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“New Places for New People” campaign update
October 8, 2019 / By Shannon Hodson / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
“New Places for New People” is an Upper New York Conference campaign to raise funds for existing and new New Faith Communities. This campaign began last spring and gained a lot of momentum at the Upper New York Annual Conference in June.
It’s not too late to become a “New Places for New People” Partner. The original deadline was November 1, 2019 and it has been extended to December 31, 2019.
It only requires a donation of $50 or more for an individual to become a New Places for New People Partner.
This fall, the Rev. Dave Masland, Director of New Faith Communities, is focusing on churches who would like to become “New Places for New People” Partners.
While churches who donate $500 or more will receive a New Places for New People certificate of recognition, any church that participates in this campaign, even with a small donations, will be considered “New Places for New People” Partner Churches.
Mentioning a few very small congregations that made donations less than $100.00, Rev. Masland said, “I consider any church who makes any donation, no matter who small, to be a ‘New Places for New People’ Partner. It impresses me that small congregations are participating in this campaign.”
Wayland UMC was the very first church to become a "New Places for New People" Church Partner with their $500.00 donation.
To date, the following 11 churches are ‘New Places for New People’ Partners in addition to Wayland UMC:
- Bluff Point UMC (Finger Lakes District)
- East Randolph UMC (Cornerstone District)
- Guilford UMC (Oneonta District)
- Lee Center UMC (Mohawk District)
- Mecklenburg UMC (Finger Lakes District)
- Morris UMC (Oneonta District)
- Owls Head UMC (Northern Flow District)
- Scott UMC (Finger Lakes District)
- Seneca Castle UMC (Finger Lakes District)
- Sulphur Springs UMC (Northern Flow District)
- Whittemore Hill UMC (Binghamton District)
Rev. Masland has a goal to increase this list of 12 “New Places for New People” Partner Churches to 200 by the end of the year. Click here to read more about this campaign. Click here to donate toward this campaign.