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  • Defining My New Role in YWAM

    Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 14:53 in ywam

    It’s been an interesting transition for us as we’ve made out move to Calgary. Not only have we been settling into our new home, but we have also been working on defining our new role as we continue our work with YWAM. Working on a YWAM base back ...

  • YWAM News Site - a Prototype

    Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 10:08 in ywam

    One of the things that the YWAM International Chairman’s Team is working on is to improve the communication inside and outside YWAM. It is a part of the mandate to “heal the nevous system” of YWAM. After a disussion I had with some ...

  • The Tribe of YWAM

    Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 14:38 in ywam

    I was watching this video of Seth Godin speaking about Tribes, and how they are and can be used to influence the world and create movements. It thought that it was a great talk, and a fantastic thing for us to think about for YWAM and how YWAM is, an...

  • YWAM DTS Blog Carnival

    Posted on Friday May 15th, 2009 at 14:32 in ywam

    My Youth With A Mission - Discipleship Training School (YWAM DTS) was an amazing experience for me, and many of the stories live on and continue to have huge impacts on my life. Everyone who has done a YWAM Discipleship Training School has walked awa...

  • YWAM Video Podcast - We Started in 2003

    Posted on Saturday March 7th, 2009 at 11:19 in ywam

    As we are selling or packing up everything we own I found some of our original video podcasts that we did way back in 2003. I was disappointed that I was unable to find the pilot episode, which Brad Davies and I produced in an afternoon, but here is ...

  • YWAM - Can it be the "Third Place"?

    Posted on Monday March 2nd, 2009 at 15:20 in ywam

    Wikipedia defines the Third Place as: A term used … to refer to social surroundings separate from the two usual social environments of home and the workplace. (source) The “first place” is defined as your home, the “second pl...

  • Become a Missionary - The YWAM Way

    Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 at 08:55 in ywam

    There are literally dozens, if not hundreds, of different ways that you could become a Christian Missionary. Rather than looking today at how you can be a missionary in your home town or work I’ll look at how you can become a cross-cultural Chr...

  • We Are Moving to Canada

    Posted on Saturday December 20th, 2008 at 00:36 in Personal, ywam

    After serving in YWAM here in Townsville for most of the last 10-years we are now moving our family to Canada to continue ministering there with YWAM. In Canada we will be working primarily with the Youth With A Mission International Chairman’s...

  • Backstage Idol at YWAM - Reef to Outback

    Posted on Tuesday October 14th, 2008 at 22:14 in ywam

    We’ve watched this one over and over again and can’t stop laughing … Find more videos like this on YWAM - Australia Reef to Outback Some of the guys do a fantastic job with the song, others, well, what do you reckon? Tags: ywam...

  • Backstage Idol at YWAM - Reef to Outback

    Posted on Tuesday October 14th, 2008 at 19:06 in ywam

    We've watched this one over and over again and can't stop laughing ... Find more videos like this on YWAM - Australia Reef to OutbackSome of the guys do a fantastic job with the song, others, well, what do you reckon?Tags: ywam ...

  • Children at Risk Video - Lost in the Crowd

    Posted on Tuesday April 8th, 2008 at 21:27 in ywam

    If this doesn't move you to desire change in our world, then I really don't know what will...God has been highlighting more and more issues of injustice like what is presented in the video to YWAM. We have an outreach team in Thailand right now worki...

  • Raising $2200 for a New Laptop

    Posted on Wednesday February 27th, 2008 at 19:33 in ywam

    After my last laptop died in November last year I have been borrowing a 5-year old laptop from work. I've come to the point now where I am needing to purchase a new laptop.I'm probably looking at a Dell 14" laptop worth about $2200. I like the Dell V...

  • YWAM Shuts Down for ... The Super Bowl!

    Posted on Sunday February 3rd, 2008 at 20:15 in ywam

    This morning work is at a standstill in some ministry areas of Reef to Outback so that some of the staff can watch the Super Bowl.I guess this is one of the things that we have to deal with given that Reef to Outback is a YWAM base staffed mostly by ...

  • Townsville Citizen of the Year - Video

    Posted on Wednesday January 30th, 2008 at 19:55 in ywam

    I already wrote the story about Ken Mulligan receiving the Townsville City Council's Citizen of the Year.Well, here's the video of it, plus a fantastic endorsement for Reef to Outback from Tony Mooney, Townsville's mayor.Technorati Tags: ken mulligan...

  • The Kids Perform at our YWAM Christmas Party

    Posted on Thursday December 27th, 2007 at 01:24 in ywam

    The Reef to Outback kid's performed at our YWAM Christmas Party that we had on Christmas Day. That's Caleb front and centre in the blue shirt and you can see Jessica on the left side of the video every once in a while in her little Christmas dress...

  • My Family Cracks Me Up

    Posted on Wednesday December 26th, 2007 at 17:01 in christmas, ywam

    My family decided to send us a Christmas Song and video this year. They are in Calgary, Canada and I since they put it on YouTube thought that I would share it with everyone...The people in the video are my Mom, Dad, sisters Jenny and Shannon and my ...

  • Are Outreach Fees more Spiritual than a Computer?

    Posted on Monday December 24th, 2007 at 07:46 in raising money, ywam

    Ever since my computer died about a month ago I have been thinking a lot about how people perceive the "spiritual value" in what we do and the tools we use.It seems that in YWAM people are always trying to raise money for airfares or outreach fees (w...