Media Resource Center Newsletter

Media Resource Center

July 2022

Media Resource Center

315-898-2027

7481 Henry Clay Blvd.

Liverpool, NY 13088

[email protected]

The Media Resource Center is operating on a limited basis. We have a small committee with members who are dedicating their time and talents to maintain this valuable resource. Please plan ahead for your resource needs.

All inquiries should be sent to [email protected] and all orders should be placed via our website online catalog. Click here for tips on ordering through our website.

Doing what we can...

PLEASE NOTE....

We have limited space for the resources we have

WE CANNOT TAKE DONATIONS

Please feel free to use these as suggestions to donate your items:

* include the materials with food pantry giveaways

* add to gift baskets for shut ins or the sick

* start a give away library near your church

* bless your local communities in creative other ways

(feel free to share these ways with us, via email, so we can help others)

BACK TO ZERO

To rediscover the movement that became The United Methodist Church, we must break the rules.

The lifeblood of the United Methodist is passion rather than organizational neatness, entrepreneurial freedom rather than denominational restraint, and agility rather than staid institutional dependence. But if United Methodists want to change and be the church we say we want to be, what must we risk and how can we challenge current practices?

At the heart of becoming a spiritual movement once again is the requirement that we develop a new understanding of connection as Christians and as United Methodists. We are currently at a time in which United Methodists are reinventing denominational connectionalism. One way of framing the issue is to distinguish between members and disciples, or consumers (those who wait for the institution to care for their needs) and citizens (those who are willing to commit themselves to and be held accountable for the whole of the community).

United Methodism has nurtured generations of leaders and congregations that see themselves as consumers of the resources and attention of the denomination. The impulse toward movement is challenging spiritually purposeful leaders and congregations to risk becoming citizens who fully expect to make a difference in the lives of individuals and also in the world through an encounter with Christ.

Go to our Online Catalog to order (B1063) BACK TO ZERO, then choose the component you wish to borrow and add to your shopping cart.

Wesleyan Way: A Faith that Matters

Wesleyan Way: A Faith that Matters

In this exciting and inspiring study, Scott J. Jones helps seekers and believers to envision and practice discipleship as a way of life. Presenting Christianity from a Wesleyan perspective, Jones invites participants into a deeper, more thoughtful, more active commitment to Christ. This Leader Guide includes everything a group leader needs to plan and facilitate the 8 sessions, helping participants to explore what they have read, to view a 12-minute video, and to discuss the reading and video with the group. The guide walks leaders through the study format and provides options for tailoring sessions to the time-frame and style of each group.

Click here to preview on youtube. Go to our Online Catalog to order (K323=) Wesleyan Way: A Faith that Matters, then scroll down to choose the component(s) you wish to borrow and add to your shopping cart.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Consider Giving to the Resource Center

We are adding new resources with

your assistance.

The resource center no longer has a budget for purchasing resources but you, as an individuals or a church, are welcome to donate toward the purchase of new resources. Your donation can be sent to the conference office designated to Media Resource Center.

ORDER YOUR RESOURCES

Follow the guidelines below to

obtain resources

1) Please order your resources online

Ordering can be done by finding navigating to unyumc.org and clicking on the resource tab. Scroll to the Media Resource Center and you are only a click away from accessing our resources.

Our quick and easy online ordering is just a click away.

Click here to view our catalog.

2) Plan ahead.

3) Be patient

July 2022 Calendar

July 1 Denman Nomination Deadline

Disaffiliation Form Deadline

July 4 Have a Safe Independence Day

July 28 UMM Night at the Ballpark

If you have any suggestions for our format of the Media Resource Center newsletter or have ideas or recommended resources that we may include in the future, please contact [email protected].

Upper New York Conference | 315-898-2027 | [email protected] | www.unyumc.org