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Mohawk District News | Camp News and Retreats | Conference/Other Districts | National United Methodist News Dates to RememberMohawk District Picnic Y’all Come!!
When? Sunday, August 29, 2010, 3:00 PM until ? Where? Lairdsville UMC on Rt. 5 in Lairdsville Bring? A dish to pass, chair(s) and beverages This is a time for fellowship and fun. Put this on your summer calendar! *******
Clergy Orientation for Fall Meetings All clergy are asked to attend an orientation session about Charge Conferences and Pastoral Conversations When? Thursday, September 2, 2010, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. OR 7 to 9 p.m. Where? New Hartford UMC, 105 Genesee Street, New Hartford *********
You
are invited to attend a service of
Installation
for Mary Gladstone-Highland
Church
and Community Worker at
Utica Eastside Mission September
26th, at 3 p.m.
Asbury
United Methodist Church
932
Rutger Street, Utica
Mohawk District Day with Bishop Matthews October 18, 2010 Clergy session will be at Folts Home in Herkimer, NY 104 N. Washington St., Herkimer, NY 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Lunch provided for a cost of $5. All clergy mark your calendars and plan to attend.
Laity session will be at New Hartford First UMC 105 Genesee St., New Hartford, NY 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM All Lay Members (including Equalization Members) to Annual Conference mark your calendars and plan to attend. All Laity are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact _______________________________________ Attention Clergy: Save the Date: Bishop’s Advent Day Apart and Organization of the Orders November
17, 2010 Bishop's Advent Day Apart & Organization of the Orders will be Wednesday, November 17, 1 to 5 p.m. Cost is $5, all active, retired, local pastors and clergy appointed to extension ministries should attend. Please register and pay the registration fee to your District Office by October 15th.
The location is yet to be determined, but will be somewhere in the
Syracuse area. ______________________________________ Aldersgate Camp & Retreat Center Casowasco Camp, Conference & Retreat Center
School of Fruitful
Congregations Objective This program is different
from other programs that offer only knowledge and information: “Here is
something that you can do. This will help you to grow your church. Have fun. Bye
now.” And that’s the end. Local churches, with excitement, try to do
something out of it, but without much success. Why? They have learned what to do
from the program, but they don’t know how to do it and nobody helps. In this program, the leader
team will help local churches to grow by: (1) teaching what to do and how to do
it (but this is not the end of teaching), (2) coaching and counseling provided
by program leaders afterward when implementing what you have learned, and (3)
learning and working together with partner churches. Program Eight learning sessions for
two years 1. Spring 2009
Understanding of Ministry and development of mission and vision 2. Spring 2009 Radical
Hospitality 3. Fall 2009 Passionate Worship 4. Fall 2009 Intentional Faith Development 5. Spring 2010 Risk-taking Mission and Service March 6, Utica: Asbury UMC, Rutger Street, Utica 6. Spring 2010 Extravagant Generosity May 22, Delta UMC, Rome, NY 7. Fall 2010 Needs-Based Evangelism, Sept 18, 9 - 1:45 Maynard UMC, 9626 Maynard Drive, Marcy 8. Fall 2010
Evaluation/Assessment/Planning, date & location-TBA Each session includes: Preparation for the
learning session – Devotion and study One-day learning session
– learning and planning Implementation –
Implementation of plans with ongoing coaching from the leader team and mutual
sharing with a partner church Only 10 churches will be
admitted to this program. Each local church sends a team of six people, pastor
and 5 lay people, to the program. The local church team must attend all
sessions. Each local church is encouraged to bring other church members who
provide leadership in, or who have passion for, the ministry area of each
session. Covenant
relationship with accountability It is not one-day program.
It is a corporate journey for two years. It requires commitment, faithfulness
and accountability to each other among participants and program leaders. It
demands hard work for implementation and practice of learning. This program is
not for the churches that only wish to grow without commitment and passion. This
program is for the churches that are passionate about and committed to growth. Application
Fee $175/year for church team
for teaching material and lunch. It is only
$7.50/session/person. Suggestions: Encourage your
congregation to Special monthly offering - $15/month Church dinner Program Leaders: Darryl Barrow, Director of
Spiritual Leadership, UNY Conference Lauren Swanson, Director of
Congregational Development, UNY Conference Sung Ho Lee, Mohawk
District Superintendent, UNY Conference Resources Robert Schnase, Five
Practices of Fruitful Congregations Robert
Pierson, Needs-Based Evangelism Dear District clergy and laity, I would like to share with you that the Methodist Review Academic Journal Is Now Online Methodist Review: A Journal of Wesleyan and Methodist Studies, a new open access, peer-reviewed electronic academic journal, began publication May 1. To register as a user, visit the Methodist Review site. http://www.methodistreview.org/index.php/mr Rev. Sung Ho Lee
New Beginnings Coffeehouse the third Friday of each month from 7-10 pm at the Herkimer First UMC Corner of Park & Prospect Streets in Herkimer. Open to the public with free admission and free food / beverages. Always featuring the finest music ministries from this area and around the country...
For more info call: (315) 894-3324 or (315) 866-1349 The Academy for Spiritual Formation Spiritual Growth through a disciplined community If you like so many other Christians today, are experiencing a deep spiritual hunger, but have been unable to find ways to fill it, the information at this web site will interest you: http://www.upperroom.org/academy/
The Academy for Spiritual Formation is a two-year covenant learning environment which combines academic learning and experience in spiritual disciplines. Each Academy is two years in length. Participants meet in residence for 5 days each calendar quarter. Go to the following web site for up and coming academies http://www.upperroom.org/academy/upcomingacademies.asp
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