A memorable memorial Coffee, anyone?The OnCenter is operating a bever-

age concession in Gallagher Hall from approximately 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday and Friday.

The Rev. Dr. Cathy Hall Stengel, Mountain View Dis-trict Superintendent, will be the preacher at the annual Memorial Service held at 7 p.m. tonight.

The Memorial Service at Annual Conference honors clergy and their spouses who have died during the previ-ous year.

She said part of her ser-mon titled “Brave” will focus on idea “that we stand on the shoulders of those who have built these churches, who have encouraged the laity, made dis-ciples and done many incredible things. ... We are called to live by their inspiration.”

She also said it’s important to be there, to be present.

“The way I was raised as a clergyperson, from the time I was a very young pastor, when clergy passed away, whether they were in active ministry or retired, the way we honored them was to show up,” Dr. Stengel said.

“I feel like, since we’re such a big Confer-ence, the Memorial Service is one of those places we can come and show up; we can

stand in this place of honor and respect for our col-leagues and their spouses who have gone before us.”

LOVE OfferingDuring AC ‘13, the Annual

Conference approved taking a special conference-wide offering annually to support mission outreach locally, nationally and globally.

The LOVE Offering that was taken this spring at local churches will be received during the Memorial Service

at each Communion station.It will be used to support three ministries:• Locally: Funding for additional grants to

local ministries to be made this year through the Reaching Our Neighbors Ministry Over-sight Team (RON MOT)

• Nationally: Providing the funding to help feed people by packaging 75,000 ready-to-eat meals during the Conference session through Stop Hunger Now.

• Globally: Supporting the work of the Africa University Endowed Scholarship Task Force and their efforts to raise $1 million for eight permanently endowed scholarships.

Guest preacher says it’s important to be there, to be present

Your guide to voting, speaking1.) From your seat, not at the mic

– You will be recognized to speak at your seat, not at a microphone. In order to be recognized while at your seat, raise your card in the air and wait for the Bishop to call on you; he will direct you to a num-bered microphone. Once there, share your name, your status (clergy or laity) and your church. Then, offer your motion (i.e., “I would like to amend the recommendation now before us …”). The key thing: Do not come to a microphone to be recognized.

2.) 3 minutes and counting – You will

be able to speak only once to a particular motion – unless you are the maker of the motion – and only for 3 minutes. A timer will count down your time on the screen. You may speak for less than 3 minutes, but no more. You will get a warning at 8 sec-onds, and the microphone will be shut off at the end of the 3 minutes.

3.) Call the question – To end debate

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In case of emergencyIn case of medical emergency,

never hesitate to call 911. You can also approach the volunteer stationed under the EMT sign at the front of the Session Room on the right, and that person will get help. To reach mem-bers attending Annual Conference session in the event of an emergency, call (315) 435-8045. This line, for emergencies only, will be answered at the registration desk.

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Got questions?The folks in the orange T-shirts are

hospitality volunteers who are ready and willing to help out. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to ask one of them. Conference staff at the registra-tion area can also provide you with guidance.

SHN meal packagingFor those who registered to pack

meals for Stop Hunger Now there are two shifts tomorrow (Friday): the lunch period, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and the dinner hour, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the War Memorial auditorium. There will be signs to direct you to the location.

Wellness screeningQuest Diagnostics’ free health

screening for eligible Conference participants will be in Exhibit Hall B – Alcove B from 6-10 a.m. today and tomorrow.

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Memorial dinner location change

The Memorial Dinner at 5:30 p.m. this evening will be on the Lower Level in Ball-room West.

Shuttle bus schedule

There will be shuttle ser-vice provided for the Annual Conference session. Shuttles will run only between the OnCenter and these four hotels: the Parkview, Crowne Plaza, Genesee Grande and Sheraton-University.

The shuttles will run:• 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on

Thursday;• 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on

Friday; • 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on

SaturdayThe daily parking rate at

the OnCenter garage is $5; one time in/out.

Workshopcancelled

The Small-Group Ministry workshop scheduled for noon on Saturday has been can-celled. Those registered for that workshop are invited to attend one of the other work-shops as space allows.

Worship booklets online

A large-print combined Worship Booklet for the Open-ing Worship, Memorial Ser-vice, Celebration of Ministry, and Service of Appointments is available to those who need them; request them at the registration table. You can download a regular-size print of the Worship Booklet and the Service of Commissioning and Ordination booklet in PDF for-mat at www.unyumc.org/pages/detail/2139. A printed copy of the Service of Commis-sioning and Ordination booklet will be available to everyone for Saturday’s service.

Printed copies of the Me-morial Service Booklet will be available for family members.

Lost & FoundIf you misplace something

during the session, there are two locations you can check. The Upper New York Lost & Found will be located at the registration table. If Con-ference staff members find anything left behind they will bring it to the registration table.

When OnCenter staff per-form nightly cleaning of the space, any items they find will be taken to the OnCenter’s security area in the back of the building.

on a given recommendation or resolution, someone must make a motion to “move the previous question.” (See the first item “From your seat” about how to be recognized). This is also known as a mo-tion to “call the question” or “to end debate.” Once it is moved and seconded, it is not debatable. If the motion

passes with a 2/3 majority, the body will move directly to take a vote on the recommen-dation before it.

4.) With hand and voice – When a vote is taken, Bishop Webb will ask you to raise your card in the air and indicate your vote verbally with an “aye” for yes and a “nay” for no.

Clergy honored for ministerial milestonesCongratulations to all of

the Upper New York clergy who are celebrating mile-stones in their ministerial service in 2014.

They include:

20 YearsAlberto Lanzot

DeeAnne LowmanG. Ewart MorrisBrooke NewellJeffrey Nowak

Lauren SwansonGary WickardAnn Robinson

30 YearsNaomi Babcock

Cynthia Beth Klopfer-McCunePatricia Olmstead

Michael WillisBeth O. BenhamJames FletcherTimothy Phelps

40 YearsDavid BergnerCraig FrenchPatrick HaleyStephen Heiss

James LaunDavid Lockwood

Lawrence LundgrenRoberta Proper

Alan RhodesLawrence Wiliford

50 YearsEarl Beane

Charles Hess IIICarl JohnsonJames Lavery

Roberta LucasRalph Marino

William ReederEarl Smith

Stanley C. TannerDonald Washburn

60 YearsHerbert Bowen

Keith DeweyEverett Fitts

Arthur Hagy Jr.Milton JeffersonRoberta JohnsonHallock Mohler

Wayne OstranderJohn Rough

Rexford Tucker

70 YearsAlden Smith

Carlton VanOrnum

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The Memorial Dinner, reserved for families of those honored during the Memorial Service, has been relo-cated to the Ballroom West in the Lower Level. Archive photo of 2013 AC session by Matthew Williams.

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Celebrating unique new ministriesThe Annual Conference

session is an opportunity to celebrate those serving in extension ministry, or in positions other than as church pastor. Today’s Extension Ministry Luncheon is one way we thank those serving in these unique and varied ministries.

Those serving an exten-sion ministry and certified lay ministers will also be recog-nized during the Celebration of Ministry at 7 p.m. Friday.

Appointments to Extension Ministries

(as of July 1, 2014)

… within the connectional structure of United Method-ism

Nancy Adams, Mountain View District Superintendent

Theodore Anderson, Gen-esee Valley District Superin-tendent

Darryl R. Barrow, Cross-roads District Superintendent

Aaron M. Bouwens, Direc-tor of Vital Congregations

K. Wayne Butler, Niagara Frontier District Superinten-dent

Wendy J. Deichmann, President, United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio

William Gottschalk-Field-ing, Director of Connectional Ministries

W. Lea Harding, Direc-tor of Pastoral Care, United Methodist Homes, Hilltop Campus

Robert Hill, Dean of Marsh Chapel, Prof. of Pastoral The-ology, University Chaplain; Boston University

Kandice C. Joyce, Senior Assistant Director of Financial Assistance, Drew University, Madison, N.J.

Raymond Kahng, Harvard

Korean Mission, Cambridge, Mass.

David W. Kofahl, Bingham-ton District Superintendent

Sung Ho Lee, Mohawk Dis-trict Superintendent

David D. Masland, Confer-ence Superintendent of New Faith Communities

Jeffrey McDowell, Finger Lakes District Superintendent

William Mudge, Adirondack District Superintendent

Diane E. Prentice, Chaplain Hilltop Campus, United Meth-odist Homes, Johnson City

Colleen Preuninger, Ecu-menical Chaplain, Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University

Sherri Rood, Cornerstone District Superintendent

Janice McClary Rowell, Oneonta District Superinten-dent

Carol Sierk, Pastor, Walk to Emmaus and Chrysalis Com-munity

Rebekah Sweet, Northern Flow District Superintendent

Richard Weihing, Albany District Superintendent

Thomas V. Wolfe, Presi-dent of Illiff School of Theol-ogy, Denver, Colo., Denver Metro District of the Rocky Mountain Conference

Patricia Cardin, Sarah Jane Johnson UMC; New Faith Community: Urban Edge, Binghamton District

Sonexay (Sean) Chantha-sone, New Faith Community: Lao Church Plant, Syracuse

Richard E. Koch, New Faith Community: Seneca Babcock

Aaron Limmo (eff. Oct. 1, 2013), New Church Start: New World Ministries, Cross-roads District

DeeAnne Lowman, New Church Start: Lark Street

Together, Albany District

Devin Lyles, New Faith Community: Development in Rochester area

Sandra L. Perl (eff. April 1, 2014), New Faith Community: Living Well in Penn Yan

… under endorsement by the General Board of Higher EducationTheodore L. Bleck-Doran, Chief Chaplain Service, James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Mountain Home, Tenn.

David E. Carnie, Pastoral Counselor, Brownell Cen-ter for Behavioral Health, Syracuse

Lamar W. Claypool, Chap-lain, Travis County Sheriff’s Office, Texas

Michael P. Comer, Police Psychologist, Michigan State Police; Psychologist, Michi-gan Department of Natural Resources, Lansing

Thomas Davis, Chaplain, Kaiser Permanente Home Health and Hospice of San Diego, Calif.

Dana Horrell, Executive Director, Center for the Congregation in Public Life, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

Esther Lee, Federal Bureau of Prisons Chaplain, Pitts-burgh

Keith A. Manry, U.S. Air Force Chaplain, Captain, Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont.

Timothy Phelps, Chaplain, Hospice Chautauqua County

L. Paul Pitkin, Family Coun-seling Ministry of Susquehanna

Andrew Pollock, Halifax Health Systems/Hospice, Florida Annual Conference

Robert Searle, Chaplain, Canandaigua VA Hospital

Carlos R. Smith, Chaplain,

Newark Wayne Community Hospital, Newark, N.Y.

Jennifer Streeter, Chap-lain, Fairport Baptist Home, Fairport

… with Annual Confer-ence approvalRobin Blair, Executive Di-rector, Common Good Radio

Steven Clunn, Coalition Coordinator, Methodist Federation for Social Action, Washington, D.C.

Gail Conners, Chaplain, Clifton Springs Hospital

Stephen R. Crowell, Sr., Assistant to the President for Church Relations, United Theological Seminary

Christopher Evans, Prof., History of Christianity and Methodist Studies, Boston University School of Theology

James Fenimore, Church Consultant for the Samaritan Counseling Center, Scotia

Henry Frueh, EcoSabbath Ministries, Queensbury; Chaplain, Community Hospice of Schenectady County

Brian Gould, Chaplain, Community Hospice, Capital Region

Pamela Harris, Run River Enterprises, Tully

Keith R. Haverkamp, Norris Religious Fellowship, Norris, Tenn.

Douglas Hess, Chaplain, St. John’s Nursing Home, Rochester

Kent Higgins, Chaplain, United Christian Foundation, Amherst, Mass.

Margaret (Peg) Hutchins, Director of Healing and Spiri-tual Formation in the Office of Community Formation, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Ky.

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Augustus E. Jordan, Ex-ecutive Director, Health and Counseling Services, Middle-bury College, Vermont

Laurel M. Jordan, Chaplain, Scott Center for Spiritual Religious Life Middlebury Col-lege

Douglass R. McGaughey, Prof., Religious Studies, Willa-mette University, Salem, Ore.

Stuart J. Mitchell III, Presi-dent/CEO, PathStone Corpo-ration, Rochester

Robin Olson, Spiritual Life Coordinator, Boston Univer-sity, Boston

Jon C. Stenberg, Chaplain, Mary J. Drexel Home, Phila-delphia

Cindy Toenniessen (eff. Feb. 1, 2014), Staff Chaplain, Pastoral Care Services, Uni-versity of Maryland Medical Center

John R. Tyson, Prof., Church History; Director of UMC Studies at CRCDS

Meredith Vanderminden, Executive Director, The En-

theos Center for Spirituality and Creativity

Cheryl Zandt Venzor, Chaplain and Assistant to the Director of Pastoral Care, INOVA Alexandria Hospital, Virginia

Jane Wagner, Carthage United Community Church, UCC

Duane F. Watson, Prof., New Testament Studies, De-partment of Theology, Malone University, Canton, Ohio

Laurel P. Westover (for-merly Phillips), Resident Chap-lain, CPE Program at Albany Medical Center Hospital

Marilyn N. Wolfe, Clinical therapist and educator, Cen-tus, Samaritan Institute

Carl Phillip Young, Prof., Art, Hartwick College, Oneonta

… deacons serving beyond the local churchInsook Do, Chaplain/Coun-selor, Capital City Rescue Mission/New Faith Family Center for Homeless Wom-en, Albany

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Certified lay ministers fill a crucial need in our local churches. Please join us in congratulating these newly certified lay ministers for their dedicated work.

AdirondackShirley AndrewsHarold (Mickey) McFarrenPaul RiceArnold Stevens

AlbanyJan Lacey-MarkleBill Rainbolt

CornerstoneCarol Becker

Finger LakesJudy Duquette

OneontaMaxine Christman

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Laity session workshop times, locationsTimeThursday, May 299:30–10 a.m.

10:15–11 a.m. ONLY

10:15–11 a.m.

AND

11:15 a.m. – Noon

EventLAITY SESSION – OPENING

Lay Servant Ministries Lucinda Halligan

Orientation Blenda SmithScott Johnson

UNY Conference ConnectionsJan RothfussNate TrostBarbara Heise

Lay Leadership in Vital Congregations Patti PierlioniIlah Sisson Walser Jim McMoil

General Church JeopardyCarmen Vianese

UNY & Global ConnectionsGreg ForresterDemetrio BeachRoger Ellis

LocationGrand Ballroom

Meeting Rooms 5-6

Ballroom West

Meeting Room 1

Meeting Room 4

Meeting Rooms 2-3

Ballroom East

Jeffrey Hodge, Senior Con-sultant, J. Hodge Consulting

Mahn-Hee Kang, Korean Baptist Theological Seminary

Bruce Maxwell, Truck Stop Ministry, Pennsylvania State Council of Churches, Har-risburg

Susan Russell, Guest Ser-

vices Coordinator, Asbury Camp & Retreat Center

William Verity (eff. Aug. 15, 2013), Organist/Accompanist, Dewitt Community Church

Vivian R. Waltz, Director, SSJ Sister Karen Klimczak Center for Non-Violence, Buffalo