Posts by Kyle Dunlop
Give the Gift of Stock
Give More to Church and Reduce Your Taxes Is this possible? Donating appreciated stock is a tax-smart, easy way to give more to causes you care about, like Babylon United Methodist Church. If you have a stock portfolio, you are likely meeting with your financial advisor at least annually to rebalance your portfolio so that you can maximize performance and optimize it for risk. And yet, many people have not considered donating stock because they think it will require a…
Babylon UMC Stands With Ukraine
The Social Action and Mission Committee of the Babylon UMC would like to enlist your support and action to assist the people of Ukraine. United Methodists and others wishing to provide humanitarian assistance to the Ukrainian people in the wake of the Russian invasion of their country may contribute to Advance #982450, UMCOR International Disaster Response and Recovery. This fund will provide direct assistance to those in Ukraine as well as assistance to Ukrainians fleeing to neighboring countries. Gifts to…
Chrismon advent Project
A Chrismon tree is a special type of Christmas tree, where instead of traditional ornaments, it is decorated with Christian Symbols. The ornaments are handmade and colored in Christmas liturgical colors of White and Gold. They can be made out of whatever materials you would like. Francis Kippa Spencer created Chrismon trees at Ascension Lutheran Church in Danville, Virginia. Every year they place a large Chrismon tree in their Sanctuary. To see a suggested list of Christian Symbols and for…
Announcing Breeze
We are so excited to have the opportunity to roll Breeze, an online member directory out to you. We would like to invite you to create an account by clicking here. Help us keep in contact with you, our information is only as good as what you provide. Some profile fields are only editable by the Church Office, please send an email on questions or updates to those fields to church@babylonumc.org. Please also inform us if your adult children are attached to…
Sunday School Returns
Sunday School will begin Again ….Livestream on Facebook Interested in having your child join us for Sunday school? Please email Barbara Blaskopf at bjblaskopf@optonline.net with the grades/ages and names of your children. Classes will be separated by grade, depending on how many are interested in “attending.” Details on the exact times Sunday School classes will be live and how to access the video will be distributed later.
public worship Resumes July 5th
Our application to resume public worship, made to Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton to and through District Superintendent Julia Y.H. Yim – has been approved!Our Church Council, represented in large part by a Reopening Sub-committee, has developed a safety protocol that we will be obliged to follow. That committee consisted of the following people: Rev. Adrienne Brewington (Pastor), Carolyn Cavanaugh (Finance Chair), Gregory Courtelyou (SPR Chair), R. Kyle Dunlop (Trustee Chair), Gregory Lupion (Lay Leader), Thomas Mazziotti (Administrative Assistant), and Kathleen…
Honoring the Class of 2020
We are proud to honor the work of all the graduating class of 2020 in our Church family. While it has not been the same with acknowledgments in person, or the annual Men’s Club Graduation Breakfast, know we are still very proud of all the achievements and hard work. Connor Dempsey is graduating from Babylon High School. There he is a member of the National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, and the National Science Honor Society. Connor has achieved…
census 2020
Take 5 mins and fill out the census. It’s important that everyone is counted.