Worship BookletThe Fifth Session of the

Upper New York Annual Conference

Bishop Mark J. WebbResident Bishop

May 29-31, 2014OnCenter, Syracuse, New York

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Opening Worship1:30 p.m. May 29, 2014

OPENING MUSIC InsideOut

ANNOUNCEMENTS Safety & housekeeping Ms. Vicki Putney BenefitsOfficer

Thrive InsideOut

DEMONSTRATION Grape cultivation The Rev. Mike Vercant

*OPENING HYMN O, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing David Crowder Band* Indicates an invitation to rise in body or spirit

O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise,the glories ever echoing the triumphs of God’s grace!

My gracious Savior and my God, assist me to proclaim,to spread through all the earth abroad the honors of thy name.

Jesus! the name that calms our fears, that bids our sorrows cease;is music in the sinner's ears, is life, and health, and peace.

Christ speaks, and listening to his voice, new life the dead receive;the mournful, broken hearts rejoice, the humble poor believe.

Glory to God, and love and praise be ever, ever givenBy all the saints in every age, the church in earth and heaven.

CALL TO WORSHIP

ONE: What a Creative God!ALL: What a Holy Imagination!

ONE: What beautiful sunrises and sunsets!ALL: What glorious thunder and lightning!

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ONE: What vines!ALL: What branches!

ONE: You are holy, O God!ALL: You are amazing, O God!

ONE: You are wonderful, O God!ALL: You are incredible, O God!

ONE: Divine-within-us, Divine-without-us, we present our selves to You: ALL: Neglected, tangled, overgrown

ONE: Old, tough, stubborn, woodyALL: Young, fresh, not-yet-mature,

ONE:Bearingsweetfruitorbitter,ALL: We are your branches.

ONE: We are Your branches, Gardener-of-Heavenly-Dreams who gathers us to this place bearing the fruit of our common vine.ALL: We are Your branches, Pruner-of-Thriving-Plants whose shears are sharpened, whose cuts are clean.

ONE: Prune us back, we pray.ALL: Cause our hearts

ONE: and handsALL: and lives

ONE: and homesALL: and churches

ONE: to bear good fruit.ALL: to bear heavenly fruit!

ONE: We pray to you, our Creator, our Center, our Source: We pray because we need more than bread alone to sur- vive. We pray because we must forgive and be forgiven. Wepraybecauseweurgentlyfleetemptation. We pray because we deeply desire for Your Heavenly Kingdom to come on earth. We pray, together in one bold voice,

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ALL: Blessed One, our Father and our Mother, Holy is your name. May your love be enacted in the world. May your will be done On earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread and forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us in the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For all that we do in your love, and all that your love brings to birth, and the fullness of love that will be are Yours, now and forever. Amen.

MUSICAL RESPONSE Thrive

Here in this worn and weary land where many a dream has diedLike a tree planted by the water we never will run drySo living water flowing through God we thirst for more of YouFill our hearts and flood our souls with one desire

Just to know You and to make You knownWe lift Your name on HighShine like the sun made darkness run and hideWe know we were made for so much morethan ordinary livesIt's time for us to more than just survive. We were made to thriveWoah Woah

Into Your word we're digging deep to know our Savior's heartInto the world we're reaching out to show them who You areSo living water flowing through God we thirst for more of YouFill our hearts and flood our souls with one desire

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Just to know You and to make You knownWe lift Your name on HighShine like the sun made darkness run and hide

We know we were made for so much more than ordinary livesIt's time for us to more than just survive. We were made to thrive

Joy unspeakable, faith unsinkable, love unstoppable, anything is possibleJoy unspeakable, faith unsinkable, love unstoppable, anything is possibleJoy unspeakable, faith unsinkable, love unstoppable, anything is possibleJoy unspeakable, faith unsinkable, love unstoppable, anything is possible

Just to know You and to make You known we lift Your name on HighShine like the sun made darkness run and hideWe know we were made for so much more than ordinary livesIt's time for us to more than just surviveWe were made to thrive

Hey! Woah Woah Woah WoahWe were made to thrive!

SPECIAL OFFERING A Helping Hand, laity care fund Dr.ScottJohnson Conference Lay Leader Congregation sings:Joy unspeakable, faith unsinkable,Love unstoppable, anything is possible(Repeat four times)

WORDSOFBLESSING BishopMarkJ.Webb

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HYMN Halle, Halle, Halleluja Halle, Halle, Halleluja! Halle, Halle, Halleluja! Halle, Halle, Halleluja Halleluja, Halleluja

I AM the Bread of Life, feed on meI AM the One True Vine, grow in meI AM the Bread of Life, feed on meHalleluja, Halleluja

LITANYbasedonJohn15:1-8

Reader1: Jesussaid,“IamthetruevineandmyFatheristhe vine grower,”Reader 2: removing every branch in me that bears no fruit and pruning to make it bear more fruit.Reader 3: By my word you have been cleansed.Reader 4: Abide in meReader5: asIabideinyou.Reader 6: You cannot bear fruit without me, the one true vine.

Reader 1: I am the vineReader 2: you are the branchesReader 3: you ARE the branchesReader 4: Abide in me and bear much fruit!Reader5: AbideinmeandIinyouReader 6: branches without me will wither, be thrown and burntinthefire.Reader 1: Abide in me and my words in you.Reader2: InthisGodisglorified!Reader 3: You will bear much fruit!Reader 4: And become my disciples.Reader5: Abideinme!Reader 6: And I in you!

HYMN Halle, Halle, Halleluja

Halle, Halle, Halleluja! Halle, Halle, Halleluja! Halle, Halle, Halleluja

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Halleluja, HallelujaI AM the Resurrection, live in meI AM the Way, the Truth, follow meI AM the Resurrection, live in meHalleluja, Halleluja

Halle, Halle, Halleluja! Halle, Halle, Halleluja! Halle, Halle, Halleluja Halleluja, Halleluja

BISHOP WEBB’S ADDRESS Claimed, Called & Connected John15:1-11 BLESSING Bishop Webb

PROCESSIONAL

Memorial Service7 p.m. May 29, 2014

GATHERING MUSIC InsideOutPROCESSIONAL Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus violin solo

After everyone has processed, the musicians will invite everyone to singTurn your eyes upon Jesus,look full in his wonderful face,and the things of earth will grow strangely dimin the light of his glory and grace.

CALL TO WORSHIP

ONE: When you called us into lives of faith, You called us by name.ALL: We proclaim the Good News!

ONE: Now we celebrate as we remember those You have called by name into your glo-rious presence.ALL: We worship You for Your faithfulness and goodness to us!

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HYMN I was There to Hear Your Borning Cry** Indicates an invitation to rise in body or spirit

I was there to hear your borning cry,I’ll be there when you are old.I rejoiced the day you were baptized,to see your life unfold.I was there when you were but a child,with a faith to suit you well;In a blaze of light you wandered offto find where demons dwell.When you heard the wonder of the WordI was there to cheer you on;You were raised to praise the living Lord,to whom you now belong.If you find someone to share your timeand you join your hearts as one,I’ll be there to make your verses rhymefrom dusk ‘til rising sun.

In the middle ages of your life,not too old, no longer young,I’ll be there to guide you through the night,complete what I’ve begun.When the evening gently closes in,and you shut your weary eyes,I’ll be there as I have always beenwith just one more surprise.

I was there to hear your borning cry,I’ll be there when you are old.I rejoiced the day you were baptized,to see your life unfold.

AWORDTOTHEFAMILIES BishopMarkJ.Webb

SCRIPTURE Romans1:8-12,TheMessage(MSG);4:20(NIV) Romans1:8-12IthankGodthroughJesusforeveryoneofyou.That’sfirst.Peopleeverywherekeeptelling me about your lives of faith, and every time I hear them, I thank him. And God, whom I so love to worship and serve by spreading the good news of his Son – the Mes-sage! –knows that every time I think of you in my prayers, which is practically all the time, I ask him to clear the way for me to come and see you. The longer this waiting

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goes on, the deeper the ache. I so want to be there to deliver God’s gift in person and watch you grow stronger right before my eyes! But don’t think I’m not expecting to get something out of this, too! You have as much to give me as I do to you.

Romans 4:20Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strength-ened in his faith and gave glory to God.

MUSICAL RESPONSE Soon and Very Soon Patricia M. Smith

SERMON Brave The Rev. Dr. Cathy Hall Stengel

Naming of the Saints Each saint is named and a bell is rung.

Families and friends are invited to stand in place as the names are read.

Youth representatives will present an olive wood palm cross as a gift of appreciation to each family. In turn, the families will offer a concord grapevine symbolizing their desire for the youth

of our Conference to carry on the work of these saints of the Church.

Clergy spousesBeatriceHudson April8,2013Mildred W. Gilmour May 16, 2013JuneC.Phillippe June7,2013DennisEpler July7,2013KeithMcIntyre July25,2013Virginia Rhinesmith Diehl August 24, 2013Eva Barron September 10, 2013Barbara Wolfe September 14, 2013MyraHorvath December7,2013MarilynJohnson December26,2013Alice Parsons February 16, 2014MildredKingsleyGarling March15,2014GladysSnedeker March25,2014Kathryn Wyman March 30, 2014DonaldW.Avery April5,2014Shirley Ferris April 9, 2014Madeleine Robinson April 24, 2014FreemanHopp April27,2014

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Clergy ReverePerkins June30,2013Robert Overmier October 2, 2013DavidStanton October27,2013E. Carolyn Byrne October 29, 2013Alan Finney November 1, 2013RichardP.Doud November5,2013LeonFrankJr. November5,2013JamesF.Allen November6,2013ClydeRelyea November8,2013JanetNelson November23,2013StephanCalos December5,2013Hani Khoury December 12, 2013Roberta Poorman December 14, 2013Gerald Harris December 16, 2013William F. Rogers December 19, 2013JamesDickinson December23,2013JohnR.WatkinsJr. December25,2013R. Philip O’Hara December 31, 2013SheldonStephenson January4,2014HanochDuke January6,2014ReginaShaw January10,2014NolaCarroll January11,2014StanleyVollmer January14,2014BettyDenick January28,2014FrankHalseJr. March9,2014Willard Steele March 14, 2014Farrell Edgar Evans March 16, 2014Kathryn Hemstreet March 23, 2014NormanTiffany April6,2014

THE GREAT THANKSGIVING

Bishop: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Bishop: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them up to the Lord. Bishop: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Bishop: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Godofspiritandflesh,

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God of heaven and earth, God of grape and grain. You welcome us into this good creation at our birth, You sustain us with Your presence through each of our days, and You welcome us home at last into joy unknown. Thosewhohavegonebeforeushaveshownusso; they spoke Your Word to us with Your love, they sang to us of Your great compassion and forgiveness, theystoodfirmforYourjusticeandmercy. It was Your presence, pressing through them, that infused thisworldwithJoy,andopenedasacredspaceforthe Spirit to sow the seeds of fruit forthcoming. And so, with them, and with all the company of heaven, we praise Your name and join their unending song: People: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of Your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Bishop: HolyareYou,andblessedisyourSonJesusChrist, who, even now, walks with us in love, sings to us of compassion and forgiveness, standsfirmwithusforjusticeandmercy, nourishes us with grape and grain, and gives himself for our sake, and for the sake of all creation, just as he did with those who now rest with you. Onthenightinwhichhegavehimselfupforus,Jesus took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, andsaid:“Take,eat;thisismybodywhichisgivenforyou. Do this in remembrance of me.” WhenthesupperwasoverJesustookthecup, gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said: “Drinkfromthis,allofyou;thisismybloodofthenew covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” Andso,inremembranceoftheseyourmightyactsinJesusChrist,weoffer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving asaholyandlivingsacrifice, alongside the vast communion of saints, andinunionwithChrist’sofferingforus, as we proclaim the mystery of faith.

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People: Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.

Bishop: Pour out Your Holy Spirit on us gathered here, and on these gifts of bread and wine. Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ, that we may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed by his blood. Renew our communion with all Your saints, especially those whom we name before You now.

God of grape and grain, God of fruitful servants, God of us, here, growing in faith, stretch our arms in need of You, cup our palms to receive from You, feed us with gifts from You, we humbly ask and implore. Recreate us in Your image as we encounter You at table today, so, like those we remember in love, our own lives might ignite a Love to light the world, where heavy hearts shiver in lonely cold. Let your presence pressing through us infusethisworldwithJoy. ThroughYourSonJesusChrist, and with Your Holy Spirit always at work within and without, all honor and glory is Yours, Loving God, now and forever. People: Amen.

Bishop: The feast of God is designed not to satisfy our physical appetites, buttofillourhungerandthirstfortheHoly, for Love, for Righteousness, for Mercy, for fruit-bearing lives that sing of Good News. The table has long been set and there has always been a place for you. Jesusbeckonsyounow,“Come!” Come, beloved, in witness to your life in Christ and in communion with one another and with those who have gone on before us, come, beloved, gather around the heavenly table.

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For Communion, please follow the ushers’ instructions. There will be two gluten-free stations; one center front and one at the rear.

The LOVE Offering, collected by local churches to support local, national and global mission outreach, will be received at each Communion station.

As Communion is served, the Scripture will be read in a number of languages that are used throughout the Conference. As the elements are brought forward, all the liturgists will read the

Scripture in their respective language at the same time.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

All: O God of endings and beginnings, move with us now in this occasion of last things and new things, of passings, of letting go, and of holding firm to Love itself. We thank You that Love has fed us in Jesus’ holy meal, source of our strength and salvation. May the mystery of Jesus’ presence with us in this simple yet abundant feast quiet us to awe, so the grape and the grain may have space to grow within and soon feed a hungry world. Amen.

HYMN Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) Amazing grace how sweet the soundThat saved a wretch like meI once was lost, but now I’m foundWas blind, but now I see

‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fearAnd grace my fears relievedHow precious did that grace appearThe hour I first believed

My chains are gone, I’ve been set freeMy God, my Savior has ransomed meAnd like a flood God’s mercy reignsUnending love, amazing grace

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The God has promised good to meWhose word my hope securesGod will my shield and portion beAs long as life endures My chains are gone, I’ve been set freeMy God, my Savior has ransomed meAnd like a flood God’s mercy reignsUnending love, amazing graceMy chains are gone, I’ve been set freeMy God, my Savior has ransomed meAnd like a flood God’s mercy reignsUnending love, amazing grace

The earth shall soon dissolve like snowThe sun forbear to shineBut God who called me here belowWill be forever mine, will be forever mineYou are forever mine

SENDING FORTH Bishop Webb

Celebration of Ministry7 p.m. May 30, 2014

GATHERING MUSIC CENTERING MOMENT The Rev. Mike Vercant INVOCATION

Participants represent clergy in different facets of service.

(A Provisional Member): Lord, we celebrate the ministry of those who serve the Church as provisional members.ALL: Continue to bless it.

(A Retiree): Lord, we celebrate the ministry of those who serve the Church in retire-ment.ALL: Continue to bless it.

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(A Certified Lay Minister):Lord,wecelebratetheministryofthosewhoservetheChurchandarenewlycertifiedtobeengagedinspecializedministries.ALL: Continue to bless it.

(A Local Pastor):Lord,wecelebratetheministryofthosewhoservetheChurchasnew-ly licensed local pastors.ALL: Continue to bless it.

(An Extension Minister):Lord,wecelebratetheministryofthosewhoservetheChurchoutsidethelocalchurchsetting.ALL: Continue to bless it.

ALL: Lord, we celebrate the ministry of all those who serve the Church in all and every capacity.

OPENING HYMN** Indicates an invitation to rise in body or spirit

This Little Light of Mine Chorus This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

I’ll Fly Away Chorus I’ll fly away, Oh Glory I’ll fly away; (in the morning) When I die, Hallelujah, by and by, I’ll fly away (I’ll fly away).

Every Time I Feel the Spirit Chorus Every time I feel the spirit moving in my heart, I will pray Every time I feel the spirit moving in my heart, I will pray.PRESENTATION OF RETIREES

PRESENTATION of those to be Commissioned

THE HISTORIC QUESTIONS for those to be Ordained as Elders

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Jesu, Fill Us with Your LoveCongregational response: Knelt at the feet of his friends, silently washing their feet, Jesus, you acted as servant to them.Jesu, Jesu, fill us with our love, show us how to serve the neighbors we have from you.

PRESENTATION OF RETIREES

RECOGNITION of those appointed to Extension MinistriesThese names appear in the May 29 Daily Advocate

Congregational musical response: Neighbors are rich and poor, varied in color and race, neighbors are near and far away.Jesu, Jesu, fill us with our love, show us how to serve the neighbors we have from you.

PRESENTATION OF RETIREES

RECOGNITION of those newly receiving a Local Pastor’s License Congregational response: These are the one we should serve, these are the ones we should love; All these neighbors to us and you.Jesu, Jesu, fill us with our love, show us how to serve the neighbors we have from you.

OFFERING Mission of Peace PRESENTATION OF RETIREES

RECOGNITIONofnewlycertifiedLayMinistersandCertifiedSpecializedMinistriesThese names appear in the May 29 Daily Advocate

Congregational response: Loving puts us on our knees, showing our faith by our deeds,Serving the neighbors we have from you.Jesu, Jesu, fill us with our love, show us how to serve the neighbors we have from you.

PRESENTATION OF RETIREES

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PRESENTATION of the 2014 Harry Denman Evangelism Award Presented by 2013 recipients the Rev. Brian Rotach and Cheryl Bird

CELEBRATION OF …

... The LaityALL: We thank God for your ministryLAITY: We give thanks and praise for opportunities to serve.

... The Fellowship of Local Pastors and Associate MembersALL: We thank God for your ministryTHE FELLOWSHIP: We give thanks and praise for opportunities to serve. ... The Order of DeaconsALL: We thank God for your ministryDEACONS(provisionalandfull):Wegivethanksandpraiseforopportunitiestoserve.

... The Ministry of EldersALL: We thank God for your ministryELDERS(provisionalandfull):Wegivethanksandpraiseforopportunitiestoserve.

... The Ministry of AllALL: We thank God and offer praise for all of the opportunities to serve.

CLOSING HYMN The Spirit Sends Us Forth to Serve The Spirit sends us forth to serve; we go in Jesus’ name to bring glad tidings to the poor, God’s favor to proclaim.We go to comfort those who mourn and set the burdened free;Where hope is dim, to share a dream and help the blind to see.We go to be the hands of Christ, to scatter joy like seedAnd, all our days, to cherish life, to do the loving deed.Then let us go to serve in peace, the gospel to proclaim. God’s Spirit has empowered us; we go in Jesus’ name.

SENDING FORTH Bishop Webb

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Service of AppointmentsMay 31, 2014

GREETINGANDINTRODUCTIONoftheCabinetandofficers

CALL TO WORSHIP Bishop WebbMUSICAL RESPONSE O Jesus, I Have PromisedO Jesus I have promised to serve you to the end;Remain forever near me, my Savior and my friend:I shall not fear life’s struggles if you are by my side,Nor wander from the pathway if you will be my guide. Covenanting With Each Other The Rev. Richard Barton 2013-2014 Dean of the Cabinet

Gracious God, in ways known and unknown You have cultivated our time together, and You have nourished our thoughts, words and actions. May Your power and Spirit helpusinourmissiontomakedisciplesofJesusChristforthetransformationoftheworld in our churches, our neighborhoods and our world. Thank You for all of Your children in this body of people, United Methodists of the Upper New York Conference. Together we can do more than we could do alone. Thanks be to God! Amen.

Would the Conference Superintendents please announce the new appointments on their districts.

The Rev. William Mudge Adirondack DistrictThe Rev. Richard Weihing Albany DistrictThe Rev. Dr. David Kofahl Binghamton District The Rev. Dr. Sherri Rood Cornerstone DistrictThe Rev. Darryl Barrow Crossroads DistrictThe Rev. Richard Barton Finger Lakes DistrictThe Rev. Theodore Anderson Genesee Valley DistrictThe Rev. Dr. Sung Ho Lee Mohawk District The Rev. Dr. Cathy Hall Stengel Mountain View DistrictThe Rev. K. Wayne Butler Niagara Frontier District The Rev. Rebekah Sweet Northern Flow DistrictTheRev.JaniceMcClaryRowell OneontaDistrictThe Rev. David Masland New Faith Communities

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Would all the lay members to Annual Conference who are receiving a new pastoral appointment and all the pastors who are receiving a new pastoral appointment please stand. Your responses are on the screens.

Rev. Barton: We are called to live together in Christ, redeemed from sin and consecrated to God.

Lay Members: We are partners in a new covenant: sharing, supporting, and serving with one another. We pledge to live no more with self at the center, but to focus on Christ who loves us and calls us to service.

Rev. Barton: We long to live the fruit of the Spirit – love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

Lay Members: As we live together in Christ, we know that some areas are easy, others aredifficult,

New Pastors: Some tasks bring honor, others bring reproach.

Lay Members: Somedutieswewanttodo;othersareunwantedburdens.

New Pastors:Someassignmentsaresatisfyingandexciting;othersrequireself-denialandsacrifice.

Lay Members: Yet the power to do all of these is assuredly given us in Christ, who strengthens us. This covenant, joined by countless generations before us, we make our own. Being loyal to God’s direction, let us be strengthened by our dependence on the grace of Christ and by our trust in the promises of God.

HYMN* O Jesus, I have Promised O let me hear you speaking in accents clear and still,Above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self-will!O speak to reassure me, to hasten or control!O speak and make me listen, O guardian of my soul!

FIXING OF APPOINTMENTS

Bishop Webb: Are the appointments in the 12 districts correct as published?Conference Superintendents: Yes.

Bishop Webb: AretheappointmentstoExtensionMinistries,toattendschool,andtoap-pointments to other Annual Conferences correct as published?District Superintendents: Yes.

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Bishop Webb: Living God, from the abundance of Your mercy enrich Your servants and safeguard them as they work to build Your reign. Be with them as they face challenges, fears and expectations. Open them to your possibilities. Give them peace for the jour-ney and passion for Your people. Amen.

Bishop Webb: Will ALL those to receive appointments please stand.

Deacons and elders, diaconal ministers, local pastors, certified lay ministers, and lay supply pastors

In a spirit of prayer and believing we have done our best to listen to the voice of God in seekingthebestpartnershipsbetweenclergyandlaity,forthesakeofeffectivelylivingthemissionofmakingdisciplesofJesusChristforthetransformationoftheworld.

With great joy I declare the appointments for the Upper New York Area for the year 2014-2015tobefixedaspublished(andcorrected).My brothers and sisters, do you accept the place of service in the church to which you are now appointed or assigned?

*All to be appointed or assigned: In commitment and renewal to my covenant as a (cler-gy person/lay pastor) in The United Methodist Church, I now reverently accept my (appointment/assignment) with a glad mind and will pray that I shall be worthy of my call to ministry, my Conference relationship, and the place of labor to which I have been (appointed/assigned).

Bishop Webb: WillALLthelay,alternate,andequalizationmemberspleasestand.

Dear sisters and brothers, we rejoice and give thanks for you who represent the mem-bers of our churches in the Upper New York Conference. We are grateful for your pres-ence here and your dedication to your local church.

*All lay, alternate, and equalization members:

Recognizing our needs for guidance and the care of those who are called of God and prepared to preach the gospel, to administer the sacraments, to give administrative leadership to our churches, and to equip us for our ministry in the world, we gladly accept our elders, deacons, local pastors, diaconal ministers, certified lay ministers, lay supply pastors, district superintendents, Area and Conference staff, and those in other Extension Ministries. We pledge to them our cooperation, love and support, as together we strive to fulfill the mission God had given to the Church.

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HYMN* O Jesus, I have Promised O Jesus, you have promised to all who follow youThat where you are in glory your servant shall be, too;And, Jesus, I have promised to serve you to the end;O give me grace to follow my Savior and my Friend!

*BENEDICTION Bishop Webb

* Indicates an invitation to rise in body or spirit

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Visual Arts Team: the Rev. Bonita Bates, Nancy Dibelius, the Rev. Meredith Vander-minden, and Nancy Wilson.

Worship Team:theRev.GreggStierheim,chair;ChrisDoran,theRev.VondaFossitt,theRev.MatthewKofahl,theRev.RachelMorse,theRev.ChadSayers,NairobiO.Smith, Ashley VanSickle, and the Rev. Heather Williams.

Written Liturgy:theRev.RachelMorse,theRev.HeatherWilliams,theRev.MatthewKofahl, and the Rev. Meredith Vanderminden.

Musicians:

InsideOut: Louis Chabrier, Iain Cockram, Hayden Longest, Ellen Pavlacka, Kelsey Rosenblum, Nairobi O. Smith, and David Wood.

Also performing as an ensemble are:RandyBarber,SueBarber,TomBarnes,JonPaul,and Nairobi O. Smith.

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Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus by Hel en H. Lem mel, 1922

I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry byJohnYlvisaker,The Faith We Sing, #2051;©1985JohnYlvisaker.

Soon and Very Soon byAndraéCrouch;©1976,BudJohnSongs,Inc./CrouchMusic/ASCAP

Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) by Chris Tomlin and Louie Giglio, 2006

Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love byTomColvin©1969,1989HopePublishingCo.

The Spirit Sends Us Forth to Serve The Faith We Sing, #2241

O Jesus, I have PromisedbyJohnE.Bode,1868;publicdomain.

Halle, Halle, Halleluja, The Faith We Sing, #2026-b, verse 3

O, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing byCharlesWesley;arrangementbyDavidCrowderBand;2007;publisherEMIChristianMusicGroup.

Thrive byMarkHallandMatthewWest©2013Sony/ATVTreePublishing(BMI)

The Great Thanksgiving, A Musical SettingbyEliseEslinger,Adapt©1989TheUnitedMethodist Publishing House

I’ll Fly Away byAlbertE.Brumley©Copyright1932in“WonderfulMessage”byHartfordMusicCompany.Renewed1960byAlbertE.Brumley&Sons(SESAC)(ad-min.byICG)Allrightsreserved.

Every Time I Feel the Spirit adaptedandarrangedbyWilliamFarleySmith©1989TheUnited Methodist Publishing House.

This Little Light of MineadaptedbyWilliamFarleySmith©1989TheUnitedMeth-odist Publishing House.

Music used with permission, CCLI#11004960