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Rev. Dr. Gladstone Ewart Morris is a retired Elder in the UMC. Ordained a Deacon in 1994 and an Elder in 1998, he served as pastor with congregations in the Upper New York Conference and its predecessor body, The Western New York Conference. He retired from active itinerant ministry in November 2020. His passion in ministry was always the desire to see the church grow and mature as a multiethnic congregation and reaching its community with the love of Jesus Christ.
He also desires to see it serving the needs of the least fortunate regardless of their affiliation with the church.Our new pastor will work with us and the conference so that we continue to nurture disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Please join our bishop, our new pastor, and our congregation in helping to make new disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
Radical Hospitality • Passionate Worship
Intentional Faith Development • Risk Taking Mission
Extravagant Generosity
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Our St. Pauly's donation shed is OPEN FOR DONATIONS!
What to Drop Off:
Used Clothing, shoes, sneakers, belts, purses, linens, pillowcases, blankets, and curtains.
What NOT to Drop Off:
Furniture, electronics, household items, dishes, books, toys, stuffed animals, garbage, pillows, rags, and fabric scraps.
Church ends 52-year-old anti-gay stance
By Heather Hahn
May 2, 2024 | CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UM News)
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General Conference delegates supported a revision of the Social Principles that deletes the phrase “the practice of homosexuality… is incompatible with Christian teaching.”
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The 1972 General Conference added the phrase to The United Methodist Church’s Social Principles, and it has been a source of conflict in the decades since.
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The vote came after about an hour and a half of debate and an amendment to its statement on marriage.
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The historic May 2 vote came after days of General Conference reversing restrictions on LGBTQ ministry without debate.
Practicing Christ's Unconditional Love
Orchard Park United Methodist Church is a Reconciling Congregation.
We celebrate God’s gift of diversity and value the wholeness made possible in community equally shared and shepherded by all. We welcome and affirm people of every gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, who are also of every age, race, ethnicity, physical and mental ability, level of education, and family structure, and of every economic, immigration, marital, and social status, and so much more. We acknowledge that we live in a world of profound social, economic, and political inequities. As followers of Jesus, we commit ourselves to the pursuit of justice and pledge to stand in solidarity with all who are marginalized and oppressed.
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