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Special session of Annual Conference announced for Sept. 6 and 7, 2014
posted on July 22, 2014 | Search Score: 0
Aug. 29, 2014 Update: special Session (Sept. 6 & 7) indefinitely postponed Upper New York Resident Bishop Mark J. Webb has announced the postponement of the special session of the Upper New York Annual Conference at all three locations. The special session was originally scheduled for Sept. 6 and 7…
Feeding the spirit: Summer Lunch Wagon ministry a success
posted on July 16, 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 Schenectady Inner City Ministry's Summer Lunch Wagon. Until I toured some of the Schenectady Inner…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/feeding-the-spirit-summer-lunch-wagon-ministry-a-success
Certified Lay Ministers: Laity called and connected
posted on July 2, 2014 | Search Score: 0
They provide pulpit supply, pastoral leadership and staff support in cooperative parishes. Harrisville UMC in the Northern Flow District hosted a special service and lunch to celebrate a new class of Certified Lay Ministers, who often serve churches that could not otherwise afford a pastor. They lead Bible study, VBS,…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/certified-lay-ministers-laity-called-and-connected
AC 14 supports resolutions by Africa 360
posted on June 4, 2014 | Search Score: 0
The Rev. Craig French, pastor at the University UMC in Syracuse, presented the resolutions of the Africa 360 Task Force, the purpose of which Rev. French described as the chance to “weave together two great causes:” the Africa University Scholarship Endowment Fund and Imagine No Malaria. Resolution 1 reads: “That…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/ac-14-supports-resolutions-by-africa-360
New initiative seeks to encourage young clergy
posted on May 9, 2014 | Search Score: 0
A new initiative in Upper New York geared toward increasing the number of young United Methodist clergy is one of 29 programs to receive grants from the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry's Young Clergy Initiative. The grants totaled $1.36 million. The Upper New York Camp and Retreat Ministries…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/new-initiative-seeks-to-encourage-young-clergy
Bronze markers honor deceased clergy
posted on March 20, 2014 | Search Score: 0
The Upper New York Commission on Archives and History is reviving a tradition of honoring clergy who have died by presenting their families with a bronze grave marker. The policy adopted by the commission in 2013 reads: “It shall be the policy of the Upper New York Annual Conference Commission…
Bishop names two new District Superintendents
posted on January 24, 2014 | Search Score: 0
Upper New York Area Resident Bishop Mark J. Webb is pleased to announce the appointment of two new District Superintendents. The Rev. Nancy Adams, director of the Caring Covenant Cooperative Parish and pastor at Newark Valley UMC, will be Superintendent of the Mountain View District. The Rev. Jeffrey McDowell, pastor…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/bishop-names-two-new-district-superintendents
Retired pastor and his wife embark on ‘year of adventures’
posted on January 16, 2014 | Search Score: 0
The Rev. Roy Hansen, retired (pictured above in Tanzania), and his wife, Valerie Brown, have embarked on what they've called their “year of adventures.” In July 2012, they biked 275 miles across Michigan. In August, the couple sold their home in Corning and headed to St. Jean Pied de Port,…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/retired-pastor-and-his-wife-embark-on-year-of-adventures
How do clergy appointments get made?
posted on June 19, 2013 | Search Score: 0
The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church gives the responsibility for appointment-making to the bishop and district superintendents of the Annual Conference. While appointment-making is a task that happens year-round, the majority of appointments are made during the months of January through May, and then “fixed” at the…
http://www.unyumc.org/news/article/how-do-clergy-appointments-get-made