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From the desk of Bishop Mark J. Webb: Response to Charlottesville
posted on August 14, 2017 | Search Score: 0
Bishop Mark Webb has shared the following Response to Charlottesville: Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Having just returned this morning from some time away with limited access to news, my heart breaks upon reading the reports of what occurred in Charlottesville, VA on Saturday, August 12th. This is evil…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/from-the-desk-of-bishop-mark-j.-webb-response-to-charlottesville
Register now for Sept. 15-16 Annual UMM Gathering
posted on August 9, 2017 | Search Score: 0
This year's UMM's Annual Gathering at Casowasco Camp & Retreat Center takes place on Sept. 15-16. With the theme Revival, the Rev. Mark Lubbock is the keynote speaker and exciting music will be performed by Mark Jones and Eric Schele. Rev. Lubbock is the CEO of the non-profit men's ministry…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/register-now-for-sept.-15-16-annual-umm-gathering
2017 UNY Conference Journal Directory now available for purchase
posted on August 9, 2017 | Search Score: 0
The 2017 Upper New York Conference Journal Directory is now available. This directory contains up-to-date contact information of all UNY churches, clergy, members to Annual Conference, and surviving spouses for the 2017 Upper New York Annual Conference Session. There are two ways to receive the Journal Directory: Click here to…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/2017-uny-conference-journal-directory-now-available-for-purchase
Southern Sudan Health Project: Saving lives with health education
posted on August 2, 2017 | Search Score: 0
Editor’s Note: This is a story of the Southern Sudan Health Project, a project that resulted from collaboration between United Methodist Churches in Central New York and the Lost Boys (Read about one of them here). The Lost Boys are a group of refugees from Southern Sudan, many who were…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/southern-sudan-health-project-saving-lives-with-health-education
How God provided for Lost Boy Majer Kuon
posted on August 2, 2017 | Search Score: 0
Today’s headlines about South Sudan provide a glimpse of the struggles that the Southern Sudanese people face today. Civil war casualties. Famine. Attacks on aid workers. South Sudan (which was a part of Sudan until 2011) has a long history of struggle. Colonized by the British in the 1940s, Sudan…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/how-god-provided-for-lost-boy-majer-kuon
Faith is not enough
posted on July 26, 2017 | Search Score: 0
Growing up in rural New York State, I was part of what I always thought of as a typical family in a typical home environment. We ate dinner around the table each night; we said our bedtime prayers; we attended church and Sunday school and joined the church when we…