Events

The purpose of the Celebrating Children Workshop is simple: we want children to flourish in every part of the world.

We know you feel the same way and that’s why we need people like you. People who are passionate about children experiencing the fullness of life and seeing God’s intentions realized in their day-to-day realities. This is why the CCW is coming to Portland.

The curriculum of the CCW is cross-culturally relevant and adaptable and the CCW–PDX will train international facilitators right here in Portland to intentionally take this training to caregivers around the world and and multiply it over and over. The training focuses on how to teach topics with cultural relevance and sensitivity. The CCW-PDX will be an enhanced version with training in art/trauma therapy, teaching with translation, cross-cultural surprises and teaching without technology.

Loom staff have taught the Celebrating Children Workshop in Bangladesh, Rwanda, South Africa, Mexico and Romania and we want it to go further. When a participant completes all 4 weeks of the Celebrating Children Workshop, they will be equipped to do just that. They will receive a DVD with the complete curriculum—8 Modules—Teacher’s Notes, Student Notebook and Power-points.

Come and be a part of a unique opportunity to both receive training and learn how to multiply it in an international context. Come sit around the table and discuss and brainstorm and learn together with us about how we can bring hope to the lives of the vulnerable.

Upcoming Seminar: 11th May – 19th June 2015

Many of our communities have been neglected and left to deteriorate for years. Sadly, the church of Jesus Christ has at best sat back and watched this happen. In many areas, it has even contributed to the problem. New generations of Christians are faced with a question about how they will respond to the predicaments of the poor and under-resourced communities today. The desperate conditions that face the poor and the needy call for a revolution in the church’s and missional communities approach to the problem including Youth With a Mission (YWAM) Through years of experience among the poor across the globe, many have come to see that these desperate problems cannot be solved without the strong commitment and risky actions on the part of ordinary Christians with heroic faith.

There have been many attempts by “outsiders” to alleviate the problems, but most have fallen short of lasting change. Rather, the most creative long-term solutions to the problems of the poor are coming from grassroots and local church-based efforts as small as they may be. The solutions are coming from people who see themselves as the replacements, the agents, for Jesus here on earth, in their own neighborhoods and communities.

The time is now for the nations of Africa to unite. God has a destiny for this continent. How do nations move from despair to hope? This Community Development Seminar, which is not a concept that was developed in a classroom, nor formulated by people foreign to the poor community. These are Biblical and practical principles from people evolved from years of living and working among the poor and first hand experiences.

Durban, South Africa. 11th - 15th May 2015.

Join us at Call2Compassion and Justice, Durban. Hear what God is doing in southern Africa over five jam-packed days of teaching, worship and workshops. You’ll get to explore models of community empowerment presented by mature and inspirational ministries.

Whether you’re already working with churches and ministries reaching out to the poor, or just sensing God’s call to begin such work, we invite you to join us.

Find Out More: http://www.call2cj.org
Book Online: http://www.call2cj.org/tickets

OBJECT is an event to educate and motivate a generation to stand up to culturally accepted legal sexual exploitation. In Germany there are an estimated 400,000 women in prostitution. It’s estimated that up to 98%* of these women, many from Eastern Europe, have been trafficked or coerced into the industry. These women make up a small fraction of the millions of women who live in sexual bondage around the world.

We passionately believe all people are created in the image of God to live lives of dignity and freedom.

Join with us and many others as we seek for justice and defend women in all areas in which they are exploited. Be informed as you connect with others in strategy to build a network of people across the region who are ready to take action.

Get ready to practically and spiritually engage mercifully with the sex industry in your home area.
Be equipped with realistic expectations, practiced methods and biblical incentive to do ministry within this sphere.

The hope of this conference is that we are, together, able to focus

ON BRINGING JUSTICE & ENGAGING CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION.

*Gaby Wentland of Mission Freedom in Hamburg

As God’s people, we have the best message and it deserves to be communicated in the best possible way – whether across a table or across a nation. The School of Communication and Advocacy is designed to help us get more of God’s heart for areas of injustice and for communicating His message. It will equip students with practical communication skills to do this, such as public speaking, writing, and research, using the media to create effective tools, interpersonal and intrapersonal communication and more.

The school will have a focus on advocacy and how our communication can be a powerful tool for transformation and change. It will have input from local base ministries related to advocacy, such as our Human Trafficking ministry called Priceless.

We will also draw in local people who work in areas such as radio, law enforcement and government to talk about how our communication would best serve in these areas. It will also fulfil the core course outcomes for those pursuing a U of N degree.

We will also be offering a 8-10 week outreach focusing on human trafficking, and hopefully initiating a 5 year project with the school in a particular country.

I would love you to come and join us for the next school, starting July 7^th, 2013!

Jen Ellis

For more information contact Jen Ellis at [email protected] or visit our website at the following link: http://www.ywamperth.org.au/sca/

Date/Time:
YWAM Asia Pacific begins 6:30pm Sat. May 25 - Mon. May 27
YWAM Thailand 40-Year Celebration - Mon. May 27 - Tues. May 28

Event location: Lotus Hotel "Pang Suan Kaew" behind Central shopping mall, Chiang Mai.

May 21st-24th

This is an international and Asia Pacific Congress held in Chiang Mai, Thailand at the Lotus Hotel Pang Suan Kaew.

The Congress begins on Tuesday, May 21st at 1 pm and concludes on Friday, May 24th at 10 pm.

More information at: www.call2all.org

April 27-30, 2013

The focus of this event will be the Industry Trade Fair and related training and equipping for Kingdom business opportunities. We are gathering together leaders of different industries strategic to impacting the emerging markets. Business as Mission practitioners or seekers will have a great opportunity to review these different business opportunities with a chance to explore one or two in much greater depth. We want the participants to leave with the tools and training necessary to launch or further a particular business, to develop a plan for next steps, and to be connected to others around the globe.

More information at: http://www.c2bevents.com

Prepare your heart, change the world.

January 19 to June 22, 2026

Download DTS Flier

Find out more at: www.businessdts.org

You're invited...

To collaborate with Not For Sale and take immediate action to create a future free of human trafficking.

This summer, enact a cultural shift in the Asia Pacific that will protect the freedom of everyone in this vast region.

Victory Malate,
Manila, Philippines

July 19-20, 2012

Speakers include David Batstone, President and Co-founder of Not For Sale, Eddie Byun, Lead Pastor of Onnuri English Ministry in Korea, and many more global leaders.

There are real solutions to this real problem. You can be part of the solution.

REGISTER HERE

I would like to announce and invite you to the 4th International Member Care Consultation in Singapore on February 17- 20th, 2012.

The MC core leadership team have been discussing and working on topics that will help serve us as an organization. Mission is no longer what is used to be with the recent global crises. With that in mind during out time together, we will be having 2 days of meetings on Trauma, Doing Member Care in Hostile Environments and how we (member care providers as well as leaders) can respond to it from debriefing, to communication, to putting structures and leadership in place during times of trauma and etc. We hope by the end of the two days we will be able to give ideas on how to set up a Quick ResponseTrauma Team in each region (depending on which regional MC people will come).

We will also have a day of teaching on Biblical Peacemaking by the International Peacemakers. This will help us in our conflict and reconciliation process within YWAM.

Cost: US$200 per person

For registration please send your email to Foong Har at: [email protected]

Our target, the glory of God: “For the glory of God and the transformation of nations; demonstrating and declaring the Kingdom of God through holistic community development”

Overview

How do communities move from despair to hope? It all begins with relationships. Poverty is more than an absence of income; it involves a whole way of thinking about and relating to the world, other people and even oneself. The Foundations in Community Development School is designed to give an overall view of the issues involved in helping communities (both rural and urban) to grow and be transformed towards God’s intentions. The foundation is a biblical understanding of the root causes of poverty and underdevelopment, and what steps must be taken to enable people to find solutions. In an age of mounting world crisis, where the top-down intervention of government and global organizations has failed to bring about lasting development, Christians have a vital role to play in showing that development is about changing society by reflecting God’s heart. The key is people - transformed hearts, minds, and lives; transformed communities, societies, and nations. The glory of God declared and demonstrated.

For More Information: http://www.ywamharpenden.org/training/foundations-of-community-development/

March 14-18, 2011

Learn to map, document, and investigate cases of modern-day slavery... in your own backyard and across the globe.

This Spring, join Not For Sale staff in San Francisco for the acclaimed Investigator Academy, and learn from today's leaders in law enforcement and aftercare on the ways YOU can fight modern slavery.

One trained Investigator moved to Africa and has assisted law enforcement in rescuing 47 girls from human trafficking.

What will you do with your training?

For registration & more information visit www.nfsacademy.org

Celebrate hope!

There are more slaves in our world than at any other time in history. But we can do something about it. There is hope.

Last year faith communities in more than thirty nations observed Not for Sale's first Freedom Sunday and/or Freedom Shabbat. People of faith prayed, chanted, sang, proclaimed, and moved beyond awareness into meaningful action. In 2011 we are taking it up a notch. . . Several notches in fact!

Host a Freedom Sunday any Sunday of the year, and then participate with the global celebration of freedom on March 13, 2011. Join with these churches already registered:

1. Friends Church Yorba Linda, CA
2. Cucamonga Christian Fellowship Rancho Cucamonga, CA
3. Austin New Church Austin, TX
4. St. Francis Community Church in St. Francis, KS
5. North Coast Calvary Chapel San Diego, CA
6. Saint Mary Star of the Sea Unionville, CT
7. Hope Covenant Church Chandler, AZ
8. Lakeside Community Fellowship Lake Stevens, WA
9. Nomad Community Church Rockledge, FL
10. Overlake Christian Church Redmond, WA
11. New Heights Community Church Boise, ID
12. Light and Life Community Church Lakewood, CO

Look for the new Freedom Sunday Website coming online on or around July 1, 2010. www.freedomsunday.org