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NYC | Virtual Edition!

Welcome to NYC 2020! Virtual Edition

NYC 2020 is happening!

However, it will not be at Lake Williamson… it will be in your own community! We are cultivating all the elements so that you can have your own DIY Virtual NYC!

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Our Host for NYC – Jeff Roth

We have built a landing page where you will be able to download: keynote messages (after 10/3/2020), video breakouts, hilarious bumper videos, potential games & activities, service project ideas, and a special leaders breakout. Basically, just add music (and probably food) and you’re ready to put on your own NYC!

If you elect to put together a one-day event we would encourage you to do it on Saturday, October 3rd. This is the day that we will premiere the keynote messages from a couple of your favorite NYC speakers Brandon Petty and Jason Jordan. One of the messages will premiere at 10 am and the other at 6:30 pm (similar to a normal Saturday at NYC). In between the messages you can fill up your schedule with all of the other elements we are providing.

Below is a sample schedule along with a F.A.Q. that you could use to help build your event:

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For Saturday, October 3rd, 2020

  • 9 am – Students arrive and check-in for the day
  • 9:30 am – Gather your students for the main session. This would be a great time to welcome your students, show one of the bumper videos you downloaded from the NYC landing page, do an icebreaker, and a couple of songs of worship.
  • 10 am – Virtual NYC is live! At 10 am we will go live with an NYC host Jeff Roth and a keynote message from Jason Jordan.
  • 11 am – Next Step time. Depending on your group size you may want to break your students up into smaller groups with a designated leader to help facilitate conversation.
    • What did you learn from the message?
    • How can you put what you’ve learned into practice?
    • In other words, in light of what I’ve heard, what are my next steps?
  • 11:20 am – Breakout/Workshop. Choose one of the breakouts you’ve downloaded from the NYC landing page and show it to your students. If your facility allows it, you could show two or more and give the students an option as to which one they want to watch. Preview the breakout beforehand so you can lead a discussion with the students after the video.
  • Noon – Lunch
  • 12:30 pm – Games // Activities // Service Project // Breakout. On a “normal” NYC Saturday, this part of the day would be free time. But at Virtual NYC this is a great time to get creative. You can fill the afternoon with a massive service project in your community or you can mix in some games and activities too. Another option would be to utilize one or more of the breakout videos as a supplement during this time.
  • 5 pm – Dinner
  • 6 pm – Gather your students for the main session. This would be a great time to welcome your students, show one of the bumper videos you downloaded from the NYC landing page, do an icebreaker, and a couple of songs of worship.
  • 6:30 pm – Virtual NYC is live! At 6:30 pm we will go live with an NYC host Jeff Roth and a keynote message from Brandon Petty.
  • 7:30 pm – Next Step time.
  • 7:45 pm – Closeout and send students home.

F.A.Q.

What if I want to use it another Saturday that fits our schedule better?
The Saturday, October 3rd schedule would work on any other Saturday that you choose. The only thing that you would miss by doing it on another Saturday would be the “live” component of the keynote messages being streamed live at 10 am and 6:30 pm. If you choose to do it on another Saturday, you will be able to download those messages anytime after October 3rd.

What if I don’t want it to last all day?
If you host your Virtual NYC on October 3rd, you are only locked into the live stream at 10 am and 6:30 pm. The rest of the schedule can be rearranged any way you want it. You’re the boss!
If you choose to host your Virtual NYC on another Saturday you can arrange the schedule to meet your needs.

How else could I use this material?
You could host an event that meets on Friday night and Saturday night.
You could host a two-week event that meets on a night that works well for your students.
You can use the keynote messages and breakouts to fill up a whole month of your regular weekly meetings.
The possibilities are endless!

Are we getting anything for the leaders?
Most definitely. We are so grateful for all of the youth leaders out there who are investing in students daily! This year we have a breakout video from Blake Thomas that is JUST FOR YOU! I think this video would be a great resource for you to use as you gather your leaders/volunteers together for some pizza and fellowship.

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The Virtual World— NYC 2020 is happening… sort of 🤓

by Franklin Dumond, Director of Congregational Ministries

For more than 40 years General Baptist Ministries has offered a summer event for teens called National Youth Conference. NYC provides a life-changing weekend that, over the years, has impacted thousands of lives through salvation and answered calling from the Lord. 

Pastor Jeff Roth attended NYC as a teenager and has coordinated NYC for the last several years. While the pandemic forced the cancellation of this year’s large group event, the NYC task force has developed a virtual NYC that can be enjoyed locally in one day or over several weeks.

Here’s Pastor Jeff’s announcement…

NYC 2020 is happening… sort of
By Jeff Roth, NYC Coordinator

I had not missed a National Youth Conference (NYC) since 2003, then 2020 hit. I bet you can relate. We were anticipating another awesome weekend and then everything stopped. I was bummed. But after meeting with the NYC task force we are determined to not let that stop us from accomplishing the mission of NYC.

NYC Coordinator, Jeff Roth
NYC Coordinator, Jeff Roth

The main objective of NYC is to help students take the next step in their relationship with Jesus. Another objective is to be a resource for youth leaders. We want to give you a place to bring your students and know that they will experience a safe, fun, and hopefully life-changing weekend. We are saddened that we were unable to meet those objectives in June. After much prayer and conversations, we have decided that we are going to try to help you meet those objectives in October.

However, this NYC will not be at Lake Williamson, it will be in your own community! We are cultivating all the elements so that you can “create-your-own NYC!” We are currently building a landing page where you will be able to download: keynote messages, video breakouts, hilarious bumper videos, potential games & activities, service project ideas, a special leaders breakout, and sample schedules if you want to do a one-day event or use the material for your weekly youth meetings. Basically, just add music and you’re ready to put on your own NYC! 

If you elect to put together a one-day event we would encourage you to join other groups and do it on Saturday, October 3rd. This is the day that we will premiere the keynote messages from a couple of your favorite speakers Brandon Petty and Jason Jordan. One (1) of the messages will premiere in the morning and the other in the evening (similar to a normal Saturday at NYC). In between the messages you can fill up your schedule with all of the other elements we are providing. You may want to add some food for the students in there too. 

I know this is obviously different from any NYC in the past, but we are praying that God will still use it powerfully to help your students take their next step in their relationship with Jesus. 

On Twitter the other day a fellow pastor asked what was going to come next in 2020. I believe he was looking for humorous replies but I replied by sharing the only thing I would want to be right about… that when people talk about 2020 they only talk about all that other junk in the context that it led to The Great Awakening of 2020. That we should see a revival like we’ve never seen it before in our hearts and in our churches. Lord, let it be so!

More information plus the link to the landing page with the above-mentioned resources will be made available soon. Until then, let’s keep praying that God uses our virtual NYC 2020 to be a life-changing experience for our students! 

Stay Hopeful! 
Jeff Roth

These messages will be available for download after October 3rd if you decide to choose 1 another date or use the material for your weekly youth meetings.

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Be That Man

By Jeff Roth

I had the skills to pay the bills.  I was playing college baseball.  I was on my way to the big leagues.  That was my plan-but my coach had a different one.  I thought I should be starting at shortstop and batting clean up.  He thought I should be warming up our left fielder between innings.  We agreed to disagree, and I tried to become the best warmer-upper of a left fielder that they had ever seen.

Whenever you join a team you agree to come under the leadership of that team.  When I joined the baseball team, I understood that I was going to do whatever the coach thought would be best for the team.  It wasn’t always what I wanted.  Let’s be honest, it was hardly ever what I wanted, but I was following the leader.

In Mark chapter 8, Jesus calls not only His disciples, but also the crowd to Him.  He tells them all exactly what they must do if they want to be part of His team.

“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” (Mark 8:34 ESV)

That’s what Jesus says.  When it comes to being a follower of Jesus it starts with a straight up denial of self.  Being a follower of Jesus I deny myself by saying that my life is no longer about me.  It’s surrendering everything to Jesus.  It’s surrendering my dreams to Jesus.  It’s surrendering my bank account to Jesus.  It’s surrendering my desire for applause, my talents, my time, my family, my heart.  It’s all surrendered to Jesus Christ to be used how He thinks will best help His cause.  It’s not always what I want, but it is what’s best.  That surrender and self denial is a daily battle for me.  It’s a daily battle for most of us, but it’s a battle we must fight.

Henry Varley once said to D.L. Moody, “It remains to be seen what God will do with a man who gives himself up wholly to Him.”  Moody became determined to be that man, and by God’s grace millions of lives were changed through his ministry.  I need to be determined to be that man.  You should be determined to be that person.  We should raise up our children and students to be determined to be that person.

NYC 2014 is all about surrenderingAt National Youth Conference this year we are going to war against this false truth that life is “all about me.”  We are going to raise up students who are willing to look to Jesus and raise their white flag of selfishness.  We are going to teach these students that when it comes to Christ, the best thing we can do is tap out and turn our life fully and wholly over to Him.  We are going to encourage these students to shake this earth at it’s core by giving themselves fully and wholly to the cause of Christ.

What would happen if 900 students totally surrendered their lives to Christ?  Please join me in praying that we find out this summer at NYC.

If you would like to bring a group of students to experience National Youth Conference 2014, visit www.generalbaptist.com for more information or to register.