Greater New York Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Adventist Youth Ministries Department
Pastor Jose’s FYI
10/16/09
1. Upstate New York Youth Rally (Tomorrow Sabbath, October 17 @ Poughkeepsie Seventh-day Adventist Church)
2. BAYDA Bible Bowl Finals (October 23 & 24 in Atlanta, Georgia)
3. Youth Rally in Brooklyn (next Sabbath, October 24 @ Bay Ridge Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church)
4. AYES Corps, Adventist Youth Leadership Certification, & Master Guide Final Exams and Binders Due (Sunday, October 25 @ Delancey Seventh-day Adventist Church)
5. YAHA Convention (November 12-15 in Jacksonville, Florida)
6. Pastor Jose’s Report & Prayer List
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1. Upstate New York Youth & Pathfinder Rally (Tomorrow Sabbath, October 17 @ Poughkeepsie Seventh-day Adventist Church): Youth, Young Adults, and Pathfinders from Upstate New York will gather at the Poughkeepsie Seventh-day Adventist Church, located on 71 Mitchell Ave., Poughkeepsie NY 12603-3421, for the final rally of 2009. The program will begin with a great Sabbath School at 9:15 AM and will continue with Worship, I will have the honor to speak during the service, which will be followed by lunch, a Community Parade, Music, and a Social after sundown. For more info or to download flyer, please go to the following link: www.gnycyouth.com/article/articleview/888/1/138.
For questions please check with Upstate New York AY & Pathfinder Coordinators
AY Coordinators: www.gnycyouth.com/article/articleview/648/1/148/
Pathfinder Coordinators: www.gnycyouth.com/article/articleview/716/1/81/19/81/
2. BAYDA Bible Bowl Finals (October 23 & 24 in Atlanta, Georgia): A full delegation with five teams from our Conference will be travelling to Atlanta, Georgia to participate in the BAYDA (Black Adventist Youth Directors Association) Bible Bowl Finals. The delegation will be headed by our Bible Bowl Coordinator Tamika Goburn and her Associates Ike Karl, Kemly McGregor, Hope Russell, and Virgenia Durant. Let’s keep them in our prayers as they travel, and of course we always enjoy when they come back with beautiful trophies. For more info, you can contact our Bible Bowl Coordinators, click on the following link: www.gnycyouth.com/article/view/474/1/77/7/77/.
The following teams will be representing our Conference in Atlanta:
Junior Beginners: Yonkers
Juniors: Queens Ghana
Senior Youth: North Bronx
Young Adults: Hempstead
Adults: Victory
3. Youth Rally in Brooklyn (next Sabbath, October 24 @ Bay Ridge Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church): It will take place at the Bay Ridge Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church located on 5318 4th Ave., Brooklyn NY 11220-3004. The program begins at 9:30 AM and will go for the entire day, including a social in the evening. I will have the honor to spend part of the day with the group, will speak during worship service and will share a moment with them in the afternoon. I have also heard there will be a baptism. For more info on please contact Brooklyn AY & Pathfinder Coordinators.
AY Coordinators: www.gnycyouth.com/article/articleview/650/1/143/
Pathfinder Coordinators: www.gnycyouth.com/article/articleview/711/1/81/19/81/
4. AYES Corps, Adventist Youth Leadership Certification, & Master Guide Final Exams and Binders Due (Sunday, October 25 @ Delancey Seventh-day Adventist Church): Each candidate planning to take the test needs to have completed all the requirements and be recommended by his/her Class Instructor. All binders are due before the test. We will only take the Master Guide Binders which have gone through the Quality Control Review. For more info, please check with your Instructor. Following is the schedule for the Final Examination for each respective class:
AYES Corps: 11:00 AM
AYLC: 11:00 AM
Master Guide: 3:30 PM
5. YAHA Convention (November 12-15 in Jacksonville, Florida): YAHA stands for Young Adventist Haitians in America. This is a North American Division event which takes place once every five years. A numerous delegation from the Greater New York Conference will be attending this event. The registration deadline is October 29. To register please go to: www.plusline.org or click here: http://www.plusline.org/eventdetail.php?id=1066667.
6. Pastor Jose’s Report & Prayer List: The last few weeks have been full of blessings and of course, there is always a challenge or two, but that’s part of leadership. We attended the Atlantic Union Youth Directors Advisory at Camp Cherokee, it is one of the most beautiful camps I’ve seen when it comes to natural resources, Pastor Dan Whitlow, Youth Director for New York Conference was an excellent host, had a great time fellowshipping and planning with the Youth Directors from the six Conferences in the Atlantic Union.
The Bronx Week of Youth Evangelism was awesome. The AY and Pathfinder Coordinators did an excellent job through the week and the results showed with 9 baptisms on Sabbath and lots of decisions. Awesome job, I love our Coordinators. You should’ve seen the Prayer Room and the fully packed sanctuary every night. Special thanks to the Emmanuel Seventh-day Adventist Church, Pastor Z. and the leadership for being very hospitable and accommodating. The close of the week at the North Bronx Church was packed with Youth & Pathfinders from all over the Bronx. I had the privilege of sharing the pulpit with a young man, Kevin who did an awesome job on the theme “Be the Bridge.” It was also beautiful to share the baptismal pool with several colleagues in ministry and be part of a great youth baptism, a very moving moment.
We spent last weekend with student leaders of the different colleges and universities in New York, we went away to Montauk for a retreat to pray, study, plan, and fellowship as we go to the next level in ministry in the public campuses around Greater New York. Special thanks to the local university leaders who came out and to those who played a special role in the planning of the event, Alex, Annette, Liliya, Sean, and Pastor Todd. If you are a student at a College or University in NY and would like to start a ministry or small group there, please contact us.
PRAYER LIST
A few weeks ago I stopped to visit with my friend Pastor Steve Torres, his wife Debbie, and their kids. Pastor Steve is the Pastor of the Kinderhook and Livingston Churches in Upstate New York. He has been diagnosed with cancer, though it is tough on them, they were in great spirit. Let’s pray for Pastor Steve, I believe that God will do something great for him; during the trip we also visited and prayed for Mylaira Gonzalez, an 18 year old beautiful girl from the Kinderhook Church, who also has cancer. I would like to ask that we all begin to make a special time to pray for Pastor Steve & Mylaira during your Meetings and Prayer Services at the Pathfinder Club and AY. During our overnight stop in the Kinderhook area, little Joel fell and got three stitches at the Albany Memorial Hospital, he has recovered since and so have Joanne, Jose III, and I, stitches are gone.
I would also like you to pray for Joseph Arneaud, a young man from the Manor Road Church, in Staten Island, and his family. Joseph’s mother, Dainne has been missing for a few days and he asked me to request that everyone prays for her, we are praying for her safe return to her home and family. Please keep her, Joseph, and the family in your prayers. I’ll keep you up to date, as Joseph communicates with me.
Always keep us in your prayers, lots of love, and a Happy Sabbath!!!
Keep in touch:
www.gnycyouth.com (website)
ay@gnycyouth.com(Secretary’s E-mail address)
gnycyouth@aol.com(Pastor Jose’s E-mail address).
http://www.youtube.com/user/gnycyouth (For videos on YouTube)
Jose Joanne Cortes (on Facebook)
Pastor Jose & Joanne (on My Space)
(516) 627-9350 (Greater New York Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church)
(516) 467-5212 (Direct Line to Veronica/Adventist Youth Ministries Department Office)
(516) 749-2080 (Joanne’s Cell)
(516) 749-6057 (Pastor Jose’s Cell)
(516) 627-9272 (Greater New York Conference Fax)
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