Latest News from our District Superintendent
Gateway North District
Greater New Jersey Annual Conference
The United Methodist Church
26 Montrose Ave. Verona, NJ 07044
973-571-0313 Fax 973-571-0315
GatewayNorth@gnjumc.org
Rev. Dr. Jisun Kwak, District Superintendent
Vital Congregation Survey:
Due date to submit the survey was December 1st of 2011. Bishop Devadhar gave us more time. New due date to submit the survey is February 1, 2012. Please get it done not to get it done but to make the process and the result useful for your church ministry. Let's make most out of all the precious time we put into the things we do.
You Are Invited!
If you are between 16 and 29 years of age, you are invited to join Bishop Devadhar and chaperones on a weeklong
spiritual development experience. Additional adults may request to attend as space provides opportunity. The group will leave
the USA on July 27 and return on August 6, 2012. Pilgrims must be approved by pastors and sponsored by churches of the
Greater NJ Annual Conference. Only those pilgrims who have parental consent will be permitted to travel with the group.
Every pilgrim will be required to enter into the Taizé Pilgrimage Covenant.
Churches are urged to pay the cost of the pilgrimage experience. It is a unique investment in spiritual development.
The funds expended will provide personal, church, and conference benefits for years to come. Adult pilgrims are strongly urged to travel to Taizé, but it should be clear that the focus of this pilgrimage, and this week at Taizé, is Youth & Young Adults.
The Experience:
Coming to Taizé is an opportunity to seek communion with God through common prayer, singing, personal
reflection and sharing. Everyone is here to discover or rediscover a meaning for their life and to find a new vitality.
Being in Taizé is also a preparation for taking on responsibilities back at home with a view to being bearers of
peace and trust.
As you arrive at Taizé, you are welcomed by a community of brothers who have made a lifelong commitment
to follow Christ in common life and celibacy, in simplicity of life. The GNJAC goal of the pilgrimage is to discover
new depths of faith that enable us to make disciples for Jesus Christ who are committed to a world-wide connectional sharing of the gospel, in word and deed. Please go to www.gnjumc.org for more details.
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Upcoming Events
District Day of Learning on January 14th, 2012
Come join us for our annual district day of learning at Morrow Memorial UMC, 600 Ridgewood Road, Maplewood, NJ. Everyone is welcome and is encouraged to attend.
More important Dates:
•Bishop's Convocation on January 23-25, 2012
•Bishop's All-Clergy Pre-Lenten Gathering on February 21, 2012
•Resource Day with Larry Homitsky on March 8, 2012
•Resource day on April 15th and 16th, 2012
•Annual Conference May 30-June 2nd, 2012
•Resource Day on September 29, 2012
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Prayer & Praise
Please contact the Gateway North District Office with Prayer and/or Praise requests.
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Love in Christ,
Yours truly,
D.S. Jisun