Memorandum for Adventist Youth Society (AY) Leaders 4 25 07

MEMORANDUM

FROM: Pastor Jose H. Cortes Jr.

Director of Adventist Youth Ministries

TO: Local Adventist Youth Society Leaders

Greater New York Conference of the Seventh-dayAdventistChurch

DATE: April 25, 2007

SUBJECTS: (1) Adventist Youth Week of Evangelism 2007 by AREAS; (2) Adventist Youth Evangelism Rally 2007; (3) Campmeetings Programming for Youth and Young Adults; (4) Teen & Young Adult Small Groups at each local church; (5) Take Your Church to School/Work Day; (6) Summer Mission Trips (Philippines & Mexico).

1.Adventist Youth Week of Evangelism 2007 by AREAS: As the Adventist Youth and Young Adults of our Conference reclaim the reason for our existence, which is letting others know that Jesus Saves and that He is Coming Again; our AY Coordinators in a united effort with the area churches and the Adventist Youth Ministries Department are getting ready to begin Weeks of Youth Evangelism in several areas of our Conference. In order for the week to be of successful, youth and young adults must bring their friends, colleagues, and family members with them, those who are not Christians or have not been baptized yet, must attend. This will not be a regular week of prayer, it is a week of youth evangelism; where young people, together with the AY Leaders and Pastors will work hard so more young people will accept Jesus and be baptized. The upcoming series of evangelism are the following:

Bronx Week of Youth Evangelism (Spanish with translation to English)

Date: May 5 to May 12, 2007 (Each Night)

Place: IntervaleSeventh-dayAdventistChurch (1064 Intervale AvenueBronx, NY 10459)

Speaker: Pastor Jose Pagan (Senior Pastor in Houston; speaker of the 2005 Spanish Campmeeting, Youth Tent)

Sabbath Afternoon Parade begins at 1:00 PM: A great parade with youth, young adults, Master Guides, Pathfinders, and Adventurers will kick off the week. The Parade will begin at BronxTempleSDAChurch (495 Willis Avenue, Bronx, NY10459) and will end up at the IntervaleSDAChurch (1064 Intervale Ave., Bronx, NY10459).

For more information please contact:

Suni Rosario (917) 689-1278 rosario18@yahoo.com

Darwin Garcia (646) 418-1514 rgarcia340@yahoo.com

Walter Harris (646) 528-0901 Rombo33@aol.com

Mel Francis (917) 291-7152 melfrancis@verizon.net

Kaity Colon (917) 359-5503 maybi626@yahoo.com

Upstate New York Week of Youth Evangelism (Bilingual)

Date: May 4 to May 12, 2007 (Each Night)

Place: HaverstrawSpanishSeventh-dayAdventistChurch (95 Hudson Avenue, Haverstraw, NY 10927)

Speaker: Pastor Alvin Payne (Youth Pastor of the 700 member HillsboroughSpanishSeventh-dayAdventistChurch, in Portland, Oregon)

For more information please contact:

Elmer Saravia, (845) 942-8278 or (845) 536-4327 alexa725@aol.com

Teddy Williamson (646) 321-2863 stilltedwill@hotmail.com

Angelina Soto (914) 263-8135 Advocate4Youths@verizon.net

Pastor Miguel Guerrero (718) 930-0013 mguerrero55@msn.com

Queens Week of Youth Evangelism (English with translation available to Spanish, through headphones)

Date: May 12 to May 19, 2007 (Each Night, with exception of Monday, May 14 and Thursday, May 17)

Place: JacksonHeightsSeventh-dayAdventistChurch (72-25 Woodside Avenue, Woodside NY 11377)

Speaker: Pastor Sheldon Cooper (Evangelist, New Jersey Conference of the Seventh-dayAdventistChurch)

For more information please contact:

Roy Davidson (917) 797-6697 rcdlovesjesus@yahoo.com

Elena Sandoval (917) 572-4766 bellefemme85@aol.com

Patricia Geraghty (516) 768-6424 avongarota@yahoo.com

Pastor John Piroski (347) 613-2187 piroski7@hotmail.com

Pastor Andres Peralta (269) 277-0588 lora_646@hotmail.com

Weeks of Youth Evangelism Coming Up

There are about 4 more weeks of Youth Evangelism which we will announce as soon as we have all the details. They will take place in the following areas:

Bronx (English); Brooklyn/Staten Island (English); Long Island (Bilingual); Manhattan

The flyers for the events are attached, they are also posted on the website, please post them and promote these important Youth Evangelistic Series in your church.

2.Adventist Youth Evangelism Rally 2007: Due to the fact that some of our Youth Evangelistic Series have been delayed to the month of June, we will postpone the Adventist Youth Evangelism Rally from June 23 to September. Information will be available very soon for you. We would like to have thousands of Youth, Young Adults, Pathfinders, Adventurers, and Master Guides for this Rally in September. Most likely it will take place on September 22, in the afternoon, and we will continue with the Olympics after sundown and into Sunday, September 23.

3.Campmeetings Programming for Youth and Young Adults: Our Campmeetings and Summer Camp Programs for Youth and Young Adults (ages 13-35) will be combined. There will be three Campmeetings during the summer; each one will include a Summer Camp Program for Youth and Young Adults. The dates are as follow:

English Campmeeting & Summer Camp: June 30 to July 7

Spanish Campmeeting & Summer Camp: July 14 to July 21

Franco-Haitian Campmeeting & Summer Camp: July 22 to July 28

Each one of these Camps will have spiritual programming, recreational programming (Mountain Biking, Archery, Swimming, Water Skiing, Tubing, Softball, Basketball, Inflatable Games, among other things). These will be a great opportunities to bring not only Adventist Youth & Young Adults, but non-Christian friends also; we will have a baptism at the end of each week.

4. Teen & Young Adult Small Groups at each LocalChurch: One of our goals is to have a Teen Small Group (13-17) and a Young Adult Small Group (18-35) at each local church. It is my conviction that Small Group Ministry is the strongest evangelistic and nurturing weapon that we as a church have against Satan. Teens and Young Adults who get together during the week to pray, study the Bible, fellowship, and also bring their non-Adventist friends to the group, grow spiritually and don’t leave the church. At the same time, the church grows because the non-Adventist friends become interested in Jesus and eventually join the church.

The churches following this Biblical method are seeing the results. If you need more info, training, and materials, please E-mail Pastor Jose or call the Adventist Youth Ministries Department.

5. Take Your Church to School/Work Day (May 18): We are calling on each Seventh-day Adventist Teen, Youth, and Young Adult to wear something that identifies him/her with the Seventh-dayAdventistChurch on Friday, May 18, 2007. Go to school or work with a shirt, pin, and jacket, something that says “Seventh - day Adventist” on it. If you don’t have anything to wear, take a Bible with you, don’t put the Bible in your bag, keep it in your hand, but have something that identifies you, as a Seventh-day Adventist. When people ask, tell them about Jesus. You can also share the many positive things of your church. Before May 18, I will share with many positives of the AdventistChurch, so when asked, you have lots of great answers.

6. Summer Mission Trips (Philippines & Mexico): There is still space available for both trips. There are a few updates and changes on the Philippines Outreach Mission Trip. To get the latest info, please go to the website.

Remember all of the event information, posters, reports, and lots of resources can be found at our website: www.gnycyouth.com. Pastor Jose’s E-mail: GNYCYOUTH@aol.com; Secretaries, Veronica & Joanne: ay@gnycyouth.com

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