b'OUR MEMBER BENEFITSCitygate Network has beenCitygate Network has an exhaustive array of helpful member part of my life since I startedbenefits. Additions and modifications occur on a regular basis in ministry decades ago. Iveas ministry environments change. Following is what we are made lifelong friends who have taught me, challengedcurrently offering or developing.me, and prayed for me. ItsNOTE: Some of our most popular and appreciated benefits are highlighted an association of leadersinyellow. who are bringing the light of Christ to precious peopleAn asterisk indicates that additional costs are involved. on the streets in nearly 300 citiesand its anNews and Information Publications association that speaksInstigateBi-monthly industry-wide magazine covering all aspects of up for these people andprogramming and operations. works with government to influence policy. This gives2 The PointRegular inspiration and management insights, plus reports for me great hope in the midstCEOs and executive directors. of a homelessness crisis of epic proportions.Street SmartTwice-a-month e-newsletter with network and industry news, Andy Balesstatistics, Scripture lesson, and employment opportunities. Union Rescue Mission, Street Smart ExpressRandom email bulletins blasted to all members or Los Angeles, Californiaappropriate groups of members with breaking news or reminders.Wednesdays WordMonthly devotional and pertinent prayer guidance for members throughout the network. Up to DateFront-page news about issues affecting life-transformation ministries, including poverty, homelessness, health, and more. Life Comes with a Reset Button. Citygate Network is openly and unapologetically a Christian organization. This means the board and administrationand those who joinbelieve by faith that Jesus of Nazareth was marvelously and simultaneously God and mansomeone whose sinless life, death, burial, and resurrection are the basis for understanding and living life according to Gods plan. This makes offering help and hope to people in destitute conditions and desperate situations an exciting endeavor, because it is essentially a way of proclaiming and achieving what God wants: that His Kingdom should begin to emerge, right here on earth, just as it already exists in heaven.At Citygate Network, we also believe that real transformation in a person is possible because the Bible teaches that life comes with a reset button. It says in 2 Corinthians 5 that we dont evaluate people by what they have or how they look [on the outside]we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with [Jesus] gets a fresh start, is created new. The old lifeis gone; a new life burgeons! Look at it! All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and Him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other (MSG). Citygate Networks tagline underscores this prospect. It says, Enter here. Start anew. And thats what hundreds of thousands of people who are guests and clients at our member organizations do every year.'