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Bill Hutchison talks about YWAM’s ships in Australia and Europe, free On-Line University of the Nations (UofN) training, some upcoming YWAM schools and workshops, a new YWAM Ministry Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, a bible outreach in Patagonia and lots of stories out of Africa.
Stories
- YWAM Ship Pacific Link in Ballina, New South Wales, Australia
- The YWAM Ship M/V Pacific Link will be at the Fawcett Street Public Warf Wednesday May 19 – Sunday May 23. They will be hosting tours from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm on those dates.
- http://www.finda.com.au/northern-rivers/things-to-do/ywam-australia-and-png-ship-tour/22724/
- YWAM Ship Next Wave is undergoing maintenance in Messina, Sicily, Italy
- The Next Wave, is currently undergoing maintenance in Messina, Italy before they begin their evangelistic tour of Sicily on May 27th.
- http://marinereachministries.com/?page_id=121
- Free U of N Courses Streaming Free on-line
- YWAM San Diego / Baja is streaming UofN courses on line from their Tijuana Campus for free. The sessions will be streamed live while they are presented, and they will also be archived for people to view at a later date.
- Some of the topics already broadcast and available online are:
- Darrow Miller and Tom Bloomer speaking on World View
- Maureen Menard and David Hamilton teaching on Leadership
- Darlene Cunningham speaking on DTS Leadership.
- http://www.ywamsandiegobaja.org/articles.aspx?id=27823
- Basic Communication Workshop (BCW)
- The BCW looks at different topics dealing with communications on a team and communication with supporters and partners of YWAM.
- Some topics are:
- Interpersonal communication
- How to resolve conflict
- How to be aware of cross-cultural issues
- How to chair a meeting
- Communicate a decision
- Basic / Concrete Skills
- Writing
- Photography
- Design skills
- The Africoms team plans to run a one-week workshop in South Africa this year, and an advanced three week workshop later in the year in Tanzania
- You can find out more through the link in the show notes, and you can contact the team through e-mail at ywamafricom@gmail.com
- Training for Better Communiction
- New YWAM Centre starting up in Downtown Auckland, New Zealand
- The main focus of the centre is running training schools and impacting their community with the love of Jesus.
- Training
- Discipleship Training School
- Basic Leadership School
- Opportunities
- School Staff
- Outreach Team Coordinators
- Operations Staff
- Find out more about the new ministry centre there at www.ywamauckland.org.nz
- YWAM Patagonia Bible Outreach
- YWAM Patagonia has a goal of raising $3150 USD to distribute the bibles in their community.
- http://www.ywam.org/News-Stories/news/Being-the-Bible
- What YWAM Training School did you find to be the best in equipping you to "Know God and make him know". so far is the YWAM Discipleship Training School is leading, but there are quite a few other schools mentioned on the site.
- Meagen Moody – To the Author
- Meagen Moody is the featured artist this month on the YWAM Music web-site at www.ywammusic.net
- You can listen to more of her music on her Myspace page:
- Intro and exit music by Five Star Streets, over at http://ywamrto.com
- Family Ministry School in Germany
- YWAM Hainichen, Germany is planning on running a Family Ministry School in March 2011. The FMS focuses on:
- World View of Family/Biblical Foundations
- The Marriage Relationship
- Parenting issues
- Family systems
- Counselling Techniques and Skills
- And the Role of the Family in Ministry
- There is also an optional two month field assignment following the lecture phase so that the students can put into practice what they have learned. http://www.ywam-fmi.org/news/item/39-family-ministry-school-in-germany.html
- YWAM Hainichen, Germany is planning on running a Family Ministry School in March 2011. The FMS focuses on:
- YWAM in Haiti
- Commonwealth Games in Delhi this year
- Delhi, India will be the host for the Commonwealth games from October 3 – October 14. The YWAM Centre there are looking at mobilizing 1000 people for the duration of the games for prayer, worship, evangelism and mercy work.
- If you are interested in this amazing outreach opportunity you can contact YWAM Delhi at cwgywamdelhi@gmail.com. You can download and view the flyer for outreach, YWAM Delhi – Common Wealth Game Outreach.
- Impact World Tour South Africa
- Impact World Tour is currently in South Africa and put on their first event earlier this month. At the event they had over 5000 people attend where they got to see Team Xtreme, GX International and Island Breeze all perform.
- At the event they saw 514 responses, of which 327 were first time commitments to Christ and 169 were rededications.
- http://ywamworcester.blogspot.com/2010/05/final-event-in-worcester-iwt-hits.html?spref=tw
- YWAM Africa is getting ready for a bunch of their 50 year jubilee Celebrations.
- May 24th in Cape Town, South Africa
- May 26 in Jinja, Uganda
- May 31 in Egypt
- June 3 in Torremolinos, Spain following the North Africa Staff Conference
- http://www.ywamafrica.org/Calendar/
- YWAM in Africa has put together an amazing Jubilee magazine highlighting YWAMs work in Africa over the years.
- YWAM staff in Thailand are continuing to ask for our prayer for a peaceful resolution to the turmoil that is engulfing their nation.