From her travels in China, Central America and the US, Brooke Luby has created a collage of poetry called "All Things Are Becoming New." This work reflects her hopeful perspective and creative wordsmithing. Profits from the books' sales will go back into supporting Brooke with her m
Join us this summer for our first ever School of Screenwriting. We will teach you how to write gripping plots and unforgettable characters, as well as introduce you to the unique requirements of film genres such as thrillers, comedy, docudrama, and writing for TV and the internet. We will al
Aloha...Pacific Islanders and friends!
We would like to extend an open invitation to young Pacific Islanders and others who have desire to reach out to islanders by coming and attending our first Islanders DTS!Come,be part of the great family of God by sharing the gospel..you can change the na
Our team stands on a busy sidewalk in downtown Atalanta. Our hands and mouths are bound and we have cardboard signs depicting the bondage that countless people are submerged in....
DRUGS
ABUSE
RACISM
SUICIDE
DEPRESSION
POVERTY
My sign reads PROSTITUTION. Men won'
Helma and Bram DeBlouw work together as
relationship and marriage coaches. They are
originally from the Netherlands and have
been married for more than thirty years.
The DeBlouws have raised three children
and have two grandchildren. Helma and
Bram received training in the Netherlands
a
The last five weeks have just blown away all pre-conceived ideas I used to have. God's done some pretty revolutionary things in the way I acted, thought, and felt before. Little did I know that I would share my testimony to hundreds of people on television in San Salvador! Little did I know that
The cells of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua are dark and dusty. Our team of three filed into the concrete hallway connecting the cells, and began to pray for God to speak to the men and women´s hearts.
The history of the area could be described as religious, though we visited churches thrivi
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 plant
The YWAM Woodcrest DTS team is currently in San Jose Costa Rica on the first half of a unique outreach opportunity in Central America. This week they will be assisting the local YWAM missionaries in video production and other assistance for their "Children a
Bubbles rose as high as they could in the small fenced in courtyard. Kids shouted joyfully as they jumped up and tried to catch them. I picked up a little girl, about two years old, with big brown eyes and curly dark hair. Her face looked empty and sad. I tried to get her to smile, bu
Here are some of the videos from Youth With A Mission DTS graduates. Hear their exciting stories of transformation and purpose as they take their missions journeys.
God had something excellent set up for the Resonate Team and Bautista Colegia, a first through twelfth grade Baptist school in San Salvador. We played concerts and ministered to different grade levels each day during the week. A group of older students were with us daily to help with tra
Since we returned from our outreach traveling across China in March, team Resonate has been working on making a documentary. It has been quite the process of prayer, re-writing the script, sorting though fourteen hours of footage, and r
YWAM Resonate Arts & Media Here at Woodcrest we have been having graphics and design workshops. Joel & Jeff have been taking us in depth into photoshop and other programs that help us design graphic art. Each workshop is intense and very insightful in deta
Books with a Personal Message
Written by becca
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."
The East Texas Rescue Mission is clean, organized, and freshly painted. There is a certain feel of peace and acceptance of the human souls who drift in and out regularly, instead of an atmosphere of pity and depression that is usually associated with homelessness. On a long term basis, the mission houses 75 men, and serves 175 meals a day to the homeless who look to this place as their survival. Here is a quick video of Team Resonate at the small 9-month-old mission. We made a hot meal of stew and fruit for the men.
Though only open a short time, this mission is dedicated to maintaining a church-like feel, have a long-term program for some of the men that is also focused on discipleship. Here is a link to the website: etrescuemission.org
Write For Film!
Written by brooke
We are counting down until the School of Screenwriting begins. Experienced teachers will inspire creativity as they share their passion for writing scripts that come to life on the screen. You'll put your thinking caps on and create your own original project, receiving valubale feedback from teachers and peers.
You don't have to be M. Night Shyamalan to write screenplays. Our students come from all different levels of experience. The common thread that ties us together: a desire to learn to harness our imaginations to create real scripts that will shine with messages of redemption, reflecting the beauty and love of God.
Our workshops will be broken up into two weeks.
Here is the schedule so far: July 6-10- Foundations of Story Writing- Featuring Janice Rogers, Author and teacher.
July 13-17- Characters, Plot and Script Format- Featuring Kevin Miller, screenwriter of recent documentary, "Expelled."
We hope that you will come and join us for this exciting new endeavor. Please contact us for more information. You can also join our Facebook group and recieve updates and connect with others attending.
"There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay." -Richard Attenborough
Stories are Life
Written by Kaitlin
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 Rogers and Monika Allen taught the Writing sessions, Kris Storey taught Design, and Jeff Rogers 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.