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Fall Convening 2025

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

1 PM

Light refreshments available for workshop participants

1:30 - 3:30 PM

Facilitation Workshop (optional) @ Hope Campus
Reading Room

4:45 PM

Gather at Aloft Harlem Hotel to walk together to dinner (optional)

5 PM

Welcome Reception

Red Rooster (Ginny’s Supper Club - downstairs event space)
310 Malcolm X Blvd @125th Street, New York, NY 10027

6 PM

Welcome Dinner @ Red Rooster (Ginny’s Supper Club)

8 PM

Depart in Peace

Thursday, November 6, 2025

8:30 AM

Breakfast @ Hope Campus (City Seminary of New York)
Central Park Café

9:30 AM

Morning Session 1: What is the HUB?
City Hall

10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

Morning Session 2: Who is the HUB?
Net-Making
City Hall

11:30 AM

Prayer and Worship
City Hall

12 PM

Group Photo and Lunch (resource conversation groups)
Around campus

1 PM

Break

2 PM

Afternoon Session 1: Where is the HUB?
Mapping Grant-Stewarding and Learning Together
City Hall and around campus

3:15 PM

Break
Central Park Café

3:30 PM

Afternoon Session 2: Why the HUB Matters? What are we learning as the HUB?
City Hall

4:30 PM

Break
Feel free to go back to the hotel or stay on campus to rest

6 PM

Small Group Dinners @ around NYC

Where do you find support as a ministry leader in the city?

Friday, November 7, 2025

9 AM

Breakfast (bring your luggage to campus) @ Hope Campus
Central Park Café

10 AM

Opening Prayer and Worship
City Hall

10:30 AM

Morning Session 1: Resource-Sharing and Story-Telling
City Hall

11:15 AM

Morning Session 2: Bringing it All Together
City Hall

12:15 PM

Lunch (to-go options)
Around campus

1 PM

Depart in Peace

CONTACT INFORMATION

Rev. Dr. Mark R. Gornik (Co-Director)

mark@cityseminaryny.org
917.209.7864

Dr. Maria Liu Wong (Co-Director)

maria@cityseminaryny.org
917.519.5283

Rev. April Picon (Grants Coordinator)

april@cityseminaryny.org
347.417.6996

Bishop Vivian Grubb (Grants Program Fellow)

vivian@cityseminaryny.org
646.773.2192

Rex Agyemang (Learning Network Program Associate)

rex@cityseminaryny.org
917.309.6553

Eva Ting (Arts and Events Coordinator)

eva@cityseminaryny.org
347.331.9001‬

Rev. Norman Yung (Digital Media Technology)

norman@cityseminaryny.org
917.496.5553