Our Local Church
For nearly 200 years, Newtown United Methodist Church has been characterized by strong dedication to God, openness to the power of the Holy Spirit, and a close commitment to the power of the Holy Spirit, and close commitment to Christ.
The people called Methodists have served God and the community of God’s people locally, nationally, and globally.
The purpose of the Newtown United Methodist Church is to invite all people, as a family, to know and worship God, and to equip them to offer Jesus’ love, forgiveness, healing, and justice to the community and the world, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
We are dedicated to serving the human need through worship, sacred music, Christian education, care and support outreach and mission, and fellowship.
We invite you to share the vision of ministry with us!
NUMC is a member of the Connecticut Central District – With Christians of other communions we confess belief in the triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
And . . . The New York Annual Conference
The NUMC Staff
Reverend Mel Kawakami, Senior Pastor
Reverend Richard “Dick” Yerrington, Associate Pastor
Reverend Sue E. Klein, Deacon
Rahnna Peck Director, Wesley Learning Center
Barbara Carlson, Church Secretary
About the NY Annual Conference
The New York Annual Conference – “Lord of the Church, we are united in Thee, in Thy Church and now in The United Methodist Church.”
GEOGRAPHY -
We are a regional unit of United Methodist churches and people. The conference includes all of Long Island, New York City, Connecticut west of the Connecticut River and an area on both sides of the Hudson River as far west as Walton and as far north as Chatham and North Blenheim. More than 144,000 people belong to about 500 United Methodist congregations in this area.
OUR VISION -
The New York Annual Conference through the grace of God embodies a beloved community of hope, building up a healthy Body of Christ, with heart-warmed United Methodists in mission for the transformation of the world.
Who are we?:
We are a diverse people. As United Methodist people of the New York Annual Conference, we trace our ancestry to all but one of the seven continents of the world: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. We have significant ethnic constituencies from South America, Africa, Central America, the Caribbean, Korea and China.
Our conference provides opportunity not only for cross-cultural pastoral appointments, but also opportunity for the laity to gather in multi-cultural settings for a diversity of worship experiences and traditions.
Our music varies from traditional and classical to experimental, praise and gospel. Our prayers are always from the heart, by they formal or spontaneous.
We are a people of the Bible, reading many translations and basing our life decisions on Scripture, tradition, experience and reason. We cherish our 255 year-old heritage initiated in 18th century England by John Wesley. Our faith vision focuses on the future God has opened for the people call United Methodist.
