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We're part of the
United Methodist Church
The official website has a wealth
of information about the United Methodist Church.
 | About the United
Methodist Church: has information about our mission, beliefs,
policy statements, social creed, symbol, and our organization and
structure. |
| Do you know the UMC's Social
Principles? |
| The UMC is responding
to the world's emergencies through UMCOR. Find up-to-date information about how
we're helping. You can also make a donation by credit card at this
site to help with this emergency aid. |
| Church Finances:
Here's where you can find out about how our money is spent. |
| Faith in Action
describes our beliefs at work. |
| Church Leadership:
has information about both lay ministry and ordained ministry. You can find information in the lay ministry section on
 | Nurture:
information on education, stewardship, worship, adult, children,
family, and youth ministries, scouting ministries, and United
Methodist Women and United Methodist Men. |
| Outreach:
information on Christian unity and interreligious concerns,
religion and race, and status and role of women.
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Witness to the Gospel for initial
decision to follow Jesus Christ — we will proclaim and
live the Gospel of Jesus and similarly, challenge others to
discipleship in and through Christian communities. Where
direct proclamation is not permitted, a caring presence
becomes the means of Christian witness. |
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Strengthen, develop and renew Christian
congregations and communities — we will work mutually with
mission partners in common growth and development of
spiritual life, worship, witness and service. |
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Alleviate human suffering — we will
help to initiate, strengthen and support the spiritual,
physical, emotional and social needs of people. |
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Seek justice, freedom and peace — we
will participate with people oppressed by unjust economic,
political and social systems in programs that seek to build
just, free and peaceful societies. |
| Implements
The United Methodist Church's Social Principles and related
statements adopted by General Conference. |
| Conducts
research, education, and action programs on issues
confronting persons, communities, the nation and the world. |
| Analyzes
long-range social trends underlying ethical values, systemic
alternatives and strategies for social change. |
| Develops,
promotes and distributes resources to inform, motivate,
train, organize and build networks for action toward social
justice. |
| Helps
individual church members identify and respond to critical
social issues at community, state, and regional levels. |
| Emphasizes
the freedom of all Christians to study, interpret and act on
social issues. |
| Serves
as The United Methodist Church's chief social-action and
public-policy agency addressing U.S. domestic and
international issues. |
| Functions
as a non-governmental organization of the United Nations. |
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| Witness
The witness ministries of the church shall give attention to
evangelistic outreach to persons, membership care, spiritual
formation, communications, lay speaking ministries, and
witnessing through the sharing of personal and congregational
stories of Christian experience, faith, and service.
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General
Board of Discipleship
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The mission of
the General Board of Discipleship is to provide quality
resources and services to help church leaders build systems
that enable every congregation to fulfill its primary task of
making disciples of Jesus Christ. |
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Ministries : information on organizing to meet the local
church's administrative and programmatic responsibilities. |
There's also an "unofficial",
but useful, website about the United Methodist Church.
The Northeast
Jurisdiction consists of the Conferences roughly from West Virginia
through Maine.
The North Central and Western New
York Conference is a combined resource for both conferences. Bishop
Violet Fisher is Bishop of these conferences. She is the first
African-American woman elected to the episcopacy in the Northeastern
Jurisdiction of the UMC and the third African-American woman to be
elected a bishop by the denomination. A former teacher, Bishop
Fisher has worked numerous times as a short-term missionary in both
Africa and Haiti. In the ordained ministry, whe began in 1975 as a national
evangelist, northeastern region, for the Kings Apostle Holiness Church
of God. Form 1988 to 1990, she was associate pastor of St. Daniels UMC
in Chester, Pal, followed by four years as pastor at Sayer's Memorial
UMC in Philadelphia. She had served as district superintendent since
1994. Fisher earned a bachelor's degree from Bowie (Md.) State
University in 1962; a master's degree in education from George
Washington University in 1978; and a master of divinity degree from
Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1988. She currently is a member
of Eastern's board of directors.
UUMC is in the North
Central New York Conference of the United Methodist Church.
UUMC is part of the Seven
Valleys District; Rev. Steve Deckard is the District Superintendent.
The Urban Cluster comprises the 10 United Methodist churches within the
city of Syracuse. The committee meets monthly to develop a strategy for
United Methodists in the city, to plan activities and to share concerns and
successes.
Here are just some of the things this organization has done:
| funded camperships for inner-city kids |
| held a Good Friday service in Hanover Square |
| established a Shoes for Kids program |
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