news stories Tagged “Episcopal Office”
Council of Bishops to meet in Berlin
April 22, 2015 / By UMCom
Upper New York Resident Bishop Mark J. Webb will join United Methodist bishops from Africa, Europe, Asia and the United States May 1-7 at the Hotel Palace Berlin in Berlin for a Council of Bishops meeting. Main topics on the agenda include the development of vital congregations, the implementation of the four areas of focus, preparation for the 2016 General Conference of The United Methodist Church, and the role of bishops …more
Baldwinsville First UMC issues ‘Stop Hunger Now’ challenge
April 22, 2015 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
In response to the need for funds to support the Stop Hunger Now project at the 2015 Annual Conference session, the Administrative Council at the Baldwinsville First United Methodist Church has extended the following challenge: The Upper New York Annual Conference has established the goal of packaging 150,000 meals during the 2015 Annual Conference session for the Stop Hunger Now program and has committed itself to raise $43,500 to support this project. The Administrative …more
Upper New York Conference Center acquisition update
April 8, 2015 / By Wendy Deichmann
The Upper New York Conference Board of Trustees has released a statement regarding the potential purchase of property located at 7481 Henry Clay Blvd. in Liverpool that would serve as a new Conference Center. Read below the full statement from property acquisition task force chair the Rev. Dr. Wendy J. Deichmann: At a special session of the Upper New York Annual Conference held on Oct. 18, 2014, the trustees were authorized to obtain …more
Challenge pits districts against each other to raise funds for Imagine No Malaria
April 8, 2015 / By Kathleen Rubino / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The spring District Day challenges are complete, and each district rose to the challenge: to raise more money than the district before it. The challenges raise money for Imagine No Malaria, an effort to eliminate malaria deaths in Africa by 2016. The $1 million campaign for Imagine No Malaria is one half of Upper New York Conference’s Africa 360 challenge, a holistic campaign to provide ministry to the people of Africa. …more
Bishop Webb extends terms of two district superintendents
March 24, 2015 / By Kathleen Rubino / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Upper New York Area Resident Bishop Mark J. Webb has announced that the Rev. Ted Anderson and the Rev. Jan Rowell will be appointed to the office of District Superintendent for an eighth year. Both Rev. Anderson and Rev. Rowell also had their terms extended in 2014. They will continue to provide leadership to their current districts: Rev. Anderson to the Genesee Valley District and Rev. Rowell to the Oneonta …more
Clergy who wish to opt-out of delegate elections must elect so by April 10
March 18, 2015 / By Ashley Riddell / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Clergy and laity will be elected as delegates to 2016 General and Jurisdictional conferences during the 2015 session of Annual Conference. All Conference elders and deacons in full connection are eligible for election, but if you are not feeling called to serve in this way you can have your name removed from the official election ballot by completing the Option to Remove Name from Clergy Delegate Ballot. Please complete all …more
AC 2015 offerings outlined
March 13, 2015 / By Kathleen Rubino / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The theme of the 2015 session of the Upper New York Annual Conference is Planting God’s Future in Hearts and Neighbors - The Promise of Harvest. God calls us to harvest through the offerings that support missions and ministries, and this year five offerings will be received during the session. On Wednesday, the Clergy Care Fund offering will be taken at the clergy session and a Helping Hands Fund …more
Rev. Gottschalk-Fielding to assume role of executive assistant to Bishop Webb
March 3, 2015 / By Sandra Brands
Upper New York Area Resident Bishop Mark J. Webb has announced that the Rev. Bill Gottschalk-Fielding will assume the position of Executive Assistant to the Bishop, effective July 1. Rev. Gottschalk-Fielding will continue his work as the Upper New York Conference Director of Connectional Ministries, in a move that combines two previously separate positions. Rev. Gottschalk-Fielding“When (current Executive Assistant) Chris (Doran) shared that she would be retiring, I began …more
Doran retiring as executive assistant to the bishop
February 19, 2015 / By Sandra Brands
Twenty-two years ago, Chris Doran quit a high-paying job in advertising because the work she was asked to do conflicted with her beliefs. Doran“I came home from work and told my husband I’ll flip burgers before I go back,” she said. That decision led her to the Office of the Bishop of the New York West Episcopal Area, where she applied for the job of …more
New DS Anderson: ‘There is joy in serving God’
February 12, 2015 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Life transformed. That’s what the Rev. Nola Anderson wants to see as she takes on the position of a Conference superintendent assigned to the Crossroads District beginning July 1. “I want to see people tapped into all that God has to offer to God’s people,” she said. “I want to see people come to truly believe that with God, all things are possible.” …more