New York ConferenceUnited Church

of ChristFaithful Witness

Compassionate JusticeBold Christian Leadership

our mission •Revitalizing of Existing Congregations

•Planting New Churches•Advocating Justice and Compassion•Empowering Youth and Young Adults•Engaging in Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue

Our Mission

•Equipping Ministers and Lay Leaders

•Resourcing Churches Searching for a New Pastor

•Mediating and Consulting During Crises

Church Vitality

Your OCWM makes this possible:• Regional Vitality Programs

and Congregational Development Summits• Ministry Transformation

Clusters• Readiness 360• $153,171 budgeted for 2014

Reverend Freeman Palmer,AssociateConferenceMinisterforCongregational Development

Starting New Congregations

El Nuevo Camino, Buffalo

Journey UCC, Delmar

Spirit of Peace, Kingston

Advocating Justice and Compassion

• To deploy the New York Disaster Response Team• To coordinate responses to national and

international disasters• To network Justice & Witness Ministry Partners• To promote LGBT Pride Activities• To resource Open and Affirming congregations• To communicate events and United Church of

Christ Resources

Your OCWM allows the New York Conference:

Empowering Youth and Young Adults

• Annual State Youth Event• National Youth Event• Regional Youth Event• Youth Summits• A Search for a full time Associate

Conference Minister for Youth, Young Adult and Emerging Ministry is currently underway

Your OCWM makes this possible:

Ecumenical and Inter-Faith Dialogue

The Evangelical Church of Hessen and

Nassau, Germany

Mision Cristiana, Nicaragua

Equipping the Saints (Ephesians 4:12)

Your support makes this possible:• Interact with Local Authorized

Ministry Groups• Response to Authorized Ministers

in Crisis• Rapid Response to Conflict and

Crisis• Boundary Awareness Training• Women’s Ministries (UCCNY

Women)• Authorized Ministers’ Retreats• Communities of Practice

ReverendMarian ShearerAssociate Conference Minister for Clergy and Authorized Ministry Concerns

Leadership Development

Reverend Dr. Marjorie Purnine, Associate Conference Minister for Leadership Development

• New York School of Ministry (NYSOM)

• Lay Leadership Training and Development

• Ecumenical Networking of Lay Education

• Partnering with “MESA” (Ministerial Excellence, Support, and Authorization)

• In 2014 $246,498 will be expended for authorized and lay leadership development

New York School Of Ministry

Certificate Programs

Open Enrollment Retreats

Ministry Oversight

Reverend David R Gaewski, Conference Minister

• Ecumenical Partnerships with The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); New York State Council of Churches; the Evangelical Protestant Church of Hessen and Nassau, Germany, and Mision Cristiana, Nicaragua

• Collaborative ministry with other UCC Conferences

• Communication Networking including Happenings, Facebook, and www.uccny.org

• Financial Advisement and Legal Counsel for Local Churches

Pastoral Leadership

Pastoral Transition• There is an average of 35-45 Churches

undergoing pastoral transitions at any time.

• The Conference Ministry team assists congregations in finding an Interim Minister; offers resources to the Local Church search committee; and provides candidate profiles.

• The average cost to the Conference for placement services is approximately $7,000 to $12,000 per church

Our sources of Funding

OCWMOtherFees&ServicesNCS/RevitalizationBldg Maintenance TransferGrantsNY HelpUse of Endoment Funds

20.9%

6.7%

9.7%

2.1%54.2%

How will we reduce our reliance on enDowment principle?

• In 2013 we hope to begin a special annual offering called “UCC Covenant Share”

• The UCC Covenant Share is proposed in the 2014 Conference Budget.

Plan to address Deficit

What will “UCC Covenant Share” accomplish?

• First, the income funds will apply to eliminating the budget deficit.

• The surplus funds available after the deficit is eradicated will be equally divided between:

• additional support to UCC National Basic Support for the work of the wider church in this county and around the world.

• Creation of a grant fund for local churches in the New York Conference for new ministry initiatives and leadership development. This new fund will be called “Resourcing the Local Church”.