news stories Tagged “Connectional Ministries”
‘Net’ gain: Conference eclipses $400K for Africa 360
June 9, 2015 / By Christian Vischi / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Africa 360 Field Coordinator Laurel O’Connor is unapologetically passionate about the work of Imagine No Malaria and Africa University. “My job is to help our Conference dream God-sized dreams of a world where no child or mother dies of malaria, which is preventable, treatable, and beatable. God-sized dreams where new leaders have a chance to learn, grow, and change the world,” she said during Saturday’s …more
Buffalo’s Asbury Shalom Zone closes
May 19, 2015 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Pictured above are (from left): the Rev. Merle Showers, former Buffalo Community Minister and long-time volunteer; the Rev. Brian Rotach, chair of Niagara Frontier City Ministries; Luis Reyes, director of Operations; Ben Matta, chair of the Asbury Shalom Zone Advisory Board; and Juanita Matta, volunteer executor director. Submitted photo After 18 years of ministry to Buffalo’s lower West Side, the Asbury Shalom Zone (ASZ) closed its doors on April 24. …more
Mother’s Day resources for ‘Imagine No Malaria’ available
May 6, 2015 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Imagine No Malaria, part of the Upper New York Conference’s Africa 360 campaign, has resources available for Mother’s Day including mission moment materials and worship materials, which include suggestions for opening and offering prayers. You can also view a video of a mission moment here. …more
Utica Neighborhood Center opens its doors to new facility
April 28, 2015 / By Kathleen Rubino / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
On April 24, hundreds of people came to The Neighborhood Center, Inc. on Elizabeth Street in Utica to celebrate “110 years of building a stronger community” with the unveiling of phase one of the Dr. Marie A. Russo Neighborhood Center Community Building and the new Mario J. Mannella Memorial Child Care Playground. “While my name is on the building, it is the work of many people,” said Dr. …more
Bishop Webb urges prayer for Baltimore
April 28, 2015 / By Bishop Mark J. Webb / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Earlier this week Bishop Mark J. Webb sent the following note to the Upper New York Conference: Once again, we are witnesses of violent protests in one of America’s cities. As followers of Christ, we must stand on the side of justice and continue to offer a voice and solutions that address racism, discrimination and broken systems. We must also offer a voice of peace and a …more
Bishop Webb asks Upper New York to support Nepal
April 28, 2015 / By Bishop Mark J. Webb / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Editor’s Note: Earlier this week, Bishop Mark J. Webb sent out the following note to the Upper New York Conference: Please keep the people in Nepal in your thoughts and prayers as they deal with the aftermath of the earthquake that occurred on April 25. More than 4,000 are dead, more than 6,500 people are injured, and thousands are living in tents as their homes have been destroyed. May the peace …more
Bishop Webb listens and learns on Native American Ministries Sunday
April 22, 2015 / By Kathleen Rubino / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
On Native American Ministries Sunday (April 19), Upper New York Area Resident Bishop Mark J. Webb visited the Hogansburg United Methodist Church located on the St. Regis Mohawk Territory at Akwesasne to listen and learn – an initiative to listen to indigenous persons discuss their history, pain, accomplishments, culture, beliefs, and more. Mark Garrow, the Iay worship leader at Hogansburg UMC, said it was a blessing to have Bishop Webb join …more
Baldwinsville First UMC issues ‘Stop Hunger Now’ challenge
April 22, 2015 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
In response to the need for funds to support the Stop Hunger Now project at the 2015 Annual Conference session, the Administrative Council at the Baldwinsville First United Methodist Church has extended the following challenge: The Upper New York Annual Conference has established the goal of packaging 150,000 meals during the 2015 Annual Conference session for the Stop Hunger Now program and has committed itself to raise $43,500 to support this project. The Administrative …more
Donate now to help end worldwide hunger
April 14, 2015 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Hungry people around the world need your help. A goal has been set to package 150,000 meals for Stop Hunger Now at this year’s Annual Conference session. Each meal costs 29 cents and feeds one family. At this price, the Conference must raise $43,500 to reach the meal-packaging goal. "When you're writing a check to go to organization, you're a couple of arms' length away," said the Rev. Jeff …more
Upper New York Conference Center acquisition update
April 8, 2015 / By Wendy Deichmann
The Upper New York Conference Board of Trustees has released a statement regarding the potential purchase of property located at 7481 Henry Clay Blvd. in Liverpool that would serve as a new Conference Center. Read below the full statement from property acquisition task force chair the Rev. Dr. Wendy J. Deichmann: At a special session of the Upper New York Annual Conference held on Oct. 18, 2014, the trustees were authorized to obtain …more