DRYDEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
9 East Main Street, P.O. Box 193
Dryden, NY 13053
607-844-9861
drydenumc@gmail.com
About Us
Join us for worship!
We follow CDC guidelines and all safety protocols. Nursery care is available during worship. Our caregivers and teachers are “Safe Sanctuary” trained and background checked.
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Our Sunday morning services are live streamed.
Join an adult Sunday school class or group study
“The Wired Word” adult class meets Sunday afternoons at 4:00pm via Zoom. Check our calendar and weekly emails for announcements about classes and group studies.
Outreach covers our local community and beyond!
We are focused on making a difference in the world as followers of Jesus.
Our music ministry is vibrant.
Newcomers are welcome to join our choir. No experience necessary.
We are a friendly and fun-loving group of souls who would love to have you join us for worship, service and fellowship.
Administrative Assistant
Karen English
Organist/Pianist
Evangeline Ray
OUR MUSIC MINISTRY
We use God’s gift of music to rejoice, praise, lament and heal. Music allows us to express our
emotions and to communicate love through song and instrument in worship.
D.U.M.C. is graced with exceptional musical direction in our organist/pianist, Evangeline Ray. We
are also blessed to have several special guest musicians who join us periodically to enhance
worship with their talents. We have a dedicated choir and a newly formed chime choir.
OUR STAFF
Custodian
Rob White
OUR PASTOR
Reverend Robyn Hays has been the pastor of the Dryden United Methodist Church since July
2021. Robyn was ordained as a United Methodist deacon in 1994 and an elder in 1998. She
holds an undergraduate degree in both mathematics and religion. Before being called to
serve in Dryden, Robyn served churches in Horseheads, Pennellville, Trumansburg and the
Lake Ontario Parish. In 2023, the Forest Home Chapel in Ithaca was added to her charge. An
Ithaca native, Robyn says in her own words, "I am a proud science fiction geek who loves
sci-fi books and movies (I went to school with Clem Sagan,) and I have also been called a
Bible nerd because I adore cool Bible minutia. I enjoy Bible studies, visiting with people,
leading uplifting worship, and I love to laugh. Two of my favorite vices (to be enjoyed in
moderation) are dark chocolate and good coffee."