{"id":8886,"date":"2021-02-08T16:49:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T00:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/?p=8886"},"modified":"2021-02-10T14:35:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T22:35:31","slug":"we-are-not-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/we-are-not-closed","title":{"rendered":"We Are Not Closed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The church is not a building.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the people.\u00a0 While our building is closed, our church is open and active.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We assemble via Zoom at 4:30 pm on Saturday&#8217;s for our weekly worship service that begins at 5 pm.\u00a0 We are meeting Saturday instead of Sunday to ease the burden on the pastor and other helpers who are involved in other church activities on Sunday.\u00a0 We would love to see more of the congregation participate in the Zoom services. It&#8217;s easy. Contact the <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='559-299-4615 memumc@mem-umc.org 1726 Pollasky 9am -12noon'>church office<\/abbr> for the link.\u00a0 Click<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hIkCmbvAHQQ?rel=0&amp;autoplay=1&amp;cc_load_policy=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> HERE<\/a> to watch a video on how to join a Zoom meeting.<\/li>\n<li>The Zoom worship is recorded for viewing anytime Sunday and afterwards via this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/worship-on-line\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">web site<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Adult Sunday School meets at 9:30 via Zoom.\u00a0 For Lent, beginning this Sunday, the class will be studying Adam Hamilton&#8217;s book &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1501891189?tag=amz-mkt-chr-us-20&amp;ascsubtag=1ba00-01000-org00-win10-other-smile-us000-pcomp-feature-scomp-wm-5&amp;ref=aa_scomp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Walk<\/a>&#8220;. It will be accompanied by short videos by Adam.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SEjpOgGoEWs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for Video Preview<\/a>. The adult Sunday school discussions have been very inspiring.\u00a0 Join in. There is no risk. Contact the <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='559-299-4615 memumc@mem-umc.org 1726 Pollasky 9am -12noon'>church office<\/abbr> or Andy Hansen-Smith for the Zoom link.<\/li>\n<li>Youth Sunday School 11:00 a.m. via Zoom. Contact the <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='559-299-4615 memumc@mem-umc.org 1726 Pollasky 9am -12noon'>church office<\/abbr> or Connie Alfaro.<\/li>\n<li>Children&#8217;s Sunday School 12:15 p. via Zoom. Contact the <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='559-299-4615 memumc@mem-umc.org 1726 Pollasky 9am -12noon'>church office<\/abbr> or Laura Williams.<\/li>\n<li>Transformational Discipleship Lab (&#8220;The Lab&#8221;) is a special class meeting on Wednesday&#8217;s at 7 pm via Zoom that focuses on actually living out the teachings of Jesus<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s training by Tim McManus, Thursday&#8217;s at 6:30 pm via Zoom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you lead or belong to any <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> group that regularly meets, consider meeting via Zoom.\u00a0 Seeing, hearing and interacting with others in the group is very effective.\u00a0 If you have any difficulty using Zoom, contact the <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='559-299-4615 memumc@mem-umc.org 1726 Pollasky 9am -12noon'>church office<\/abbr>.\u00a0 We may have a solution for you.<\/p>\n<p>Zoom note: Since there have been instances of people disruption some Zoom meetings (not ours so far) we are careful to whom we give the access code\/link to. If you contact the office for the code, tell a little about yourself if you are not a member.<\/p>\n<p>How to join a Zoom meeting on a computer:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hIkCmbvAHQQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Click here<\/a> for a short video.<\/p>\n<p>How to join a Zoom meeting on a phone: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d6QjODgTuQE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> for a short video.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The church is not a building.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the people.\u00a0 While our building is closed, our church is open and active. 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