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After 40 years of wrangling and rancor, delegates to the postponed 2020 United Methodist General Conference overwhelmingly removed the ban on ordaining "self-avowed, practicing homosexuals" as clergy.
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ContributedThis screenshot shows congregants of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta participating in a recent online service. The church will hold its Christmas services online, too.
For a listing of Christmas services, see Page C5.
ContributedPastor John Buddle and organist Tina Shields practice for the recording of a virtual Christmas Eve service earlier this week. Buddle preaches at the Methodist churches of Edmeston and Morris.
ContributedA Nativity scene is pictured in the sanctuary of the Morris United Methodist Church earlier this week.
Itâs going to be a COVID-19 Christmas, forcing area faith leaders to reconsider Dec. 24 worship services. While some churches are opting for online-only Christmas Eve services, others will host socially distanced masses and still others will feature walk-through nativity scenes. But everyone, church representatives said, must cope with shifting expectations this holiday.