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UrbanPromise Toronto Newsletter

JOURNEY TO URBANPROMISE TORONTOMy journey started all the way back to my very first job and it started at my very own home church. God has blessed me ever since, never really having to look and apply for a job but being called and recruited from one mission field to another. Five years of different internship positions where I have met several brothers and sisters in Christ, I have learned so many lessons and God has revealed Himself to me in so many ways. His love, power, provisions, miracles, His work on my spiritual growth are all so evident from then till now.

As my internships were eventually coming to a close and while I was studying at a Bible college, a friend I worked with through one of my internships needed a Program Director for the Warden Woods community. It is located in the Scarborough area where Warden Avenue & St. Clair Avenue intersect. This was the start of my journey with UrbanPromise Toronto and I have been working with them for three years now as a Program Director, a streetleader, and a volunteer since the Summer of 2006.




And now it is on to a new position, the way I see it...or more exactly...the way God has revealed it to myself and others was that He has prepared me from one internship to another, then from one mission field to another and so on. God has been carefully equipping me, moulding me, preparing me for greater pastures such as this.

I wanted to join them full-time and there were several opportunities then but I refused believing that God had wanted me to graduate from university first. I am now a Tyndale University College & Seminary graduate with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies. As soon as I had accomplished that, there was this same door open and waiting only for me and I have now been hired as a full-time missionary at UrbanPromise Toronto. I just want to praise our almighty God and give Him thanks for everything He has done, is doing, and will do.


ABOUT URBANPROMISEUrbanPromise originally started in 1985 in Camden, New Jersey by Dr. Tony Campolo who set up programs aiming to serve and addressing the needs of the city and other “at-risk” communities. He did this by recruiting college students to work with the youth. The program is based on the belief that with support, children, youth, young adults and their families have the potential to achieve success and can reach their God-given potential. It eventually branched off from United States to Canada.

UrbanPromise Toronto began in 1998 with the vision to see change in government-housing neighbourhoods by reaching out to the inner-city children and youth with their families in several “at-risk” communities across the GTA. UrbanPromise Toronto works to create safe environments where they can experience nurturing care and attention and most of all...God’s love.


CAMP FREEDOMThe community I’m working with is in the Jane & Finch area in North York working alongside the Christian Centre Church. It is the newest UrbanPromise Toronto program and has been operational for two years. This building is conveniently located between the Driftwood and Shoreham government-housing communities. I will be the Site Supervisor looking over the Children’s Program having a team of program directors, interns, streetleaders, community workers and volunteers. It is a program for children ages 5-10 where the staff will develop in them as well as demonstrate to them self-confidence, academic success, social skills, physical health and spiritual growth as necessary elements of healthy development.

I will be supervising the after-school and summer camp programs and leading interns, streetleaders, and volunteers. There are special events like March Break camps, Summer camps of six weeks during the months of July and August, plays and sporting events which all provide lots of opportunities for mentorship, building relationships and showing God in and through it all.



PRAYER & FINANCIAL SUPPORTI am joining UrbanPromise Toronto because I want to obey God’s Great Commission by reaching out to those who need the Lord. This is a place where I can put into practice what Jesus taught through serving others. This provides me an opportunity to do just that as I step out in obedience and so I need your help by praying for me as I prepare to move out, live, and serve in the Jane & Finch area. Prayer is of vital importance to every aspect of life and this is no exception. Also, if the Lord leads you to not just support me in prayer but investing financially as well, I would love and appreciate it very much. By supporting and partnering with me, you will have a direct impact on the ministry God has called me to.

I am looking for monthly supporters as well as bi-monthly, quarterly, yearly and one-time gifts. I need the equivalent of 100 individual monthly supporters at $25/month to support me in my role with UrbanPromise Toronto yearly. If you are able to join my team of financial supporters or should you require any additional information, please contact me through the following. You can also fill out the form below to mail out or by giving the form to me directly as well as donating online.




E-mail: julius@urbanpromise.com

Cell: (416) 570-2759

Online Accounts:

• http://www.facebook.com/juliusnaredo
• http://www.twitter.com/juliusnaredo
• http://www.youtube.com/juliusnaredo
• http://www.myspace.com/juliusnaredo

Thank you for your interest and support. I look forward to what God will do in my life through this mission field and will be in touch with you to let you know more. Your support and prayers mean a great deal to me. Thank you for sharing in this opportunity with me to influence the lives of many of God’s people.




Julius Vincent Obar Naredo
Camp Freedom Site-Supervisor,
UrbanPromise Toronto
http://www.urbanpromise.com

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JULIUS NAREDO’S SUPPORT TEAM
Personal Info:
Name: ___________________________________________________________________
Phone #: _________________________________________________________________
E-mail: ___________________________________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________________________________

I am able to give:
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I am able to give a one-time gift of:
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If giving via pre-authorized chequing, please sign a blank cheque with the word “VOID” written on it and the amount you will be giving on a monthly basis. This amount will be taken out of your account on either the 1st or 16th day of the month.

Please make cheques payable to: UrbanPromise Toronto (designate to Julius Naredo)

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Complete and Mail to:
Urban Promise Toronto
364 Old Kingston Rd.
P.O. Box 97512
Scarborough, Ontario
M1C 4Z1

Charitable registration #: 889135810RR0001
(All donations are tax deductible – tax receipts will be issued at the end of the year.)

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You can now donate online via CanadaHelps.org (click picture):



INSTRUCTIONS:

- Search for "UrbanPromise Toronto" (two words only) in the search bar
- 'Go' to it when 1 result appears
- Click 'Donate Now':

For 'Donation Frequency' 1: if it is a 'One-time donation', please make sure 'Fund/Designation' is under my name 'Julius Naredo'.

For 'Donation Frequency' 2: if it is a 'Repeating donation, deducted monthly from my credit card', please indicate that it is for Julius Naredo under 'Message/instructions for UrbanPromise Toronto' after filling out the necessary information for Credit Card.

- Then 'Continue'

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PRAYERS & SUPPORT! GOD BLESS!