SMC 2011 - Come and gone.
The very first School of Mission Communication was held at YWAM ICN in the fourth quarter of 2011. Eleven students came from seven countries to learn how to better serve as communication missionaries. While studying skills such as writing, design, photography and video, they learned about their unique personalities and talents, and how to work in teams. They also learned what it means to engage in truthful, accurate, timely and relevant communication, whether in interpersonal relationships or speaking to thousands through mass media.
The curriculum brought diverse teachers from the local community and afar. Because the school was held in Colorado Springs—headquarters of many ministries—the SMC included multiple field trips to study large-scale non-profit communication efforts.
Students learned through hands-on exercises. Their final projects included a magazine prototype, a revamp of the website ywamcommunication.org, and a short video about the importance of communication which is online at http://vimeo.com/33763279.
YWAM ICN will host the first ever School of Mission Communication from 15 September to 9 December, 2011. This new course will equip and multiply communicators in YWAM, with very specific application to the growing Communication Team network around the world. Regional teams are currently serving in Latin America, Europe, Africa, South Asia and Asia. Other communication teams operate at the national level (as in Russia) as well as at the base level (such as YWAM Denver).
YWAM International Communications Network in Colorado recently announced its new School of Mission Communication (15 September to 9 December, 2011). The purpose of this school is to equip and multiply communication missionaries. Is God calling you to join us for this important school?