Ministries
General
Faith & Conflict Reconciliation conference
Every year, YWAM in Northern Ireland hosts a ‘Faith & Conflict’ conference, examining the relationship between faith, justice, reconciliation, and peacemaking. Email us for further information at info {at} ywamrostrevor.com.
Training Schools
YWAM Ireland currently runs Discipleship Training Schools (DTS) in Rostrevor and Dublin.
Discipleship Teams
Small teams, made up of staff and/or DTS students, run discipleship programmes for youth groups, local churches, schools and community groups. Email your nearest YWAM team for more info.
Short Term Missions Programme
Our international short term missions programmes are 2-3 weeks long in the summer for Irish and international participants. Participants must be 18 years of age and older (minors must be accompanied by a legal guardian). Our teams provide an opportunity to have an impact on peoples’ lives around the world. Click here for more info on upcoming trips.
Hosting Teams
Each year we host a number of international teams from churches and youth ministries as well as from other YWAM locations. While providing ministry opportunities for groups, we also facilitate their participation in local church and youth initiatives around Northern Ireland. Click here to contact us where you want to serve.
Banbridge
Media Ministries
Our team in Banbridge is involved in local media ministries, and also international ventures – including a radio station that broadcasts to Eastern African countries such as Uganda and Rwanda, and an internet radio station (in progress). YWAM Banbridge pioneered a local radio station in Banbridge in the 1990s, Shine FM, that was in recent years handed over to the local community. Visit their website for more info.
Belfast
From summer 2010, YWAM Belfast is on hiatus. The core team is helping establish the YWAM ministry in Rostrevor, Co. Down. We are, however, looking to re-establish ourselves in Belfast as soon as possible (and when the right team is assembled). Since starting in 2002, our work in Belfast has been focused on reconciliation, living in the midst of the difficult parts of the city, and training people for missions. You can read more about our past work and plans for the future in Belfast by clicking here.
Dublin
City Centre (incl. café and prayer room)
We are a small community of YWAMers and friends of YWAM who are devoted to seeing God’s kingdom, impact the city through our gifts and passions. As a pioneering community, we are currently pursuing God for a café and prayer room for Dublin city centre. We also have a heart to see God use us in business, art and film as well as use us in justice and mercy projects for the poor and marginalised around us. (More info at ywamdublin.com.)
Kerygma Teams
Kerygma Teams works with parishes, renewal movements, leadership networks and groups active in evangelization, mercy ministries, and training. Open to all Christians, Kerygma Teams has a special focus on serving and mobilizing young Catholics. ‘KT’ offers opportunities for young people to become involved in short and long-term cross-cultural missions projects. Kerygma Teams in Ireland is headed up by Rob Clarke. Email Rob (rob {at} kteams.org) for information on how to get involved in KT.
Mustard Tree Project
The Mustard Tree is an outreach to the people of Ballymun. Over the last twenty years it has included regular intercessory prayer, children’s work, community work, support to teenagers at risk, faith development initiatives into schools , Alpha courses, and healing rallies. The Mustard Tree Project is led by Tomas and Mechthild Jenkinson.
Rostrevor
An Cuan
An Cuan (Irish for harbour, and pronounced ‘on koo-in‘ [IPA 'ənˠ kuːən']) is the name of the newly established YWAM ministry in Rostrevor. The centre is the former Christian Renewal Centre with a long history of prayer for Ireland and reconciliation work, over which YWAM assumed stewardship in May 2010. We want to continue its legacy of prayer and reconciliation, and couple it with a focus on developing and sending teams into Ireland and the nations.
Situated in the picturesque village of Rostrevor, An Cuan is a short drive from Newry, nestled at the foot of the Mourne Mountains in Co. Down with a view over Carlingford Lough and the border with the Republic of Ireland.
Hospitality: Retreats & Conferences
Our centre can comfortably accommodate groups of various sizes for retreats, conferences and workshops. Whether you are interested a venue for your event, or for our help in giving input or teaching during your event, we may be able to help you out. Please contact us with any questions or for more information.
Wexford
Family Life Resources
YWAM works both in Ireland and internationally through its marriage and family ministries, offering marriage courses and family counseling. Please visit their website at www.FamilyLifeResources.ie