Be the first church your new neighbors meet.
Moving is the moment people go looking for a church. New in Town makes your church the first friend every new family meets: a locally researched welcome book they keep all year, given by you.
Ready now · Fort Myers edition available · new cities about 4 weeks
Every new address comes with a hundred questions.
A new license, utilities, schools, doctors, trash day, hurricane season, property taxes. New residents want to settle in fast and do it right, and they are looking for community while they do.
New to [City] answers those questions for your city, and it tells them where they will find friends, help and a church home. That church is yours, on the cover and inside.
New in Town
A real 6×9 book with a full-color cover and black-and-white pages designed to be kept. Families open it again every time a new need comes up, and your church is there every time.
- 1Your first 30 days
- 2Driving in Florida: license, title and tags
- 3Utilities, internet and trash
- 4Your home: buying, renting and taking care of it
- 5Homestead, property taxes and Florida taxes
- 6Insurance and hurricane season
- 7Doctors, hospitals and health care
- 8Schools, childcare and learning
- 9Local government, voting and civic life
- 10Living well in Southwest Florida
- 11Finding your people
- 12Local directory, your church first
Plus good news for a new beginning and a "You're invited" welcome card from your church. Fort Myers edition shown; chapter titles adapt to each state.
Your city's book, with your church on the cover.
Every edition is researched for your city and verified with official sources before it prints. Nothing with your church's name prints until you approve it.
- Your state's license, registration and tax rules
- Your city's utilities, schools and trash schedules
- Weather and emergency plans for your region
- Parks, libraries and community groups
- Your pastor's letter and your church featured inside
- Welcome visits and new-member gifts
- New-resident welcome events
- Neighborhood events
- Community and visitor centers
Choose how many families you want to reach
The outcome is families who know your church and come back to it. The book is already planned, customized for your city, presented by your church and placed through your outreach.
- "A gift from" your church, on the cover of every copy
- A welcome letter from your pastor, written with you
- Your church featured in the local directory
- Research and verification for your city
- Reorders at the same pack prices
Copies arrive about 4 weeks after you approve your cover and letter, in any city.
The Page-by-Page Promise
Nothing with your church's name prints until you have read and approved it.
The Delivery Promise
If your copies don't arrive within 30 days of your approval, you receive a full refund.
Payment
50% reserves your edition; the rest is due when you approve your cover and letter. It is a partnership: your families receive their books, and your church helps keep a missionary family in the field. Your church receives a receipt for every payment.
Before you begin
Who is this for?
Anyone who just moved to your city, from first-time homeowners to retirees and families relocating for work.
Can we share it with sister churches?
Yes. With a Shared Edition, two to four churches present one edition together, all named on the cover, and share one pack.
Is it available for our city?
The Fort Myers edition is written. We customize it for any US city: about 4 weeks after you approve your cover and letter.
Is the book free for the people who receive it?
Yes. Your church gives it as a gift. Readers never pay, never sign up and never share personal information to receive a copy.
Where does our church's payment go?
It covers the research, writing, printing and delivery of your books, and it also supports Sergio and Holly Alvarado's ministry in the field. Your church receives a receipt for every payment.
How much work is this for our church?
One short call, one approval of your cover and letter, and the joy of placing the books. We handle research, writing, design and printing.
Get the materials in your inbox
The sample chapter, the presentation for your team or board, and the packs and prices for New in Town. We will follow up personally.
Custom books for churches
[email protected] · 239-355-6731
2701 Cleveland Ave, Suite 200, Fort Myers, FL 33901
Chapter & City is a ministry of Sergio and Holly Alvarado, missionaries who write and localize books that churches give to the people their city is welcoming. Every church that gives a Chapter & City book also partners with their ministry and helps keep them in the field.
Bienvenidos
The Next 90 Days
The First Year
Building a Home Together