{"id":13271,"date":"2026-04-27T16:19:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/?p=13271"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:29:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:29:20","slug":"hmong-united-methodist-church-charters-on-sat-may-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/hmong-united-methodist-church-charters-on-sat-may-30","title":{"rendered":"Hmong United Methodist Church Charters on Sat, May 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-CrossFlameLogUMC.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13154 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-CrossFlameLogUMC.png?resize=271%2C271&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-CrossFlameLogUMC.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-CrossFlameLogUMC.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-CrossFlameLogUMC.png?resize=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-CrossFlameLogUMC.png?resize=270%2C270&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-CrossFlameLogUMC.png?resize=192%2C192&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-CrossFlameLogUMC.png?resize=180%2C180&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-CrossFlameLogUMC.png?resize=32%2C32&amp;ssl=1 32w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-CrossFlameLogUMC.png?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"float: left; color: #993300; font-size: 50px; line-height: 35px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; font-family: Times, serif, Georgia;\">E<\/span>arlier this year, the Hmong Language Ministry at <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Usually refers to Memorial United Methodist Church of Clovis, CA.'>Memorial<\/abbr> decided to charter as an independent United Methodist Church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Bishop Sandra Olewine<\/strong> will preside over the chartering <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='A meeting for all members to consider matters involving the church such as salaries, membership, etc.'>charge conference<\/abbr> for Hmong <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='United Methodist Church'>UMC<\/abbr> on Saturday, May 30 at 9:30am at St. Paul\u2019s United Methodist Church in Fresno.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Everyone at <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Memorial United Methodist Church, 1726 Pollasky Ave, Clovis CA 93612'><abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Usually refers to Memorial United Methodist Church of Clovis, CA.'>Memorial<\/abbr> UMC<\/abbr> of Clovis is invited to the chartering at 9;30 am , the Celebratory Worship Service at 11am and the potluck lunch to follow. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">The <em>Hmong <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='United Methodist Church'>UMC<\/abbr><\/em> will establish their home at <em>St. Paul\u2019s United Methodist Church<\/em>, starting on July 1, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">St. Paul\u2019s is located at 2435 North Thesta, Fresno, CA \u00a093703 (north of Clinton, west of Fresno Street). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nLast updated: April 27, 2026 at 16:29 pm","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, the Hmong Language Ministry at <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Usually refers to Memorial United Methodist Church of Clovis, CA.'>Memorial<\/abbr> decided to charter as an independent United Methodist Church. Bishop Sandra Olewine will preside over the chartering <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='A meeting for all members to consider matters involving the church such as salaries, membership, etc.'>charge conference<\/abbr> for Hmong <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='United Methodist Church'>UMC<\/abbr> on Saturday, May 30 at 9:30am at St. Paul\u2019s United Methodist Church in Fresno. Everyone at <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Memorial United Methodist Church, 1726 Pollasky Ave, Clovis CA 93612'><abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Usually refers to Memorial United Methodist Church of Clovis, CA.'>Memorial<\/abbr> UMC<\/abbr> of Clovis is invited to the [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,5,216,145],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-announcements","8":"category-event-announcements","9":"category-include-in-scroll","10":"category-luncheon","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-CrossFlameLogUMC.png?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-05-30 12:00:00","action":"category","newStatus":"draft","terms":[6,44,7,5],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13271"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13276,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13271\/revisions\/13276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}