All Annual Conference Information
April 17, 2019 | Issue-1

2019 Annual Conference
Registration
Annual Conference is June 5-8th and is held at the OnCenter in Syracuse.
Click here for information including registration, housing and menu.
Bow Tie and Hat Day at AC!

We like to have fun at Annual Conference and you can be a part of it by wearing a bow tie or hat (or both!) on Friday, June 7. Go crazy! Be creative! Any type of headwear works – hat, head band, fascinator – you’ve got time to find the perfect accessory. (Last year, the Niagara Frontier District Lay Leader, Jessica, wore Minnie Mouse ears.) Looking forward to seeing all the different participants!
2020 Narrative Budget Booklet
now available
The first draft of the UNY Conference 2020 Narrative Budget booklet is available.  Click here  to download a .pdf version of the booklet. Click here  to view on Issuu. If changes are needed, these digital copies of the budget booklets will be updated.

Click here to order a printed hard copy.
The final budget booklet will also be added to the 2019 Conference Journal, Vol. I. 
Bishop Mark J. Webb announces the speakers at 2019 Annual Conference
The 2019 Upper New York Annual Conference will be held June 5-8, 2019 at the Oncenter in Syracuse. The quadrennial theme of Together in Prayer continues with an emphasis on Moving beyond our comfort zones. Upper New York Area Resident Bishop Mark J. Webb is pleased to announce this year's speakers.
This year, the study leader will be the Rev. Dr. Vance Ross; the Memorial Service speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Sherri Rood; and speaker for the Service of Commissioning and Ordination will be Bishop Sandra Steiner-Ball.
Click here to read more.
2019 UNY Annual Conference offerings

T he 2019 Upper New York Annual Conference will be held on June 5-9 at the Oncenter in Syracuse. The following five offerings will be collected at this year's Annual Conference: 

·    The offering collected at Opening Worship will go to the Upper New York Mission
Central HUB.
·    The offering collected at the Laity Session will go to the Helping Hands Fund. 
·    The offering collected at the Clergy Session will go to the Clergy Care Fund.
The Clergy Care Fund assists clergy who need financial support.
·    The offering collected at the Young Adult Worship Service will go to Mission of
Peace (MOP).
·    The offering collected at the Service of Ordination and Commissioning will go to
New Faith Communities (NFCs).

Click here to learn more about these ministries that the Upper New York Annual Conference collections will help support. 
Do You Need to be Excused from Annual Conference?
Do you need to be excused from Annual Conference 2019?
If you do .... the process is like it was last year.
You will need to fill out the form on-line.
If you have already submitted a request, you do not need to submit again.

Click here for on-line request
Annual Palestinian Dinner
Friday JUNE 7 at 5:15pm
 
27th Annual Palestinian Dinner- Plymouth Congregational Church , 232 E. Onondaga St., St. George Macedonian Orthodox Church
5083 Onondaga St., 2 1/2 blocks from OnCenter
 
Speaker: Huwaida Arraf, Palestinian American lawyer/human rights activist will speak on current human rights abuses
 
Reservations: Linda Bergh (315) 492-8507, 116 Edna Rd., Syracuse, NY 13205, or Karen Peterson, (607) 739-3141, 116 Greenridge Dr., Horseheads, NY 14845. 
(Checks for $20.00 made out to "UNY Conference"/ Palestinian Dinner" on the memo line/ an additional amount may be designated for the Gary Bergh Scholarship Fund, which enables young adults/ adults to travel to Palestine/ Israel to learn first-hand about peace and justice issues there.)    
Applications for delegate to General & Jurisdictional Conference are being sought
The Conference Committee on Sessions is now accepting applications from those who wish to be considered as candidates for the role of delegate to the 2020 General Conference and Jurisdictional Conference. The committee has expressed its hope that the pool of applicants will reflect the diversity of the Conference and The United Methodist Church. Men and women of all ages and ethnic, racial, socio-economic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
 
To help members determine if they are called and able to serve in this vital role, the Committee on Sessions has created a "job description" for delegates. 
 Click here to read the delegate guidelines and to learn more
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