA, Spain, Poland and of course the UK spend one year of their life at the Academy.

The XL Christian Gap Year, is a combination of training, mentorship, ministry opportunity, mission and friendship. Academy team members are fully integrated into the life and ministry of Church @ The Foundry, making use of the entire skill base that you bring to the team.

Whether you are interested in worship, youth leadership, multimedia design, schools work, kids work, evangelism, mission, developing your knowledge of the bible, creative arts, the XL Academy will challenge you and give you a fantastic base for your gifting to grow whilst making lifelong friends in a great local church community.

We believe the most effective training for life should take place in the body of Christ – the church. At the XL Academy, you will be given the opportunity to receive training, experience ministry and be part of an excellent church family whilst living together as a team in the "XL House". Don't worry; you won’t be put on your own to live with a family, the excellent accommodation of the Foundry Village means that as a team you live/eat on-site together at all times!

The XL Academy will give you a solid platform to whatever is next in your life. It will ground you in your faith, teach and mould you, as well as challenge you in all areas of life.

If you are looking for a christian gap year, I hope you will take the time to prayerfully consider the XL Academy for Sept 2012. Be blessed as you plan your future...

James & Nicola Hewitt

[XL Academy Directors]