Dear HUB friends,

Happy Lunar New Year to those celebrating another beginning this month! We’ve had another eventful few weeks, with a lot to celebrate and to lift up.

Maria traveled to downtown Orlando on Feb 10-12. She met with HUB Strengthening Pastoral Formation (Research) grantee Dr. Hosffman Ospino, and went to visit HUB Faithful Futures grantee Rev. Omar Johnson. Omar is collaborating with local pastor Rev. Hector Sanchez to provide arts programming for kids at Torre de Refugio (TDR) Ministries’ academy.

Our Grant-Stewarding team has been regularly hosting Thursday afternoon online grantee meetings to introduce cohort members to each other, to share updates, to encourage each other, and to lift each other up in prayer. It’s been a powerful to hear how God is at work in small and big ways, and to walk alongside grantees in their faithful steps of ministry practice.

Next week, we will be installing and celebrating the opening of the Creative Community Care (CCC) traveling exhibit in its Canadian debut at Toronto Chinese Mennonite Church on March 6. The church is also graciously hosting our HUB Regional Gathering Toronto, where 12 ministry leaders and theological educators from the greater Toronto area and Winnipeg will gather on March 5-6. CCC artists Alysia Nicole Harris and Naomi Kuo will join us for this time, and lead arts workshops. Please pray for the ways we will see God at work in new ways.

Stay tuned for new opportunities coming your way next month. We will be opening up applications for 16 participants to attend HUB Summer Camp (June 15-18) in New York City. This year, we will focus on building capacity to cultivate teaching and learning communities. There will also be another round of HUB Local Gathering and Affinity Working Group grants. If you missed the opportunity to apply last fall, this is open to those in the HUB network who have not previously received a grant in these categories.

Until next month, stay warm and well!

Maria and Mark (with the HUB team)

Ministry in the City HUB
City Seminary of New York
302 West 119th St, 3rd Flr
New York, NY 10026, USA

This national initiative is generously supported by Lilly Endowment, Inc.