Looking to the future... and the past

I've mentioned before that the training schools I work with - like the Leadership Development Course (LDC) or the Principles in Child and Youth Ministry Course (PCYM) are accredited with the University of the Nations, an international Christian University founded towards the end of the 1970s. As the U of N movesfurther into its fourth decade, a group of us have been meeting in Switzerland this week for a "think tank" time of considering new developments and possible new degree tracks for the future. It's also been a stimulating time of hearing from the Lord and praying into different areas that He drew our attention to during the week.

Meanwhile, the U of N's parent organisation, Youth with a Mission, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and we're looking back with thankfulness on half a century of God's faithfulness to us in our mission endeavours around the world. If you're not familiar with YWAM, you might find it interesting to read the article in this month's Charisma magazine (see here for the online version.) Although written by a journalist rather than by a YWAMer, it gives quite a good overview of things that we've been involved in over the past five decades (or three decades, in my case.)