News Stories from April 2018
Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church is spicing it up
April 16, 2018 / By Shannon Hodson / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Imagine relying on a local food pantry to make ends meet for your family. Common nonperishable food enables your family to have oatmeal or dry cereal for breakfast and perhaps pasta and sauce for dinner. Some food pantries such as Saratoga Springs’ Franklin Community Center, supply perishable goods as well. Over 900 individuals who rely on this food pantry to conquer hunger can add fresh dairy products, meat, and veggies …more
Getting ready for Annual Conference: The layout of SRC Arena
April 10, 2018 / By Vicki Swanson
To help attendees feel prepared for spending a few days at a new facility at the 2018 Annual Conference, held May 30-June2 at the SRC Arena on Onondaga County Community College (OCC)’s campus, this article will share some general information about the layout of the space we are occupying at OCC. We will be publishing a map of the parking lots just prior to Annual Conference so that …more
Deepen your relationship with God through spiritual formation and direction
April 10, 2018 / By UNY Communications
Whether you are a lay person or clergy member, how is your spiritual walk? What can you do to improve it? How can you recognize God in all the complexities of life, not just those “holy” moments, but in the questions and struggles as well? Upper New York (UNY) has spiritual directors who can help you in spiritual formation and spiritual direction. Spiritual formation is the …more
ERT and VIM volunteers put forth amazing effort at Hogansburg UMC
April 9, 2018 / By Shannon Hodson / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Ten Upper New York Conference Early-Response Team members (ERT) and Volunteers-in-Mission (VIM) team members (two from the Crossroads District, one from the Albany District, and seven from the Northern Flow District) came together on April 2 and April 3 to begin restoration of the Hogansburg UMC, which is on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation in the Northern Flow District. The church was damaged by flood waters of the St. Regis River in …more
Social Holiness Concerns: Conscience of the Conference
April 3, 2018 / By Rev. Marti Swords-Horrell, pastor, Emmaus United Methodist Church, Albany
Many of us remember where we were on April 4, 1968 when the nation was shaken to its core by the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. I remember that tragic day very well, but also conversations at our family’s table the previous fall concerning the criticism Dr. King was receiving for his opposition to the Vietnam War, and the connections he was making …more
Getting Ready for Annual Conference 2018: Offerings
April 3, 2018 / By Shannon Hodson / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
For this year’s Annual Conference held May 30-June 2 at the SRC Arena at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, there will be five offerings collected. The first two offerings will be collected during the laity and clergy sessions on Wednesday evening May 30. The Clergy Care Fund offering will be taken at the clergy session and a Helping Hands Fund offering will concurrently be taken at the laity session. The …more