A YWAM (Youth With A Mission) missions communication ministry in Lindale, Texas, USA; with an arts & digital media focused Discipleship Training School called Global Access DTS, the School of Writing and Christian missionary training workshops on Screen Writing, Web Design, Internet missions, digital film making, Songwriting and other creative media., Screenwriting movie scriptwriters for film, television, independent motion pictures - youth with a mission - ywam, Announcing July Islands DTS (Discipleship Training School) with missions outreach trip to South Pacific Islands from Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Woodcrest in Lindale, Texas, USA. http://www.ywamresonate.com 2010-09-09T09:15:29+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2010-08-27T21:04:24+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=346&Itemid=137 Good news! Starting September 14th there will be a weekly ImagiNations Media Center events for your family's teenagers and kids. Positive responses from families that attended the skills camps this summer encouraged us to expand ImagiNations. So your youth will get to learn and do more--making videos (http://www.goingfar.org/hannah/), websites (http://goingfar.org/WithGod/), comics and 3D animations (http://www.goingfar.org/faraway/). Each Tuesday the young people will spend time learning new creative media skills and collaborating on projects with video, digital photography, writing, web and more. To join, please be sure to come for our starting day, Tuesday, Sept 14th. The weekly ImagiNations events will run through the school year (breaking for holidays).Dates: Sep 14 /2010 - Mar 8 /2011 Each TuesdayTime: 4:30 - 6:00 Cost: $360 for the yearFamily discount: $240/year per sibling) (monthly payments available on a per-need basis)Email (http://www.ywamwoodcrest.com/index.php?option=com_contact task=view contact_id=1 Itemid=30), or call if you have any questions: 903-882-9663To see the mini film that the teens at ImagiNations made with Legos and stop-motion animation click below. text/html 2010-08-03T17:11:44+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=343&Itemid=13 Helping reach others with God's love isn't complicated, but it isn't easy either. Giving our best is a costly expression of love: You can offer heartfelt prayers. It takes effort and time--but it is an instant and powerful help for each person you pray for. Please pray for more workers and more resources for YWAM and other missions that are reaching the nations. You can give a donation. Money is much more than paper when it is given in love and devotion to God. None can go if they aren't sent--so send someone into the mission field with any provision God guides you to give. You can give online here (http://www.ywamwoodcrest.com/index.php?option=com_contact task=view contact_id=1 Itemid=30) or send a tax-deductible donation by mailing a check to "YWAM" at PO Box 1380; Lindale, TX; USA. You can go. This is actually the answer for Jesus' own prayer request for more "workers into the harvest field." Contact us (http://www.ywamwoodcrest.com/index.php?option=com_contact task=view contact_id=1 Itemid=30)right away to join one of the upcoming missions journeys or to volunteer locally. The cost is real--but the rewards of missions are eternal. Thanks for helping YWAM reach out and express God's love throughout the world! text/html 2010-07-28T11:46:14+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=341&Itemid=13 text/html 2010-06-22T16:35:12+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=339&Itemid=13 The vision of YWAM Resonate is to reveal God's love: Through ink on a page Through images on screens
 Through lives of devotion Resonate uses the media and arts to convey God's love and hope for: Disabled People in Eastern Europe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVsWLMRMAdw feature=youtube_gdata) Children at Risk in Central America (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QObCgjrvGlQ) Unengaged Peoples of Central Asia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_wP_KaQCQg) Orphans of Prostitutes in India (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZEWD8ZqeY0) During the last decade, YWAM Resonate has produced more than thirty websites, dozens of video productions and played an important role in writing projects like Why Not Women?, The Book That Transforms Nations, and many others. In web, print, sound and visual media God's word resonates to the nations. Each YWAM Resonate outreach is about multiplication: websites (http://ywamgtn.com/) that empower missions movements, books (http://www.ywampublishing.com/p-1069-the-book-that-transforms-nationsbrthe-power-of-the-bible-to-change-any-country.aspx) that embolden believers, video productions (http://vimeo.com/12488713) that preserve lives and acts of unmistakable compassion (http://vimeo.com/12491616). Too often missions is reduced to weak words or token gestures. But for ten years, Resonate teams have relied on God's grace to journey throughout the world. Prayer and careful obedience have allowed us the privilege of revealing God's love in more than 20 nations. Each word and deed is a catalyst for transformation. To join in our efforts, come staff the Resonate DTS that begins September 23rd. We're recruiting 30 youth for teams to reach Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. Resource staff and skilled communicators are needed to take God's word to His world. Please contact us and see how you can fit at YWAM Resonate. text/html 2010-06-19T13:04:48+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=338&Itemid=13 Here at our campus we have set aside accommodation for retreat time for study, prayer and creative projects. There are cottages for small families or groups of two or three people. And we also offer guest rooms for individuals. We believe that our guests from the Christian creative community will produce works that will bless the whole world! So please contact us: 903-882-9663 to speak with hospitality. Or email: WoodcrestHospitality@gmail.com text/html 2010-05-28T21:16:19+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=333&Itemid=13 In October Tim from S. Korea is leading a small production team from here in Texas to the recovering nation of Haiti. Haiti's current crisis highlights a larger global need for clean water. With access to healthy water we can alleviate much of the world's extreme poverty, contagious disease and infant mortality. To focus attention and rally action toward the global needs for clean water access, Tim is working with a team to shoot an independent film called The Pursuit of Water. With one in five people not having healthy water--this issue is a matter of survival for many throughout the world. Tim's team needs our help. The most pressing help needed includes: A French or Creole translator Camera Workers Financial support Prayer support To help with The Pursuit of Water, please contact us (http://pursuitofwater.org/contact) right away or give online (http://pursuitofwater.org/youcandosomething/give) here. text/html 2010-05-22T20:25:15+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=331&Itemid=13 The other week we took a group of eight girls from the red light district to a water park. That morning, our contact went to pick them up, there was a police raid. Girls scattered, some were caught and beaten, thrown in inhumane prisons. The newspaper headlines boasted of underaged girls being rescued, but we knew it wasn’t a rescue for those who were over 18. Even if they had been sold into the chains of the brothel at a young age, if they were an adult, it was their fault, and they would be punished. Those eight girls had wide smiles, despite their narrow escape and their bone deep tiredness after working all night. Days were usually meant for sleeping. That day, it was fun in the sun and water. We rushed down the water slide, racing, piling on mats to go faster. We splashed and knocked each other off of tubes, allowed laughter to be our common language. There was no separation between us- we were women, allowed to be girls for an afternoon, smiling, waking up, enjoying the feeling of water on our skin in a land so hot and dusty. I watched the girls, brown eyes sparkling, childhood returning, and I knew we were the same. The joy and innocence of the day was broken beginning with the knowing stares of a few men. I saw those looks and it turned my stomach. A fierce feeling that I needed to protect them came over me and I glared at them with a look at authority. They turned away, temporarily. Next came a ego-filled jock collage guy who felt like it was his civic duty to inform us tourists just who the girls we were hanging out with were. Read more at: BrookeGale.com (http://brookegale.com/?p=651) text/html 2010-03-29T11:18:36+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=322&Itemid=13 See three days of the Beginning Digital Video Production workshop on the web stream archive at the link below. text/html 2010-02-18T15:24:24+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=321&Itemid=13 We returned from Estonia revived from time shared with key leaders in Baltic missions. Pioneers of the former YWAM Estonia met with young missionaries to impart faith and seek God for their nation. Together, they listened and developed ideas to reach this upcoming generation of Estonians. Many projects are now in the works and YWAM Estonia should be established soon. Our team is currently developing a website to make the dream behind all these plans visible to others. Last week, we visited the Latvian YWAM base at Valdemarpils to connect with a new team and share the Bread Project. We shared stories from the streets and offered this vision to become their own. Other recent undertakings include a video for a Latvian Christian musician, whose song has already had air play; a video to communicate the message of Wings For Wheels, a local ministry to the disabled of Latvia; and a small group from our team branching out to Belarus to promote the Bread Project among native believers. The Bread Project is growing in Riga and new participants are being added daily. Bold Latvians meet to seek out neighbors they may bless with bread and words of encouragement, and those more timid are discovering fresh passion and empowerment to spread Christ’s love. We are meeting new friends on the street, many of whom express sincere gratitude to receive loaves and uplifting conversation. Several receiving the bread continue to share their abundance with others, and there is a great sense of unity among those with material need and those without. [Photo of DTS on the Baltic Sea: writewithlight.me] text/html 2010-02-16T06:44:45+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=320&Itemid=13 See the surprising responses from one group's afternoon of joining in the Baltic Bread Project. In Riga, Latvia we've been giving bread as a sign of God's love for everyone to enjoy and share. As the rich and poor alike receive the note and realize why they are being offered this gift, there are a lot of different reactions. Some are filled with joy. Some never get it--thinking it's just about charity. Others have wept in repentance. Then there are many who receive it with a desire to give it away to others in need. As we give the bread, lives are changing and hearts opening to receive and share His love. text/html 2010-02-04T03:02:44+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=319&Itemid=13 text/html 2010-02-03T09:21:10+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=318&Itemid=13 Latvians and others from the Baltics gathered over a snowy weekend to celebrate five years as a missions community. YWAM Resonate was there with an encouraging message we have felt on our hearts from God. Well, some of us were a little skeptical how well it would be received. We did not want our actions to be interpreted as paternalistic. The final evening came. We unloaded several boxes of bread purchased from a local bakery with money donated to the Bread Project. YWAM volunteers from around the world helped to set the bread on the stage. We explained the message to the people in the sanctuary.- 'We received this bread from God, and we give it to you as a symbol of his love. It is not something we earned, but which we freely received. We encourage you to take, receive, and give to others.' We invited everyone to come forward and receive bread. They did. One woman was specifically looking for people from other countries. She broke off a piece of bread and gave it to YoungMi, one of our team members from South Korea. She said to YoungMi, 'This is a blessing from Latvia. God gave me this bread, and I want to give it to you and your country.' The people received freely from this movement of provision from God. We spoke with many people interested to go out and minister God's love with the blessing of the Bread Project. We will follow up with them in the remaining weeks to minister with bread, completely trusting God to multiply this love in amazing ways to people in Latvia and beyond. Thank you for your prayers as the people we meet in Latvia are encouraged to receive and give of the deep, deep love of God. text/html 2010-01-20T08:55:52+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=317&Itemid=13 Our media arts team just departed from a wonderful stay in Hungary, where we joined with YWAM Budapest to make God’s love known through communication, evangelism, and food distribution. Compiling interviews and footage of the city‘s beauty, a video is in the works to help draw and encourage support for the local YWAM team. We received the opportunity to use music and dance to share God in the metro station, both to crowds and individuals. We were also blessed to participate with YWAM Budapest’s regular Sandwich Run to feed the homeless. Although it was a new experience for some, we followed the call of God to the streets of Hungary to stand in the cold with the poor and offer food, as well as talk, relate, and pray with them. As a result, not only did we meet needs of the people, but we, ourselves, were deeply touched by connecting with them as Jesus would have us do. In leaving Budapest, we carried a fresh sense that we had reached the heart of Jesus as we cared for these broken and forgotten ones, and that this message of love will last in the region. In past days, we’ve had the privilege to return for ministry in Bratislava, Slovakia. We were offered such various opportunities, we had to separate into groups to meet requests. text/html 2010-01-12T08:42:47+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=314&Itemid=13 We began our DTS outreach to Eastern Europe by a brief visit to Bratislava, Slovakia. There, we spent the day enjoying the architecture of the city's colorful buildings, monuments, and castle, as well as the culinary art of the rich food. As we uncovered the ideas and gifts of this culture, we found the creativity these people are capable of. It does not seem so much we are here because of what we offer, as to discover the talent and beauty God has given to this brilliant nation. We will return to Slovakia in one week to begin outreach. There is so much to anticipate, because it is clear we will only be backing the strengths that are already there. In Hungary, we will be joining YWAM Budapest for outreach and communication projects. Their base has established an existing food ministry, so we will be blessing them with our funds and efforts as they help us in organized bread distribution. As a media arts team, we will be shooting footage and conducting interviews for a special video project to provide a voice for the Hungarian group. We hope that through our endeavors will come long lasting results for YWAM Budapest, but also in our own lives as we share this vision with fellow believers. text/html 2009-12-08T10:59:02+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=313&Itemid=13 In April, a team from YWAM Resonate is trekking to India, to connect with the orphans and street kids. In India alone, there are over 25 million orphans. The needs of this country are staggering, yet many kids are being rescued from abuse and extreme poverty. We hope to capture some of these stories of redemption, and share them with the world. We are partnering with Streams of Mercy (http://streamsofmercy.org), an organization working to meet the needs of impoverished and abandoned children all over the world. Streams of Mercy connects with several orphanages in India, mobilizing teams to serve, and finances and resources to keep the orphanages running. Many of the children there have been rescued off the streets, or their parents have died of aids. Each story of each precious child is filled with tragedy in yesterday, but hope for tomorrow. There is opportunity to join this trip for Discipleship Training School (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=14 Itemid=3) and School of Writing (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=118 Itemid=54) graduates. We will go team of writers and photographers, people who have a passion to serve wherever we can. Please contact us (index.php?option=com_contact task=view contact_id=1 Itemid=30) if you are interested. The trip is going to be for about a month, and involve traveling around the country to several different orphanges. The cost and details for the trip will be annouced soon. text/html 2009-11-16T19:25:48+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=311&Itemid=13 text/html 2009-11-05T21:10:21+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=310&Itemid=13 Youth With A Mission's University of the Nations (U of N) made history in Nigeria last weekend when it graduated its first student within the country. Previously, Nigerian students graduated from the U of N in various other countries around the world, but for the first time on Saturday, October 3rd 2009, Nigerian student Patience Ashe Anyaku [YWAM Resonate Staff] graduated with an Associate of Arts Degree from the College of Communications in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. David Hamilton, Provost of the University of the Nations, officiated the ceremony, and Loren Cunningham, Founder of YWAM, handed Patience her diploma. text/html 2009-10-20T15:29:14+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=301&Itemid=13 Do you love to write? In January, our Click here (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=119 Itemid=55) to apply text/html 2009-10-07T22:42:41+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=298&Itemid=13 This video about YWAM Resonate was graciously produced by Ywam Tyler's video team. See shots of Brooke, Felix and Jeff describing some of the latest missions communication projects that Youth With A Mission Resonate missionaries have been producing, including books, webcasts and 3D animations. text/html 2009-10-07T22:36:51+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=297&Itemid=13 At the Video Production Workshop this week the Resonate Arts & Media DTS has been learning to create their own videos. Elizabeth, a staff member from Papua New Guinea, made her video with music and a scripture reading. The music is an indigenous worship song from her tribe in PNG. text/html 2009-09-25T22:29:36+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=294&Itemid=13 […skip to 59:17 on the clip above to see the start of the concert.] text/html 2009-09-04T20:04:22+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=285&Itemid=13 43 events around the globe celebrating God's faithfulness and blessings to YWAM as a ministry in the past, present and future! Go to www.YWAM50.com (http://www.YWAM50.com) for more information about the YWAM 50th Celebration nearest you. text/html 2009-09-04T19:55:34+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=284&Itemid=13 www.call2all.org (http://www.call2all.org)). text/html 2009-07-14T11:26:26+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=282&Itemid=13 See the great new article on Kevin Miller, Screenwriter, and one of the teachers of the 2009 Screenwriting Workshops: http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20090711/RELIGION/907100359 (http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20090711/RELIGION/907100359) text/html 2009-06-23T11:10:47+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=281&Itemid=13 While on outreach to Talamanca, Costa Rica, discipleship training school (dts) student Jennifer H. of Houston, Texas, noticed poor educational resources for children. She watched young children play with pornographic magazines for lack of story books. As she and her fellow dts students rode crowded buses, she asked God what she could do to help with this issue. A young boy with mournful, brown eyes caught her attention, and she was impressed with the idea he should be holding a book. From these times of prayer and with diligent work, Jennifer and a team of six from her hometown church return to Talamanca this week with 140 copies of the bilingual book It Rains A Lot Where I Live or Llueve Mucho Donde Vivo. The children's book tells story of Talamanca's 2008 rainy season which destroyed many people's homes and farms, leaving them in refugee housing. The story follows one child after the loss of his family's home and banana farm. It introduces him to one of the YWAM volunteers helping in the reconstruction. Jennifer states, My heart is for the children to realize the love of God for them...That it's real. And [for] that message to be communicate[d] and passed on to the parents. text/html 2009-05-28T15:28:13+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=275&Itemid=13 Stories. They are important. They're the stuff of life! They bring adventure into the everyday. All forms of communication use the concept of story to share their message. Whether its writing, design, video, internet, or audio, communication has a message for all types of audiences. During the Communications Lab, held in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin, student and staff members from different YWAM bases and campuses gathered to learn how to apply story to different media forms and to learn how to use these forms more effectively. There were several teachers and topics; Janice R. and Monika Allen taught the Writing sessions, Kris Storey taught Design, and Jeff taught video, audio, and web content. There were four main points that were reinforced during the week. The first, Know your Target Audience. The second, Know the felt needs of the audience. Third, What format of media? And finally, What is the point of view of the piece? These four principles are what make up the beginning stages of a story and are the most important to keep in mind in any communications piece. text/html 2009-05-01T11:19:46+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=273&Itemid=13 Discover More at www.UofNworkshop.com (http://www.UofNworkshop.com) text/html 2009-03-11T14:16:03+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=254&Itemid=13 text/html 2009-03-09T23:09:12+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=253&Itemid=13 text/html 2009-03-09T22:32:45+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=252&Itemid=13 text/html 2009-03-02T14:57:33+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=250&Itemid=13 Chicago- Business as usual. If any of the important business men or the wealthy professional women decided to look up from the ground or their finance portfolio, they might actually see the reality of brokenness and uncertainty that haunts the streets of Chicago. So many people from around the globe have flocked to the city and congregate in neighborhoods that have become tiny versions of their own countries. Taking with them their clothing, language, culture, and religion, they cling to the only thing they know in this city. If one doesn't learn English quickly or find a decent job, it's easy to fall through the cracks and become homeless. It's easy to vanish in a crowded city like Chicago. Everyday, 750 people of different nationalities move in. Drugs easily become the only thing that keeps you alive, and you see it everywhere in the streets. Teens and adults alike are homeless, scrounging for fixes and barely hanging onto their sanity. text/html 2009-03-02T14:27:48+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=248&Itemid=13 Colombia, South Carolina Several loud and well-fed children race around the playground, running after basketballs and footballs. A small group of parents and residents of this homeless shelter has gathered outside the kitchen area, listening attentively to a Papua New Guinea-style concert. Its a balmy, comfortable night in Colombia, South Carolina, and the only thing you notice is the smiles on everyone's faces. They tell us over and over, Most teams just come and make us dinner and then leave. But you, you really love us, don't you? You're different. What a privilege it was to be able to minister to these men, women, and children, who were so thirsty to hear our stories! Justin Murray and Rebekah Dornberger both shared a few words about themselves. A few Amen s were heard throughout the time, and then prayer was offered. All hands went up, and all the students prayed and talked and ministered to everyone who was there. The Holy Spirit led a few to talk individually with some people, and a woman ended up rededicating her life to the Lord that night! text/html 2009-03-02T14:40:08+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=249&Itemid=13 Our team experienced the real heart of reconciliation while we stayed with the Native Americans in Virginia. The Chief of the Upper Mattaponi tribe led us around the area, and we served the various Indian communities by raking leaves, painted the only remaining Indian schoolhouse in Virginia, and prayed over the land and the history. Even doing all these things, reconciliation was not felt as strongly as when we toured the city of Richmond. Monuments, museums, and memoirs were the strongest speakers of the injustice and the sorrow that African-Americans, American Indians, and the other minorities experienced at the hand of the Europeans and the Christians. Our hearts broke and we repented of the sins of our nation's past. Washington DC also reinforced the importance of reconciliation and freedom of bondage. We stood on steps near the great Capitol Building and held our signs of bondage, praying for the people of this nation. We moved onto Pittsburgh and its nearby townships. A methodist church, who has been striving to return to the basics of the early church in Acts, invited us to come and share with them. A few of us told our stories and God really moved, bringing healing and new relationship. Ohio was a much needed rest for us. We shared at a college group about our communications work, and spent the rest of the weekend resting. Soon, chicago would bring us a greater adventure than we had imagined! text/html 2009-02-17T11:43:20+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=246&Itemid=13 text/html 2009-02-17T12:12:54+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=247&Itemid=13 text/html 2009-02-09T21:50:54+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=241&Itemid=13 A homeless man shakes his head, talking to himself and taking a bite of pancake. He smells of alcohol and old urine. "Maybe I will wake up in the morning," he says outloud. It was looking up for him; the nights have been warmer and the food more plentiful. This man, and thousands of others like him, walk the streets of Atlanta, Georgia. Our outreach team met many homeless people like and worse off than this man, and God has truly blessed us through these incredible encounters. We've fed, talked to, hugged, and prayed with dozens of such as these. They all say the same thing. "Thank you so much. Keep obeying God and doing these things. You don't know what impact you have." What encouraging words, coming from the broken and needy! Most of the time, these people tell us that they've been Christians before, yet have backslidden, or they know of God, but don't know Him personally. They don't just have physical and emotional hunger, they have a deep, aching, anguishing hunger to know God. To know that they are not forgotten. To know that they are valuable and special. It means the world to them to know that there are people out there who care about what happens to them. text/html 2009-02-11T14:51:12+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=245&Itemid=13 Sunday morning my team drove to a rough part of Atlanta. When I say rough, I mean nearly 70% of the people who live in this neighbourhood have been in and out of jail. Plus it has the largest murder rate in Georgia. We met at a homeless shelter smack dab in the middle of it to feed people breakfast and invite them to church. Me and two other girls went with a regular volunteer to an abandoned bridge where a colony of people live. We served them pancakes and tried to treat them like the people they are and not be awkward or condescending or intimidated. It's a beautiful day. I remarked to one lady, because it was. Of course it's a beautiful day, she retorted. I woke up this morning! This was the second time in the past few days a homeless person had said this to me. When breakfast was over, we got into the car to go back to the shelter, and the volunteer decided it would be a good time to argue theology in attempt to educate us ywamers, prove his point and save the church. I was floored. text/html 2009-01-30T12:08:03+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=239&Itemid=13 Our YWAM DTS team is getting set to depart on a one month misson across the US. Prayer and dramatic current events have inspired this "Mission To America." We have prepared arts and media productions to call our nation to value the lives of African Americans, Latins, Natives and all the peoples of the United States. Human trafficking, broken treaties, suicide and convenience abortions are all symptoms of a country in desperate need of restoration. As a team of blacks, whites, natives and latins we know the need for reconciliation between our peoples. We believe reconciliation will be inspired as we learn and live the love of God for each one of us, our families and our peoples. During the journey we will be doing service projects, music, multi-media and cultural arts presentations as we cross the US. The first stop will be in Atlanta, Georgia. text/html 2008-12-18T02:14:25+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=238&Itemid=13 Hey friends, You have become my target audience, and what I hope you take away from this wee letter is a brief update on my random life. The plot is closely associated with how I made it through writing school. I don't know how to place the theme except for possibly that I finished without cheating. The premise being: I did make it through the course . text/html 2008-11-24T22:29:37+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=228&Itemid=13 From Bryan: I have been here in Costa Rica for Three weeks now. During my first week here We were given a video project for The Children At Risk School here. I went to shoot footage in an area most Americans would call the Ghetto , but there God showed me that kids there were still happy even though they lived in poverty. Later I went to a daycare that was needing more workers to care for the kids, as my teammates began to play with the children there was water coming down on dry soil that has not seen rain in a long time. The one thing that broke me was that... text/html 2008-11-25T13:21:55+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=229&Itemid=13 In this world with seven continents, over 200 countries and 6 billion people--God brought us to Calle De La Amargura, or in English, "Bitter Street." This artsy street is crowded with university students, full of the world, and empty of life. Bar after bar dot the spaces on Bitter Street near the campus university. Our mission: to use arts and media as witnessing tools (in their language) and to show love to these people. Nathan from PNG, Jeff and several "ticos," or Costa Ricans, played music and talked with people. One of the local YWAM missionaries, Daniel, even used fire stick juggling as a way to meet people to share with. After some time there we walked and prayed further down the street. Members of the San Jose JUCUM (YWAM) base told us about their desire to start a cafe right here in Bitter Street. This cafe would bring light and life to this searching neighborhood. This was incredible news--our team has had experience in starting coffee shop ministries. In San Salvador, YWAM Woodcrest partnered with local YWAMers and a church in Ohio to build a coffee shop/community center ministry, now in full operation for more than a year. As a team we have been praying to God for long-term projects that partner with Latin America. Right here, God is providing that opportunity! text/html 2008-12-04T15:11:17+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=232&Itemid=13 Flying to Guatemala on my way down to meet up with the DTS “North” team in El Salvador, I picked up an English language newspaper produced in Mexico. I was unprepared for the numerous and extremely violent drug related crimes that were reported… murders by the thousands, even dismemberment and decapitation. One particular story caught my eye because it happened recently in the Guatemalan border region that I would soon be travelling…2 gangs faced off in the night, fighting over drug trafficking turf that the now defunct Colombian cartels no longer control. The fighting spilled into a nearby street where several innocent bystanders were shot. One of the gang members was found hiding in the bushes with 2 gunshot wounds… text/html 2008-12-01T20:06:10+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=231&Itemid=13 DTS South team: We are happy in Talamonca. Spent today doing interviews with people homeless cause of the flooding. Trying to capture the need and raise awareness and money for the ministry happening here... also helping to tear down the house that got overrun by the river flooding... Its hot and muddy here, but we have great place to stay, awesome people here, and its fun cooking our own food! ...pray for guidence... much love- the panama team DTS North team: We did Bible distribution today--really cool. We prayed with people and gave the Word out. It was good. We'll do the same tomorrow and then leave at 2 AM for El Salvador--to work with an orphanage and do youth evangelism. DTS East team: We'll be doing a service tomorrow night and Wed with Youth and the Thur. night with Pastor Bowies church. We are trying to communicate more with the Moravian Churches so we can get in on their work and just to be there to encourage them. We will also be going about 2hrs south of here to a community that is still effected by the last Hurricane. We will be praying over at that church and with some people there. And on the side we will be visiting the Hospitals and there is an orphanage here and also a prison ministry. text/html 2008-12-14T12:19:09+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=233&Itemid=13 Earlier this week our YWAM outreach team worked two days on the construction site of a new church building up in the mountains... far from the bustling streets of San Salvador.Wielding picks, shovels and machetes until our blistered hands bled (and then some), we hacked away at the earth and plants to form a literal pathway to the house of God and cleared and leveled a hillside that will become the Pastor Jose Luis' humble home. He and the few church goers who are still motivated to help with the construction (apparently some people like singing songs and listening to a good sermon more than getting their hands dirty... sound familiar?) have been working hard in the hot Central American sun for months to get the land cleared and the tin roof and two of the four walls in place.They lost their previous church building after an evangelistic event where the pastor and church members (gasp!!) PLAYED SOCCER with the youth of the village.Their former denomination kicked them out... text/html 2008-11-23T15:39:14+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=227&Itemid=13 An army marched, arms linked together, voices raised in accord. They marched across towns and cities, asking God to bring change, to give them His heart for the needs of the communities. They marched across lands and continents. Whole people groups that had been forgotten were remembered. Hearts were broken and tears fell as God spoke where to go and what to do. The whole world was covered within an hour, and a sense of destiny and fulfillment hung thick in the air. This is what I saw, as I photographed missionaries walking over the giant prayer map at this year's YWAM DNA conference held near San Jose, Costa Rica. It was a week of re-igniting a passion for missions. People from all over Latin America and beyond came together to text/html 2008-11-18T17:57:36+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=224&Itemid=13 download here (http://www.ywamwoodcrest.com/call2all/CALL2ALL_NTSC.mp4). text/html 2008-11-13T03:04:47+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=218&Itemid=13 Here are the Cocoonphotos.com (http://Cocoonphotos.com) text/html 2008-11-12T16:45:07+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=217&Itemid=13 Photo by Jennifer Written by Kati Four flights and one meal of papoosas later, and the Global Access DTS arrived safely in San Jose, Costa Rica. On our first day, we traversed the downtown area and explored different locations for a possible place to communicate and connect with the people. We rested a bit in an extensive courtyard that was literally overflowing with people and pigeons. It's a wide and open space, perfect for a drama or an improvised skit. Some of the team has been preparing a hip-hop dance, and this would be a perfect place to showcase what they've worked on. We literally could present the gospel to many hundreds of people without speaking a single word! How exciting! text/html 2008-11-06T15:42:09+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=13 S2F Youth Rallies are being held monthly in the Tyler/Lindale area. The heart of it is to bring Ministries, Churches and the Youth together! Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us! - Neh. 4:20 (NKJV) As a ministry we have been involved with many local ministries including going to the local schools, having prayer walks, going to skateboard parks, serving at soup kitchens, visiting the elderly in the homes and encouraging others to join in on events such as Overtime Lindale and Sparks 2 Flames Youth Rallies.We want to invite you to Rally with us as we encourage one another to reach the lost! text/html 2008-10-07T23:38:47+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=13 text/html 2008-09-30T00:36:52+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=166&Itemid=13 We're hosting another Music Recording Workshop with the Resonate Arts and Media team and the Global Access DTS. Bring a Mac computer to join in the recording or just show up to watch, listen and learn. We'll begin at 8:30 AM on Saturday the 25th of October. We'll be learning the basic elements of recording quality music with Apple computers, a digital sound board and YOUR voice or instrument. Past workshops have yielded some fun little singles by local artists. Even some total beginners have come to past Music Recording Workshops and discovered the joy of capturing music. The workshop will go from 8:30 AM till lunchtime. There is a $30 requested donation. But if you don't have the money, please feel welcome. We would love to help you voice your songs and melodies for God. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NI3wDQezkVM text/html 2008-09-29T23:39:55+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=165&Itemid=13 Come by Tuesday at 3:30 - 5:30 for a beginners Web communication workshop! Ever wanted to get started blogging, podcasting or simply adding content to a website you have? Bring your laptop and get started. It's easier than you think. We'll spend two afternoons at YWAM Woodcrest with the Global Access DTS and any visitors doing basic web content--posting photos, making links and uploading articles. Guests are welcome! There is a $20 donation requested. But if you need help with that, please feel welcome no matter what! See you there (index.php?option=com_wrapper Itemid=73)! text/html 2008-09-30T17:59:07+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=180&Itemid=13 This week Fijian YWAM leader Emele Falahola shares knowledge and deep insight on how to draw closer to God. Descendant of cannibals (and quite the joker), Emele's discerning spirit and teaching aptitude pours into the students lives. The joy Emele has in hear heart because of her relationship with God makes me want to really spend time with God and be real with him, quotes student Rebecca H. The DTS is off to a great start with Emele, and much much more is to come. text/html 2008-09-30T17:53:41+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=171&Itemid=13 Here we sit in a technically busy room. Computers and laptops are all around as many youth are engaged in a technological battle of wills.They're learning to use and overcome the challenges of entering into the world of internet publishing. text/html 2008-09-24T13:31:15+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=164&Itemid=13 See you at the Pole is all about prayer. It's about youth coming together and laying aside all the labels and groups for one day, to simply connect with God in prayer and connect with fellow Christians in unity around the flag pole-whether jocks, preps, geeks, Methodists, Baptists, Catholics, sophomores, or seniors. Here at YWAM Woodcrest, we were able to join together with the Local High school and pray to God for hearts to be changed in the area. From faculty, students, the city and for our nation, we were able to connect with God's children in this day of prayer around their school flag pole. See you at the pole is a great place to connect with God, connect with other believers, and connect with your campus in the name of Christ. www.syatp.com text/html 2008-09-15T08:43:30+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=163&Itemid=13 The Discipleship Training School (DTS) at our campus begins in just over a week. A diverse team from the Pacific, Europe, US and Canada will be making their way here to Texas by September 23rd. Our Global Access DTS (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=14 Itemid=3) is a unique missions experience that features a focus on arts and media. Among this year's Global Access DTS participants are people experienced in photography, web design, music, arts, writing, digital video and public speaking. Everyone from beginners to professionals are welcome as we begin an exciting time of growth and outreach. If you want to come, but haven't signed up, please apply (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=20 Itemid=24) right away. text/html 2008-08-29T18:21:21+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=160&Itemid=13 YWAM certainly has a call to make an impact on the world by bringing the love of Jesus in practical ways to people in every corner of the globe. But what about doing something right here in Lindale for the youth of the East Texas region? I woke up in the middle of the night when I was in Switzerland a few months back and had a vivid memory going through my mind. When I was in Junior High and High School, I used to go to the 5th Quarter events that were held after Friday night football home games. I remembered a few of those key events as a pivotal time in my youth when God got ahold of me and some of my friends. 5th Quarter was an excellent idea on the part of local youth group and church leaders, but it never seemed to really take off like I'd imagined. I think that is about to change... I don't pretend to have all the keys, but after a decade of putting on concerts with my band, leading church youth groups and YWAM youth ministries and doing design and communications work in different locations around the world... I think I have some experience that will serve me well. So I 'd like to call on you to get involved yourself in a series of events after home games during the High School football season this fall that is called OVERTIME. Some examples of OVERTIME events I'd like to see: Local band competitions and other concerts with national and international headlining musical acts; indie movie nights where the youth produce short films and show them to their friends; artistic, comedic and theatrical events by Christian performers; open mic nights where local youth can get up and do their stuff... Just to name a few. Of course the sky is the limit and your suggestions and participation is welcome and essential. text/html 2008-08-11T12:21:22+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=157&Itemid=13 Here at Woodcrest, we are gearing up for the discipleship training school (DTS) and the School of Writing. It is an exciting preparation time of praying and planning. We are looking forward to meeting each student who is coming at the end of September. There are still openings for those of you who have not applied but know this is your next step, whether it is the DTS or the School of Writing. All interests and skill level are welcomed. There is a communications focus with this DTS- journalism, digital film, music, and web design. Join us in using your passion and creativity to glorify God. The world is waiting. text/html 2008-08-04T13:15:50+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&Itemid=13 We live in a fast moving world. Words and images are constantly being flashed before our eyes. In today’s society, it’s possible for everyone to have their own TV channel, (youtube) their own personal news report, their own opinions and creativity thrown out there for the whole world to see. This is a time where you can talk “face to face” with someone on the other side of the world in seconds, where you no longer need to leave your living room for thousands to see your talent. What are we doing with the resources of our age? Everyone seems to have a message: buy my products, listen to my music, believe my idea, and somehow your life will be better. As Christians, we have the greatest message of all: how will we tell the world? Here at YWAM Woodcrest, we believe that God is a creative God and that He gave us passion to create along side of Him. In that past, that may have been limited to the written word, watercolors and woodcarvings, but now, the possibilities are endless. Arts and Media speak in a language that goes beneath the skin and straight to the soul. Video, music and words, all flow together to speak of hope and love and life. We have the resources to speak to the hearts of the world. Let’s learn how to best use those resources, begin to flow creatively in our gifting and talents- and reach the world for Christ. We still have openings for our Communication Discipleship Training School in September, as well as our School of Writing. Apply today, or call and talk to one of us about this opportunity to be trained in what you love to do, and change the world! Becca works on the Journey- the Silk Road of China (http://silkroadofchina.com/) documentary script in Beijing. text/html 2008-07-24T11:31:31+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=153&Itemid=13 When I was thirteen, I heard my grandfather T.C. Cunningham preach a message saying, Are you ready to say 'Yes God, I will go wherever you want me to go and do whatever you want me to do'? That night I stood with tears in my eyes - ignoring for once what my friends might be thinking. I chose to lay down my plans and dreams that night... unaware that the true dreams of my heart were just starting to be accomplished.I gave this same message last night to a group of young people who had come to our concert overlooking the city of San Salvador. While I was sharing, I asked a boy I'd met before the concert to come forward. With the same timidity I had myself at 11 years of age, the boy came and stood on stage before the crowd. What do you want to be when you grow up? I asked through our translator. Missionario he smiled.God had touched his heart and the hearts of many others that night in a very special way. I'm sure he will remember for years to come... as I still do so many years after making my own decision to accept God's call. text/html 2008-07-18T17:40:03+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=151&Itemid=13 text/html 2008-07-15T00:09:51+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=13 The truth is, soccer is number one sport here in El Salvador (where the YWAM Resonate team is at) as well as most Latin Countries. But how you use soccer to share Gods word? Well one church found a way. Soccer is a game that almost every kid wants to be good at, and with that there should be a lot of practice involved and tournaments to play in, where can they find a tournament? On the courts! On the basketball courts of one community there is hope! No rims, broken back boards, no basketball, but the court is open for use! And despite the raining season here in El Salvador, the game goes on! And the ones who holds tournaments there, is a local church. Every year they have tournaments. Their own Youth Church League, against other youth there in the community. Most of these youth that play don't know the Gospel, so what better way to share with them then to with a devotion before every game in the tournament. My friend Becca and I both got to share Gods truth with stories and illustrations. We shared about how God loves them, and that it wouldn't be as easy as they think it is. With illustrations of Soldiers of War, so are we as soldiers of Christ, fighting everyday. And of course how do we keep in shape? Physically it would be to discipline our bodies and our minds, and so it is with our spirits and our hearts. We also shared the Father heart of God, and how he disciplines those He loves. We were truly blessed to be there for a tournament in the rain. There were 4 games and the church league dominated. As soldiers of Christ, and children of God, He makes us successful in all walks of life. text/html 2008-07-09T23:50:33+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=148&Itemid=13 Ricky's face could probably tell his life's story better than he could tell it with words... Alcoholism, living on the streets, weeks - perhaps months without a shower, violence... He looked about 60 years old, but I'm pretty sure he wasn't more than 40 something. He was full of gratitude for the invitation our team brought: free warm meal, clothes and blankets in front of the mission . He was even more grateful for an ear that would listen... a soul to pray with... and a shoulder to cry on. Ricky had quit drinking, but wasn't back on his feet yet. His family wanted nothing to do with him and the only bed he had was the sidewalk where we met - Skid Row. I don't know how his life is different since we met, but I could sense that God was working in him as we spoke, and as my team mate Becca and I prayed for him by the food line. One night like that felt like such a drop in the bucket... So I continue to pray that his life will be changed and that God will bring solutions for the big picture.Thanks to those who helped us make this recent trip to California and in doing so, helped many people like Ricky... text/html 2008-06-19T12:14:45+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=147&Itemid=13 Are you deciding what you will do after your time at Teen Challenge? Has God blessed your life and brought hope for the future? Have you thought about going to other people to share the hope of Jesus? You are invited to a discipleship training school (DTS) at YWAM Woodcrest- Global Access. A three month lecture phase includes guest speakers and different topics of the character of God and prepares you for outreaches. This Global Access DTS has a media focus in digital film, audio, web design, and web content, and you are welcome here no matter what your skill level in these areas is. After the lecture phase comes the outreach for about two months where you will put into action all you've learned about Jesus Christ as you tell people about His love. There are a lot of missions organizations available for you to join. Pray for the best for your life, and God will lead you to the right place. It could be with us here at YWAM Woodcrest. Click here to apply (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=20 Itemid=24) . text/html 2008-06-12T13:37:11+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=144&Itemid=13 Last week Team Resonate traveled to a memorial site just west of Tyler,Texas to pray for reconciliation between the native Americans and Americans of European descent. Resonate team member Chas, who is Navajo and has a huge love for her people, was present for the time of prayer at the site. It was a beautiful, sunny day, and we called out to God for forgiveness for what the Texas army's men did when they slaughtered hundreds of innocent native Americans. It is just one incident of thousands in which white men killed their native American brother, but it is a beginning for restoration and love toward one another. We burned cedar, which is a native American practice during times of prayer, and welcomed the comforting presence of God. text/html 2008-06-10T17:54:44+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=143&Itemid=13 YWAM Resonate had our 2nd night of the Music Recording Workshop tonight. During the session Joel Looney laid down some tracks of his acoustic songs as the participants watched and took turns capturing his instrumentation and singing onto disc. The two workshop sessions spilled into extra spontaneous recording and mixing time throughout the weekend while Joel visited the campus. You can hear the results in a song titled "What Scientists Call Love" on YWAMwoodcrest.com (http://YWAMwoodcrest.com) text/html 2008-05-28T13:55:47+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=138&Itemid=13 Thousands of miles away, deep in the jungles of South America, there are tribes hidden from the outside world. Their cultural practices have long been preserved, untouched by those seeking to change them. But should every tribal practice be preserved? One of the most heart-wrenching is the practice of infanticide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanticide). In certain tribes in the Amazon, when a baby is born with a deformity or illness the mother is expected to bury it alive. The up and coming documentary, “Hakani (http://www.hakani.org) ,” exposes this tradition and tells the stories of those who miraculously survived it. I believe this film is going to be key in raising awareness of this issue of injustice, and rallying people to speak up for these indigenous children. Every child, no matter what their sex, ethnicity, or deformity, should have a chance to live. Please support this documentary and tell everyone you know to do the same. Check it out at www.hakani.org text/html 2008-05-21T17:55:12+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=136&Itemid=13 There was a Youth Rally in Tyler, TX on Friday the 16th. It was held at Westwood Baptist Church and organized by Dai Sup Han. There were a number of Ministries there, including, Youth With A Mission, Teen Mania, Arts With A Mission, and various churches with their youth groups. There were also awards given to 2 principles by the Tyler City Mayor. They were awarded for their hearts to help their students in their public schools. Leaders at the rally told about 3 weeks earlier when a revival began at a middle school before class. There was also a touching story from one of the students and her own mom. The daughter said God had changed her from being a real troublemaker in her family since she met Jesus. Her mom was also there, telling about how different her daughter was now. And she explained how they had reconciled. There were also many performances of arts, music, and dance; along with testimonies of how God transforms, in school and out of school. Overall, it was great to see the ministries come together, and as Dai Sup encourages, "We just don't want this rally to be this night only, but in the future also." text/html 2008-05-21T13:36:44+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=135&Itemid=13 I grew up in a small town in New England, were the churches are so few, when you see someone with a Christian bumper sticker; you nearly swerve off the road, screaming, “I am not alone in the world!” Moving to the Bible belt four years ago was a little bit of a culture shock. Here, you can drive ten miles and pass ten churches. They even have road signs to warn you a church is coming! text/html 2008-05-15T11:39:49+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=133&Itemid=13 Things are gearing up well here in east Texas. After praying about it, we’ve decided on Resonate- Arts and Media for the title of the activity present and future at this YWAM Woodcrest base. Are you interested in digital film, audio, web design, writing or other forms of creative media? Is God asking you to step out into life with a community totally focused on what God is doing in the world? You should contact us. text/html 2008-02-19T17:29:24+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=117&Itemid=13 CocoonPhotos.com (http://www.cocoonphotos.com) ) text/html 2008-02-13T23:41:22+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=13 text/html 2008-01-22T15:52:23+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=114&Itemid=13 In Antigua the team of YWAM missionaries did some language learning and prepared for the planting of the Coffee Shop community center (which they've begun already in El Salvador). Our team has provided this video to recount how the week in Guatemala went. text/html 2008-01-14T02:08:58+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=109&Itemid=13 As 2007 wound down 3,500 people gathered in Anaheim, California (Los Angeles) for NextGen 2007. "In the past I'd hoped that my VJing would inspire people in an artistic or emotional sense. But this time in LA demonstrated to me that VJing can move people to take action" said J. NextGen is a youth summit about fighting poverty, embracing orphans and stopping human trafficking. Seventeen nationalities were represented there at the stadium in Anaheim. The artists and keynote speakers encouraged NextGen participants to make a difference through practical ways: raising funds, raising awareness and finding creative ways to help people in these painful situations. text/html 2007-11-09T14:35:27+01:00 http://www.ywamresonate.com http://www.ywamresonate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102&Itemid=13 The team in Latin America made it down to El Salvador this week. Dennis called in and told of a smooth ride down by bus. The group is getting oriented to the setting there in the capitol. Tomorrow they will be setting up the wireless internet for the coffee shop community center too. Here is a video from Nathan from the earlier preparation trip to El Salvador.