YWAM Love Feasts, Bristol Interview, New York Cafe, South Sudan Refuge and Building Works

This week we will get an update from YWAM Panama about their buildings that were badly damaged by a falling tree, hear a little bit about the history and importance of Love Feasts in YWAM's history, where God is continuing to lead the mission with them, and when Tom Bloomer will chat live us and answer our questions about Love Feasts. We also have an interview with the leader of YWAM Bristol about the opportunities their to outreach to the skater community, check out a new coffee shop being opened by YWAM York, get an update about the work YWAM South Sudan is doing with the refugees from that continuing conflict, and more ...

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YWAM Love Feasts

This month Tom Bloomer, who has been with Youth With a Mission since 1974 and is currently the International Provost of the University of the Nations, wrote a letter for the YWAM Voices online publication about YWAM Love Feasts. The article starts ...

In 1971 at YWAM Lausanne, there were a couple of serious accidents on Sunday afternoons. When Loren and Darlene Cunningham sought the Lord as to the reason, they understood Him to be saying He would restore His protection when there was a new commitment to His holiness, especially concerning Sabbath observance.

Love Feasts were part of God's plan for YWAM to restore the Sabbath, which included:

* No work on Sunday

* No sports of hard play

* The Sabbath was to be a day of quiet, rest, walks in the forest, and concentration on the Lord

* To prepare for the Sabbath, YWAM had a love feast on Saturday evenings.

Tom goes on to explore how the love feasts worked and what influences led to them being adopted in Youth With A Mission. He also explains how the love feasts also led to YWAM Lausanne learning to better worship God.

Tome has some challenging input for Youth With A Mission and the need for a return to these traditions, and a re-embracing of the love feast and the Sabbath.

You can read Tom's full letter on the ywam.org web-site.

Live Streaming Session with Tom Bloomer

On April 8 we will be following up with Tom about his letter and love feasts with a live Google Hangout event...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw6Pgz5fei0

Tom Bloomer will be joining us on Tuesday, April 8, to share more about Love Feasts, and to answer live questions from the Google+ chat.

Head over the Google Hangout event page to find out what time it will be in your time zone, and to register to attend.

You will also be able to watch the live streaming video at ywampodcast.net/live.

YWAM Bristol Skater Evangelist Needed

This week I caught up with Kyle Henderson-Begg about the new YWAM ministry in Bristol, UK ...

They are actively looking for a someone with a heart for skaters to come and serve with them over the summer.

Find out more about their ministry, and contact them at www.ywambristol.org, or visit their Facebook page.

YWAM York Cafe Opens

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