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Pre-Conference Workbook
| Last edited on April 14, 2015 | Search Score: 0
The full booklet of Conference material for the sixth session of the Upper New York Annual Conference is now available for review and to download and/or print. The workbook includes the agenda for the session; reports, recommendations, and action items from Conference boards, committees, teams, and task forces; proposed petitions…
2015 Pre-Conference Workbook is now available
posted on April 10, 2015 | Search Score: 0
The full booklet of Conference material for the sixth session of the Upper New York Annual Conference is now available for review and to download and/or print. The workbook includes the agenda for the session; reports, recommendations, and action items from Conference boards, committees, teams, and task forces; proposed petitions…
2015 Annual Conference Schedule
| Last edited on April 13, 2015 | Search Score: 0
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:30 a.m. - Registration 8:30 a.m. - Blessing of the space 9:30 a.m. - Clergy session; Laity session 11:30 a.m . - Lunch/Extension Ministry luncheon 1:30 p.m. - Opening Worship, Bishop Webb preaching 3 p.m. - Plenary 5:15 p.m. - Dinner 7 p.m. - Act of…
https://www.unyumc.org/events/2015-annual-conference-schedule
State Unemployment Insurance
| Last edited on April 9, 2015 | Search Score: 0
In general, virtually all employed persons in New York are covered by unemployment insurance. However, New York State’s Unemployment Insurance law provides exclusions from coverage for certain persons rendering services to not-for-profit corporations including United Methodist churches. Section 563 (2) excludes services rendered to a non-profit organization by the following:…
Prayer Labyrinth
| Last edited on February 28, 2018 | Search Score: 0
PRAYER LABYRINTH A 24' canvas labyrinth is available for the use of congregations, district‐led and conference‐led events. It is housed in the Media Resource Center and can be reserved by laity and clergy, individuals and groups, by contacting Karen Campolieto, Media Resource Center Coordinator and Archives Assistant at (315) 898-2027…
Upper New York Conference Center acquisition update
posted on April 8, 2015 | Search Score: 0
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.…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/upper-new-york-conference-center-acquisition-update
E-News from the Valley! April 2, 2015
| Last edited on April 8, 2015 | Search Score: 0
Click here for the E-News from the Valley! April 2, 2015
http://www.unyumc.org/news/e-news-from-the-valley-april-2-2015
April 8, 2015 Oneonta District Newsleter
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Click Here to View PDF on April 8, 2015 Oneonta District Newsletter
http://www.unyumc.org/news/april-8-2015-oneonta-district-newsleter
Challenge pits districts against each other to raise funds for Imagine No Malaria
posted on April 8, 2015 | Search Score: 0
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…
Take time to acknowledge importance of child abuse prevention
posted on April 7, 2015 | Search Score: 0
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to acknowledge the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse. The Safe Sanctuaries team of the Upper New York Conference’s Sexual Ethics Committee provides standard training about safe sanctuaries – “making congregations safe places where children, youth…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/take-time-to-acknowledge-importance-of-child-abuse-prevention
Spiritual leadership grants available
posted on April 6, 2015 | Search Score: 0
The Spiritual Leadership Ministry Oversight Team invites individuals, congregations, and groups within the Upper New York Conference to submit grant proposals that would address its stated mission of “encouraging and developing leadership within the laity and clergy that is diverse and unified by our love of Christ.” The vision of…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/spiritual-leadership-grants-available
Media Resource Center April Newletter
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https://www.unyumc.org/images/uploads/Media_Resource_Center_April_2015_Newsletter.pdf
http://www.unyumc.org/news/media-resource-center-april-newletter
Mountain View District April 2nd Newsletter
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https://www.unyumc.org/images/uploads/Apr._2,2015_NEWSLETTER.pdf
http://www.unyumc.org/news/mountain-view-district-april-2nd-newsletter
Kingdom Kids: What it is, what it does, and what it means to the vitality of one church
posted on April 1, 2015 | Search Score: 0
The staff of Kingdom Kids gathers in a circle for prayer, led by the Rev. Ellen Knight, before the children arrive. Then they leave to retrieve the youth awaiting them across the street at Lyons Elementary School. With a flurry of backpacks and winter coats, the children arrive, ready first…
Mountain View District March 25th Newsletter
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click here to view District Newsletter
http://www.unyumc.org/news/mountain-view-district-march-25th-newsletter
Violet’s Garden grant applications due May 1
posted on April 1, 2015 | Search Score: 0
The Violet’s Garden Task Force is now accepting grant applications. This is a grant program designed to further the spiritual development of children and youth at the local-church level. Grants are awarded twice per year, in May and November, and congregations can apply for up to $2,000 for these non-recurring,…
Becoming Tabasco Habanero Christians at the Confirmation Retreat
posted on April 1, 2015 | Search Score: 0
Upper New York Area Resident Bishop Mark J. Webb greeted the youth at the 2015 Upper New York Conference Confirmation Retreat via webcam from Pennsylvania. He started with a question – “Have you ever had a job as a babysitter?” – and a story. Bishop Webb once babysat a little…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/confirmation-retreat-spr2015
Mountain View District UMW Spring Newsletter
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Click here to view UMW Spring Newsletter
http://www.unyumc.org/news/mountain-view-district-umw-spring-newsletter
South Sudan Health providers in desperate need of supplies
posted on March 31, 2015 | Search Score: 0
The casualties of war are many, but it’s the innocent that suffer the most with the lack of healthcare supplies and trained personnel to treat them. When a civil war broke out in December 2013 in South Sudan, one of the places that suffered the greatest destruction was Malek, a…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/south-sudan-health-providers-in-desperate-need-of-supplies
E-News from the Valley! March 26, 2015
| Last edited on March 26, 2015 | Search Score: 0
Please click here to view a PDF of the district newsletter from March 26, 2015
http://www.unyumc.org/news/e-news-from-the-valley-march-26-2015