Join the conversation on "Keeping the Good News Good for LGBTQ People" with Gregory Coles at Building Blocks!

Gregory Coles (PhD, Penn State University) is the author of Single, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity (InterVarsity Press, 2017). He currently lives in central Pennsylvania, where he works as a writer, speaker, and worship leader. His forthcoming second book is called No Longer Strangers: Finding Belonging in a World of Alienation (InterVarsity Press, 2021).

RSVP at the link below to join us Saturday, June 6 at 12:30 PM.

What can be done for Christians to focus on the city that we are placed in, specifically Elmhurst, the epicenter of the Corona Virus in America, and the most diverse city in the world.

Chris Clayman is the Co-Founder and an Associate Director of Global Gates (www.globalgates.info), a mission organization focused on reaching the ends of the earth through global gateway cities. He has been involved in pioneer church planting in urban and rural West Africa and New York City among unreached Muslim peoples. Chris is also the author of Superplan: a journey into God’s story (thesuperplan.com) and ethNYcity: The Nations, Tongues, and Faiths of Metropolitan New York (unreachednewyork.com). Chris lives with his wife Nichole and three children in New York City.

Human Trafficking is all around our community, closer than we'd think. What can you and the church do, to stand against this? Come and hear Chris Muller, Director of Training and External Affairs for Restore NYC, talk about what you can do to recognize and defend those who are voiceless.

Pastor Hector will be sharing about ways to help immigrants in our communities.

Bio:
Hector was born in Ecuador, but grew up in Flushing, NY. Traveling and learning about cultures and languages are his biggest hobby. He loves exploring different neighborhoods in the city, and hunting for ethnic foods to try with Erica, his wife. He enjoys history and can geek out on WWII facts. He has been in Redeemer since 2009 and is currently serving as a Community Group Director. He graduated from Reformed Theological Seminary’s New York City program and is currently enrolled in the City Ministry Program at City to City.

Join us for our first talk "Homelessness in the City" with Juan Galloway, president of New York City Relief. He will be exploring the questions below through the perspective of the gospel.

1) Why care about homelessness in our community?
2) What can the churches do?
3) How do we get started?

Juan Galloway is the president of New York City Relief, a mobile outreach to the homeless. They connect people to resources that are life transforming. Their team of staff and volunteers believe that everyone deserves a place to call home because homelessness is a struggle, not a life sentence. Mobility is key to their strategy and as they operate outreaches in NYC and NJ, it allows them to go where the need is greatest. Juan and his wife Tracy served as youth pastors for ten years before joining NYCR and founding City Tribe Church for the homeless and The Noise Hip Hop Church. Juan and Tracy were listed in Charisma Magazine, August 2005 issue, as two of the 30 leaders under the age of 40 shaping the emerging church of the future. Juan is an ordained minister with the Foursquare denomination. He serves as President with NYCR, and has authored 28, The Street Bible as well as God’s Beggars- My Adventures Discovering God In The Inner City. Juan speaks regularly at churches throughout the NYC metro area. He is an accomplished musician, singer/ songwriter and worship leader. He and Tracy have four children together: River, Hailey, Corban, and Connor.