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Sponsored By Christians*inTech
Join us for an evening of authentic connection and kingdom community! This isn't your typical networking event - it's where Christian creatives and founders come together to build meaningful relationships while pursuing their God-given callings.
​A Happy Hour menu will be made available to Royal Authority guests exclusively, we encourage you to come ready to dine!
​What to Expect:
​6-7pm: Welcome & organic networking with light refreshments (A Happy Hour menu will be made available if you'd like more than just refreshments).
​7-7:45pm: Panel discussion on "Navigating Entrepreneurship & Creativity as a Believer"
​7:45-8pm: Interactive Q&A with panelists
​8-9pm: Intentional networking activities designed to forge lasting connections
​Event Details:
​Limited to 50 attendees for intimate community building
​Mix of standing networking and seated panel discussion
​Dress code: Come as you are, but feel free to dress up and feel royal!
​Whether you're launching your first business, growing your creative practice, or simply seeking community with like-minded believers, this is your space to connect, learn, and be encouraged.
​You have the authority to be royal - let's walk in it together.
Royal Authority is a Kingdom community where Christian creatives, entrepreneurs, and emerging leaders can connect, grow, and build together. We create thoughtful spaces where you can have real conversations, make genuine friendships, and find people who understand the journey. Whether it’s an intimate dinner or a larger gathering, we’re focused on quality over everything—because community matters. This is where you can show up as yourself, be encouraged in your faith, and be reminded: you have the authority to be royal.
October 30, 2025 | 6:00-9:00 PM | Kokomo: Williamsburg, Brooklyn (65 Kent Ave)
VOCATIONAL MINISTERIES
NYC AI Church Hackathon
This hackathon brings together NYC's top technologists—developers, designers, product managers, and data/ML specialists—to design and prototype AI solutions that accelerate church planting and strengthen local churches while serving pastors without replacing human elements of ministry. Teams will hear challenges from pastors and planters, then build working prototypes focused on trustworthy and redemptive AI use cases that could be piloted in churches across NYC and beyond.
October 25, 2025 | 9:00 AM-6:00 PM | Midtown Manhattan
New Works Festival
The NYU Catholic Center is hosting its first festival of original theatrical works featuring a diverse lineup of theatre, dance, and performance art by emerging artists. The festival showcases exciting new works across two weekends, with opening night preceded by a Mass for Artists and reception.
October 17, 18, 24, 25 2025 | 7:30 PM | Catholic Center at NYU (238 Thompson St.)
City Wide Worship Night
This quarterly worship and prayer gathering brings together Christians from churches across NYC, featuring musicians from different congregations leading songs written in New York. The event celebrates the unity God is stirring among NYC churches and the new wave of creative talent offering their gifts in worship of Jesus, creating a space to encourage and fan the flame of what the Spirit is igniting across the city.
November 15, 2025 | 5:00-7:00 PM | Oaks Church Brooklyn (231 Ainslie Street, Brooklyn)
Faith and Work 101
The Faith & Work 101 course explores how God cares deeply about the work we do by examining scripture's narrative arc and the practical implications of the Gospel on our everyday work lives. Participants will engage through spiritual practices, daily devotionals, and group discussions in community to understand how their faith connects to their work.
Mondays from October 20 - November 17, 2025 | Redeemer East Side (150 E.91st St., between Lexington and 3rd Ave.)
James Fishback Entrepreneurship Talk
This monthly Catholic Entrepreneurship Talks series features entrepreneurs sharing how their faith inspired them to start their own businesses and overcome challenges, with this month's speaker being James T. Fishback, who launched Azoria investment firm after being ridiculed on Wall Street for praying before meals. Fishback will share how faith grounds his work in finance and culture, how to stand against the status quo in the financial world, and how to help others live their faith more fully in business and investing through practices like daily Mass for staff and donating profits to pro-life pregnancy centers.
October 21, 2025 | 6:45-10:45 PM | Register to see address
Catholic Underground
Catholic Underground draws over 1,000 young adults to Saturday evening gatherings in midtown Manhattan for Eucharistic prayer, confession, music, and fellowship among Catholics navigating faith in NYC. The archdiocese considers it one of their most successful events, creating community for young Catholics seeking to maintain "deep Catholic values" in an often challenging urban culture.
November 1, 2025 | 7:30 PM | Our Lady of Good Counsel (230 East 90th St. Between 2nd & 3rd)
CHURCH EVENTS
Talking About Jesus Today
Redeemer West Side is hosting a fall conference called "Talking About Jesus Today" to help participants grow in confidence when sharing their Christian faith and discussing Jesus with friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors. The conference will combine teaching from three experienced speakers with discussion and practical exercises designed to equip attendees to winsomely share their faith.
October 17-18, 2025 | 7:00-9:00 PM and 9:00 AM-12:30 PM| W83 Ministry Center (150 W. 83rd St. between Columbus and Amsterdam)
Sing, Play, Speak
Sing, Play, Speak offers a supportive community for vocational instrumentalists, singers, actors, and writers who attend Redeemer Network churches, providing a platform to perform their work for peers and build a network of working artists who follow Christ. The program includes three rotating event types: Sing for musical performers, Play for instrumentalists and composers, and Speak for actors and writers, with each evening featuring a shared meal followed by performances.
October 23, 2025 | 6:00-9:00 PM | W83 gallery (dinner) and Sanctuary stage (performances).
Spiritual Practices: Habits of Flourishing in the Modern World
This monthly workshop series explores various spiritual practices designed to help participants resist the de-forming cultural influences of modern life and cultivate durable habits that lead to spiritual flourishing. Each workshop focuses on a different practice—such as generosity, prayer, Scripture, and Sabbath—with practical guidance on how to live them out in busy, complex lives while developing a rich communion with God.
October 26, 2025 | 1:15-2:30 PM | W83 Ministry Center (150 W. 83rd St. between Columbus and Amsterdam)
Draw Near
Draw Near is a sacred gathering designed to intentionally create space for God's presence to permeate every moment, with the goal of letting Jesus become the loudest voice in participants' hearts. The conference invites all those hungry for a deeper connection with God during this season of unique spiritual awakening to come and experience His presence.
November 7-8 2025 | 7:00-9:30 PM and 10:00AM-3:30 PM | Wellspring Church (10-15 46th Road, Long Island City, Queens)
In Vino Veritas: Talk Series
Join St. Joseph's Young Professionals (ages 21–35) every Sunday after the 6 pm mass in the parish hall for a social gathering followed by In Vino Veritas, a talk series led by Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P.
Sundays | 7:00 PM | St. Josephs Church 371 6th Ave
HOW TO GET INVOLVED:
SERVE, PARTNER, PRAY
Submit ministry events/programs — Add to our growing Faith Directory. Submit Here
Volunteer — Ops, hospitality, media, or prayer—let us know your gifts.
Co‑Host or Partner with us — Planning a panel, hackathon, or worship night? Let’s collaborate.
Spread the Word — Forward this email to two friends who’d love plugged‑in faith + Jesus‑centered innovation.
Prayer Covering — Nothing moves without it. Pray that every gathering reveals Christ and renews our workplaces.
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Our Community | Our Mission
Christians*inTech is about creating a space where you can connect with faith-based organizations, churches, nonprofits, and other cool folks around NYC.
This isn’t a replacement for your church or ministry—it’s a way to add to it and help others get connected.
We aim to make sure your Sunday isn’t the only holy time in your week.
