Sunday Service Video - New Paltz United Methodist Church

Sunday Worship Service
World Wide Communion
October 2, 2022 – 9:45am

Message: Big Faith in Small Spaces – Rev. Limina Grace Harmon

Invitation to Experience Communion: At New Paltz UMC we are serious about communion. Communion is about togetherness- we commune. Sharing the Feast in real time, even if not all in one place, is a crucial part of the sacred nature of communion. If you are joining us live remotely, we invite you to share the feast with us, right now in real time. Bring your own elements to your worship setting: any kind of drink and morsel of food can become sacred. Here is the recipe for the Gluten Free Bread we serve in the sanctuary. If you are worshipping with us later, welcome to the Holy Mystery – share your questions and thoughts, and join us in real time next week.

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Sunday Worship Service
September 25, 2022 – 9:45am

Reflection: Hindsight’s a Frenemy – Rev. Limina Grace Harmon

Sunday Worship Service
September 18, 2022 – 9:45am

Reflection: Rev. Limina Grace Harmon

Sunday Worship Service
September 11, 2022 – 9:45am

Reflection: Rev. Limina Grace Harmon

Sunday Worship Service
with Communion
September 4, 2022 – 9:45am

Message: Brittle, Broken, Soft, and Smooshy – Rev. Limina Grace Harmon

Sunday Worship Service
August 28, 2022 – 9:45am

Reflection: Musical Chairs at the Kids Table – Rev. Limina Grace Harmon

Sunday Worship Service
with Communion
August 21, 2022 – 9:45am

Message: Bent, Not Broken – Rev. Limina Grace Harmon

Sunday Worship Service
August 14, 2022 – 9:45am

Reflection: Burn it Down – Rev. Limina Grace Harmon

Sunday Worship Service
August 7, 2022 – 9:45am

Reflection: Dressed and Ready in the PRESENT – Margaret Howe, Lay Servant

Sunday Worship Service
with Communion
July 31, 2022 – 9:45am

Message: Earthly Delights! – Rev. Limina Grace Harmon

Sunday Worship Service
July 24, 2022 – 9:45am

Reflection: Proof of Concept – Rev. Limina Grace Harmon

Sunday Worship Service
with Communion
July 17, 2022 – 9:45am

Message: People on the Edge of the World – Rev. Limina Grace Harmon

Sunday Worship Service
July 10, 2022 – 9:45am

Reflection: Life Is Not a Waiting Game – Rev. Limina Grace Harmon

Sunday Worship Service
with Communion
July 3, 2022 – 9:45am

Message: About Your Flesh – Rev. Limina Grace Harmon

Sunday Worship Service
June 19, 2022 – 9:45am

Reflection: Now That Faith Has Come – Rev. Limina Grace Harmon

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Sunday Worship Service
June 12, 2022 – 9:45am

Reflection: Margaret Howe

Pentecost Worship Service
Confirmation & New Members
with Communion
Sunday, June 5, 2022 – 9:45am

Message: Then They Understood – Rev. Limina Grace Harmon

Sunday Worship Service
with Communion
May 29, 2022 – 9:45am

Message: Bishop Thomas Bickerton

Special guests joining us in worship this week:

Bishop Thomas Bickerton

Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton was appointed as the spiritual leader of the 447 United Methodist congregations in the New York Annual Conference in the fall of 2016.
As a part of his episcopal responsibilities, Bishop Bickerton currently serves as the President-elect of the Council of Bishops. He also serves on the General Board of Global Ministries, the Standing Committee on Central Conference Affairs, the University Senate, and the Commission on the General Conference. He also serves as President of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) which is primarily responsible for the church’s global health initiative as well as disaster response initiatives both domestically and globally.
Bishop Bickerton was elected to the episcopacy in 2004 and served the Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference from 2004-2016. Most recently he served as the chairperson of The United Methodist Church’s Global Health Initiative which deals with the church’s response to the killer diseases of HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria. This effort, through the church’s Imagine NO Malaria campaign, raised over $70 million dollars within the denomination to eliminate malaria-related death across the world.
A native of West Virginia, Bishop Bickerton began his pastoral career as a student pastor serving a six-point charge. He later was pastor of medium and large membership churches as well as serving as a District Superintendent. As he worked in partnership with laity, the churches he served experienced significant growth in the number of baptisms, professions of faith, and members. His church in Shady Spring, West Virginia grew from 85 to 225 members in his six years there, and during his nine years at the Forrest Burdette church in Hurricane, West Virginia, the membership more than doubled from 585 to 1368. The Bishop remains committed to the idea that the vitality of the local church is the key to carrying out the church’s mission to “make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world” and, as a result, spends significant time preaching and teaching in local settings as well as working with his cabinet and staff in centering the life of an Annual Conference around facilitating the ministry of the local church.
Bishop Bickerton’s life has been significantly shaped by involvement in ministry beyond the walls of the local church. His work with Volunteer-in-Mission teams in his home
state, as well as in Africa, Argentina, Israel, Mexico, Russia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. Gulf Coast, has given the Bishop a “true global perspective on the need to be in
ministry to all of God’s children.”
Bishop Bickerton earned a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in sociology and psychology from West Virginia Wesleyan College (1980), a Master’s of Divinity degree from Duke
University Divinity School (1983), a Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary (1994), and an honorary doctorate from West Virginia Wesleyan (2015). He
has also served as an adjunct faculty member at United, teaching Wesleyan doctrine and United Methodist polity.
Bishop Bickerton has also served the ministry of the wider church over the years in the General Commission on Archives and History, the General Commission on United
Methodist Communications, and the General Commission on United Methodist Men.
Bishop Bickerton is the author of the book and accompanying study resources entitled, “What Are We Fighting For: Coming Together Around What Matters Most” and a contributing author to the book, “The Future of the United Methodist Church”.
The Bishop is an avid sports fan and enjoys travel, playing golf, and photography.
He and his wife Sally are the parents of Elizabeth (Chris Carrubba), T.J. (Claire), Ian and Nick, and the proud grandparents of Holden James Carrubba who was born in August,
2018, Lilly Elizabeth Bickerton who was born in September, 2020 and Austin Dwight Carrubba who was born in August, 2021.

District Superintendent Karen Monk

The Reverend Dr. Karen A. Monk is the superintendent of the Catskill Hudson District of the New York Conference of the United Methodist Church. A native Texan, Karen graduated from Southwestern University before migrating east to attend Union Theological Seminary in New York City where she earned the Master of Divinity, Master of Sacred Theology, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
Karen celebrates the unique nature of life in rural settings and brings expertise in representing mountain life and the people who make up the Catskill Hudson region. Ordained in 1989, she has spent most of her pastoral career serving within the bounds of the Catskill Hudson District, most recently serving as the pastor of the Kaaterskill/East Jewett Charge for 16 years. She also served at Clinton Avenue and St. James, both in Kingston, and at Olivebridge and Samsonville. Having had lifegiving experiences of spiritual formation through youth ministry and camping, she has volunteered in the NYAC camps and served as the director of the former Epworth Camp and Retreat Center. Karen has also served on Volunteer in Mission teams to Bolivia and Ecuador. Trained through the UMCOR Academy, she has worked in a variety of disaster relief and recovery efforts as an early response team member and in disaster spiritual care.
Karen excels in mentoring, and has served for many years on the Board of Ordained Ministry and the District Committee on Ministry. An engaging teacher, she has taught lay servant courses, in the certified lay minister series, and at the Northeastern Jurisdiction’s local pastor’s licensing school, as well as teaching in district leader-to-leaders training days.
Beyond her theological education, Karen completed clinical training in psychotherapy with the Harlem Family Institute, working with children in an East Harlem school. While serving in rural communities, she was an emergency medical technician for 20 years. A country preacher who loves jazz, dogs, and football, Karen is blessed to share life with her spouse, Shannon, and her 11-year-old stepdaughter.

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Sunday Worship ServiceSeptember 11, 2022 – 9:45am

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Sunday Worship ServiceAugust 28, 2022 – 9:45am

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Sunday Worship ServiceAugust 7, 2022 – 9:45am

Sunday Worship Servicewith CommunionJuly 31, 2022 – 9:45am

Sunday Worship ServiceJuly 24, 2022 – 9:45am

Sunday Worship Servicewith CommunionJuly 17, 2022 – 9:45am

Sunday Worship ServiceJuly 10, 2022 – 9:45am

Sunday Worship Servicewith CommunionJuly 3, 2022 – 9:45am

Sunday Worship ServiceJune 19, 2022 – 9:45am

Sunday Worship ServiceJune 12, 2022 – 9:45am

Pentecost Worship ServiceConfirmation & New Memberswith CommunionSunday, June 5, 2022 – 9:45am

Sunday Worship Servicewith CommunionMay 29, 2022 – 9:45am