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Bishop’s Retreat
| Last edited on January 17, 2024 | Search Score: 0
About Schedule Keynote Speakers Workshop Descriptions Wednesday Night Fun Free Time Activities Join Bishop Héctor A. Burgos Núñez for his first ever Bishop's Retreat to be held Jan. 16-18, 2024 at the Radisson Hotel in Corning, NY. The theme for this year's event is “Thrive” based on the Scripture by…
Special Sundays
| Last edited on September 29, 2025 | Search Score: 0
When you give on Special Sundays, you enable vital ministries that change the world, one life at a time. Click here to download a Special Sunday planning calendar to help make your worship planning just a bit easier. In the United Methodist Church, we have six special Sunday's that we…
Disaster Response
| Last edited on October 11, 2021 | Search Score: 0
For more information on Disaster Response and Flood Recovery, please send an email to disasterresponse@unyumc.org. Click here for the UMCOR Bucket Drop-Off Locations in UNY. Responsding in the Event of a Disaster at the Church and District-level Flow Sheet for Churches Forming a District Emergency Response Team Disasters, both human-made…
Volunteers-in-Mission (VIM)
| Last edited on January 8, 2026 | Search Score: 0
Volunteers-in-Mission (VIM) is one way United Methodists offer their skills and talents for Christian Service at home or abroad on short-term assignments in areas affected by disasters and hardships. A missionary movement of the United Methodist Church, VIM sends short term volunteer teams into areas of need to work on…
Conference Council on Youth Ministry (CCYM)
| Last edited on January 26, 2026 | Search Score: 0
Conference Council on Youth Ministries The Conference Council on Youth Ministries (CCYM) is a team comprised of youth from throughout the Upper New York (UNY) Conference. With the support and guidance of adult coordinators, youth work with a team to design and lead events that bring together youth from UNY…
College Ministry
| Last edited on October 28, 2024 | Search Score: 0
College Ministry in Upper New York College can be one of the most critical times in a person's life. The United Methodist Church offers many resources to support college students and to help annual conferences in their ministries to college students, whether the students attend a local college, live on…
Lay Ministry
| Last edited on June 3, 2025 | Search Score: 0
Laity serve an important role in The United Methodist Church. Search below to find your District's lay leader and other laity in leadership. Looking for information on Lay Servant Ministries? Click here. Conference Lay Leader Conference Lay Servant Director Adirondack District Albany District Binghamton District Cornerstone District Crossroads District Finger…
United Women in Faith (UMW)
| Last edited on May 17, 2022 | Search Score: 0
To visit the Upper New York Annual Conference United Women in Faith's website, click here. The organized unit of United Women in Faith, formely United Methodist Women, shall be a community of women whose purpose is: to know God and to experience the freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ;…
United Methodist Men (UMM)
| Last edited on November 8, 2024 | Search Score: 0
Men growing in Christ, so others may know Christ. Our Identity, Call, and Mission UMMen are committed to spiritual growth of men, who experience God’s transforming power in their lives, and pass on their faith to live and grow in others. Our Primary Mission is to help men mature as…
Conference Leadership Team (CLT)
| Last edited on March 12, 2026 | Search Score: 0
The Conference Leadership Team (CLT) is the steward of the mission and vision of United Methodists of Upper New York (UNY). The resident bishop convenes the team with the Director of Missional Excellence. The essential functions of the CLT include; Provide missional clarity and alignment within the UNY, regions, and…
About Us
| Last edited on October 6, 2025 | Search Score: 0
OVERVIEW United Methodists of Upper New York (UNY) is comprised of a vibrant network of more than 600 local churches and active new faith communities in 12 districts, covering 48,000 square miles in 49 of the 62 counties in New York state. UNY was created in 2010 when the North…
Privacy Policy
| Last edited on July 14, 2025 | Search Score: 0
Upper New York Annual Conference Legal Terms/Privacy Policy The Upper New York Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church is committed to respecting the privacy and security of personal information provided through its website. We aim to provide users with clear information about our identity, how to contact us, and…
From Ohio: Thoughts on ‘Walking with Palestinian Christians’ event
posted on August 18, 2014 | Search Score: 0
The subject at hand could not be more timely, nor more urgent: this week, concerned United Methodists from all over the U.S., including friends from the larger church universal, are meeting to discuss how to work with Palestinian Christians in the ongoing struggle for peace. As Israeli and Palestinian leaders…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/from-ohio-thoughts-on-walking-with-palestinian-christians-event
Join the Africa 360 Challenge
posted on August 14, 2014 | Search Score: 0
During the recent Upper New York Annual Conference session, an overwhelming vote to contribute $1 million to the Imagine No Malaria campaign of The United Methodist Church was celebrated. In 2011, members of the Upper New York Annual Conference pledged to raise $1 million for Africa University to fund eight…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/join-the-africa-360-challenge
UMM to hold annual gathering at Casowasco
posted on August 14, 2014 | Search Score: 0
United Methodist Men from across the Upper New York Conference will once again converge at the Casowasco Camp & Retreat Center in Moravia for its annual gathering. This year marks the fifth annual gathering of the UNY UMM and the 68th annual conference-wide UMM fall gathering under prior and current…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/umm-to-hold-annual-gathering-at-casowasco
NEJ delegates reflect on 2014 Global Young People’s Convocation
posted on July 31, 2014 | Search Score: 0
The 2014 Global Young People's Convocation & Legislative Assembly in the Philippines was attended by more than 300 young people and observers. Among other business, the young people urged leaders of the denomination to “seek solutions that promote our global unity” and not be divided by issues such as homosexuality,…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/nej-delegates-reflect-on-2014-global-young-peoples-convocation
Spiritual exercises old and new
posted on July 29, 2014 | Search Score: 0
The Rev. Donald Robert Hoff, retired, shares this reflection as “four pilgrims from the Upper New York Conference” prepare to walk the El Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain and Portugal. Pictured above are, from left: Rev. Don Hoff, Donna Hoff, Jeanne Judson and Rev. Gary Judson. Photo courtesy…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/spiritual-exercises-old-and-new
Upper New York Volunteers-in-Mission welcomes new coordinators
posted on July 29, 2014 | Search Score: 0
Upper New York's Volunteers-in-Mission (VIM) has two new co-coordinators: Roger and Donna Cullen (above). The couple, who are members of Clifton Springs UMC, take over for Dr. Sylvia Reimer, who had served as VIM coordinator since 2012. “I’m grateful the Cullens are willing and able to step into this coordinating…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/upper-new-york-volunteers-in-mission-welcomes-new-coordinators
RON MOT grant helps forge ‘Caring Connections’
posted on July 24, 2014 | Search Score: 0
Susan Hardy, Reaching Our Neighbors Ministry Oversight Team (RON MOT) member, has toured some of the ministries that received grants in RON MOT's 2013 round of funding. In this story, she recounts her visit to Caring Connections in Oneonta. Caring Connections is a collaborative effort of more than 30 faith…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/ron-mot-grant-helps-forge-caring-connections
Resource Center makes VBS materials accessible
posted on July 23, 2014 | Search Score: 0
Vacation Bible School – most often simply VBS – is popular with churches (not to mention the kids). A 2012 study by the Barna Group showed that more than two out of three churches in America – 68 percent – offered VBS that summer. And that level of involvement has…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/resource-center-makes-vbs-materials-accessible