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Fly Creek UM Composes Letter Voicing ‘Dismay’

Fly Creek UM Composes Letter Voicing ‘Dismay’ FLY CREEK – Some members of the Fly Creek United Methodist Church have allied with their Oneonta colleagues, penning a letter expressing “disappointment and dismay” that the international church has affirmed bans on gay pastors and gay marriage. Thirty-seven regular attendees also signed it, said Julie Huntsman, who drafted the letter with Chris Kjolhede. But the pastor, the Rev. Sharon Rankins-Burd, did not sign it, and Huntsman said it is not the Fly…
May 15, 2019

First UM Plans Vote On Whether To Reject Church’s Ban On Gays

FIERY SPEAKER APPLAUDED First UM Plans Vote On Whether To Reject Church’s Ban On Gays In February, Worldwide Church Council Affirmed Bar To Gay Marriage, Pastors By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A resolution, “We Refuse,” objecting to the international United Methodist Church’s reassertion of its prohibition on gay marriage and gay pastors, was inserted into today’s Sunday Service program at Oneonta’s First UM. The local resolution calls the church’s “Traditional Plan,” which reaffirmed its ban and…
May 5, 2019

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