news stories Tagged “Episcopal Office”
Challenge pits districts against each other to raise funds for Imagine No Malaria
April 8, 2015 / By Kathleen Rubino / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The spring District Day challenges are complete, and each district rose to the challenge: to raise more money than the district before it. The challenges raise money for Imagine No Malaria, an effort to eliminate malaria deaths in Africa by 2016. The $1 million campaign for Imagine No Malaria is one half of Upper New York Conference’s Africa 360 challenge, a holistic campaign to provide ministry to the people of Africa. …more
Bishop Webb extends terms of two district superintendents
March 24, 2015 / By Kathleen Rubino / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Upper New York Area Resident Bishop Mark J. Webb has announced that the Rev. Ted Anderson and the Rev. Jan Rowell will be appointed to the office of District Superintendent for an eighth year. Both Rev. Anderson and Rev. Rowell also had their terms extended in 2014. They will continue to provide leadership to their current districts: Rev. Anderson to the Genesee Valley District and Rev. Rowell to the Oneonta …more
Clergy who wish to opt-out of delegate elections must elect so by April 10
March 18, 2015 / By Ashley Riddell / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Clergy and laity will be elected as delegates to 2016 General and Jurisdictional conferences during the 2015 session of Annual Conference. All Conference elders and deacons in full connection are eligible for election, but if you are not feeling called to serve in this way you can have your name removed from the official election ballot by completing the Option to Remove Name from Clergy Delegate Ballot. Please complete all …more
AC 2015 offerings outlined
March 13, 2015 / By Kathleen Rubino / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The theme of the 2015 session of the Upper New York Annual Conference is Planting God’s Future in Hearts and Neighbors - The Promise of Harvest. God calls us to harvest through the offerings that support missions and ministries, and this year five offerings will be received during the session. On Wednesday, the Clergy Care Fund offering will be taken at the clergy session and a Helping Hands Fund …more
Rev. Gottschalk-Fielding to assume role of executive assistant to Bishop Webb
March 3, 2015 / By Sandra Brands
Upper New York Area Resident Bishop Mark J. Webb has announced that the Rev. Bill Gottschalk-Fielding will assume the position of Executive Assistant to the Bishop, effective July 1. Rev. Gottschalk-Fielding will continue his work as the Upper New York Conference Director of Connectional Ministries, in a move that combines two previously separate positions. Rev. Gottschalk-Fielding“When (current Executive Assistant) Chris (Doran) shared that she would be retiring, I began …more
Doran retiring as executive assistant to the bishop
February 19, 2015 / By Sandra Brands
Twenty-two years ago, Chris Doran quit a high-paying job in advertising because the work she was asked to do conflicted with her beliefs. Doran“I came home from work and told my husband I’ll flip burgers before I go back,” she said. That decision led her to the Office of the Bishop of the New York West Episcopal Area, where she applied for the job of …more
New DS Anderson: ‘There is joy in serving God’
February 12, 2015 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Life transformed. That’s what the Rev. Nola Anderson wants to see as she takes on the position of a Conference superintendent assigned to the Crossroads District beginning July 1. “I want to see people tapped into all that God has to offer to God’s people,” she said. “I want to see people come to truly believe that with God, all things are possible.” …more
For new DS Roy, ministry is about helping others
February 12, 2015 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The Rev. Abel Roy (top left) is pictured with his family (clockwise from top right): daughter Abigail, 17; wife, Rebecca; and daughter Priscilla, 11. Submitted photoThe Rev. Abel Roy has a heart, a passion for evangelism. In fact, Rev. Roy’s enthusiasm was recognized in 2003 when he received the former Western New York (WNY) Conference’s Denman Award for Evangelism. “Everything we do reflects the love of Christ in …more
Team at the ready to respond to congregational crisis
February 11, 2015 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
When Upper New York Resident Bishop Mark J. Webb arrived in the Conference in 2012, he brought with him experience of responding to the care of a congregation dealing with betrayal, anger and grief. Knowing that even with the most stringent safeguards in place, sexual and financial misconduct can happen, Bishop Webb wanted to have a response team in place, ready to deploy to a congregation in crisis. He also wanted …more
Bishop names new district superintendent
February 2, 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. Abel Roy as a Conference Superintendent assigned to the Mohawk District effective July 1, 2015. Rev. RoyRev. Roy currently serves the Springville First United Methodist Church in the Niagara Frontier District. Born in Sri Lanka, Rev. Roy received his Master of Theology and Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky and was …more