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Camp Findley Gets Ready for Winter at Fall Work Weekend
Written: 11/20/2009
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Bishop Matthews offers Thanksgiving message
Written: 11/19/2009
Greetings to you and peace.  I want to express thanksgiving for each of you for your faithful witness in ministry and mission in Western and North Central New York, these many years. None of us will ever know the eternal dimensions of the work that you and your forebears have undertaken in the...

Bishops send letter to President Obama regarding Afghanistan
Written: 11/19/2009
The Rev. Dr. Bishop Marcus Matthews, resident Bishop of the New York West Area, has joined other Bishops of The United Methodist Church in sending a letter to President Barack Obama expressing concern over the escalating war in Afghanistan. The body of the letter follows:   An Open Letter to...

Application Process for Executive Mission Post Open until November 20
Written: 11/12/2009
by Elliott Wright New York, NY, - November 20 is the deadline for receiving applications and nominations with resumes for the position of chief executive (general secretary) of the international mission agency of The United Methodist Church. "The search process begun on September 21 is we...

2012 General Conference Worship & Music Director (Nashville, TN, 37203) Job Opening
Written: 11/4/2009
2012  General  Conference  Worship  &  Music  Director  (Nashville,  TN,  37203)  Job  Opening  The  Worship  &  Music  Director,  an  individual  with  a  high  level  of ...

Episcopacy committees recommend selling Albany Episcopal residence
Written: 10/30/2009
Members of the Episcopacy* and Episcopal* Residence Committees from the four annual conferences in Upstate New York gathered together on Sunday, October 18 at the McKownville United Methodist Church in Albany, New York. Committee members, along with Bishop Hassinger (Albany Area) and Bishop Matthew...

Bishop Matthews announces appointments
Written: 10/30/2009
Bishop Marcus Matthews announces the following appointments:   Finger Lakes District Mark Flandreau to Burdett UMC, part time, effective October 5, 2009   Genesee Valley District Barbara Mosher to Gainesville UMC, coordinating pastor, effective September 1, 2009 David Lubba to Avon ...

Bishop Matthews issues invitation
Written: 10/29/2009
Bishop and Mrs. Matthews invite the Upper New York Area to visit the famous Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany on July 27, 2010. The story of Jesus has been depicted every 10 years by the villagers of Oberammergau for the past 370 years as a vow to God for sparing them from the plague. This n...

2009 Journals available online
Written: 10/27/2009
Both the Western New York and North Central New York Conference 2009 Journals are now available online. The WNY Conference 2009 Journal is now available on-line.  Download the WNY Journal here. The NCNY Conference 2009 Journal is available here.    North Central New York&n...

Gateway Greetings
Written: 10/26/2009
We don’t mean to rush the season, but Christmas is just around the corner.  This year, Gateway-Longview, the United Methodist Children, Youth and Family mission for the region, is proud to announce a new Christmas campaign designed to spread Holiday cheer and support the children and fami...

2010 Annual Conference session will bridge two days
Written: 10/26/2009
Although the 2010 Western New York Annual Conference session will have a one-day agenda, all members are encouraged to plan to spend two days together at Asbury First UMC, Rochester, New York. The last Clergy session will be held on Friday, June 4 followed by a Memorial Service Friday evening. ...

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Name proposed for new Annual Conference
Written: 10/23/2009
The Upper New York Annual Conference is the proposed name for the new Annual Conference which will come into being in 2010. Name suggestions for the new Conference –  which brings together United Methodists in the New York State portions of Troy and Wyoming Conferences and North Centra...

Fairport UMC to host evening of stories from the Congo
Written: 10/19/2009
Kamina Friends will share an evening of stories from the Democratic Republic of the Congo  on Sunday evening, November 1, at 7:00 pm at the Fairport UMC, 31 West Church St, Fairport 14450. Kamina Friends is one of the ministries of the Western New York Annual Conference’s North Katanga p...

Help for Flood Victims
Written: 10/9/2009
Here are completed brochures with the most current information about how to volunteer, how to donate and how to request assistance. There is a great deal of information available from 211 as well as an initial intake/screening for appropriate referral to a case manager/recovery assistant. REACH&...

New Conference Begins Search for Key Employees
Written: 10/7/2009
The new 180,000 member annual conference within the Upper New York Area of The United Methodist Church announces four senior executive position openings effective July 1, 2010. The positions include: Director of Connectional Ministries, Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services, Director of Co...

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Prayers requested for Sidney Center congregation
Written: 10/2/2009
Prayers are requested for The Sidney Center United Methodist Church congregation, in the Wyoming Annual Conference. Their building burned to the ground early Thursday morning, October 1. Firefighters were called to the church, at the corner of Main Street and Franklin Depot Road around 4:00 a.m...

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UMCOR responds to three emergencies
Written: 10/1/2009 4:13:18 PM
October 1, 2009—The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is responding to people affected in the Philippines, Samoa and Indonesia following three disasters this week. UMCOR’s top executive, Sam Dixon, says, “Our prayers are with the people who are hurting as a result of thi...

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Leadership team looking for nominees
Written: 10/1/2009
As we begin our new work together we are staffing the necessary positions to help get us started on this joyous new venture with new energy, new style, and new commitment based on the traditions and wisdom of our joint committees of the past.  Knowing we are on a new path we want to hear from a...

Written: 10/1/2009
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Only essential structure planned as new conference comes together
Written: 10/1/2009
As a new Conference emerges next year, only basic, essential structure will be in place. Trimming back to only those items required by the Discipline and those discerned necessary to begin to fulfill its vision and purpose, will give the new Conference an opportunity to rethink how to be the chur...