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For nearly two years, interest and momentum have grown among hundreds of leaders in the New York City metro area around a long-term vision to better serve the city and proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ. The discussions have led to a region-wide initiative that has come to be known as NY CityServe & CityFest with Luis Palau.

This historic effort will seek to encourage unity and collabo-ration across all boroughs, denominations, and ethnicities.

Together, as the Body of Christ, we have the opportunity to celebrate and accelerate the work of the Church over the long term, helping to love and serve the city, and change lives.

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CityServe | A long-term, citywide movement that identifies, develops, and nurtures kingdom collaborations around the areas of justice, mercy, and education throughout the Tri-State area. These church-connected, neighborhood- focused service initiatives will accelerate the impact of what God is doing.

Regional Outreaches | A 3-month-long evangelistic initia-tive focused on saturating the Tri-State area with the Good News of Jesus Christ. Every borough/region and neighbor-hood will have the opportunity to prepare and plan their own localized outreaches, large and small. Luis Palau, Andrew Palau, and other partner evangelists will be available to help share the Good News at each event.

CityFest with Luis Palau | A free, multi-cultural festival (in Spanish and English) in June/July 2015. This fun, family-friendly festival will be focused on worship, clear Gospel proclamation, and celebrating the work accomplished through CityServe.

Elements

EDUCATION

School PartnershipsCollege Pathways

Mentoring

JUSTICE

Criminal JusticeJuvenile Justice

TraffickingImmigration

MERCY

HomelessnessHunger

Foster CareHealth

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014: NY CityServe & CityFest Launch Sept. 23, 10:00 a.m.

Calvary Baptist Church• Community initiatives

begin throughout the city (projects will continue

through the life of the campaign)

OCTOBER 23, 2014Movement Day Marriott Marquis Times Square

OCTOBER-DECEMBERNeighborhood Collaborations (LPA staff available for church consulting)

a gathering with luis palau francis chan passion band

FEBRUARY 10-13, 2015: Re:New Conference

Key Dates

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MARCH 13-15, 2015:Hit The Ground RunningYouth events with Jesus Culture

APRIL–JUNE 2015:Regional OutreachesCounselor Training(Online and live trainings will be scheduled)

JULY–OCTOBER 2015:• Follow up with new

believers• Service and

collaboration continues• Movement Day (Oct.)

JUNE/JULY 2015: NY CityFest with Luis Palau

• Free, family-friendly multicultural festival with Gospel presentation

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Participate in a citywide prayer movement that brings togetherchurches, prayer ministries, and individual intercessors to cover the region in prayer.

Action: • Select a prayer team leader from your church. Send their contact info to prayer@NYCityServe.org. • Utilize existing prayer networks within your church. • Promote citywide prayer events and initiatives. • Ideas: • Fast and pray on behalf of the nonbelievers in your community. • Include CityServe & CityFest on your church prayer calendar.

Prayerfully engage in as many of these steps as possible. We trust you will use these tools to more effectively reach your community.

Introduce CityServe & CityFest to your congregation by choosing a weekend to share the vision of the initiative (videos and other materials will be available).

Action: • Challenge your members to begin praying now for those they want to see come to Christ during this time. • Initiate key staff into the process and place key dates on your church calendar. (Church relations staff are available to meet with you and your staff).

Pray:

Launch:

Action Steps

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Collaborate with churches, ministries, businesses, and the civic community to meet the needs of your area.

Action: • Assess the abilities, interests, gifting, and passions of your church members, and meet with pastors from other churches to collaborate about opportunities to serve. • Review your existing serving ministries and explore new opportunities • Identify a project coordinator from your church to facilitate your project(s). • Choose a date between now and June 2015 to begin serving. • Register your project so we can track what activities are taking place and share them with the wider body of Christ for encouragement.

Take advantage of training and equipping opportunities, giving your congregation the tools and confidence to reach out and speak with people about Jesus Christ across the Tri-State area.

Action: • Encourage & Promote church member participation in the many opportunities planned for training, encour- aging, and equipping (Re:New, Hit The Ground Running, and Counselor Orientation). • Post a schedule of available training opportunities on your website and in your Sunday bulletin.

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Equip:

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Publicize the service and evangelistic opportunities as part of a massive grassroots and marketing campaign that will reach a high level of visibility and awareness in the whole region.

Action: • Distribute grassroots publicity materials to your congregation (available in spring 2015). • Brainstorm creative ways to promote CityServe & CityFest through your church’s existing channels. • Use your Social Media accounts to spread the word and connect individuals to CityServe & CityFest.

Consider giving from your church’s budget or take special offerings to support the efforts of CityServe & CityFest in your borough or region.

Action: • Plan ahead with your church leadership and support this effort. • Challenge your congregation to consider a gift over and above their regular giving directed toward CityServe & Cityfest.

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Be part of proclaiming the Gospel through a number of regional outreach events throughout the spring of 2015, leading to NY CityFest with Luis Palau (summer of 2015).

Action: • Take part in one of several brainstorming sessions with other leaders in your area to dream about the new things you can do or the opportunity to expand on something you are already doing together. • Reach out on your own to the network of churches you are already partnering with and start the conversation. • Plan your own regional outreach event in the spring of 2015. • Ideas: • Outreach luncheons • Block parties • Youth events • Day in the park • Prison outreaches

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NY CityFest with Luis Palau will take place in June/July 2015. This free, multicultural festival will celebrate the stories of CityServe and clearly proclaim the Gospel through the preaching of Luis Palau. It will also include children’s activities, action sports, and great music.

Action: • Engage key staff to serve on a CityFest committee. • Recruit volunteers for the festival. • Hand out prayer cards to your congregation to pray for their friends who don’t yet know Jesus and invite them to CityFest. • Distribute CityFest invitations, posters, and banners to your congregation. • Follow up all new believers referred to your church, helping them grow strong in their relationship with Jesus Christ.

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Do your part to keep the momentum going, encouraging ongoing unity, service, and proclamation.

Action: • Celebrate the work of CityServe by sharing stories and reports with your congregation. • Meet with other churches in your area to brainstorm ways to continue in unity and partnership.

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NY CityServe & CityFest has already enlisted the partnership

of hundreds of church leaders throughout the Tri-State area.

Many non-profit organizations in the region have also lent

their support.

For a full list of the CityServe & CityFest leadership commit-

tee, as well as the ever-growing list of partnering sponsors,

please visit www.NYCityServe.org.

Local Leadership

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International evangelist Luis Palau and his son Andrew are

excited to have been invited to help with CityServe & CityFest.

For more than 50 years the Luis Palau Association has been

known for their commitment to unity, service, and procla-

mation. They have worked with thousands of churches in

hundreds of cities around the world, including major efforts

in London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Chicago, Moscow, Madrid,

Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and Washington DC.

Luis Palau has shared the Gospel with

millions of people through evangelistic

events and media. He has spoken in 75

countries, authored close to 50 books,

contributed countless articles on issues

of faith, and counseled business and

political leaders around the world.

Andrew Palau has been an instrumen-

tal leader and evangelist within the Luis

Palau Association for more than 20 years.

Andrew has used his own story of rebel-

lion and redemption to share the Gospel

with millions of individuals through radio,

TV, and live events, including citywide

campaigns in more than 20 nations on

five continents.

Luis Palau Association

NY CityServe & CityFest

1865 Broadway • New York, NY 10023

p: 917.475.1799

e: info@NYCityServe.org

w: NYCityServe.org

facebook.com/NYCityServe

twitter.com/NYCityServe

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