Derby City Mission would like to invite you to join them at their Annual Celebration, which this year will be held on Sunday 25th September at 6.30pm. 

The event is kindly being hosted by Community Church Derby at the Riverside Centre on Pride Park, DE24 8HY. 

This will also be an opportunity to hear from their new CEO, Julio Abraham, to thank & praise God together for all He is doing in our city and to hear about new and ongoing opportunities to be Good News to those in need and to those who have yet to discover God's saving grace for themselves.  

Julio came to faith in 1980 in Zimbabwe and in 1985 he felt a strong call to ministry which was followed by Seminary training. Upon graduation he was one of three ministers to a church of over 1500 people in the city of Bulawayo. Julio came to the UK as a missionary, seconded to St Andrews Church in Newham, London. He has worked with London City Mission (LCM) as well as for Scripture Union in Scotland and served at Holy Trinity Brompton as a Pastorate Leader, PCC Member, and Alpha conference speaker for over 10 years.

A strong evangelist and entrepreneur, Julio founded CJ’s Mediaworkz, a youth development outfit in Hackney, London, in 1995 during his time with LCM, which reached over 10,000 young people over a 14-year period with a core of 250 young people each month.

“I am passionate about the poor, the needy, the impoverished and the weak in our communities and society at large, I am passionate about the young and young adults having trained and helped to empower many around the world.”