YWAM Gold Coast

February 2015 - August 2015 I was able to be a student on a School of Worship (SOW) at Youth With A Mission Gold Coast in Australia. It was an amazing privilege to be serving as a missionary through YWAM once again and to be in an amazing community of Missionaries.

SOW 2015
During the School we learned about God's heart for worship, about worship leading, musicianship, teamwork,  song writing, biblical foundations of worship, how the church has changed in it's expressions of worship, worship in missions and so much more. We served practically on the base and in the community and served through leading people into the presence of God. We all grew to love God more and learned to love each other as family. We wrote songs and grew in our gifts while working together and serving each others vision. We sought God for our community and local churches and fought for breakthrough in peoples lives and hearts. We also prayed and worshiped in cities as a way to honor God and believe in faith for revival.    
                                                                                                                                           
Worshiping over Queenstown, NZ
On our School of Worship Outreach we served both in Australia and in Queenstown New Zealand. We worked with ywam bases and local churches to support them and encourage them in what they were doing. It was amazing to see how we could bless the body of Christ and challenge her towards greater intimacy with God. I loved the opportunities we had to share what God had done in our lives and also share from our experiences as ywam staff.



Personally, I grew so much in worship leading and in finding value in my gifts. I never believed I would be able to lead worship or write songs for a community. God has helped me find confidence and express my heart in both. Also, God has been so faithful!! At the beginning of the year this was just a desire God put on my heart. I didn't have the finances and I didn't know what to expect. God provided for the school, and I have been so blessed by serving there. I think we can be so afraid to take chances because we know there will be discomfort. However discomfort can force us to make choices and work hard for what we desire. In the end the chance can lead to amazing experiences that change your life and people who grow your heart. God is good.

Worship in DC, USA
I also returned to the Gold Coast February 2016 to help facilitate the next School of Worship. We went to the USA for our outreach, and spent the 8 weeks traveling from state to state doing worship ministry and partnering with churches and communities across the country


Here is a link if you would like to listen or download the songs we recorded as a SOW. I hope you enjoy them!!

SOW 2015 CD

Videos from our Recording Sessions: 


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

a lovely little update :)

Pieces of Mozambique

Airlie Beach