E-News from the Valley! September 5, 2018
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CALENDAR EVENTS

NEW DATE** Thursday, September 20, 2018 **NEW DATE
Fall Pastors' Meeting
Asbury First UMC
1:00 - 3:00pm

 Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - Thursday, October 25, 2018
Bishop's Retreat
Genesee Grande, Syracuse  
http://www.unyumc.org/events/bishops-retreat
The registration deadline cut off is September 28th
Charge Conference Forms are now available on conference website

There have been some changes made to the forms this year.  Please review the forms carefully.  Please contact the district office with any questions:  geneseevalleydistrict@unyumc.org or 585-340-9525

Click here for the forms 
Urgent need for Cleaning kit supplies

Recent flooding in Seneca County and throughout Pennsylvania has caused a shortage of UMCOR flood buckets within the Upper New York Conference.
UNY Mission Central HUB is in great need of UMCOR cleaning kit supplies and help assembling and verifying buckets. While some of these buckets are used to help our own area, they're also used around the world. According to Mike Block, Director of Missional Engagement, and Joe Auslander, UNY Conference Disaster Response Coordinator, warehouse contents are limited, and help is critical at this time.

Click here for a list of UMCOR certified supplies used in cleaning kits and click here for your closest drop-off location. 
If you or a few friends can help assemble kits in the very near future at the UNY Mission Central HUB, 
please contact Mike Block at (315) 898-2066 or  mikeblock@unyumc.org  
GVD Lay Servant Ministries Committee presents
The Fall Training Retreat
featuring the opportunity to take
The Basic Lay Servant Course
or Advanced Course
"Polity"
or
Advanced Course
"Equipping Yourself for Spiritual Care Visitations"
or
Advanced Course
"Leading/Planning Worship"
 
November 2, 3, 4, 2018
(Ten hours required for course credit. That will include attendance and participation in Sunday worship)
at
Asbury Camp & Retreat Center
16 Lakeside Avenue
Silver Lake, NY 14549
Office 585-237-5262
 
  CLICK HERE  for the Brochure
Order of Elders Gathering
Join Bishop Webb as he welcomes Bishop Grant Hagiya, from the California-Pacific Annual Conference, to the Order of Elders Gathering.

When: December 6, 2018 from 10 AM - 3 PM

Los Angeles Area Resident Bishop Grant Hagiya is a graduate of Claremont School of Theology and Pepperdine University, as well as the author of the book, Leadership Kaizen. 
Prior to his election to the episcopacy, he served as the Los Angeles District Superintendent, Executive Director of the Center for Leadership Excellence, and as a faculty member at Claremont School of Theology. 

Click here to learn more about Bishop Hagiya.
Bishop's Regional Gatherings on A Way Forward
This fall, Upper New York Area Resident Bishop Mark J. Webb is hosting six gatherings around the Conference in preparation for Special Session of General Conference to talk about the report of the Commission on a Way Forward for The United Methodist Church.

Agenda
  1. Presentation of the plan and process of General Conference
  2. Remembering our Mission
  3. Worship and prayer
Dates, Times, and Locations
Genesee Valley District
of the Upper New York Conference 
of the United Methodist Church 

TBA 9/20/18, District Co-Lay Leader
TBA 9/20/18, District Co-Lay Leader
Betsy O'Flynn, Adminstrative Assistant
Rev. Vonda J. Fossitt, District Superintendent

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