A team of about 35 YWAM Staff and Students from Youth With A Mission Tyler, Texas were part of a team of volunteers renovating a house in Abilene, Texas that is set to become a centre for neighbourhood outreach.
The was was originally deeded to the First United Methodist Church for their Good Shepherd Healing Ministries. The church is planning to use the house as a focal point of outreach into the neighbourhood. Once the house is completed they are planning to host what is essentially a block party for the neighbours to help get to know them. The house will host many ministry activities, including after-school activities for kids and possibly family events in the evenings.
They are hoping to open the house before the end of the year or earlier.
You can read more about the neighbourhood house and the YWAM involvement to get it restored here.
In a competition open to people between the ages of 13 and 21 Karen Ford (aged 19) was one of the winners of the Young Humanitarian award held by LIME (a telecommunications company) in the Cayman Islands.
Karen Ford went on a missions trip with Youth With A Mission to the Dominican Republic where she helped to build an orphanage, prayed with locals and Haitian refugees, ministered to children, acted out Bible stories, and more.
The winners of the award were honoured for the fact that they “could have easily chosen just to think about your own needs and all of us at LIME appreciate the fact that you used some of your free time this summer in such an unselfish way”.
Tonight we had a chance to catch up with some good friends and some good music here in Calgary. Five Star Streets and Saving Sparrow from Reef to Outback in Townsville, Australia were in Calgary as part of their Canadian and American tour.
Here in Calgary they were a part of a local music festival, played at a pub last night and at a local church tonight. From what they’ve said it’s been a great experience so far, but you can see for yourself in this video …
I am a bit worried about turning my kids into YWAM Band groupies though. My son purchased CDs from both of the bands and then went around and got them signed by most of the band members.
You can find out more about Five Star Street and Saving Sparrow, including dates for the rest of their North American Tour, here.
I got an e-mail this week saying that the new 2010 YWAM Personal Prayer Diary is now available from YWAM Publishing.
The Youth With A Mission Prayer Diary and Daily Planner has been published for the last 30-years. It’s goal is to help Christians to journal their prayer times and Bible reading, organize their schedules, and help them to pray for the nations.
In addition to the standard daily planner parts of the diary there are also:
World Maps and country statistics
Bible reading plan to help you read the entire bible in a year
Illustrations and information about people groups from around the world
Monthly, weekly and daily prayer targets
and much more …
Right now the prayer diary is available for $10.99 ($6.00 of the regular price) direct from YWAM Publishing. You can order it in four different colours, and in a few different versions (bound, in a loose leaf binder or just the loose leaf pages). There are also discounts available for volume purchases.
The YWAM University of the Nations workshop is happening right now in four locations around the world. In addition to gathering in those locations you can also watch a live video stream from the YWAM Lausanne location.
The UofN Workshop happens once every four years and this year the focus for the workshop is “For Such A Time as This”.
