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What’s going on Thursday night? At Salem UMC, it’s church
January 28, 2015 / By Beth DiCocco / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
What do you do when you can't make an appointment? You reschedule. If it works for doctor's visits and business meetings, why not for church services? When the Rev. Debbie Earthrowl, pastor at the Salem United Methodist Church, saw it was tough for many young families to make the Sunday morning service, she simply rescheduled. Salem UMC still has Sunday morning worship, and its attendance has grown; but …more
Congregation builds relationships with New Day Center adults
January 28, 2015 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
By Sandra Brands* The congregation of East Rochester UMC and the New Day Center adults shared a meal together with family and friends just before Thanksgiving. Photos by Stephen J. HustedtFor years, the East Rochester United Methodist Church leased its basement to a day care center. The congregation had hoped to build a relationship with the day care personnel, its children and families. “We soon realized that was not …more
Bishop names Rev. Anderson new district superintendent
January 26, 2015 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Upper New York Area Resident Bishop Mark J. Webb is pleased to announce the appointment of the Rev. Nola Anderson as a Conference Superintendent assigned to the Crossroads District. Rev. AndersonRev. Anderson, pastor at the Grace and West Avenue United Methodist churches in Rochester, currently sits on the UNY Board of Ordained Ministry and has been active in Black Methodists for Church Renewal, the Northeastern Jurisdiction Clergy Women Consultation Planning …more
Departing superintendents will take what they learned to new ministries
January 20, 2015 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Two district superintendents will leave the Cabinet by July 1, 2015, Upper New York Area Resident Bishop Mark J. Webb has announced. The Rev. Darryl Barrow, Crossroads District Superintendent, and the Rev. Dr. Sung Ho Lee, Mohawk District Superintendent, will receive new appointments that will be announced at a future time. Rev. Lee has served on the Cabinet for eight years, while Rev. Barrow will be finishing his sixth year as a …more
Church inspired by AC session mission project
January 20, 2015 / By Beth DiCocco / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Inspired by the hands-on mission project at the 2014 Upper New York Annual Conference session, the Adirondack Community Church in Lake Placid will be doing its first meal-packing mission for Stop Hunger Now on Jan. 25, 2015. Stop Hunger Now (SHN) began in 2005, and distributes meals around the world. Volunteers will work assembly-line style to measure out the dehydrated ingredients and package the meals. The meals contain rice, soy, vegetables, flavoring and 21 …more
Missions to Nicaragua: Rich experiences in a poor nation
January 20, 2015 / By Beth DiCocco / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
(Above) Students in art class at the Project Chacocente school. Photo courtesy of The Friends of Project Chacocente The number of Nicaraguans living in extreme poverty – defined as less than $1 a day – increased from 7.6 percent to 9.5 percent from 2012 to 2013, according to a survey published in November 2013 by the Managua-based Fundación Internacional para el Desafío Económico Global, a nongovernmental foundation. That's the …more
The ROAD on The Hill launches inaugural event
January 8, 2015 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
On July 1, 2011, the church restart The ROAD out of the West Genesee United Methodist Church was born. Over the past three and a half years we have gone through a visioning process, established a leadership team, sold a building, and have been active in ministry through our weekly ministries: Theology on Tap, Open Street Communion, and Faith and Fries. We have also made connections and built relationships within our communities …more
2014 Conference Journal now available
December 30, 2014 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The 2014 Upper New York Annual Conference Journal is now available. We are again using online publisher Lulu.com, and hard copies of the journal can be ordered directly from them and delivered to the address you choose. You will need a major credit card to place an order. The cost of the hard copy journal is $21.95 plus tax and shipping (be sure to choose mail for lowest shipping cost). To …more
2014: A Year in Review
December 30, 2014 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Click here to take a look back at 2014 in Upper New York! …more
Bishop Webb’s 2014 Christmas message
December 18, 2014 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us ... ” (Titus 2:11-14a) To download a printable PDF of Bishop Webb's Christmas …more