NEW! Thoughts from our District Superintendent:

just wondering…

some thought for the e-news

Our Conference recently completed a study which found that our clergy are unhealthy. (Please read the article in the January Advocate)

There is one God given commandment which would bring health and wholeness.

Sabbath. 

In fact…that is why God gives the commandment… health and wholeness for all.

Sabbath…. Sabbath in its entirety touches on:

                                A Sabbath day

                                A day off

                                Vacation  

                                Educational leaves

Sabbath in this sense keeps clergy healthy, whole, complete,

 as God intends. 

Health … in this instance is a choice. We can choose Sabbath or not. We can choose a day off…or not.  We can choose to use our whole vacation… or not. We can take our suggested leaves…or not. From the lack of health of our clergy… it is clear that we are not choosing Sabbath. 

The study did not study churches. Would we say that our churches are healthy? Sabbath is a choice for all of us. 

And God said… honor the Sabbath and make it holy. 

Let’s choose Sabbath… let’s choose to be healthy.

May it be so!

Blessings,

Ted Anderson

District Superintendent

SAVE THE DATE for Regional Meeting with Bishop Hector

Bishop Héctor Burgos, who prefers to be addressed as Bishop Héctor, is eager to meet laity and clergy throughout the Conference and has scheduled dates for regional meetings.

The meetings will be as follows

(please attend the meeting closest to you):

·       March 15, 2023 – Southern Tier Region—Olean: Christ

·        March 16, 2023 – Southern Tier Region—Central Endicott

The clergy meetings will be from 1-3 p.m.

The laity meeting (and clergy unable to attend the earlier time)

will be from 7- 8:30 p.m.

All Annual Conference Newsletter

2nd Issue

Mt. View District has again shared with us their

All Annual Conference Newsletter.

This is a great tool for all questions and information

concerning AC.

Please click here for the newsletter

Looking for students attending SUNY Geneseo

or nearby community colleges

The Geneseo United Methodist Church, under the appointment of Pastor Beth Malone,

is beginning to revive the SUNY Wesley Fellowship which meets at the InterFaith Center near campus. We are reaching out to all of the churches in our conference who

could have students attending SUNY Geneseo or nearby community colleges for

contact information. I would appreciate it if you could provide me with any student information. 

They could also contact me directly at shadetreeauthor@gmail.com 

or via telephone (585) 969-0127.

I appreciate any assistance you can give me in reaching out to students that could be in our area. As you know, Wesley Fellowship is such an important support system and tool for growing leaders in our church!

Scholarships Available for

United Methodist Students!

Applications are now open for scholarships from the United Methodist Higher Education Foundation. Every year, UMHEF awards $2+ million

to students planning to attend one of the 100+ UM-related colleges, universities, and seminaries across the country.

Don’t let finances get in the way of achieving your dreams of a

quality education! Apply by March 1 at https://umhef.org/apply. 



 informed to transform 13

Informed to Transform will occur on zoom during

the first 2 weeks of March!

Each evening, Tuesday – Thursday, there will be

one or more workshops offered.

Once registered a zoom invite will be sent out. 

Registration for each class will close at noon the day of the class.

Trustees with Jack Keating

Tuesday March 7; 7-8:30pm

Born in Crisis, Shaped in Controversy  - United Methodist History with John Tyson

   Wednesday March 8;  6:30-8pm

SPRC with Pastor Christine Mitchell and Carl Vullo

Thursday March 9;  7:00-8:30pm

Interested in Ministry?  Why and How 

with Ann Kemper

       Tuesday March 14; 7-8:30 pm

Church Finances with Susan Ranous 

       Wednesday March 15; 7-8:30 pm

Intentional Discipleship  with Jennifer Green

and the Hilton UMC

       Thursday March 16; 7-8:30 pm

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR A WORKSHOP

Report your church statistics on ACStats

Annual Church Statistics (ACStats) is the one-stop location for United Methodist data that tracks membership, expenses, and income.

It's designed to help churches submit year-end statistics to the Upper New York (UNY) Conference digitally in a way that's cost-effective.

This user-friendly platform replaces Ezra as the method of

reporting your church statistics.

March 17, 2023, is the deadline to complete the 2022 statistical report for your church; however, you cannot enter any data to the 2022 statistics tables until Jan. 3, 2023.

In the meantime, you may familiarize yourselves with the new ACStats platform by reviewing the user's guide for local churches. Translated reports are available in Spanish and Korean. 

Click here to learn more.