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Written: 5/9/2008
Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Troy Annual Conference, Grace and Peace to you. This letter comes to you from the members of the Troy-New England Conference Conversation Team, in the hope that all local church members may be informed about possible boundaries changes to be considered at the Troy...
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Written: 5/8/2008
By Linda Bloom, UMNS As the death toll rises in Myanmar, the United Methodist Committee on Relief is planning its response to the devastating cyclone in Southeast Asia. As of May 7, more than 22,000 were presumed dead from the cyclone, which struck May 3 and wiped out entire villages. Another 41,0...
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Written: 5/7/2008 3:13:48 PM
By Jeanette Pinkston, GBOD The Revs. Thomas G. Butcher is a man on a mission. And the mission is a daunting one: create new places for new people, while renewing existing congregations. The good news is--Tom is not alone. He is joined by the Path 1 team charged with finding and training 1000 C...
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Written: 5/7/2008
The United Nations has declared Darfur in the Southern Sudan the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today. Tribal conflicts and civil unrest, starvation and disease have killed between 200,000 and 400,000 Sudanese, according to the organization's latest humanitarian profile published in January....
TAC board members make a difference locally, globally
Written: 5/7/2008
Every year at Annual Conference Session, the Troy Conference Nominating Committee submits a list of names of people who will serve on a conference-level board, or team. Every year, members of Conference vote to approve those nominations.
It rarely takes more then a few moments of time, and for anot...
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Written: 5/7/2008
A sampling of summer camps Summer camp is a great time to be able to reconnect with nature and the outdoors, learning skills and making new friends at camp. Coming to a Christian camp allows them also allows them to build a stronger relationship with God and with their camp mates they attend with. ...
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Written: 4/30/2008
by the Rev. Heather Williams A silence came over the gathered body, the legislative committee on Faith and Order, Saturday, April 26, as the Rev. Darryl Barrow stood for a point of personal privilege. Barrow, a person of color and originally a member of the Methodist Church of the Caribbean, serves...
General Conference approves legislation that will reduce number of bishops in most jurisdictions
Written: 4/30/2008
Delegates to the General Conference of The United Methodist Church approved a plan that will result in one less bishop in each of four of the five U.S. jurisdictions, beginning in 2012.
In an April 29 legislative session, delegates agreed that savings from those reductions will be used to fu...
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Written: 4/27/2008
By Sandra Brands When over 1,000 women gathered for the Northeast Jurisdiction of United Methodist Women (UMW) in Springfield, Mass., in April, Brooke Conklin, a member of the Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church in New York., wanted to serve the organization she knew had shaped her into the pe...
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Written: 4/27/2008
By Marilyn J. Kasperek The New Area/Conference Team will bring a resolution to the North Central New York, Troy, Western New York, and Wyoming 2008 Conference sessions seeking authorization to develop a specific plan for a new conference. That plan would be an outgrowth of the decision made by all...
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Written: 4/16/2008
The United Methodist General Board of Discipleship (GBOD) recently conducted surveys about the denomination's music and worship practices and hymnal, generating 19,091 responses. In the months leading up to General Conference, GBOD conducted a series of six online research surveys about the opinion...
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Written: 4/9/2008
By Sue Deppe, M.D. There is now convincing scientific evidence that the burning of fossil fuels and resulting release of greenhouse gases is changing the Earth's climate. According to a statement released by the leading climate scientists of the G8 + 5 nations: " ... there is now strong evid...
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Written: 4/8/2008
"The 100th Anniversary of the Social Creed" will be the theme for this year's Heritage Sunday celebration, May 18. In 1908, the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church adopted a Social Creed for the first time, supporting the legacy of John Wesley's ministry to the poor, the prisoners...
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Written: 4/2/2008 7:08:49 PM
By Steven Skelley, UMNS "The better prepared we are as a church, the more quickly we'll be able to reach out to those who are hurting." –The Rev. Thom Street With weather researchers predicting an active 2008 hurricane season along the U.S. Atlantic Coast, United Methodists in Florida are prepari...
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Written: 4/1/2008
By Jeanette Pinkston, General Board of Discipleship Photos courtesy of Dewayne and Ginne Lowther. "My outlook on who I am and what God has called me to do changed because of a storm. When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, I was scared. I sat in the corner of my living room crying, wondering if...
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Written: 3/27/2008
By Ashley Dubois "I went to Cuba not knowing what to expect. I was anxious to understand everything before I went, but I'm glad I didn't, and still, even after the trip I can't comprehend everything that happened." JoAnn Wood JoAnn Wood, a high school junior from First United Methodist of Warrens...
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Written: 3/12/2008 10:11:48 AM
When the Rev. Megan Stowe, associate pastor at Shenendehowa United Methodist Church in Clifton Park, N.Y., was looking for a way to volunteer at General Conference Session in Fort Worth, Texas, she came across an invitation to serve as a page. “I thought it would be a good opportunity to volunteer,...
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Written: 3/12/2008 10:00:51 AM
When the 2008 General Conference opens on April 23 in Fort Worth, Texas, 12 young women from the Plattsburgh, N.Y., area ranging in age from 12 to 19, will take part in the opening worship service. The young women are all members of the Adirondack Liturgical Dance Troupe, under the direction of Pla...
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Written: 3/12/2008
By Pat Thompson In the midst of World War I, 835 delegates, 21 bishops and seven missionary bishops met together at the Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Convention Center to conduct the business of the 27th General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). While the 1,000 2008 General Conference d...
New Conference Area Team sets goals for next two years
Written: 3/12/2008
Following the Feb. 12 meeting of the Northeast Jurisdictional Boundaries Task Force, the New Conference Area Team (New CAT) met at the end of February in Cicero, N.Y., to plan the next steps in the move towards uniting Western New York and North Central New York, and all or part of Wyoming and Troy ...