Last updated: 22nd March 2012
Report from Australia
We’ve had a busy start to the year with our annual 14 day Mission Adventures programme:
In short God was ever faithful and it was amazing! Little longer, in the first few days we had Katie Lind a YWAMer from Hobart, Tasmania share on God, including a time where we do a play of jesus crucifixion and share on why he died and rose again -during these 3 days 3 of the “crew” (teenagers) committed their lives to God that hadn’t ever previously done it. One mother we spoke to personally was said it was an answer to her prayers. After that we then started outreach phase, where the crew were in 4 teams - one went to Border Town, South Australia and the other 3 remaining teams ministered in and around Melbourne - running kids holiday programs and sharing the gospel to feeding the homeless in St. Kilda, to running prayer stations in the city centre. One day one of the guys asked God for a word of wisdom and he got a picture of a man, anyway, later he was talking to a shop cleaner and she asked if he could pray for her son and the guy felt God say that picture he’d seen earlier was her son. After asking her if her son looked like the picture she was in shock and amazed that God knew and cared about her son, she really experienced God’s love and hope for her son!
Here is an excerpt from an email we received from a pastor whose church we visited:
“It was wonderful having the YWAM team at our church on Sunday – their sharing of testimonies was really deeply appreciated. The garden at 111 (the place where we house people with mild intellectual disability) is looking great. I’m really glad we’ve been able to share with you in this”
Here is an email we received from a past participant during MA:
“Mission Adventures has changed my life forever. My walk with God has strengthened so much since coming to MA. I want to say thank you to all the team and staff at YWAM Melbourne. All of you have made me feel so loved and welcomed into the YWAM family. You have taught me so many things over the past few years and I have loved every single minute of being at MA. Some of the greatest moments of my Christian walk have been at YWAM Melbourne. Like Worship time with me and Peter K all by ourselves in the chapel, Worship, lead by the amazing Kate and Bob at sky high over all of Victoria, Going to old ladies houses and renovating their gardens, doing treasure hunts over the city and finding people who are so thankful for our help.
I cannot say enough just how much MA has touched my life. As much as it pains me to not be there this week, I’m excited because MA has equipped me for the next stage of Christian walk. I have only recently become a youth leader at my youth group and am now running a Year 8/9 boys devotion group. I can now input the things that you have taught me into my own boys at youth group.”
This is why we do what we do to help people to know God and make Him known in many different ways, Praise God and we want to thank you for being part of the team that makes this possible.
Future projects:
World Youth Day 2013 in Brazil : We are already in talks with several YWAM Australia bases about outreach opportunities to Brazil throughout this time.
Kerygma Australia Gathering: We are hoping to fix a date in the next year where past and present Kerygma staff and students can get together to pray, reminisce and dream ahead.
2 week intensive YWAM Catholic World Equipping:
We are wanting to engage and equip YWAM Bases around Australia that are interested in learning more about the Catholic Church and how to serve the Catholic World as YWAMers.
Below is a report from Isaiah Oese, one of our Kerygma staff in Soroti (a city in the eastern part of the country) about a school we will be helping to run. Please pray for this pioneer project (it is the first Kerygma Network DTS in Africa) and see if God might be wanting you to help support it in some way. The needs mentioned below might not sound like much according to western standards, but they are huge challenges for the staff and students here.
We have worked in training up staff on this school, so that students and staff from both Catholic and non-Catholic backgrounds may take part. A show of Christian unity is such an important witness to the world around, especially in a land that suffered through war, as well as where Christians are often divided. The bishop of Soroti recently spoke with some of our YWAM staff and shared about how we, united, can reach out better to the needs of the youth.
The YWAM Soroti base started in 1989 as a result of rebel activities, and insurgency during which many people lost their lives. Many became homeless and without hope. To answer the cry of the suffering, YWAMers responded to the call to “GO “. Through the forest and ambushes in the warzone, to the camps they dared to go, offering relief aid and medication. This war greatly affected human life in all aspects of development, and effects are still being experienced. Herds of cattle, which the people use to depend on were completely lost during this period of insurgency. Following this mercy ministry along came the Discipleship Training School (DTS) in Soroti. Today we are running the 7th DTS here and what we are seeing in the lives of students the evidence of real life changes. Students go through deep healing and deliverance from their past experiences of living in such hard situations.
This year’s DTS has started, and the students come locally from Uganda from different churches. They undergo training which includes a 3 month lecture phase and a 3 month outreach. This year we have 4 men and 2 women students .
DTS Needs
Moses, a Catholic, comes from an area that has been affected by recent insurgences of the rebel Lord Resistance Army (LRA). The people of his area are hardly in position to raise support for their schooling since food, crops - everything - was lost during the war. At this time, Moses has, however, been able to raise $60 towards the fees of this DTS, leaving him remaining $140 to cover lecture phase, and he will need at list $20 more for outreach totaling to $160. The same applies to Mariam, an Anglican lady. The school is therefore in need of $320 for these students.
In addition we need paint and brushes for student rooms and classroom, construction of modern kitchen for the base that can use firewood as fuel, Christian books for the library, a vehicle and some basic equipment (ie sound system and musical instruments) for outreach
GOD BLESS
Isaiah
Note: Donations can be made either via bank transfer:
Soroti DTS fund via Antony T Elliott
A/c num: 01930378
Bank Code 30-92-02
Bank: Lloyds TSB, Christchurch, UK
IBAN: GB23LOYD30920201930378
BIC: LOYDGB21188
Or via your paypal account to: africanantony@yahoo.co.uk – with a note mentioning “Soroti DTS fund”.
If you are wishing make a specific donation towards one or more of the needs mentioned above, here is a break-down of just a few of the costs.
Painting of student rooms and class rooms
Item
Quantity
Budget (US $)
Paint (oil cream)
4 jericans (20ltr)
192
Brushes
20
Paraffin
20
total
232 USD
Construction of modern (fuel) firewood kitchen
Item
Quantity
Budget (US $)
Bricks
4500
270
Transport (Bricks)
3 trips
60
Sand (including transport)
3 trips
120
Paint 3 jericans
3 jericans (20 ltr)
144
Cement
25 Bags
300
Windows (metallic)
2 pcs
80
Doors (metallic)
2pcs
200
Iron sheet
15 pcs
300
Timber
30Pcs
120
Tiles
200 pcs
400
Nails
10 kgs
28
Stone dust (including transport)
1 trip
120
Aggregates (including transport)
1 trip
100
Total
2242 USD
Minibus (costa) 30 Seats
36000 USD
Grand Total
38474 USD
Please remember us in your prayers. Isaiah and Antony have started Kerygma here in Uganda. Isaiah is at the Soroti YWAM base, where they have just commenced their DTS. They have one Catholic student among their 7 DTS Students, though all are from Uganda.
Antony is with YWAM at Jinja, and is working alongside those who have been bringing the Alpha Course into both Kampala and Jinja. Last semester, we worked on a very successful Alpha for 40 students at the Kampala International University. Then we were challenged to run a Youth Alpha Camp in January in Christ the King parish, Kampala. This month, there is Alpha training in Jinja, where we have found a number of Catholics to join in this excellent programme
Antony took a team of bible teachers to Soroti, where we worked to train a group of 30 Catholic catechists that Isaiah had brought together. Thank God, the participants really enjoyed learning more about how to study the bible. And Isaiah was able to prepare his new house in time, so that our teams were the first people to stay the week we were there!
In January, it was a joy to run Jumpstart for the National Evangelisation Team (NET) in Soroti. We had two co-workers who had been through the program last year, and had great Jumpstart testimonies to share. One of them, Dennis was recently given his visa, so that he can take up training to be a priest in Seminary at Canberra, Australia!
Dear friends,
The last couple of months have been very encouraging, in terms of ‘ecumenism’ and ‘evangelization’.
Pune
In early December, we ran another weekend evangelistic camp for 30 Catholic girls from a school in Pune, who are studying in Year 10. This was run again in partnership with ICYM (the organization that links all the Catholic youth groups together) & went even better than last time. All of the team helped out at the last camp & so we were much more organized this time around. The participants had a really good time - many of them were touched deeply by God - and quite a few of them didn’t want to leave at the end of the weekend - always a good sign :-)
Lonavala
After a break of a few months, ecumenical meetings in Lonavala re-started with a big bang during the Christmas season. A bigger number of Christian leaders got involved this time & for the first time, organized a joint Christmas caroling program. A float with the nativity scene was put together and together with another float playing Christmas carols, moved around Lonavala, stopping at 18 locations over 2 days. At each location, local Christians & people from other religions, to hear a short Christmas message and celebrate with song & dance, while Christmas carols were played, joined us. We met in each other’s churches, but also in open public areas in a number of places. The numbers swelled and towards the end we must have had a crowd of 200 and it resembled a ‘street party’.
A huge success and although we can all think of ways to improve it ‘the next time around’, all the leaders & people were very encouraged at how this joint program went off. We had a meeting in Jan to evaluate it & there was a really positive feeling at the meeting. Over the last couple of months a number of leaders have been meeting to discuss & pray together. Now, we are looking at how we can invite more Christian leaders to join this group & how we can do things in each other’s churches, to impart this message of unity to our respective church members as well. Please do pray that this unity movement will grow & for God’s protection on it.
North India
Another encouragement was the outreach of our DTS from Slovakia. They are an ecumenical team with 6 Protestants & 4 Catholics and are in India for their whole outreach of 3 months (Dec.-Feb.), ministering with YWAM & with the Catholic Church in 3 locations in North India.
A YWAM leader who set up for the team, told me that they made a great impact on Catholics there, just by the fact that they were an ecumenical team, who lived & worked together for Jesus’ Kingdom in unity. This was the first time we had a ‘Kerygma’ outreach team visit YWAM in these locations; so it was a great advertisement for us & will probably help create greater understanding & openness to our vision & values.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Jan.18th-25th is celebrated by a number of churches as the ‘Week of Prayer for Christian Unity’. It brings opportunity to get Christians to reflect on Jesus’ call to unity & how we can more fully respond to His call. This year brought me a couple of opportunities to write as well as share with Catholics in the diocese of Pune, some reflections on the Catholic Church’s teaching on ‘ecumenism’. As I reflected on Vatican II’s ‘Decree on Ecumenism’ - a wonderful document, which set the direction for the Catholic Church in the area of ecumenism - it brought me fresh hope & encouragement. The document ends with this statement, “The Council moreover professes its awareness that human powers and capacities cannot achieve this holy objective-the reconciling of all Christians in the unity of the one and only Church of Christ. It is because of this that the Council rests all its hope on the prayer of Christ for the Church, on our Father’s love for us, and on the power of the Holy Spirit. “And hope does not disappoint, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.” (Rom.5:5)”
This year it also struck me for the first time that my birthday falls right in the middle of this week every year. Perhaps it’s another sign of my call to work for unity!
Catholics to the outreach at the Olympics in London this year
I have started the process of recruiting Catholics from India, to travel to London for the outreach at the Olympics this August. Please do pray for this and pass the word on. I have taken on the responsibility as the ‘India Co-coordinator’ for this outreach; so if anyone from India is interested, please ask them to contact me at: india@kteams.org .
In November, I had a visit from a priest in South India, who is interested in taking Catholic youth to the outreach at the Olympics in London. This is a great opportunity for Catholics to be involved in an international evangelistic event. Please do pray for all those whom God is calling to be a part of it - for vision, faith & boldness.
Blessings!
Cassius.
The team has had a amazing time on outreach in India! In a few days they arrive back in Slovakia, and over the past 3 months our team have been breaking down barriers & building God’s kingdom in these ways:
A rare Jesus proclamation march in a fundamentalist Hindu city
Youth festival & Christmas events with Bishop & priest heading up diocesan Youth work
Loving the forgotten- shaving & cutting hair of lepers, sitting with mentally handicapped, rocking babies to sleep, mentally, laughing & playing with children everywhere
Laying tiles for a new floor
Demolishing a house & rebuilding the foundation
Worship & warfare on a boat in a Hindu holy river
Planting a flower garden-the flowers will be sold to support a lepers home
Restoring people with God’s love through many physical healings & speaking prophetically into lives.
Well done to them all! Nicholas, Jano, Linda, Burke, Lizzy, Christopher, Katka, Alison, Michal, Misha, Baby Elishska, Shay, John & Maria
“Some of my colleagues said it was a big risk to let you come & advised me against it, but having your team here I saw for the first time that living together ecumenically is really possible. Thank you for coming, you have inspired us greatly!” -Fr A. head of diocesan youth work Father A further told Cassius he wants to pursue cooperation to run a KT Net DTS!!
God also opened up many opportunities we didn’t expect because we had two families on the outreach, Michal & Misha with their 6 month old, Elishka, and me with my wife Jo & our 3 teens, Ben, Sam & Emma! Seeing whole families in our team really helped bring down barriers cause it communicated that, unlike many westerners they see, we share their values for family & relationship.
Upcoming opportunites:
Our next KT Network DTS
9th September 2012-22nd March 2013 (staff training starts 2 weeks before) in Banska Bystrica
Prayer for property & new staff family:
* Our team is working towards buying & renovating a 5-acre property, our first base in Slovakia!
* Ivan & Stanka & their 2 girls will be joining our team this year. They are a Slovak Catholic family who found the Lord on our family camp and have just completed Crossroads DTS in YWAM Perth.
Kerygma Belgium
Here in Belgium we’re a team comprising of two couples, Wim and Amanda Duplessis and Jan Piet and Heddy de Visser.
Our Kerygma team is mostly a resource team. We teach and give training in different areas and groups. Wim has had the opportunity to speak often in all kind of groups and YWAM DTS’s.
Jan Piet has spoken several times on teenage camps. Recently we took along some young Ywamers and they also taught! It was a great experience for them.
Jan Piet and Heddy are also busy with work in North Africa.
There have been opportunities for Heddy to teach on YWAM bases on how to work with Catholics.
Here is a testimony from one the teenagers at a Catholic teenager camp where we took Frankwin , one of the YWAMers on our base in Brussels :
“On the camp where I was last December, we had several teachings, among which one by Frankwin. He talked about hearing Gods voice, a subject where many people have difficulties. I found it the most interesting teaching that helped me the most.
God told me several things that touched me deeply. Also I could talk with a girl about her insecurity, God was clearly there. I notice more often how God speaks to us and the teaching has helped me a lot in that.
After the teaching was over, I had the idea to pray for my friend with torn ankles. So I asked her and we sat down somewhere. After 2 minutes of praying, I asked her ‘Can you try it out?’. She stood up and said: ‘wow, it just left!’ God clearly showed what He wanted and that He can work through you. Later on, my friend had some pain again; I prayed again and was healed.” Thérèse Visser ‘t Hooft - 13
Please pray for open doors here in Belgium to give what we have received.
“Kerygma Network”
Dear friends,
I would like to let you, our readers know about an exciting new development in Kerygma Teams. As you can see from the masthead, we have now officially changed our name from “Kerygma Teams” to “Kerygma.” The change to the name is small, but the changes to our ministry are significant. “Kerygma” is now the name of our umbrella organisation over what has hitherto been referred to as “Kerygma Teams.” However, it also encompasses a new aspect of our ministry: the “Kerygma Network”. Allow me to explain.
Over the years we have had contact with quite a number of people who, although not “officially” part of KT, nevertheless strongly identify with our vision and values. Some of these people support KT through their prayer and finances, through opening doors of ministry for us, through housing KT participants, through partnering with us on various projects, and even through helping run some KT programs. Some of these folks belong to our parent organization, Youth With A Mission. Others might be former KT staff or participants. Still others work for their diocese or for some other Christian organization. What they have in common is a passion to see Catholic lay people trained and mobilized for effective Christian service, to see those who have never heard the Gospel reached with the Good News of Jesus, and to see Christians from all church backgrounds work together to build the Kingdom of God. These folks have been some of our most precious assets and we would now like to invite them. If you fit into one of these categories, we would like to invite you to become a part of this new network. What does this mean?
Members of the Kerygma Network are firstly - and most importantly - now “officially” part of our broader Kerygma family. You will be invited to attend all of our Kerygma gatherings and staff formation programs and will have access to our Kerygma resources and training materials. We will make every effort to be in contact with you. In some parts of the world you will actually be our Kerygma representative and will be our “eyes and ears” in that area. Kerygma Network members who have received the necessary training will be able to staff – and in some cases run – some of our Kerygma programs. And if a program you are running fits under Kerygma’s values and at least one part of our vision, we will advertise it for you on our website – even if it isn’t a Kerygma program per se.
Interested? Feel free to drop me an email at BDC@KTeams.org and I will tell you more about it.
In His Service,
Bruce Clewett
Report from India
Dear friends,
The last 2 months have brought great encouragement & what seems like an ‘explosion’ of ministry possibilities, after a long time of ‘plugging away’, seeking to be faithful to God’s call to build relationships of trust within the Catholic world and bridges of friendship & trust between YWAM & the Catholic ‘world’ in India. My wife described it like when you’re squeezing a plastic ketchup bottle and all you’re getting is air & suddenly you have a big ‘plop’ of ketchup squirting out!
There have been new openings in 3 places, but this month, I want to focus especially on Indore - a city in the northern state of ‘Madhya Pradesh’.
Indore
Mid-September brought some new open doors of ministry , with opportunities for KT to partner with YWAM in Indore (a city in the central Indian state of M.P. or Madhya Pradesh) to minister to Catholics there. 2 of our YWAM Indore leaders met with 2 Catholic pastors (priests) of the Indore diocese together with me and we had a great time of sharing about how each of us are involved in building God’s Kingdom. As I shared stories of how Christian from different churches are coming together in a spirit of unity in different places, it sparked a conversation about doing something in similar. There was talk of having an ecumenical games event in Indore, at the end of December, involving the different Christian communities in Indore.
The week after I returned, even more things started moving. Fr. Anand, who provides leadership for the Catholic youth of the diocese, took a few of his youth & visited a YWAM orphanage of more than 100 kids, who are children of Christians who have undergone tremendous persecution in Orissa & lost their homes. Fr. Anand & his youth, led the children in charismatic praise & worship; the Holy Spirit moved & the children were weeping. This amazed the YWAM staff of the orphanage, who had never witnessed a Catholic priest being used by the Holy Spirit in this way before. Am sure God has used this experience to build a new bridge in the hearts of all those invovled..
Fr. Anand also called me to invite me to conduct some ‘leadership training’ sessions for the animators of all the ‘youth groups’ of his diocese in early November. However, I was already booked to teach on our ‘School of Worship’ in Lonavala. So I suggested to Fr. Anand that our YWAM Indore guys could conduct the training instead, for which he was very open. The YWAM Indore guys in turn, suggested that it would be good that someone from KT work together with them, since this was the first time, they would be training Catholics & they didn’t want to inadvertently do anything that would cause offence. It ended up that Freddy & Monique travelled to Indore and conducted the sessions, with Sushil, a YWAM leader from Indore, helping translate the sessions into Hindi. It was so encouraging to see God bring this together & the openness on all sides to this new venture.
Other doors of opportunity have also opened up to write articles in the diocesan youth magazine and conduct a ‘Bible camp’ in May next year, for the youth of the diocese.
Next month our ‘Kerygma Network DTS’ from Slovakia will also be in Indore, from Dec.5th till around Christmas. They will be working with Fr. Anand for part of their outreach there & I look forward to this partnership, which God has opened up, deepening further.
Please do pray for this partnership for God’s Kingdom - that it will continue to grow & bear fruit
Pune
In Pune, the ICYM here had 2 wonderful events in October. The first, unfortunately, I was not able to be a part of, as I was travelling to Bangalore that day. But it was quite remarkable to see youth all over the railway station, with brooms, mops, scrubbers & all kinds of cleaning implements. They mobilised 300 Catholic youth to clean the Pune Railway Station. Such ‘Service Days’ have great ecumenical potential as well. I tried to get the word out among other churches, but am not sure if any participated. Would love to see this become an ecumenical venture, in future.
The second - the Christian Youth Games (CYG) - which was an ecumenical event, drew almost 1000 participants from a number of churches & of course, even more who cheered & supported them.
It was a great initiative - a first of it’s kind - and was a huge success.
I was able to contribute it, by running a ‘prayer stations’ area, to offer the opportunity for the youth, to use various activities, to engage with God. Had only about a dozen people come through on each of the 2 days, but it was worth it.
Lonavala
At the beginning of November I was invited to teach at the ‘School of Worship’ in Lonavala, where I got to share on topics, which I have explored a lot in ‘Kerygma Teams’: ‘The outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the last century through the Pentecostal-charismatic movement’; ‘Worship & Religion’; ‘Worship & Liturgy’; ‘Worship & Suffering’ & ‘Praising God for all things’.
I enjoyed sharing on this topic & got very positive feedback. A highlight were the times of application in worship at the end of each class.
Worship is a great way to build ecumenical understanding and I was able tohelp participants understand how to meet with God through both - charismatic as well as liturgical worship.
Catholics to the outreach at the Olympics in London next year
We have started the process of recruiting Catholics from India, to travel to London for the outreach at the Olympics next August. Please do pray for this and pass the word on. I have taken on the responsibility as the ‘India Co-ordinator’ for this outreach; so if anyone from India is interested, please ask them to contact me at: india@kteams.org .
Blessings!
Cassius.
KT Australia Report
WYD 2013 Rio:
Kerygma Australia will be taking an outreach geared towards YWAMers.
We are aiming for at least 100 participants.
Already we have 3 YWAM Australia bases keen to join in, but we would like some more.
The outreach will be 3 weeks long and will involve input on the Catholic World, Mercy Ministries and serving World Youth Day as volunteers.
For more information please do not hesitate to contact us at: wave@kteams.org
Olympics 2012:
2012 is drawing scarily close and we are also aiming for at least 50-100 Catholic Australian’s to join us for the Joshua Camp in London in August.
MA12:
We’re also preparing for our 2-week Mission Adventures programme here on base; this is the one project a year that the whole base pitches in for. With 4 days of preparation and staff training, 3 days of input and 7 days of outreach, it looks like we’ll get 2012 off to an energetic start.
2012 London, England, Olympics Evangelization
Kerygma Texas works within the framework and experience of Youth With a Mission. We have a 50-year history of urban and street ministry around the world. YWAM has led teams every year to major urban hubs of America like Houston and Chicago.
At the next Summer Olympics, London 2012, Kerygma has been asked to bring ministry teams. As Kerygma, this will be an ecumenical group of both Catholics and Protestants working together “proclaiming the Gospel.” Throughout the history of YWAM there have always been teams at the Olympics, but this will be the first time to have the brethren united there in a joint effort.
The 13-day outreach August 1-13, 2012, will give you the opportunity to share the love of Christ when the world comes to London for the Olympics.
Before and during outreach we will teach and demonstrate principles and perspectives to prepare you to be used by God to show His love to others and extend His kingdom on earth!
You will be able to deliver the message of His life and hope that brings healing to the nations. And the nations will be there all assembled in one location for us! You will share Christ’s love in various ways:
• child evangelization
• street evangelization
• prayer ministry
• drama
• music
• sharing testimonies
• church ministry
• practical help for the visitors, athletes and residents.
This will be a first time experience to many of you. We have found when we step out in faith like this God prepares “Divine Appointments,” specific people for us to connect with.
Whenever possible, teams work alongside an existing fellowship, usually referring new believers to that church. After the outreach, the team returns to our base for a time of sharing what God has done.
You may sign up now online for this outreach. Our first Regional Orientation and signup weekend will be in March at the YWAM Twin Oaks base in Lindale, TX. Exact dates and times to be announced. We will have special orientation training, worship, prayer, and fellowship among potential Olympic outreach teammates.
Save the date: August 1-13, 2012. Tell your friends, tell your church. International ministry opportunity at the Summer Olympics in London!
Who: YWAM Kerygma Texas
What: Summer Olympics Outreach
When: Aug 1-13, 2012
Where: London, England, United Kingdom
Why: Share the Love of Christ
How: Street ministry, drama and dance, friendship evangelizaton
If you are interested in going with us to the Olympics, please email us info@kerygmatexas.com or call 903-343-3567
Kerygma Texas gearing up for 10 day Urban Mission training and outreach
YWAM SST
Spring Break Outreach
March 8-18, 2012
5 Days Discipleship Training in Tyler
5 Days Urban Missions in Houston
Dance Ministry
Drama Ministry
Homeless Ministry
Serving in Houston
SST Spring Break is ten days of getting to know God that will change your life forever. In just five days, SST will kindle the flame you already have, and then send you off to Houston, TX to spread that fire. The SST program emphasizes heart transformation and character development, not the accumulation of knowledge. It’s a journey to discover the heart of God and learn His ways. In SST, knowing God personally and intimately is the bottom line. This intense, two week, spiritual “boot camp” is designed to lay a foundation in your life, which will equip you to make a dynamic difference in your world!
This March SST adventure is geared towards Catholic youth who are ready to go deeper for God. You’ll put your faith in action and get a taste of what it’s like to be a missionary.
http://kerygmatexas.com/SST-Spring-Break.php
see the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV-xfPTafRM&feature=channel_video_title
Belgium DTS
Discipleship Training School
A Discipleship Training School (DTS) is a practical Christian training of six months, focussed on missions. The first three months will consist of intensive lecture, followed by three months of outreach. The focus of the DTS is knowing God and making God known.
The DTS aims to give participants a deep discipleship challenge to follow Christ more closely, improving their relationship with God and identifying their unique gifts and callings. The DTS will sharpen the skills and understanding of evangelisation, missions and reaching out in all areas of society. Emphasis is not so much on knowledge gained as on principles applied; not on information but transformation; not on heads filled with facts but hearts filled with faith.
The DTS is designed to give a real experience of working with YWAM and is a doorway to effective future service for God. Tens of thousands of people have completed the course as a foundation of Christian practice for their lives.
What is it like?
A DTS is full-time. All the DTS participants live together for the whole six months. The DTS lives, cooks, eats and learns together. This allows good friendships and challenges everyone to work on our personalities. An excellent opportunity to practice a Jesus-like lifestyle!
The school will be full of worship, intercession, evangelisation, discussions, assignments and Bible study. Speakers (national and international) will come each week to encourage and teach, share their testimonies and challenge us to go deeper with God. You will meet with a small group weekly to process what you are learning and grow together.
With the city on the doorstep, every week there will be opportunity for evangelisation.
During the outreach phase, we will travel abroad to show and share God’s love in another part of the world. This will be a cultural experience, as well as a God-experience, where you will put all that you have learned into practice and see that ‘nothing is impossible for those who believe’ (Matthew 17:20). You will be preaching, share your life story, take on leadership and serve the local people. These are wonderful and crazy times; expect to be living outside of your comfort zone!
The destination(s) for the outreach will be confirmed during the first month of the DTS lecture phase.
Is it for me?
Worldwide, YWAM offers the DTS to a wide variety of ages and interests. It is for you if you have six months or more to offer, an interest in reaching the world for Jesus and desire for more of God. There is no academic criteria for the DTS. The DTS is about life change and growth. It is not restricted by age or church background. Youth With A Mission, the organization of which Kerygma Teams are part, is interdenominational and interconfessional and as such welcomes Christians from all traditions: Protestants, Pentecostals, as well as Catholics, Copts and folks from other historic churches. This DTS will be run in association with the Kerygma Network.
So, if you are imperfect, flawed, find it hard to pray, sometimes insecure, sinful, forget where you put your Bible, a bit grumpy or scared at times, then the DTS is for you! It is not for extra-ordinary people but for regular people of an extra-ordinary God.
Who is running it?
We are still forming the team, but the following people will definitely be in:
– Frankwin Colijn (DTS Leader)
26 years old, Dutch, singer/songwriter, married to Marieke <3, radical heart, gets excited about evangelisation and miracles, speaks Dutch, English, understands most French and is learning Chinese.
– Steve Philipp (DTS Leader)
too old, Luxembourgish, D.J., married to Helene, wants to globally ban Mondays, gets excited about festivals, speaks Luxembourgish, German, French, English and understands most Dutch.
Dates
Start: 15 January 2012
End: 25 June 2012
Applications close on 14th January!
Language
English as the main language with interpreting into French
Costs
– The registration fee is 35 Euro
– 2000 Euro for the lecture phase (this includes a 175 Euro non-refundable deposit before final acceptance)
– Outreach costs will range between 2000 and 3000 Euro, depending on the destination and will be clarified as early as possible.
How to apply?
You can start the process by sending an email to dts@ywambrussels.be requesting the application forms.
Do not hesitate to call or e-mail us with any question, big or small:
+32 2736 3363, dts@ywambrussels.be
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The 2012 Personal Prayer Diary and Daily Planner
The 2012 Personal Prayer Diary and Daily Planner is here! Join a 32-year legacy, a powerful prayer chain that extends around the globe!
Over 40,000 Christians worldwide use the Personal Prayer Diary and Daily Planner to organize their schedules, journal their prayer times and Bible reading, and systematically pray for the nations - all in one easy-to-use format.
Available in four popular colors:
Navy blue linen
Burgundy linen
Green linen
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YWAM PRICES:
1-29 prayer diaries: $5.00 each
30+ prayer diaries: $4.00 each
List Price: $16.99
Shipping costs are additional.
The Personal Prayer Diary and Daily Planner is a unique prayer and scheduling tool designed to help you live an intentional, integrated life connected to God’s kingdom. This multifaceted resource is far more than an effective organizer. For more than 30 years, believers have joined in God’s work in the world through vital intercession for the nations using this comprehensive resource.
The Personal Prayer Diary and Daily Planner is designed to assist you in integrating three vital areas of your daily life:
Intercessory prayer
Bible reading and meditation
Planning your daily, weekly, monthly, and annual schedules
The 2012 edition provides many opportunities for you to live and pray intentionally throughout the year.
Mini-library of relevant Christian teaching
Monthly articles exploring places of brokenness and redemption around the world
Daily thematic prayer guide
Bible meditation and memorization guide
Weekly guide to praying for the nations, including new country flags and statistics
Two-track Bible-reading program, including a checkoff system to read the Scriptures in your own order and at your own pace
Calendars for planning your day, week, month, and year
Personal notes and contacts pages
Reference helps
As you use the Personal Prayer Diary and Daily Planner, you will be encouraged and emboldened in the knowledge that you are one of thousands of Christians using this diary worldwide who are united in vital intercession.
The 2012 Personal Prayer Diary and Daily Planner unites thousands of Christians worldwide in vital prayer for nations in crisis, and they are great to use
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Kerygma Teams is a branch of the interconfessional lay - missionary organisation YWAM Youth With A Mission. Kerygma Teams supports Catholic parishes, renewal movements, and groups active in evangelisation, mercy ministries, and training in the Catholic Church. In addition, Kerygma Teams offers opportunities for Christians to become involved in short and long-term cross-cultural missions projects. Ke-ryg-ma, a Greek word meaning the proclamation of salvation through Christ.
