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In addition to his parish duties, Fr. Warnecke served on the diocesan and metropolitan councils and as group leader for the Orthodox Church in the America Pension Plan and Group Term Life Insurance Program, president of the Alumni Federation of the Orthodox Catholic Seminaries, dean of the New York State Deanery, and bookstore manager and member of the board of trustees of the [[Orthodox Christian Education Commission]], a pan-Orthodox agency under the auspices of the [[Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas]]. In 1961 he was appointed chancellor of the [[Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA)|Diocese of New York and New Jersey]].
In 1961, Fr. Warnecke saw the need to provide St. Vladimir's Seminary, which had rented space in New York City for over two decades, with its own campus. He was impressed by a property in Crestwood, NY, which featured several buildings. Believing the property to be ideal, he urged seminary and Church officials to purchase it immediately, but they hesitated. Fearing a lost opportunity, he purchased the property himself, planning to turn it over to the seminary or to use it as the site of an Orthodox adult home. Subsequently, the property became—and remains—the site of St. Vladimir's Seminary. For many years, he served as a member of the seminary's financial committee, chairman of its building and grounds committee, and corporate secretary of the school's board of trustees. In the 1970s, Fr. Warnecke's dream to establish an adult home became a reality with the establishment of [[Ss. Cosmas and Damian Adult Home (Staten Island, New York)|Ss. Cosmas and Damian Adult Home, Staten Island, NY]], which he continued to serve as president and executive director.
Fr. Warnecke received many awards in recognition of his dedicated labors and ministry, including the [[jewelled cross]]. In 2000, he was elevated to the rank of [[protopresbyter]].