- Biomass Boiler - Preparing for a new challenge - YWAM Life - It's been a busy summer with lots of events happening at YWAM Harpenden including a new Mission Adventuresprogram for teenagers and a Family Encounter week, strengthening families in their relationships. We had a chance to take a camping holiday in Norfolk and have also been enjoying our continuing pastoral roles. We hope you enjoy reading this quick update. Biomass Boiler This summer saw the completion of the first stage of the Site Development project the biomass boiler. This is not just an environmentally friendly way for our campus to heat the ageing buildings, but because of Government incentives we can now save 2/3 on our overall heating bills annually. Chris has been very involved at different levels in the project. The next stage will see the completion of a purpose built residential conference centre before we start on the redevelopment of a building called The Factory which will become the main meeting space and offices on our campus. The project will ultimately take many years but will see our campus develop as a hub for missionary and ministry training. A New Challenge On 9th April 2018 we will lead the Crossroads Discipleship Training School here in Harpenden. This 21 week course is about discipleship and missionary training for people over the age of 30. We are currently working on promotional materials, inviting guest speakers and most importantly praying for all those who will come and join this life changing course. It's a new challenge for us. Although we have worked with the DTS before this will be the first time we will have overall responsibility for the course. Please pray with us as we step out out of our boxes into this new role. MORE TO COME ON THIS SOON... YWAM Life Conferences, Workshops and Gatherings are very much a part of our every day lives in YWAM. Three mornings a week in Harpenden we come together for an hour for a time of worship and intercession. We appreciate that these time of corporately seeking God and his heart are foundational. We also heard in one of these times from Loren Cunningham the founder of YWAM about what God is laying on his heart for ending Bible poverty and the future of YWAM. In addition to these times in Harpenden we have also had precious times with Christian workers who form the organisation 'Firelighters', and with YWAM England and Wales, and the Western European Discipleship Training School leaders and staff in Biarritz, France. The general theme coming out of all of these gatherings was our need as Christians to live our lives as a witness of love and integrity before the world, which comes from a greater personal and corporate revelation of God's character and nature. Chris will join with other YWAM DTS staff in Germany in a weeks time to learn more about the practicalities of running the DTS in the DTS staff workshop. Our Family
Phoebe and Jethro have made a great start to the new school year and are both loving their new teachers. Phoebe really enjoys reading and swimming and Jethro is exploring his creative side with lego and drawing lots. We are also being creative and working on lots of projects to raise funds for our kitchen renovation and general needs. Chris has been busy in the workshop making candle holders and recycled pallet crates and picture frames and I'm getting more into cultivating house plants to sell. We loved seeing people appreciate our hard work at our recent Apple Festival in Harpenden where we sold our wares. About 1000 people came to the event which included a hog roast, rides, stalls and an art exhibition. |
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