Inspiring stories from around Central Europe
Youth With A Mission Central EuropeBe a part of this story!
Come along or just be inspired! Either way, at Youth With A Mission Central Europe we love sharing our stories with you and the world. There is always something exciting happening at our different locations and in our communities. Read about our amazing DTSes or outreaches to students, children at risk or trafficking victims. You can also read great teaching articles that have come out of years of hands on ministry and experience. We love passing on all that God is doing in our midst…Come check it out!
Area Circle Team/Core Circle
YWAM Central Europe is one of the 6 Areas of Europe. We are made up of 16 countries (2 of which currently have no YWAM presence – Moldova and Montenegro), just over 30 locations, and about 200 staff. I wanted to take this opportunity to share some of what has been...
Breathing LIFE in the Spheres – Partnership, “that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”
Since 2018, we have been partnering with a local non-governmental and non- religious organization, Big Heart For Kids, whose focus is serving foster and adoptive families. While hosting a DTS team from Kiev, we were searching for an opportunity to serve in an...
Breathing LIFE in the Spheres – 10 Ways the People of YWAM Have Blessed Our Lives and Ministries
We, as Christians, hold to the belief that the Bible is the ultimate standard of truth. Living our lives fully planted in God’s Word is not an option, but a command. Obeying those precepts with a joyful heart is a choice. Yet, actually seeing the Scriptures come to...
20+ years of Gods provision & faithfulness
In this blogpost we focus on one of our many staff serving the communities in Central Europe. We love to share their stories and their life challenges. Today we go to Bulgaria and focus on the work among Roma children and families in Dimitrovgrad. Nikky Mindova, a...
Breathing LIFE in the Spheres – Living Intentionally For Eternity
For the next several months we will be focusing on the 7 Spheres of Society, leading up to our Central European Prayer Morning on June 4th. Ad de Bruin will be kicking off the blog series. First, let's hear from Timos with a 1 minute word about the Prayer...
We believe in young people and the power of trust.
Leadership is all about creating room and opportunities for people to flourish. The power of leadership is to trust and believe in other people. That is one of the core values of leadership, to empower others to become the best version of what God has...
Hospitality
Hospitality. What goes through your mind when you hear this word? Does it bring warm feelings and good memories, or do you brush it aside thinking it is not for you? When I first joined YWAM, around 42 years ago, our only foundation stones were to know God and...
DTS for a time like this!
A Step of faith! From Canada to Albania for DTS Hello, my name is Keziah Loewen. I am 18 years old and I am from Canada. Coming to do DTS with YWAM Durres, Albania was a step of faith. Leaving my family was scary and difficult. A part of me didn’t know if I was going...
THE EASTER STORY
This is a special edition Easter blog. You can use it to have some fun Easter activities (and if you want with your children😁) over Easter - either in April or for the Orthodox one that happens in May. I hope you (and/or your kids!) enjoy this as much as I did putting...
Being an encouragement to families in a difficult time
Last summer we were able to organize a family camp again and it was probably our most interesting camp we’ve ever organized but God gave us an open door to run it. At the beginning of the year, we had everything planned out, the camp location, lots of staff etc. but...
People of faith, Toni Jankov
“You will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.” Acts 22:15 Sharing our testimonies of people of faith is one of the most important things we can do. Our testimony is consistently changing because God is always working. The purpose of sharing...
Discipleship Making Movements (DMM)
What is DMM? Many people might have heard the term DMM (Discipleship Making Movements). Some of you perhaps more and some less. I will start by giving you some introduction to it! DMM is a movement that stresses the discipleship of believers in smaller groups....
Ministry in Mission – Prayer day March 19th, 2021
"Forget all that— it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness, I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19 Dear YWAM CE...