Last Update: 01/03/2011
Christ Ministries Hmong Language Worship Service begins at 3 pm
Imagine! progressive service begins at 9:30 am
Traditional English services begins at 11 am. (Hymn singing begins at 10:50 am)
Sunday School begins at 11 am
Fellowship time from 10:30 am to 11 am
Hearing assist devices are available. Signing for the deaf is available on request.
The historic Academy church is the
site of the oldest Protestant church in Fresno County and is the mother church
of Memorial UMC. This is thought to be the oldest church building standing in
Fresno County, built in 1868. It is located on hwy 168 northeast of Clovis.
Services are held at Academy for Easter, Christmas and other occasions. It is
administered by Memorial UMC.
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Child care is available during worship services and Sunday School hour. Care for infants through age 2 is available in the Quiet Room at the north side of the Sanctuary. Care for children ages 2 through 5 is available in the Fellowship Hall Nursery Room.
There are no enrolments or auditions. Just come to choir practice on Thursday evenings at 7:30 pm in the sanctuary. Call the church office for more information.
The IMAGINE! Band
Worship by playing and singing modern Christian music. Anyone who plays the Electric Guitar, Electric bass, or Drums are welcome. Vocalists also are welcome.
On special occasions, the chime choir will assemble. Playing the chimes is easy and fun. Director, Jan Erickson, will tell you when to ring your bell. Practice is Contact Jan or the church office for more information.
A small groups are welcome to provide special music on Sunday mornings. Contact Scott Hatfield if you would like to participate.
Much support is needed for worship services. Ushers, Sound Technicians, Video projection operatores, Greeters, Communion Stewards, Scripture Readers, and Worship Leaders are regularly needed for worship. All are ministries to the church. Contact Pastor Janette or the church office if you can minister in any of these ways.
The Shepherds keep alert for unmet needs of the congregation. You may help. If you know of anyone ill, hospitalized, cannot come to church or notice someone absent for a while call Evelyn Haulman as soon as possible. With hospital stays vastly shortened from the past, advance notice is especially helpful. Be sure to sign the red registration book every Sunday. This is a way for the church to tell if you are absent possibly due to a problem. Contact Evelyn Haulman.
Started with our late, beloved Dr. Wilbur Lose, MUMC has continued to support anyone who wished to participate in the Chaplin programs at any of our local hospitals.
At St. Agnes, the "Foundations in Health Ministry and Pastoral Care" course is held on Saturdays March 15 & 29 for 9 hours each. Graduates may serve in our parish, community or hospitals. $40.00. Limit 30. Call St. Agnes @450-3227. Info on our office Bulletin Board.
At Kaiser Permanente, the program is called "Spiritual Care Volunteers". Visit 2-4 hours/week. Free training. Info on our office bulletin Board. Call Chaplain Ren Adama 448-3243
Contact Max Cannon or the church office for more information.
The prayer chain offers prayers for anyone in need. Those needs are promptly communicated via phone and email to the group members who pray for those in need. The more members of this group, the more powerful is the effect. Contact the church office if you would like to participate.
This is a list of church friends especially in need of our prayers and concerns, usually for an extended time. Call Pastor Janette or the church office if you know of anyone in need.
Dinners for 8
Business
Women's Lunch Group
Camp
Parents Time Out
Hmong Partners Group
Partners In Evangelism
Potlucks
United Methodist Women
United Methodist Men
The California/Nevada Methodist churches have a beautiful facility near Lake Tahoe for our children to experience the wander and awe of our God. Contact the church office for more information..
Parents with children still at home gather on Sunday evening at 5 pm at the church for Bible Study and games and fellowship. Contact Connie Alfaro.
Thursday Potluck in the Social Hall EVERY Thursday at 6:00 to 7:30. This is an old traditional Methodist Potluck! Bring a dish and enjoy the company of your brothers and sisters in Christ. Can't cook? Just drop by the Deli and pick up something. Contact Barbara Grams via the church office for more info.
All United Methodist women are welcome! Meetings are on the third Tuesday of the month at 10 AM for a program and lunch. The Wesley, Red Bird, and Hope circles are supporting groups of the UMW. Contact Dorothy Heskett.
Join the United Methodist Men for breakfast, prayers, devotions, and special programs once a month. The UMMen also run the recycling effort and take part in the physical needs of the church.
Scholarships! Church Women United gives scholarships from $500 to $700 to deserving students. Application forms are available in the church office 299-4615 E-mail MUMC. Contact Loretta White for more info, 299-4615.
Your heart is where your treasure lies. Tithe. Try it. Test it. See what happens. You will be surprised!
See the latest financial information in the notebook on the counter in the office.
World Missions
Various world missions are actively supported by Memorial through organizations such as the Church World Service, and Global Board of Ministries. For example, Memorial made blankets for the Church World Service TOOLS OF HOPE & BLANKET Program
.
Click HERE
to see the
blankets.
We are a connectional church, connected through the world-wide United Methodist Church. We support the missions of the United Methodist Church as much as possible. Monetary support is provided through Apportionments which the United Methodist Church requests from each local church. Memorial pays its Apportionments from its general fund. Check out http://www.umcgiving.org for more info.
Local Missions
Memorial is active in the local community with local missions sponsored by Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries, The Poverello House, Fresno Metro Ministries and any other local need that may arise.
Memorial UMC maintains a small storage of food for people in need. You can help to keep the pantry stocked by bringing non-perishable food to the church office.
Residents from a nearby Hmong community are using a previously undeveloped portion of our property as a garden to grow vegetables for their families. It is a beautiful addition to our property in two ways. The beauty of the fresh, green rows is a joy to see and it is also wonderful to behold how people can do so much for themselves when given a little help. We are reminded of that every time we drive into the parking lot. The Hmong gardeners are the best. The garden is always neat and something is always growing.
The Community Garden is a joint project with FIRM. which provides financial and technical support. The garden is also funded through grants from our Fresno District Mission Society. Contact Diane Zastovnik, for more details about our garden.
Our Hmong neighbors and friends (who are refugees from Laos) join us for special events such as Vacation Bible School and celebrations of harvest, Halloween and Christmas. We reach out to the Hmong families and children through English classes, Christmas gifts and assistance to move from welfare to work.
The United Methodist Connections
Memorial is a connectional church which
means it is a part of the world wide United Methodists. Some of Memorial's
financial apportionments go to the General Board of Global Ministries,
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/
to be used in world wide missions (including in the USA).
One of those missions is the
United Methodist Committee on Relief which responds through its ecumenical partners to various needs and disasters in the world. Some disasters like Katrina, require a long time commitment. Donations can be made direct via this secure site:UMCOR is exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States and qualifies for the maximum charitable contribution deduction by donors. One hundred percent of your tax-deductible gifts go to the emergency response or Advance project that you designate. More about UMCOR:
http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/info.stmSupported Missionaries:
Memorial supports missionaries directly via encouraging free will offerings.
Carol Partridge, United Methodist missionary to Macedonia.
Find information about Carol's mission at http://carolpartridge.com