DTS
DTS – Rostrevor
Location: Rostrevor
Dates: 1 November 2012 – 5 April 2013
Format: 3 month lecture phase in Rostrevor with local outreach, 2 month outreach overseas including some time in Ireland. Please contact the Registrar for an application and more details about this DTS!
DTS – Dublin
Location: Dublin city centre
Dates: None scheduled.
Format: In 2010-11 the DTS consisted of three 5-week sections, made up of four weeks of lectures and one week of processing in a European city. This was followed by a 13 week outreach phase in Dublin and abroad.
Please visit the YWAM Dublin site for more info and an application.
Media DTS
Location: Banbridge
Dates: 1 March – 17 August 2012 postponed until further notice
Format: A DTS which also includes the opportunity to learn how to use web, radio, video, graphics and more for ministry. Six months: 15 week lecture phase with mini-outreach, plus 9 week outreach phase. Check out the Voice of Peace website for more info and applications.
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What is a DTS?
Typically about five and a half months in length (though formats vary), a Discipleship Training School involves a combination of lectures, discussion, outreach, and community living designed to prepare the trainees for a missional lifestyle rooted in Christ. DTS is not meant to be an event but a beginning, a chance to grow in your faith and see if you’re called to missions. A DTS is meant to be transformational and to help you prepare to be a dedicated follower of Jesus wherever you are, throughout your life, and a time for you to build a foundation from which to launch into your personal mission field, whether that’s at school, work, with your church, in your home town, or abroad. DTS is also our basic training programme for those called to working with YWAM full-time, so the DTS will give you an experience of being part of a YWAM team and a flavour of international missions. Check out more info on the purpose of DTS at the YWAM Int’l. website.
Outreach locations
The focus nations for Northern Ireland DTSs are: South Africa, Rwanda, Burundi, India, Lebanon, Serbia (and the Balkan region), Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Our heart is for countries with a history of conflict and need for reconciliation. We usually send 1-2 teams from the DTS to different overseas locations, depending on size of the school. We also send outreaches around Ireland. Outreach for DTS will be a combination of: local ministry during lecture phase, a 2-3 weeks of outreach in and around Ireland, and 5-7 weeks outreach overseas.
Outreach during the Dublin DTS lecture phase will be in Dublin and in major European cities. For details on the overseas outreach location, please contact YWAM Dublin directly.
Fees
All fees are subject to change. Contact DTS location to verify current fees.
Rostrevor DTS: Lecture Phase £2000; Outreach Phase £1400 (estimated guideline costs, not including any airfare or visa costs)
Dublin DTS: Lecture Phase cost is €3000. Outreach Phase €1500-2200, depending on airfare and location. More info on the YWAM Dublin website.
Media DTS: Lecture Phase £2400; Outreach Phase £1450-1700 (estimate, not including the airfare).
DTS fees are in British Pounds (£ GBP) sterling in Rostrevor & Banbridge and Euros (€ EUR) in Dublin – approximate exchange rates can be found at xe.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does YWAM have any scholarships or financial aid available for DTS?
YWAM can best be described as a cooperative for self-employed missionaries. In other words, every YWAMer (staff, student, and volunteer) is required to raise their own support and fees. As this is also our situation in Ireland, we do not have any surplus to draw from to give financial aid or scholarships to our applicants. As an exception, we do, however, raise money as part of our ministry to fund persons recommended to us by our ministry partners in our focus nations to come to Northern Ireland for DTS and training (this isn’t something you can apply for).
What do the fees cover?
Food, accommodation, tuition, transport for ministry/school activities, ministry costs and supplies, debrief week, pastoral visits, administrative and registration fees. They don’t cover your travel to and from DTS, any visa costs, and don’t quote a cost for outreach airfare (unless otherwise noted).
Can you recommend any resources for raising support?
Yes! Raising support can be an exciting way to connect with your community and sharpen your vision for your time in missions. We can recommend books: Funding Your Ministry: Whether You’re Gifted or Not by Scott Morton and Friendraising by Betty Barnett.
Don’t hesitate to contact us with any further questions