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