Please join us in prayer for the upcoming special session of General Conference (February 23-26).

• Bishop Bickerton calls for a commitment of prayer
• Meditations and prayer posts from the Praying Our Way Forward website
• Four-minute prayers to pray each day from 2:23-2:26 PM each day (this time frame represents each of the four days of the special conference)
• Please pray for our NY Conference delegation:
  • Lay delegates: Fred Brewington, Gail Douglas Boykin, Jorge Lockward, and Dorothee Benz; Reserves are Tiffany French Goffe, Ann Craig, Roena Littlejohn, and Karen Prudente
  • Clergy delegates: Tim Riss, Noel Chin, Kristina Hansen, and Alex da Silva Souto; Reserves are Vicki Flippin, Sheila Beckford, Martha Vink and Sungchan Kim

Upcoming Opportunities Bishop's Convocation for Clergy & Spouses: 1/16-1/18 Messy Church Workshop: 1/26 Anti-Racism Training: 2/11-2/13 Special Session of General Conference: 2/23-2/26 2020 Budget Hearings: 3/9 Special Called Annual Conference: 3/16 (more details to come)   Annual Conference - June 6-9, 2019: The New York Annual Conference Worship team is looking for lay people with the gift of healing to be part of this year's healing team. The candidates must be present at the New York Annual Conference in June 2019 and be willing to attend one training session in May 2019 at the conference center. For more information and to sign up please email Ximena Varas at ximena.varas@nyac-umc.com Job Opportunities through the New York Conference Conference Director of Communications Conference Director of Leadership Development and Intercultural Competency Conference Youth Ministry Coordinator Learn more Messy Church Workshop - Jan. 26 Messy Church is a movement that began in the U.K. and is beginning to take off here in the U.S.  It’s a non-traditional, multi-generational worship/learning experience – usually not on a Sunday, and usually for 2-3 hours – that incorporates a Bible story, crafts, music, theme-related activities, and – most of the time – food.   This type of program provides lots of room for creativity.   It’s a great way to invite folks from the community to come to church without the intimidation factor that sometimes goes along with more traditional, Sunday morning worship. As of this writing, there are 20 spots left for this workshop at the Conference Center.  If you are interested, please register as soon as possible.  Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.  If there are no spots left when you register, please contact Carol Merante (cmerante@nyac.com) to be placed on a wait-list.  If you have registered and are unable to attend, please let Carol know as soon as possible so that we may offer your space to someone on the wait-list.

Holy Habits Resource Booklets now available

"These resources, which include an introductory guide, have been developed to help churches explore the holy habits in a range of contexts and live them out in whole-life, missional discipleship."

If your church would like a set of these resources, please contact Carol Merante (cmerante@ nyac.com) in Congregational Development.  Cost is $50 for one set of eleven (11) booklets.  Please make checks payable to NYAC, and put "HH Resources" in the memo.  Send checks to NYAC, 20 Soundview Avenue, White Plains NY 10606, ATTN: Carol Merante.  Please also include mailing information.

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