Overdale House Fundraising
Our building, which serves as the heart of our operations and home to our missionaries, is in urgent needof repairs and upgrades. The building requires immediate attention in the following areas: Boiler Replacement, External Garden Wall & Trees, 2024 Electrical Safety Certificate, Fire Safety and other critical issues include asbestos removal and more.
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YWAM Derby is an international, interdenominational community of Christians, part of Youth With a Mission, located in Derby, UK. We aim to manifest the love of God to people, serving them through our vocation and skills, celebrating the rich cultural diversity, enjoying a personal relationship with God and fellowship with one another.
We are community
YWAM Derby is an international, interdenominational community of Christians, part of Youth With a Mission, located in Derby, UK. We aim to manifest the love of God to people, serving them through our vocation and skills, celebrating the rich cultural diversity, enjoying a personal relationship with God and fellowship with one another.
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YWAM England Response to the Guardian Observer articles dated 6 April 2025
Youth With A Mission (YWAM) is a global movement of people from many different Christian churches and backgrounds who seek to know God and make God known. YWAM operates in approximately 180 countries and has 15-20,000 people in mission training every year. This training occurs in many independent locations around the world and often involves learning in cross-cultural settings. YWAM in England has been a UK charity since 1972 now with eight partner charities, training hundreds of young people every year to serve local communities in areas of social need
STOP GRUMBLING!
by Fernanda Souza Life has been challenging lately. Many things are going on and when I think things will go well, there is a problem again.I’ve been flying between my country and the UK as my Mum was diagnosed with cancer and we almost lost her twice.When I am far, I’m worried. When I’m close, I’m frustrated because I’m scared of losing my visa, my work is not the same as if I was at the base and I enjoy my life very much.The fact is, my frustration is affecting
Are You Happy?
We go on about our lives and rarely actually think if we are happy or not. We have the everyday routine for work, family. We laugh, joke but what is actually going on inside. Would you agree that no matter what we have and who we are in life it still feels like something Is missing? It’s almost like nothing can fill up that empty space in our hearts. French writer Jean-Paul Sartre said once that we have a “God-shaped hole” in us and we are trying to fill it
How We Treat Ourselves Matters
Let’s talk about the lies and the truths in our lives. We all feed ourselves with lies sometimes. Talk down to ourselves, saying words like “oh I am so stupid” “I can’t do this” “I will never succeed” “I am not beautiful” “I need to impress people” “I don’t look nice” “I am not smart”. Many of us can’t even take compliments. Some of us for example feel awkward when someone compliments us, especially our appearance, sometimes It can feel like they are making fun. Why? Because we don’t believe it
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