Development Workshop
- Date: 13 September 2010
- Venue: Thailand
Dates: 13 to 17 September 2010
Location: Thailand - Venue to be confirmed in Bangkok
You can arrive on the 12th September and depart on the 18th September.
Are you working with the poor and needy? Feel like you or your ministry need more skills or input? Want to meet others working in development?
Steve Goode, along with Dave and Ali Swann, will be hosting a workshop for you in Thailand this September.
Steve needs no introduction as one of the pioneers of Relief and Development in our mission.
Dave and Ali have been running successful development training in Europe and Africa for many years. They have travelled extensively, teaching teams how to plan and manage community development projects.
The workshop is designed to give input on relevant topics such as:
In order to make this time as relevant as possible we will be asking those who sign up to give us input on their felt needs. As far as possible we will tailor the workshop to meet those felt needs.
We have invited key practitioners who run successful projects in Asia and Africa. There will be time where we can hear and learn from each other - our successes, struggles and experiences in order that we may be able to have greater impact in the future.
The style will be highly interactive, participative and practical.
More information is available on the Development Workshop page.
September 2010 Consultation
- Date: 19 September 2010
- Venue: Thailand
19 -23 September 2010
Following the Development Workshop on the 19-23 September (You can arrive on the 18th and depart on morning of 24th) will be a consultation of practitioners, U of N trainers and staff from MM, FM, and Cities about the relevancy of our training and those working at the grass roots. There has been a conversation going on at the GLT and the above groupings about training for several years. Are our school graduates being appropriately equipped in serving you on the field? What are the strengths of our training? What needs to be added or deleted in order to meet the challenges that you face today? Maureen Menard of the DTS Center and U of N training will be with us as well as other local and international leaders to listen to the issues you face on the ground, to hear from you, to dialogue and to hear from God as to what He is saying about this next phase of ministry, increasing our impact and how our training is appropriate and field driven. This is our 50th year Jubilee. It is a time of reflection, remembrance, celebration and a time of new beginnings with new anointings.
We want to hear from each other about the strengths of our school curriculum and how to strengthen those elements for maximum impact and effectiveness. We want to look at what may be neutral or maybe irrelevant aspects and see what needs to be changed or eliminated. Finally, we want to see what issues there are on the ground that we need to ensure are being addressed in our curriculum/training and in our outreaches to better see the Kingdom of God coming in and through all that we do. We are already getting input from staff and practitioners from Africa, North America, Europe who may not be able to attend but want to give their contribution. If you cannot attend, we fully understand in this year of Jubilee but we would want your input put into the mix for this discussion, hearing from God and any outcomes that we would take away from this interactive consultation.
Thanks for all that your are doing in being Jesus to so many who have not heard or seen His good news. Thanks so much for your efforts in seeing people in your area becoming followers of Jesus and seeing multiplying churches taking off. And finally thanks for your labor of love in loving your neighbor and your enemies in the example of self sacrificial love of Jesus in all that you do. God is pleased and our goal in this consultation is to bring greater joy to God's heart through our efforts in fulfilling the Great Commission, the Great Commandment and the Discipling of nations.
For more information, please visit the Bangkok Consultation page.
Peace be with you
Awaken to Reality. Rise to Action.
- Date: 5 November 2010
- Venue: Hamburg/Germany
- More Info: http://www.ywam-conference.com/
5-7 November 2010
An International YWAM Conference to Engage The Generations With The Challenges of Injustice And World Missions.
Hosted by YOUTH WITH A MISSION HERRNHUT in cooperation with the NOT FOR SALE Campaign and the Freie evangelische Gemeinde Holstenwall/Hamburg.
with
David Batstone (Not for Sale)
Steve Goode (YWAM Mercy Ministries)
PICK-A-POCKET (YWAM ARTS MINISTRY)
David Hamilton (YWAM)
Dan Baumann (YWAM)
Jan Schlegel (YWAM Herrnhut)
the team of YWAM Herrnhut and special guests
CHALLENGE: HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SLAVERY
As you read this, an estimated 27 million people are living in slavery. Human trafficking is currently described as “the largest slave trade in history”. An estimated 80% of these victims are women and girls and 50% children, claimed by traffickers and forced into the sex trade. This illicit trade is quickly on its way to becoming the most profitable illegal activity in the world, soon to outgrow even drug trafficking. This is the horror of human trafficking: the sale of human beings for sinful purposes fuelled by lust and greed. These sad facts often shock people, but mostly they leave them feeling paralyzed and hopeless to effect change. The degree of evil involved in turning someone’s daughter into a sex slave has an intimidating influence that protects itself from being confronted. Traffickers have deceived us into believing that they are part of a cabal so big, so powerful, and so mighty, that we stand no chance in the fight to bring restoration to the lives stolen. However, do not be deceived into believing that this evil is too large to be destroyed. Our passivity only makes it worse. We must not be mice, but lions.
CHALLENGE: EXTREME POVERTY
Extreme poverty is another heart-breaking consequence of injustice. More then 1.4 billion people, mainly in Asia and Africa, live on less then a dollar a day. Traditionally, when we want to address symptoms of poverty, we act through Mercy Ministries - but these matters of justice require even more. We must respond to short-term needs, but also address the institutional causes that block access to clean drinking water or life-saving vaccinations from parents who want to help their children. It's not acceptable that every 4 seconds a child dies from the ravages of extreme poverty. We live in a time where we have all the knowledge and all the resources necessary to save lives. We merely need to unite and do our part. An emerging, global, young generation is leading the charge. All are welcome.
CHALLENGE: CONNECTING TO THE UNREACHED!
God is pleading for a new surge of committed, radical disciples willing to go into today’s most troubled nations. As relatively wealthy Westerners, the depth of need sometimes numbs us. Prostitution, child labor, civil war, oppression, AIDS, tuberculosis, and malnourishment threaten the lives of the people living in these countries. 80% of the world’s poorest people struggle for survival on a daily basis. Why do we imagine that we deserve so much more comfort than them?
What is the answer? What is on God’s heart when He thinks of these victims living in hopelessness? Only 10% of the population living in the 10/40-Window, a region stretching laterally across Africa and Asia, has ever heard the name of Jesus. Almost 3 billion people live in the nations or regions that are included inside the10/40-Window, and the majority of them are Muslims, Hindus or Buddhists. They comprise almost 50% of the world population and, although this is where the Church can engage the most unreached people groups, only 4% of all Christian missionaries live and work there. We need to go to the people that have not heard the gospel yet. Paul asked: “How should they hear if no one is preaching?” The Gospel is not good news to people living in the 10/40-Window if it is not being preached there. Our consciences must convict us that greater efforts are necessary. To show you the unreached we will walk an a huge map praying for these Nations and the so called “Omega Zones”.
The purpose of this conference is to further unite the body of Christ and to engage these issues with urgency. We must rise up. We must engage. These challenges are for our generation. We have all the opportunities, the resources, and the knowledge; all that’s lacking is the will! Our generation can rise up and shout that is it is not acceptable to ignore these situations. In a world losing faith, our example now can ignite passion for Jesus and his Kingdom.
Wait no longer. Join us as we gather from all over the world to educate ourselves on the essential issues, learn strategic methods to confront injustice, and engage with the body of Christ to meet the partners who will help us accomplish these goals.
