Celebrating Patricia Frye and Her 10 Years of Ministry in CRM

Camp and Retreat Ministry Administrative Assistant Tricia Frye will be retiring at the close of 2024. She manages a varied and complex range of leadership responsibilities including registering summer campers, being an information hub for the ministry, organizing staff and volunteer paperwork, and so much more. We have all been blessed by Tricia and her many gifts and abilities. Tricia remembers how it began and reflects on what it has meant for her. 

“Earlier, I worked for travel agencies. I was between positions when a colleague showed me a job opening at the Conference office for the Camp and Retreat Ministry Registrar and Admin. It was perfect timing. I thought to myself that if I could send people to the Caribbean, I could send kids to camp! 

It is a joy to serve in a way that is truly beneficial for others. I have really cherished working with the people at the Conference. The atmosphere is uplifting and collaborative. We care about each other and it’s like family.

Getting kids to camp is deeply gratifying, especially for those who really need a loving camp experience. It makes such a difference in their lives.”

Two Superintendents to transition out from Cabinet

Dear partners in ministry,  

Recently, Rev. Judy L. Walker, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Superintendent, and Rev. Brenda K. Leigey, State College Superintendent, shared with me their intention to retire from active pastoral ministry. 

Rev. Judy Walker

Rev. Walker has served as a pastor in The United Methodist Church for 19 years. During her six-years as a Superintendent assigned to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre District, Rev. Walker has been passionate about parish ministry, especially with small churches. She has faithfully lived her commitment to helping local churches thrive and continue to be in mission and ministry. Rev. Walker served faithfully as the Cabinet Secretary. In 2023-2024, Rev. Walker offered critical leadership engaging pastors and congregations discerning whether to leave or stay in the United Methodist Church. Alongside a team, Rev. Walker helped congregations work through the disaffiliation process. Rev. Walker’s retirement is effective December 31, 2024.  

When Judy retires at end of 2024, she and her husband Dave are looking forward to living close and spending time with the children and grandchildren. 

Rev. Brenda Leigey 

Rev. Leigey has served as a pastor in The United Methodist Church for 35 years. She was appointed Conference Superintendent in 2019, and faithfully and with great commitment served in both the former Lewisburg and current State College district. Rev. Leigey has always shown a commitment to the local church, pastors and churches in the district she serves. She has been a tireless advocate for mission and ministry as well as working to help congregations reach new people. From the smallest, theologically conservative church to the reconciling congregation, Rev. Leigey has encouraged people to be committed United Methodists. Rev. Leigey’s retirement is effective June 30, 2025.  

When Brenda retires June 30, 2025, she is looking forward to spending time with her husband Allen. 

On behalf of the cabinet, I express our deepest gratitude to these two faithful servants for their adaptive leadership throughout the years, especially during their time serving in the cabinet. They have led with integrity, grace, passion, and resilience during an extended season of challenges, conflict, and uncertainty, being agents of hope for those they lead. I look forward to serving alongside them during their remaining time in the cabinet.  

In the coming weeks, I will share next steps regarding coverage for the Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre district after the New Year, and the discernment process for selecting the new superintendents. In the meantime, please join me in celebrating the ministry of Rev. Walker and Rev. Leigey and praying for them as they begin this important transition. 

Thank you for living the gospel, embodying God’s love with your neighbors, and nurturing disciples of Jesus Christ who share faith, love, mercy and justice everyday and everywhere.  

Together in the journey, 

Bishop Héctor A. Burgos-Núñez

Resident Bishop
Susquehanna & Upper New York Episcopal Area
The United Methodist Church

Growing Spiritual Transformational Leaders: Thanks, from a Grateful Heart

By Kim Shockley, Coordinator of Lay Excellence

As I move steadily toward retirement at the end of 2023, I want to reflect with you about how much I have enjoyed working throughout the Susquehanna Conference as your Coordinator of Lay Excellence. Most of my time has been invested in re-ordering how our Lay Servant Ministries function throughout the Conference. That has included working with the District Chairpersons and updating all of the certification processes for Lay Speakers and Lay Ministers. It has been a joy to see how many of our lay people are engaged in significant leadership roles throughout all of our Districts.

Developing and mentoring Goal Companions in a coach approach to ministry has also been quite fulfilling. As an International Coach Federation credentialed coach, I have helped to train and mentor this process in others. Right now, we have an active group of Goal Companions who will come alongside you as a leader, or your leadership team as all of us live into how God is calling us now. Goal Companions will help to focus, navigate through obstacles, and provide healthy accountability to the goals that you establish. There is a page dedicated to our coach approach through the Grow-Equip-Connect web presence: susumc.org/gec-coaching/

My greatest joy has been working with our Goal Companions to lead Clarity Days for local congregations. We help to clarify the foundation of why a church exists, how it behaves, what it does, and how it will be successful. This new foundation is used as a strategic focus for all decisions, planning and evaluation of the ministry. Thank you to those who have participated in this process!

Several times I have been asked what our congregations should be doing to make a difference today. There are three things that I would like to share with you:

Find ways to talk about how we see God at work in our communities. This is more than seeing a lovely bird or flower—it is about how we see the changes for good in our communities. Is there a teacher or community leader that is making a positive influence on others? Where do we see people gathering for positive conversation? Who is leading an effort to make other people’s lives better? These may not be overtly Christian endeavors, so look to see if the behaviors and values match your own for potential partnerships.

Encourage each person in your congregation to see every person they meet as a person who is loved by God. This is particularly hard in some communities where the hurt and pain from difficult experiences color our perceptions of the people we meet. These people are still loved by God and have value, so seeing them in that way may be helpful to overall transformation of our community and God’s redemption in their own lives. 

Remember, who we are is more important than what we do, and what we do is an opportunity to show who we are. Our behavior matters—everywhere we go! If I am grumpy with my server or don’t offer a gratuity, that affects my reputation. If I am a rude driver, that hurts my witness of Jesus. Everything we do, everything we say, is our witness of Jesus’ work in our own lives. Galatians 5:22-23 gives us the best formula for living like there is evidence of God’s Spirit within us: The Holy Spirit produces a different kind of fruit: unconditional love, joy, peace, patience, kindheartedness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. You won’t find any law opposed to fruit like this. (The Voice) Our behavior matters!

I want to leave you with this blessing that I discovered a few years ago. It comes from Brian as his gift offered at Burning Man in 2015.

The world now is too dangerous,

And too beautiful for anything but love.

May your eyes be so blessed you see God in everyone. 

Your ears, so you hear the cry of the poor.

May your hands be so blessed,

That everything you touch is a sacrament.

Your lips, so you speak nothing but the truth with love.

May your feet be so blessed you run,

To those who need you.

And may your heart be so opened,

So set on fire, that your love,

Your love, changes everything.

God Continues to Do New Things in the Susquehanna Conference

In the first article we wrote as your new bishops, we proclaimed and firmly believed that God was about to do a new thing in that new day and time. Since then, God has been faithful in keeping God’s promise of doing many new things!

We have been witness to churches in the Susquehanna Conference that have moved in new ways in faithful service to Christ. While COVID was difficult and devastating, many of our churches were determined to begin new ministries and new online expressions to be in ministry with new groups of people. God is blessing these churches and their efforts.

Since the passage of ¶2553 in 2019, some congregations have had difficult conversations about disaffiliation. The overwhelming majority of our churches and clergy in the Susquehanna Annual Conference are remaining United Methodist. Some members of disaffiliating congregations have already switched their membership to churches that are remaining United Methodist, thus creating new relationships and opportunities for ministry. We are also using this season to look at ways to be in ministry with new people in new places.

As your bishops, in collaboration and partnership with the Cabinet and Conference Leadership, we are following God’s desire for new ways of doing our ministry of supervision. We are experiencing some natural transitions in our congregations and our conference, allowing all of us to dream of new ways of doing our ministry of supervision. Through these transitions, we believe that God is pointing us in some new ways of being an annual conference, districts, and local churches.

As we have prayed and discerned God’s will for doing a new ministry, we are excited to announce that we will begin a new model of supervision for pastors and for churches. With these natural transitions, God is providing a unique opportunity for God’s church to continue to new things – even in supervision.

Reverend Barry Robison is finishing his eight years on the Cabinet and tenure as Dean. He will retire at this Annual Conference. He will be the new Director of Relationships and Stewardship Development for the UM Foundation of PA.

Reverend Cathy Boileau also recently announced her retirement, effective July 1, 2023. Cathy has been a strong supporter of local churches, a tireless worker and a loving, caring superintendent of the York District. She has worked with many churches to help them move out into mission opportunities both in the district and throughout the world. Cathy will spend time in her retirement continuing to be a clergy member of the Susquehanna Conference and spending time with her beloved husband, Mike.

In addition to the transition of leadership openings in the Harrisburg and York Districts, we recognize transitions in church and communities as some churches disaffiliate, which will require a nimbleness in supervision.

Beginning July 1, there will be five Conference Superintendents to provide supervisory care and oversight. To accomplish this new form of supervision, we will be creating five supervisory areas. The supervisory areas will include the areas of the former seven districts. We are not recommending redistricting as part of this supervisory plan. We are simply reorganizing and creating supervisory areas.

The five Conference Superintendents will be: Paul Amara, Brenda Leigey, Judy Walker, Joleen Willis, and Gary Weaver. As already announced, Gary Weaver will also serve as the Dean of the new Cabinet.

The following are the Conference Superintendents and their coverage area:

1. Paul Amara will cover churches within the Williamsport District as well as most churches within the Lewisburg District. The office for this coverage area will be the current office located at 2420 Nottingham Road, Williamsport.
2. Brenda Leigey will cover churches within the State College District, as well as portions of the Lewisburg and Altoona Districts. The office will continue to be at 1200 Haymaker Road, State College.
3. Judy Walker will cover churches within the Scranton/Wilkes Barre District and some churches within the Lewisburg District. The office will still be located in the Trucksville UM Church, 40 Knob Road, Trucksville.
4. Joleen Willis will cover churches within the Altoona District and portions of the York District. They will begin to look for office space possibly within a local church in the Altoona Area.
5. Gary Weaver will cover the churches within most of the Harrisburg District as well as portions of the York District. This coverage area will continue to utilize the former Harrisburg District Office in the Conference Center. Gary and Cindy will move to what is now the Harrisburg District Parsonage.

As we shift to a new model of supervision, we will also be shifting some district offices. The York office will work toward closure by July 1, 2023.

The Lewisburg Office will stay open only through the retirement of the current Administrative Assistant which will be December 2023. She will also provide support to other coverage areas as needed in this time of transition.

There are some important facts as we begin to move into this new model of supervision.

1. These decisions are made with the full understanding that God is expecting God’s church to always be open to change for a new day and for new possibilities. These decisions are made out of a sense of newness and possibility.
2. These coverage areas will allow the new number of churches/charges per superintendent to remain similar to the current numbers.
3. The boundaries of the coverage areas have been made for the most part around county lines. This will make is easier to do things across former district lines.
4. There will be new ways of supervision. One way is to utilize effective local pastors and elders as ministry partners to do some of the ongoing work of ministry in the coverage area.
5. Every church and every pastor will have a superintendent with whom they will relate and have direct contact.
6. Current district committees will work with the Conference Superintendent to determine what is the best way to accomplish their tasks.
7. This current change in supervision will position the Susquehanna Conference well for whatever General and Jurisdictional Conference may decide about number of episcopal areas and number of bishops.
8. This new way of doing supervision will also allow us to be nimbler and provide new ways of being in ministry.

We will keep you updated as things progress. In the coming weeks we will release a conference map showing the new supervision areas. Included with that map will be the number of churches and charges in that new area.

We welcome your questions. Feel free to send an email to our office or to your current Conference Superintendent. We will be working on an FAQ sheet to put on the Conference website.

In this season of transitions, we celebrate that God is providing transitions and openings for us to do ministry and supervision in a new way. Now is the time for bold action and ministry – following where God is leading.

In ministry with you,

Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi

Bishop Sandra Steiner Ball

Resident Bishops

Thanks be to God for You

Bishop Jeremiah J. Park

It is hard to believe that it has been 9 years since I received a phone call that said, “Welcome to the Susquehanna Annual Conference”. After the last Bishop is elected at the Jurisdictional Conference, the Jurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy spends long hours praying and discerning about where Bishops could and should be assigned. Bishops do not have a say in their assignments. We do not apply, nor do we lobby for a certain Annual Conference assignment. In fact, we do not know where we will be going until 6:00 am Friday morning, the last day of Jurisdictional Conference. 

For some it is simply a welcome back. For others it begins with an introduction of who is calling and their Annual Conference. It was then that we were told we would be leaving the New York Annual Conference and coming to the Susquehanna Conference. While Lisa and I knew we could be assigned anywhere in the Jurisdiction, the Susquehanna Conference was not on our radar. But God and the Jurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy had a plan for the Susquehanna Conference and for Lisa and me.

What a surprising and amazingly blessed journey it has been! It is hard to believe that the past 9 years have gone by so quickly. In the blink of an eye, we have moved from the gracious and spirited welcome at the Williamsport Arts Center to now this, my last Annual Conference, where I say farewell to my beloved sisters and brothers in Christ.

The 3rd chapter of Ecclesiastes is entitled, “Everything has its season.” Some of the words that resonate at a time like this are: “a time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to keep and a time to throw away…” and so on.

What time is it now for me as we depart?

First, this is a time for me to say, “Thanks be to God for you!”

My heart is overflowing with gratitude as I am having this moment with you.

Two passages truly reflect what’s in my heart for you. The first comes from Philippians 1:3-5. “I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now....” The second passage comes from First Thessalonians 3:9. “How can I thank my God enough for you in return for all the joy I have in the presence of our God because of you?”

Please accept my ‘Thank you! Thank you! And Thank you!’ from the bottom of my heart for your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. God’s people of the Susquehanna Conference, clergy and laity alike, your commitment to discipleship and stewardship, dedication to mission and outreach, and diligence in ministry and service are truly exemplary and exceptional; and you remain committed to all of these things even in the midst of an unprecedented season of multiple challenges. Your faithfulness is outstanding and exemplary. No wonder, I was told, that the Susquehanna Conference was number one among all annual conferences in the United States for 2019 shares of ministry collection. You honored the general church shares of ministry 100% even last year, the most financially challenging year! Mission Central, Seedling Ministry as a loan fund, and the Stewardship Foundation are all in a much stronger place ready to serve more people and congregations! Thanks and praises be to God! No matter what, our people are determined to continue to touch and serve and transform lives with the love of God in the name of Jesus Christ. In the midst of the unprecedented challenges all around us, we see our pastors and congregations continue to offer new and creative ministries as they expand their presence and connection with the people in the community and beyond with determination, courage, and grace for the sake of the good news of God. Indeed, our people remain steadfast and serve with their time, talents, and treasurers to represent the presence of healing and hope for such a time as this. Thanks be to God for you!

My sincere thanks also extends to the Cabinet, conference leaders and staff in the in my office, the conference office and the district offices who constantly, conscientiously, and so freely offer themselves to the ministry of our church. Thanks be to God for all of you! I am truly privileged and humbled to serve our beloved church with such exceptionally gifted leaders and dedicated servants like you. With humbleness and gratitude, I claim that I have had the best cabinet and conference that I can ask for. 

We know that it hasn’t always been easy. There have been difficult decisions and hard choices to make and troubled waters to wade through. But God’s people like you sustained my ministry and kept me going with a profound sense of joy and privilege. I cannot thank you enough for what you have done and will continue to do for Christ and His Church. 

Second, this is time for me to commit you to God’s grace.

The time has come for me to say goodbye, my friends. I regret that I depart when our beloved church is going through a very challenging time. Besides the various pandemics to face and cultural and societal environments that are not conducive to the church, our denomination is having a time of profound uncertainties and is likely to take a painful journey toward a potential denominational separation. It breaks our hearts as our sisters and brothers in Christ are facing a prospect of choosing separate ways of being a church. 

In the 20th Chapter of Acts, from Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church. Knowing that it would be his last time to see them, he wanted to have a personal moment with them before his trip to Jerusalem. As he is saying his farewell to the leaders of Ephesus, he leaves them with some parting words from his heart. While the times and contexts are completely different, Paul’s words as paraphrased in Acts 20:32 by Eugene Peterson speak eloquently to what I have in mind for a moment like this. He wrote, “Now I’m turning you over to God, our marvelous God whose gracious Word can make you into what God wants you to be and give you everything you could possibly need in this community of holy friends.”

My sisters and brothers, with the utmost confidence, I am turning you over to God and to the word of God’s grace. 

I have observed and heard of many annual conference sessions throughout the connection that can get very intense where people often do harm to each other by their words and actions. But as your Bishop I have found that you have shown a consistent pattern of being kind, considerate, and thoughtful to one another and are spiritually focused and prayerful as you discern and decide on critical matters of the church with the mission of the church in mind as your top priority. You do not shy away from your differences, but you continue to show that you love one another by the way you discuss and debate issues that are close to your heart. Indeed, you so faithfully demonstrate what it means to be a church alive in Christ together for the sake of the mission of making disciples and transforming the world. 

While your passion is evident for what you believe, what is more evident is the presence of grace. You always try your best to demonstrate a benevolent spirit and actions even in the midst of struggles. Grace never leaves the room.

Paul said to the Elders of the church, “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there…. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace.” (Acts 20:22) 

Paul’s journey after his conversion was about testifying to God’s grace. It’s no wonder that his last word to them was “grace”. 

We are God’s people who are redeemed by grace. To say grace saved me isn’t enough. Grace saved even me. Like Paul, we know that our journey in the faith is about testifying to the good news of God’s grace in Jesus Christ.

We are compelled to take the journey to the unknown future.

But the grace of God is far greater than our thoughts and surpasses our understanding. Grace will continue to lead you and me into God’s preferred future. 

So with confidence, I commit you to God and God’s grace for such a time as this. “Indeed, the God who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the Day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:6) 

Third, this is time to dance

I have been most richly blessed to have traveled the hills and valleys, the farmland, and the rural areas, small towns, suburban, and the cities of the Susquehanna Conference to visit our churches and people. Lisa and I immensely enjoyed the times we had in worship and fellowship all over the place in our conference. 

Wherever I visited I shared with our people a message that we are a church alive in Christ together. 

We worship and serve the living God. As God’s people, there is no other way to be, but alive!

Jesus said, “I came to give you life, an abundant life.” (John 10:10) There is no other way to be in Jesus but alive.

The Church is the living Body of Christ. There is no other way to be a church but alive.

We want every one of our churches to be a church alive as a vital congregation in the most exciting, vibrant, and blissful way.

What does a church alive in Christ look like?”

A singing church is a church alive. I am a singing Bishop. What do you expect?

The Hymn sing was an integral part of my faith formation and spiritual development. I grew up with many Gospel songs that were sung frequently at the revival meetings or camp meetings. Singing hymns and praises feeds my soul and uplifts my spirit. Indeed, when I sing, the spirit comes alive within me. I feel energized and blessed. It’s no wonder that I love to sing!

A praising church is a church alive

A praying church is a church alive

A giving church is a church alive

A church that goes into the Word and into the world is a church alive.

A church in mission is a church alive and so on…

However, wherever I went I lifted up one of the fruits of the Spirit to illustrate a church alive in Christ: The fruit of the spirit I lifted up was joy. A joyful church is a church alive!

We are the people of the gospel of the good news of great joy for all people. If we don’t have joy, what’s the point? 

Church is not a building, not a steeple, not a resting place but people.

Joyful people make a joyful church. 

The joy we are talking about is not what the world can give nor take away from us.

It’s the joy that comes from the love of God in Jesus Christ.

That we are God’s beloved, that God’s love for us is unconditional, steadfast and everlasting, that God never ever grows weary of loving us, that God’s love is far greater than our understanding, and that God loves us not because of who we are but because of who God is, makes us a joyful people, a joyful church. Joy comes from a love like that.

 We remember Jesus’ words in John 13 verses 34-35: 

“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples. If you love one another.”

Two chapters later Jesus says, “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” (John 15:12)

The message for us? There’s no other way to be God’s people but to love one another. 

Our theme for this Annual Conference is “A Vision of the Beloved Community.” I really see in you a glimpse of the beloved community of Christ. That gives me a reason for the joy that I have.

The biblical and lasting image of joy is dance. God chose to put you and me together for 9 years. It was in God’s wisdom that we would make good dance partners in and through the ministry of the Susquehanna Conference. In humbleness and with gratitude – I believe we made great dance partners. 

Indeed, memories of my 9 years here among you will continue to flood my soul with joy and thanksgiving.

So I will keep dancing. 

My dear sisters and brothers of the Susquehanna Conference, you have my prayers and best wishes as I commit you to God’s grace. I am confident that you are in good hands as capable, gifted and grace-filled Bishops Sandra Steiner Ball and Cynthia Moore-Koikoi will lead and serve you. May God continue to richly bless and honor you and your ministry and your journey ahead, all to God’s glory. Amen and amen.

Let me have a moment of personal privilege. 

Lisa, you’re the best dance partner I can ask for. I am privileged to have the best wife and you are the best mom for Cathy and Matthew, and their spouses George and Joyce, and you are the best grandma Gemma, Penelope, Eugenie and Eli can have, you are a blessing to all of us beyond description. Lisa, how can I thank my God enough for the joy I have because of you? With you, I know that the best days of our lives are yet to come and am looking forward to our common journey ahead in joy and peace with gratitude.

So, “I will go dancing, I will go dancing, I will go dancing in my soul …” 

Honor our Bishop by Building the Beloved Community

Approximately a year ago we were in lockdown, but still thinking we were going to have General and Jurisdictional Conferences as were originally planned. We knew that our Bishop, Bishop Park, was going to retire as of September 1, 2020 and that we would find out who would be taking his place at the Jurisdictional Conference slated in July 2020. However, as the pandemic unfolded, we realized that many of our plans were not going to work out as we thought. Bishop Park was asked to continue on as our Episcopal leader in the interim and graciously agreed. It was recently announced by the Northeastern Jurisdiction College of Bishops that Bishop Park will be moving into voluntary retirement on September 1, 2021 and that Bishops Moore-Koikoi and Steiner Ball will be the presiding Bishops of the Susquehanna Conference, West Virginia Conference, and the Western Pennsylvania Conference.

Now we have the task of trying to say goodbye to a leader that has not only led us for 2 quadrennia, but also then continued a full year beyond, when he planned to retire, based on the needs of the church. As the Episcopal Leadership Transition team met, they asked themselves “What should our Conference get a retiring Bishop who has done so much for our Conference and has gone above and beyond during these trying times?” As we all know, our Bishop has a heart for other people and a gift that would ultimately end up helping others is what the committee discerned would be best.

As a retirement gift for Bishop Park, all churches and people of the Susquehanna Conference are invited to make a donation in his name to the Building the Beloved Community Fund (BBCF). This fund was created out of the passion and commitment that Bishop Park has for an inclusive church. The Bishop’s belief and energy is clearly evident as he has helped our Annual Conference continue to break down the walls of division caused by racism. Our Conference Mission is to grow spiritual transformational leaders, equip vital congregations and create new places for new people, and connect with each other and the world so that alive in Christ together, the Susquehanna Conference will embody the beloved community of disciple making congregations. One hundred percent of the money donated to the BBCF will be used to help us as a conference live into our mission to be the beloved community. 

Fifty percent of the donations to the fund will be overseen by the Commission on the Beloved Community. The commission will disperse much of the money in the form of grants to churches and church entities that propose a specific project toward eradicating racism and enhancing and celebrating diversity. The commission will also use some of the money to fund initiatives on behalf of the conference as a whole. The other fifty percent of the money collected will be overseen by the Cabinet to fund programs like diversity training, supporting cross-cultural appointments, and promoting diversity.

We know that you and your congregation have a heart for mission and ministry and a commitment to becoming the beloved community God calls us to be. 

You can donate to the BBCF online on our conference website at susumc.org/endracism or by mailing a check to Susquehanna Conference, Attn: Finance Office, 303 Mulberry Dr., Mechanicsburg, PA 17050. Please make the check out to the Susquehanna Conference and write "BBCF-9300" in the memo line. Churches can send in money and list it on their remittance report (BBCF-9300). We will announce the gift to Bishop Park at Annual Conference in June and let him know the gifts that have been received up to that point. We can think of no better gift to our Bishop than to promote a fund developed to help us live into those goals; ensuring that our work can and will continue as we strive to shove the love of God to all God’s children.