What can we do during the COVID-19 pandemic? How can we serve and care for one another? How can we still reach out? In the middle of crisis, we want to have a conversation to find out how and what we can do. So YWAM TV is excited to announce our newest series Connect. It is an alternative talk show, recorded using Zoom, to discuss how we can stay connected during the COVID-19 situation. Our first episode is "Connect with Teams". We had a recording with Sean Lambert from San Diego/Baja and Adriano Estevam from GENESIS centre last week and it will be premiered this weekend. Stay home! Stay tuned! #ywamtv

Hear these 23+ different ways of connecting with God during the COVID-19 situation. A spiritual director, Miranda Heathcote (Malaga, Spain); an author, Michaela Copsey (London, England); and a worship leader, Caleb Schmidt (Herrnhut, Germany) discussed how to focus on God individually, as a family or with housemates, and within a community. This is the last episode on the Connect series for now. Thank you for watching our series and for your feedbacks! We hope these were useful for you and for your ministry at this time and for the future as well. If you haven't watched the other episode, check them out and watch them, too. #ywamtv

More than ever, during COVID-19 people are using social media. Daniel Norris, Kayla Norris, and Jukka Veltheim, hosted by Maarit Eronen, discuss how we as YWAM can be more meaningfully engaged in social media. The different topics include the social media trends and most popular platforms in 2020, the effects of COVID-19 to social media, doing outreach in social media, and the dreams and challenges we as YWAM encounter with social media. • Social Media and COVID-19 • What are the trends and its impact? • The power of story • Why should we promote our YWAM/UofN schools now? • Outreach on social media • Our approach? • What are some of the challenges? • How can we be more strategic? • Team dynamic The topic of Episode 5 is Connecting with God: 23 ideas to spend time with God in isolation - alone, with family or in online communities. Stay tuned! #ywamtv #covid19 #powerofstory #socialmedia #trend #socialmediaimpact

Can eLearning be life-changing the same way our campus-based training is? In this inspiring episode Phil Leage from England, Bevin Ginder from Cambodia, and David Enge from Hawaii discuss the secret ingredient of online transformation. Phil, the director of UofN Centre for Extension Studies, Bevin, YWAM Frontier Missions Mobilization Trainer, and David, the Communication Manager of Chosen & Dearly Loved, have years of experience in experimenting and developing online training courses. • Online courses in UofN and how to get them registered • Why should we focus on eLearning and what's the potential? • What to consider before creating an online course? • Which Learning Management System (LMS) to use? • Can eLearning build character and skill as well and knowledge? For mor information (they are happy to help): Phil: phil.leage@uofn.edu Bevin: Info@globalcastresources.com David: david@1millionhome.com The topic in Connect episode 4 will be social media. How is COVID-19 pandemic affecting YWAM’s approach to social media? #ywamtv #connect #elearning #covid19

It’s not just about how often we are in touch with people, but it is about how life-giving the connections are. Kristine Bresser from Le Rucher Ministries, Yohanan Rempt from Seattle, Washington and Tony D'Alessandro from YWAM Ragusa, Italy (now stuck in Los Angeles, California) discuss meaningful and creative ways of staying connected with friends and family during COVID-19 situation. • What are the emotional effects of isolation? • How to deal with loss and grief? • How to care for people in isolation? In episode 3 we will discuss e-learning. How can we continue providing good YWAM training even from long distance? Stay tuned! #ywamtv #covid19 #isolation

In the first episode of our newest series, Connect, we had a great conversation on 'connecting with teams' with Sean Lambert (YWAM San Diego/Baja) and Adriano Estevam (GENESIS Centre), along with the YWAM TV Executive Producers, hosted by one of them Maarit Eronen. We hope this conversation would help your community staying connected at a time like this. The topic of Connect 2 will be interpersonal communication. Stay tuned! #ywamtv