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Bill Hutchison talks about some different upcoming YWAM Communications courses, we hear an interview with a YWAMer currently on the YWAM Ship Tour, talk about Gang Outreach in El Salvador, a summer kid’s camp and the launch of the new International YWAMer web-site.

Stories:

• Some Writing and Communication Courses offered in YWAM
  • YWAM Resonate in Woodcrest, Texas, USA
    • School of Writing
    • Dates: January 6 – March 31, 2011
    • YWAM Woodrest School of Writing
  • YWAM Muizenberg, South Africa
    • School of Field Journalism
    • Dates: TBA
    • YWAM Muizenberg School of Field Journalism
  • YWAM Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Introduction to Communication and Design
    • Dates: October 1 – December 20 2010
    • YWAM Lausanne Introduction to Communication and Design
  • YWAM Harpenden
    • School of Web Design and Communication
      • Dates: 27 September – 17 December 2010
      • YWAM Harpenden School of Web Design and Communication
    • Effective Communication Workshop
      • Dates: 9 – 13 October 2010
      • YWAM International Communications Network Effective Communications Workshop
  • YWAM Bangalore, India
    • Basic Communication Workshop
    • Dates 18 – 22 October 2010
    • YWAM International Communications Network Basic Communications Workshop

• YWAM Australia Ship Tour
  • Clothing Donation from Kooga
  • A portion of an Interview of one of the YWAM staff with the Australian ABC. You can listen to the rest of the interview on the ABC web-site, http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2010/06/youth-with-a-mission-medical-ship-in-gladstone.html?site=capricornia&program=capricornia_breakfast

• YWAM El Salvador
  • YWAM El Salvador is engaging in outreach to help with reducing the Gang Violence that is ravaging the nation. The average homicides rate in El Savador is now up to 14 each day. YWAM is developing programs in some of the worst areas of gang violence. The programs are designed to outreach to the youth who are most likely to enter a life if crime.
  • YWAM El Savador is currently looking for more people who want to engage in ministry in the nation of El Salvador. In addition to the outreach in the areas heavily affected by gang violence YWAM El Salvador is also working in the areas of:
    • training with a Discipleship Training School
    • Mercy Ministries with feeding the homeless, literacy programs and volunteering in orphanages
    • Evangelism through street dramas, soccer programs, children’s programs, hosting short term teams and partnering with local churches.
  • YWAM El Savador
  • A YWAM Staff Person’s Blog from El Salvador
• YWAM Coatesville, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Summer Kid’s Program in the afternoons from July 19 – 23, 2010 for boys and girls ages 6 – 12. They will be focusing on an arts theme with dance, singing, painting, drawing, acting and lots of other fun activities.
  • The cost for the kid’s club is only $5 per kid.
  • YWAM Coatesville Summer Kid’s Club

• Music
  • Thousand Miles Drive by Zach Holmes is today’s featured song.
    • Zach Holme’s Profile on the YWAM Music Network
  • Intro and Exit Music by Five Star Streets
    • http://ywamrto.com

• YWAM Canada Upcoming Staff Conference
  • YWAM Canada will be hosting their staff conference, Rendezvous 2010, from August 15 – 20 this year in Pinawa, Manitoba. The conference is held every two years in the middle of Canada and brings together Canada’s 350 or so staff, working in over 30 different locations around the nation.
  • http://www.ywamcanada.org/news.html

• GENESIS One Voice 13
  • More than 300 people connected from 8 different nations around the world; USA, England, Switzerland, Mexico, Chile, Brazil and Argentina
  • 2-hours spent in prayer and worship.
  • YWAM Lausanne, One Voice 13

• Principles In Child and Youth Ministry (PCYM) School
  • YWAM Thailand will be running a Principles in Child and Youth Ministry school, PCYM, from November 8 – January 31 in Bangkok, Thailand. The lecture phase of the school will be followed up with an Outreach from February – March 2010.
  • The main purpose of the PCYM is Mobilise, equip and train young people and families for ministry to children, youth and families.
  • Some of the areas covered are:
    • Keys to effective discipleship of families, children and young people
    • Understanding the differences between age groups and how we need different strategies to reach and disciple the different groups
    • Children at risk, street kids, orphanages and abused kids
    • Understanding youth culture and the spiritual capacity of children and youth
    • And much more
  • YWAM Bangkok Thailand PCYM

• International YWAMer
  • New Web-site for the International YWAMer is now love on the web-site, which you can check out at http://internationalywamer.org.
  • We are still running the Story Contest over at the International YWAMer, and you can read more about the story contest at http://internationalywamer.org/storycontest