News Stories from October 2022
Testimonies of loving, learning, and leading–AC2022 Leadership Report
October 6, 2022 / By Shannon Hodson / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The Upper New York (UNY) Conference Leadership Report was presented during the afternoon of Thursday Oct. 6 at the 2022 UNY Annual Conference, held virtually. Associate Lay Leader Jessica White and Dean of the Cabinet, the Rev. Mike Weeden, presented the mission, vision, and purpose of the UNY Conference. Jessica described how since 2013, various leadership teams and churches throughout the UNY Conference have been working on the process of creating Christ-following transformational …more
Laity uplifted at Annual Conference 2022
October 6, 2022 / By Tara Barnes, Director of Denominational Relations, United Women in Faith
Lay members to the 13th gathering of the Upper New York Annual Conference attended the Conference laity session held virtually on Oct. 6, 2022. After a greeting from Upper New York Area Resident Bishop Mark J. Webb, Associate Conference Lay Leader Jessica White welcomed more than 260 participants to the gathering. “In these times we need to hold onto God,” she said. “As I tell my Sunday school class pretty …more
AC2022 interactive Opening Worship service offers a message of hope
October 6, 2022 / By Shannon Hodson / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
How can an online worship service for the Upper New York (UNY) Annual Conference be interactive? Leave it to the Rev. Nancy Dibelius, UNY Conference Assistant Director of Vital Congregations for Spiritual Life, to make it possible. Prior to the service, Annual Conference registrants were notified on the Conference website to bring a candle, matches, and a rock in order to be able to fully participate in Opening Worship, which …more