FROM THE GREAT COMMANDMENT TO THE GREAT COMMISSION

God’s presence changes everything. As we lean into Him we see His power released. God has made prayer and missions inseparable. Join us as we press into Him and see the nations of the world transformed.

DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING SCHOOL

The Discipleship Training School (DTS) was created to help you discover your place in fulfilling the Great Commission (Matt 28:16-20). YWAM DTS is an intense full-time program, lasting 6 months. You will start with 3 months of lectures before being launched out into the nations to share Jesus with the lost, broken and outcast.

OUR DNA – WORSHIP & PRAYER TO MISSIONS

Worship and prayer is the engine room to all we do. Through intimacy with Jesus we see Him move radically in our lives and throughout the nations. Expect to be stretched in extended rhythms of corporate worship and prayer within our campus prayer room. From that place burn with a fire inside to do the works of the Kingdom whenever and wherever He calls.

SKILLSET TRACKS

Catalyst DTS includes 7 focused tracks: Frontier Missions, Prayer Room, Barista, Culinary, Media Track,  Early Years Education and Children and Youth. Although you’ll spend most of your time together as a whole school, each week you will have the opportunity to develop your skills and passion within a track of your choice.

Choose a track and develop your skills and passions.

FRONTIER MISSIONS

In our Frontier Missions Track we will look at what it means to GO to the nations! We will spend time learning from and engaging with those who are reaching some of the least reached here in our community and abroad. This is to prepare you for the people groups, cultures, and beliefs you will encounter on outreach and wherever God calls you to after DTS. You will come away with more of God’s heart for the nations and see the bigger picture of where you fit into the Great Commission!

PRAYER ROOM (MUSIC)

If you look back to past revivals you see that everyone was proceeded by a movement of prayer and worship.  We believe that God is longing to pour out his spirit on the nations, we want to be a people that are ready when it comes.

PrayerRoom track exists to train and equip singers, musicians, and anyone else who burns to see a move of God.  We are going to give you practical tools, in depth biblical teaching, and real time experience in worship and prayer leading.  Come catch a burning heart and fall more in love with Jesus.

CULINARY

Jesus broke bread with different people as a ministry. It was powerful in reaching people with the gospel. The Culinary Track is an experience in using food to see the kingdom of God advanced. Equipping you with cooking and hospitality skills for a lifetime. Teachers and cooks will share on various topics. Including, but not limited to: food cultures, global cuisine, hospitality, and evangelism. Whether you are an experienced cook or want to learn and grow in a new skill join us. Come and explore how your passion and culinary skills advance the Kingdom of God!

BARISTA

Ignite your passion for coffee and people in the Barista Track. We are dedicated to serving others, pursuing excellence in our craft, and fostering a vibrant community across nations through the art of coffee. Over the course, our group sessions will encompass a wide range of topics, including Biblical hospitality, customer care, coffee origins, processing techniques, brewing methods, and taste profiles. And you’ll have the opportunity to get hands-on experience behind the bar working side-by-side with our team, serving in our very own Oval Cafe on base. 

Ultimately our goal is for you to learn new skills, refine existing ones, and embrace God’s heart for others through acts of hospitality, service, and skillfully crafted beverages as you explore using coffee to see the Kingdom of God advanced. The Barista Track is your gateway to connecting coffee and ministry.

MEDIA

The attention of our generation is at your fingertips, and we want to teach you how to reach them for Jesus. The purpose of the MEDIA TRACK is to learn how to create content to have mass-media impact. How are you gonna learn that? We’re gonna teach you the fundamental skills of making a plan that works, and using easy tools to execute that plan so that you can reach a global audience.

In the Media Track, you’ll grow in your ability to make great content, but more importantly, in understanding how to use global social platforms effectively. Come be trained to understand how to utilize them to impact as many people as possible for Jesus. 

EARLY YEARS EDUCATION

Join us for an exciting opportunity to learn the basics of early years education. YWAM Harpenden is partnering with Highfield Preschool- a UK government-rated Outstanding preschool. This track will cover the basics of early years education during weekly slots running alongside your DTS. Offering hands-on experience with teachers and children at this excellent preschool. You will go on outreach to Uganda working with multiple nursery and primary schools in rural populations. Sign up and enjoy the chance to learn cross-cultural skills, work with children and learn skills that are widely applicable in missions and life wherever you might be called to go.

CHILDREN AND YOUTH

If you’re interested in working with children and youth, we’ve got a program just for you! Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” The Children & Youth Ministry Track will help you understand God’s heart for young people and find your part in it.  Giving you hands-on experience and covering things like starting a ministry, working with different cultures, environments, and hearing directly from people who are out there on the mission field or sphere. We will offer diverse activities to be involved with youth such as kids’ Bible groups, outreach opportunities, youth events, etc. During the track, you’ll be encouraged and championed to pursue your God-given passion for working with young people and walk in it.

SCHOOL LEADER

AUTUMN 2023