Greater New York Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Department of Adventist Youth Ministries
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FYI from Pastor Jose Cortes Jr.
Director
| April 14, 2010
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Greetings!
 This past weekend, I had the opportunity to visit my Alma Matter, Washington Adventist University. There, I had the privilege of speaking during the Alumni Weekend, as well as enjoy and participate in the ground-breaking ceremony for a new music building, and other activities. Through the weekend, the name of Greater New York Conference was mentioned several times, since the other speaker, Pastor Ted Wilson, was also a Pastor here in Greater New York. I was also able to see some of Greater New York's students there. I mentioned to them, that once they finish, they must come back to New York to apply everything they've learned there, here.
 While there I heard very sad news, Teddy Williamson and Ryan Sharpe communicated with me concerning Henry "Chase" Brown, a young man from the North Bronx Church who died as a result of an accident. Joanne and I have been praying for Chase's family, as well as the church's family. I would like to request your prayers for the family and if possible reach out to them, as a Club, AY, Small Group, with a gesture of love (note, care basket) and let them know that here in Greater New York there are lots of people who are with them through these very difficult days. Each time something this sad happens, I draw my hope from the promise of the FACE2FACE with Jesus. On that day He will return Chase to us, brand new, without a scratch. Please send Notes of Hope, a Care Basket, or any token of love to Sandria Brown at this address:
3743 Bronxwood Ave
Bronx NY 10469-1064
As I look back through the year, I see several accidents that have cost some of our youth and our church family at large greatly; pain, suffering, and tears. I would like to request that all Youth, Young Adult, and Kids' Leaders, as well as our Parents and Pastors in our Conference take time out to stress the importance of safety among our young people and kids. Our kids, teens, and young adults are too precious and we must do our best to keep them safe and to help them understand the importance of safety.
 I would also like to ask that we make the First Wednesday of every month a Special Day of Prayer for our Youth, Young Adults, and Kids. We will call it, "FACE2FACE, TOGETHER."At night, during Prayer Meeting, take the time to list the name of the youth, kids, and young adults of the church, put them on a white board or a screen and pray for each one on that night. Also list the names of each youth, young adult, or kid who was in the church and has left the church (our prodigal kids), put them also on the white board or screen, and pray for each one of them by name and ask the Holy Spirit to protect them and bring them back. We want our kids, youth, and young adults to be together with us, on the FACE2FACE Morning.
 I am not trying to interfere with the local church Prayer Meeting Program. This is just an initiative that comes as a result of seeing the suffering of some of our youth, which also results in the suffering of many parents and adults. Perhaps on that First Wednesday night, we don't have to preach, but we can call on youth, young adults, parents, and adults to come to church with one objective,TO PRAY for our kids. Please, join us in making each First Wednesday, s Special Day of Prayer for our Kids, Teens, and Young Adults.
Joanne and I have a Prayer List that we pray for each day. We would love to have the Prayer List of Kids, Youth, and Young Adults from your church, so we can pray for them too. Please send them our way.
Love and Blessings!!!! |
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VII Collegiate Summit (April 16 & 17 @ Church of the Advent Hope & Columbia University)
|  VII Collegiate Summit (this weekend, April 16 & 17 @ Church of the Advent Hope & Columbia University): All College students, Graduate students, and young alums are invited for this special summit. A time to Jumpstart your life with a Spiritual Health Reform. The program will involve Cafe Night on Friday night, dynamic worship, great music, and Community Service Projects (Do Good in NY) For more info, please click on the following link: http://gnycyouth.com/article/articleview/1004/1/138
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Bible Bowl Season
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 Bible Bowl Bronx/Manhattan (this Saturday, April 17 @ First Igbo Adventist Church) :This Saturday afternoon, we are requesting that all teams be present at 3:30 PM (strict punctuality is requested), expecting to finish by 6:00 PM. The address of the First Igbo Adventist Church is: 1925 Schieffelin Avenue (PS 112 auditorium), Bronx, NY 10466. The following games will take place:
Young Adults
Victory vs Grand Concourse
Adults
Victory vs Three Angels
Exhibition: All teams
Please Bring your questions for Exhibition Game.
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Earth Day Outreach in Long Island (April 24 & 25 @ Hecksher State Park)
|  Earth Day Outreach in Long Island (April 24 & 25 @ Heckscher State Park):All of our Pathfinder Clubs, Adventurer Clubs, & Youth in Long Island are working together on a special outreach for Earth Day. During Saturday and Sunday, they will be at the Heckscher State Park demonstrating Hope, Happiness, & Health to the community and to the thousands visiting the Park on these two very busy spring days through public demonstrations, display booths, special health trail, among other things. If you would like to support this awesome, out of the box, outreach effort, please contact Long Island Pathfinder Coordinator Natalie Santiago davenat4@aol.com, or AY Coordinator Kelvin Rivas KNA11695@aol.com. To view and download a flyer for this event, please click on this link:http://gnycyouth.com/article/articleview/1003/1/138
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Teens Awareness Weekend & Upstate Hope & Health Youth Rally (Saturday, April 24 @ Middletown Adventist Church)
|  Teens Awareness Weekend & Upstate Hope & Health Youth Rally (Saturday, April 24 @ Middletown Adventist Church): This time around, the Upstate Youth Rally will be combined with the Teens Awareness Program. All Teens, Pathfinders, and Adventurers of Upstate New York are invited to be present and ready for a beautiful day. The day will focus on Hope, Happiness, & Health. Dr. Herbert Goulding, Associate Health Ministries Director for our Conference and a Team of Physicians will be there to lead out in the Teen Awareness Program which will include great info on health for all ages, as well as important info on issues that affect health, relationships, sexuality, hygiene, and education for Teens. Workshops for adults and parents will also be provided for parents and adults, as well as activities for Adventurers. The Middletown Adventist Church is located on:
70 Highland Ave
Middletown NY 10940-5531
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Upcoming School Open Houses for Adventurers, Pathfinders, Parents, & Kids
|  Upcoming OPEN HOUSES for Adventurers, Pathfinders, Parents, & Kids:
Oakview Preparatory Adventist School (Wednesday April 21 & Thursday April 22). The Open House will go from 8:30 to 3:00 PM. The Oakview Preparatory School is located at: 29 Chestnut St. Yonkers, NY 10701.
Bronx Manhattan Adventist School(Sunday, April 25) The Open House will go from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The Bronx Manhattan Adventist School is located at the following address: 1440 Plimpton Ave., Bronx NY 10452-1711
Brooklyn Adventist School(Monday, April 26 & Monday, May 10). On Monday, April 26, the Open House will go from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM. On Monday, May 17, it will begin at 4:00 PM and close at 7:00 PM. The Brooklyn Adventist School is located at the following address: 1260 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn NY 11230-7401
We will continue to UPDATE you as each one of our Conference Schools holds its OPEN HOUSE. For more information on our Adventist Schools please click on the following link of our website: http://gnycyouth.com/article/view/607/1/135/9/135/
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Meeting with Pathfinder & Adventurer Club Directors (May 11 @ Adventist Community Services Center, Queens)
|  Meeting with Pathfinder & Adventurer Club Directors (May 11 @ Adventist Community Services Center, Queens): The meeting will begin at 7:00 PM, we will go till 8:45 PM. The Pathfinder Director and the Adventurer Director of each Club in Greater New York is invited to this meeting. We'll talk about Camporees and other important info.
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Pathfinder & Master Guide Camporee Info Posted on our Website
|  Pathfinder & Master Guide Camporee Info Posted on our Website: As our Camporee season approaches, we have begun to post Camporee Information on our website. This year, both of our Camporees will combine spiritual, recreational, and instructional (Honors & Awards) components. There will not be Olympics. Points will be awarded for participation. To see the info, please click on the following link: http://www.gnycyouth.com/article/articleview/999/1/10
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Pathfinder & Adventurer Family Blessing, A Requirement for Both Programs
|  Pathfinder & Adventurer Family Blessing, A Requirement for Both
Programs: Effective this year 2010, we are requesting that all Greater
New York Conference Clubs hold an Adventurer Family Blessing Program and
a Pathfinder Family Blessing Program. The objective of this program is
to strengthen the spiritual relationship among our kids, the parents,
and the church. The Family Blessing program equals in importance the
Induction and the Investiture Services. It should not be done at the
same time as the other ceremonies. We are requesting that Clubs report
the Family Blessing Service on their Monthly Report.
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Worldwide Traveling Bible Comes to New York (June 2, 2010)
|  Worldwide Traveling Bible Comes to New York (June 2, 2010): Please, mark this date in your calendars, JUNE 2. On this day, the Worldwide Traveling Bible will be in Greater New York. The worldwide Traveling Bible is one-of-a-kind written in 66 languages, one for each book. Lebanon, Dubai, Mexico, Jamaica and the Arctic are just a few of the places the traveling Bible has visited as part of the Follow the Bible tour, a Seventh-day Adventist-sponsored event traveling the globe. The 12 x 18 inch Bible is a symbol of intercultural Christian solidarity and consists of 1,500 pages. Readers can view Deuteronomy in Japanese, Joel in Haitian Creole, Matthew in Indonesian and many other translated books. For more info on the worldwide Traveling Bible, please click on this link: http://www.followthebiblesda.com/.
We are working on several initiatives for this day. The entire day will be "Hope through the Bible Day"in our Conference. We would like to ask that anyone (Youth, Young Adults, Pathfinders, Adventurers, Maser Guides) who is able to take this day off, please do so, a letter will be provided for students and jobs.
On June 2, we would like to accomplish the following:(1) Finish writing the entire Bible by hand through different locations of our Conference, (2) Distribute thousands (10,000) of Bibles in the different boroughs and areas of Greater New York, (3) Celebrate the Hope through the Bible Rally at the Grand Concourse Church in the Bronx with Youth, Pathfinders, Adventurers, and of course adults representing each church of our Conference. In order to accomplish these tasks we need for you to plan on dedicating that day to spreading Hope through the Bible. We are counting on your support.
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Summer Camp 2010
|  Summer Camp 2010: This year Camp Berkshire will be offering 3 awesome weeks of Summer Camp. The dates are the following:
Junior Camp (Ages 10-12) July 4-11
Teen Camp (Ages 13-16) July 11-18
Extreme Teen Camp (Ages 13-16) July18-25)
For more information, please call or E-mail Camp Berkshire:
Office #: (845) 832-6681
info@campberkshire.org
www.campberkshire.org
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Official Youth & Young Adult Events of the Atlantic Union, the North American Division, and the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 2010
|  Official Youth & Young Adult Events of the Atlantic Union, the North American Division, and the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 2010: The Seventh-day Adventist Church does not only function at our local Conference, Greater New York Conference, but it is also a church that is active through the Northeast (Atlantic Union), all of North American (North American Division), and the world (General Conference). Through the years we have supported and benefitted from events and ministry opportunities which are sponsored and hosted by our church at different levels. Following is a list of upcoming events; I would like to recommend that you take a look at them and consider participating and getting a blessing through them:
GC General Conference Session (June 23-July 3, 2010): http://www.gcsession.org/
AU Youth Congress (October 14-17, 2010): http://www.atlantic-union.org/yc2010.html
AU Young Adult Congress (October 15-17, 2010): http://www.atlantic-union.org/yac2010.html
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Blessings, Jose
Pastor Jose H. Cortes Jr., M. Div.Director
Department of Adventist Youth Ministries
Greater New York Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
7 Shelter Rock Road
Manhasset New York, 11030
www.gnycyouth.com (website)
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Jose's E-mail address)
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videos on YouTube)
JoseJoanne
(on Twitter)
Jose
Cortes Joanne Cortes (on Facebook)
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Jose & Joanne (on My Space)
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627-9350 (Receptionist)
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467-5212 (Direct Line to Department of Adventist Youth Ministries Office)
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749-2080 (Joanne's Cell)
(516)
749-6057 (Pastor Jose's Cell & TEXT)
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627-9272 (Greater New York Conference Fax)
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