Greater New York Vision

Big Dream: Reach 100,000 more teenagers in the Greater New York Division over the next 5 years (between now and 2016). In order to do that, we will need to have an incremental increase of 20,000 kids a year, which is basically double what we are reaching now.

Leadership Development o Recruit, Train and deploy 500 new volunteer leaders:  Area Colleges UConn, Rutgers, NYU, Columbia, Princeton, Nyack, West Conn, College of NJ, Stonybrook, West Point, Univ of Hartford, Hofstra, City College, Brooklyn College… o Teachers in Ministry-100 in 5 years o Area Churches o Alumni o Recruit, train and deploy 50 new staff

Start and Sustain Ministry o Start 100 new ministries over the next 5 years.  Where will we start them? Long Island: North Shore, Greater Islip, Greater Long Beach, Huntington, Baldwin Connecticut/Westchester: Waterbury, Stamford, Norwalk, Larchmont, New Rochelle, Pelham, Bronxville, Dobbs Ferry, Redding, Westport, West Haven, Simsbury, Avon, Farmington, West Hartford, Glastonbury New Jersey/Lower Hudson Valley-Lower: Hudson, Newark, Trenton, Northwest Union and Bergen Counties, area of summit, Robbinsville, Princeton, Montgomery, Monmouth County, Montclair, Edison, N. Brunswick New York City: East New York, Sunset Park, Crown Heights, Windgate, Bayridge, Brownsville, Canarsie, Upper Westside, East Harlem, Port Richmond, Manor Heights, Elmhurst, Flushing, South Jamaica, Mott Haven in the South Bronx

Start and Sustain Ministry  What kind of Ministries?  What will we need to start them? o 5 Criteria 1. Strong, Active board in place 2. “Stakeholders”-own the vision with us and are willing to help fund it 3. Prospects for volunteer leadership 4. Prayer strategy in place and active 5. Plan and strategy Shows what you are going to do, how you will do it and what the impact will be Is sustainable over the long haul Has great chance for success RD has signed off on it  What impact will they have

Camp Grow our summer camp #’s of kids to camp from 1168 (in 2011) to over 4,000 (in 2016). (Assumes a 20%growth rate, year over year). Raise $1.2 million in scholarship money to help take kids to camp Build at least one new dorm at Lake Champion

Resources In order to do this we will raise 10 million dollars million of it for leadership development and starting new work, 2.5 for camp scholarships and the new dorm. We have a plan in place to raise this money over the next 18 months.

500 New Volunteer Leaders

50 New Staff

100 New Ministries

100,000 Kids

$10 Million

500 New Volunteer Leaders 50 New Staff 100 New Ministries 100,000 Kids $10 Million