b'YOUR INVITATIONDear Members and Friends, Citygate Network people love to come together for inspiration, education, and fun. Thats why our Annual Conference and Exposition is always a fabulous fourday festival for the soul. God is honored and gospelfocused ministry issues are explored in an upbeat atmosphere.COVID19 took that away from us in May 2020. Even so, we successfully pushed ahead with a smaller, beginningofSeptember event for a bunch of our members who were Zoomed out after months on duty and desperately in need of inperson connections with peers. It went extremely well. But now were back on track to hold our usual, highly acclaimed big gathering in 2021. It will be on the East Coast, in Baltimore, with its picturesque and playful Inner Harbor. Peruse these pages and check out all thats in store. Our world has had most of a year to perfect the art of video conferencing, virtual meetings, online learning, and distance education. Weve gotten a whole lot betterwell, at least some of us haveat facilitating such confabs, but the agreement is almost universal: Theres nothing like the real thing. Togetherness. Live Q&A with experts. Informal fellowship with peers. Inspiration through testimonies and song. Prayer with ministry partners. Total presence. God willing, thats where were heading. Lets get back together in Baltimore! John Ashmen President www.citygatenetwork.org/2021conf'