Mark your Calendars

Save the Dates!!

Small Group Church Conferences

Saturday: November 12th

Sunday: Nov 13th 

Weeknights: Nov 10th; Nov 16th

Bishop Webb's Retirement Open House

Saturday, November 19, 2022

1:00pm - Gathering begins - open house style fellowship time

2:00pm - Official program by the Episcopacy Committee

3:00pm - Cutting the cake followed by more open house style fellowship time until 4:00pm.

UNY Conference Office

NEW! Thoughts from our District Superintendent:

our agenda

what kind of billboard are we?  what kind of salt and light are we?

We all know this stuff…

       The ministry of the local church is to invite folks to become disciples…

       The ministry of the conference and district is to resource the local church…

       We have an agenda…

               becoming disciples of Jesus for the transformation of the world…

               becoming vital churches where people are becoming disciples…

               being a community of disciples loving, learning, leading and living

together in order to change the world…

So… is there light which reflects God, being generated from our church? 

So… how are we doing? 

So…are people coming in to become disciples of Jesus?

So…if we are not accomplishing our agenda…how are we getting in God’s way?

Our agenda is God’s agenda…let’s get going!

Blessings,

Ted Anderson

District Superintendent

NEW! Aldersgate United Methodist Church is currently seeking a Contemporary Worship Team Leader (Praise Band Leader)

Help Wanted

Contemporary Worship Team Leader (Praise Band Leader)

·        Lead and direct Praise Band practice on a weeknight.

·        Attend and lead Praise Band at Sunday morning service.

·        Work with Pastor to plan meaningful worship experience including selecting music, playing instrument(s), words of songs and visuals to Audio/Visual ministry for slides.

·        Complete job description available upon request at 585-663-3665

·        Please send resume to Attention: Diana Jason, Admin Assistant at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 4115 Dewey Avenue, Rochester, NY 14616. Please indicate your experience with Christian Worship Music in your cover letter.

·        Job Type: Part-time

·        Pay: $125.00 - $150.00/week

      The Conference Archives needs your help!

We are inundated with boxes of church records to sort/save.

Please do YOUR part. Sort your records BEFORE you send to us. 

If your church is merging, your records go to the NEW entity. 

If your church is closing, there is a prescribed list of records to send

to the Archives. 

If your church is disaffiliating, there is a prescribed list to send. 

Please do no send anything else!

·        To know what the Discipline says about what to keep, click the link below.

o   https://www.umc.org/en/content/book-of-discipline-2549-disposition-of-property-of-a-closed-local-church 

·        This link tells how long to keep some records.

o  http://s3.amazonaws.com/gcah.org/Resources/Guidelines_Publications/Closed-Local-Church-Records-Guidelines-2017.pdf

·        Another link is more specific about what to keep and how long. You may skip over the first few pages for in depth information.

o  http://s3.amazonaws.com/gcah.org/Resources/Guidelines_Publications/Local-ChurchSched-2017.pdf

·        Several years ago, the CAH created a video you can watch to see “What to Toss and What to Keep”. You can also find it on the UNY Archives and History website

o  https://vimeo.com/303744535/ab78413ba8

One of the actions CAH recommends: If the item is not on the required list, see if some other group would like it, such as the local historical society. Be especially careful that you send all baptism, membership, marriage, and confirmation records. We constantly get requests to locate these records. Sadly, we often strike out. This includes digital (thumb drive-saved) records!

YOU CAN ALSO HELP: We have no paid staff. We are a small, dedicated group of volunteers working a limited number of hours. 

We meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 1-4:00. 

Other Tuesday hours can be arranged.

The Conference Archives are at the Conference Center in Liverpool. 

Please volunteer. 

Call Susan Slenker, Volunteers Coordinator, at 315-516-5289. 

Thanks!

Drop Off Dates for Red Bird Mission

Greetings.  

The Red Bird Mission project is underway and we are gearing up for a busy two months.  The Mission was spared from the flooding this past summer but they donated a lot of their supplies to the communities that were affected by the flooding.

The goal this year is to fill two 26-foot trucks with, hopefully, over 2,500 shoeboxes filled with items for women, men, girls and boys.  We are also looking for new blankets, new sheet sets, backpacks, and school supplies. 

A list of items needed can be found on the Endwell UMC web page under Mission.

We are very flexible with the pickups as long as we can do them during the week of November 7th and the week of November 14. We are setting aside

the week of November 21 as a catch up week, going to New Milford UMC in PA. on Friday November 25. We are hoping to load the two 26 foot trucks on Saturday, November 26 for the trip to the mission starting Monday,

November 28.

Wednesday, November 9

First Oneonta UMC

Calvary UMC

Pine Grove UMC, Albany

Monday, November 14

Spencerport UMC.            Lyons UMC,           Rush UMC

Honeoye Falls UMC,   Dansville UMC

Tuesday, November 15

Ripley UMC

Asbury UMC, Getzville

Wednesday, November 16

Adams UMC,           Christ UMC, Morovia

Watertown UMC,         Cortland First on Rt 222

Week of November 21. Conference Center

We are asking that all pickup sites provide us with a contact name and phone number so our crew can call when there are within a half hour of your site. We would also appreciate it if you can have some help available to help load the trucks. 

If you need any other information please contact me at: dave3836country@gmail.com or at 607-743-8955

Your help in this mission is greatly appreciated.

Dave

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Worships with passion

Nurtures and grows disciples

Engages in mission and outreach to their community

Gives generously to the mission and ministries of the church

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