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Global Evangelism and Church Growth Celebrated at Mission Initiatives Summit
Written: 5/1/2088
The hymn "How Great Thou Art" sung in ten languages, led by a bishop singing in the original Swedish, was the faith-filled affirmation of the first ever United Methodist Mission Initiatives Summit, held in Plano on April 17-18. Bishop Hans Vxby of Moscow, head of the Eurasia Episcopal Area, began t...

Bishop to lead Pray-In at Buffalo First
Written: 5/9/2008
New York West Area Resident Bishop Violet L. Fisher will participate in a Pray-In at Buffalo First United Methodist Church on May 14. Buffalo First has invited all their sisters and brothers with a heart for the city to this special service of prayer for urban ministry in Buffalo, New York. Bi...

Troy, Western New York and Wyoming Conference women elected Women's Division Directors
Written: 5/1/2008
by Sandra Brands When over 1,000 women gathered for the Northeast Jurisdiction of United Methodist Women (UMW) in Springfield, Mass., in April, women from Troy, Western New York, and Wyoming Conferences were elected directors. Carmen Vianese, a member of the Nunda UMC who serves on the WNY Confer...

Fredonia UMC to host UMCOR/UMVIM Early Response Training Event
Written: 5/1/2008
Early Response Teams provide a Christian presence in a disaster. They take steps to prevent further damage to property by tarping roofs, removing debris, cleaning out flooded homes and providing a listening ear. They may be helping with donations, gathering information or doing other tasks as deeme...

UMCOR emergency kits to be collected at 199th Session of Annual Conference
Written: 5/1/2008
Dean Wildrick will collect kits, flood buckets, school bags and layettes at Annual Conference and transport them to Mission Central after Annual Conference. You can find complete information about the kits and print-friendly directions on line or by searching "UMCOR Kits" through Google. Check htt...

Resources available for Pentecost and the Early Church
Written: 5/1/2008
WNY CONFERENCE RESOURCE CENTER 131 JOHN MUIR DRIVE AMHERST, NEW YORK 14228 716-564-2316 www.wnyumc.org resource@wnyumc.org Sheila Rader, Resource Center Coordinator The following list of resources make wonderful study resources for children, youth and adults. Who were the disciples and what...

Pre-Conference books scheduled for mailing
Written: 5/1/2008
Those registered to attend the 2008 Annual Conference session will soon receive a pre-conference book with proposed rules of order, action items, and reports. At press time, plans are for the booklets to come as a second section to this SPECTRUM, mailed individually to members of Conference. Some ...

Prayer exercises suggested
Written: 5/1/2008
Praying with scripture: The purpose of any of these prayer exercises is to encounter God, so to pray with scripture, it is important first of all to get centered. Be still for a few minutes and take some slow deep breaths in and out. Let distractions fade away. Pray that this time will bring y...

Older Adult Ministry Conference to address number of issues
Written: 5/1/2008
The Church is Aging Faster Than One Year at a Time.! * "Over the next 16 years, the number of people over 50 will grow by 74%, while the people under 50 will grow by only 1%." (from "America's Crisis in Aging" by Edwin J. Pittock, President, Society of Certified Senior Advisors at a conference...

Jurisdictional Conference Delegation seeks nomination of Episcopal Candidates
Written: 5/1/2008
The Northeast Jurisdiction will hold its quadrennial Jurisdictional Conference on July 14-18, 2008. One of the tasks of the Jurisdictional Conference is the election of Bishops from among endorsed Episcopal Candidates. The Western New York Jurisdictional Conference Delegation, is inviting the nomi...

Methodist Volunteers help others
Written: 5/1/2008
Methodist volunteers in South Carolina and north Georgia are continuing to clear debris after tornados swept through the Atlanta area on March 14. The upper Midwest has recently been flooded by torrential rains. Over 1700 flood buckets have been distributed from the UMCOR warehouse at Sager-Brown ...

A message from your Health & Wellness Committee
Written: 5/1/2008
Modern Physic A message from your Health & Wellness Committee What's one of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce the odds of catching a cold? Wash your hands. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention remind us to wash our hands before eating, after using the restroom, and after...

United Methodists respond to Spring Disasters with Flood Buckets
Written: 5/1/2008
UMCOR is responding to floods caused by several storms and torrential rains in the Midwest during recent weeks. UMCOR Sager Brown shipped over 1,700 flood buckets filled with cleaning supplies. Disaster response team members are preparing to go to Arkansas and areas of Missouri to assist with clean...

Local Leadership Team for Enterprise Facilitation Project in Kamina with John McNeill
Written: 5/1/2008
Trip to the Congo March 2008 On Good Friday 2008 Bishop Fisher and my wife, Martha, and I arrived in Lubumbashi in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We were greeted by Bishop Ntambo, Dr. Raymond Mande of the University of Lubumbashi, and Rev. Evariste Kimba, the VIM C...

An Annual Conference Centering Moment
Written: 5/1/2008
by the Rev'd. Douglas F. Spencer Identifying the Issue Joshua 24:1-28 Bill Clinton's campaign manager understood that the first priority of any campaign is to correctly identify and name the issue, and then craft the message based on that issue and stay focused. To that end, he created a...

How will the United Methodist Church connect with the Millennial Generation?
Written: 5/1/2008
"Methodism began as a missional evangelistic movement; we have forgotten who we are." said Dr. Scott Johnson, Assistant Dean of First-Year and Academic Support Programs at University College at Buffalo State, as he spoke at the College Ministry Seminar held on April 12 in Livonia, NY. Colleges are ...

Bishop Fisher announces appointments
Written: 5/1/2008
Bishop Violet Fisher has announced the following appointments: Rev. Marian Luce to the UMC of Hornell in the Mountain View District effective July 1, 2008. Rev. David Meade to Incapacity Leave effective May 1, 2008. Rev. Christopher Wylie to Alden in the Niagara Frontier District effective Januar...

Pre-Conference offering to support projects in North Katanga Annual Conference
Written: 5/1/2008
An recent invitation for all congregations to continue Western New York Conference's support of projects in the North Katanga Annual Conference includes a request for a pre-conference offering to be presented at the 2008 Annual Conference session in June. At our 2007 Annual Conference, we were enco...

Pre-Conference briefing and District Conference dates set
Written: 5/1/2008
Pastors and Lay Members to Conference (including Equalization Members) should already have the date on your calendar - Thursday, May 8, 2008. Now the location has been set: we will return to Clarence Center UMC with a pot-luck dinner at 5 p.m. and Pre-Conference Briefing at 6:30 p.m. Clarence Cen...

Youth Ministries Coordinator and Christian Education and Community Ministries Director sought
Written: 5/1/2008
Trinity United Methodist Church of Grand Island, New York is searching for an Youth Ministries Coordinator and a Christian Education and Community Ministries Director. Trinity United Methodist Church is a large (1000 member) suburban church located on Grand Island, between Niagara Falls and Buffalo...