b'GATEPOSTS Citygate Network News and Events November/December 2022 www.citygatenetwork.orgNows the Time to Get the Best Rate for the Annual Conference Earlybird registration is now open for Citygate Networks 2023 Annual Conference and Exposition at the Hyatt Regency Orlando,Scheduled KeynotesMay 31June 3, 2023. The event will offer all the inspiration, networking, education, and refreshment thatThe DC Forum Is Returning are hallmarks of City to the Nations Capital gate Network events,Joe Stowell Nona Jones There is so much going on in the United States today that plus, were beefing upbegs the attention of missions and ministries. Crime is education, with morerampant in many of the cities where we work. The cost of track seminars and anliving continues to drive upward, while necessities become optional early educa scarcer. Laws are becoming increasingly accommodating tion intensive. Take atoward people who choose the streets. Immigrants and look at the brochure inMark Yarhouse John Jenkins refugees continue to pour into the country, eager for a betthis magazine, but toter life, and, with a presidential election in 2024, political get the best rate, register by December 19. posturing and rhetoric is already reaching a fever pitch. After two years of virtual DC events, were planning an inperson DC Forum for March 1315, 2023. While online meetings can be effective, theres nothing like shaking a lawmakers hand, sitting across the table in his or her office in the nations capital, telling them about the work youre doing, and describing how they can help. The event promises to be a robust combination of legislative training, engagement opportunities, and rich resources.Actually, there is an even lower rate for the annualVisit our 2023 DC Forum page on the Events calendar conferencefree. Members who agree to moder at www.citygatenetwork.org/events to learn more and ate all five seminars in a track will get a complimen to register.tary program fee. Reach out to Citygate Network Director of Member Advancement Herb Smith at hsmith@citygatenetwork.org for more details.Dont Forget to Join These PRS Opportunities Instigate Receives RecognitionAfter recognizing the strong interest many of you showed This publication has earned high honors yet again from thein this unique format for hearing Gods Word when we Evangelical Press Association (EPA). Citygate Networksdemonstrated it at the annual conference in San Antonio, flagship magazine won first place in EPAs 2022 Best Inweve stepped up our offerings to accommodate even Class competition. EPA judges noted, Very nice. Themore participants for these biweekly 40minute Public design pulls the reader in well. Exceptionally welledited;Reading of Scripture (PRS) sessions. To join either individulots of aha moments as I read. This magazine seems veryally or as a group, use the Zoom link below, and tune in much in tune with the concerns of its nonprofit reader either on Mondays at 7:00 p.m. E.T. or Wednesdays at ship. Congratulations to the staff, writers, and all who12:30 p.m. E.T., or both! These sessions will include others work on Instigate! in ministrynot just Citygate Network members. We hope to see you (and your staff) online regularly. To read past issues of Instigate, log in with your member ID and password to www.citygatenetwork.org, thenThe link is https://zoom.us/j/385927752 and uses the mouse over Library and click on Instigate Archive. meeting ID 385 927 752.62'