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1 i 2010 Conference Journal of the California-Pacific Annual Conference the United Methodist Church Twenty-Sixth Annual Session University of Redlands Redlands, California June 17 th June 20 th, 2010 Mary Ann Swenson, Presiding Bishop of the United Methodist Church The Los Angeles Area Rev. J. Daniel Lewis and Ms. Leanne Nakanishi Conference Co-Secretaries United Methodist Center Mailing Address: Location: P.O. Box South Euclid Ave. Pasadena, CA Pasadena, CA or Fax:

2 ii THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH LOS ANGELES AREA POST OFFICE BOX 6006 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA (626) FAX: (626) MARY ANN SWENSON RESIDENT BISHOP GAIL KENDALL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT REV. GARY M. KEENE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE BISHOP WES DAVIS SECRETARY To the Leaders of the 2010 Cal-Pac Conference, Greetings! The Good News that we proclaim lives in tension with the troubling news of our times: earthquakes, volcanoes, poverty, and loneliness around the world. We gathered once again at the University of Redlands for our 26 th Annual Session to discern how to more perfectly be the Church in the world for such a time as this. Because we are disciples in the Wesleyan tradition, that perfection is always ahead of us; but this year we have taken some major steps forward: First, we continued our annual exploration of the Four Areas of Focus of the United Methodist Church; this year, lifting up New Ministries for New People in New Places. I was delighted to welcome the Reverend Eun Pa Hong as our preacher, who is a generous and inspiring host to many of us on our visits to the Methodist Church in Korea where he leads a congregation of thousands of disciples. With his leadership, we began each day in a time of traditional early morning prayer (see #446 in our Book of Worship). This was a highlight for many of us. Second, our Wesley Circles this year became Learning Circles as we focused on the creative skills and critical knowledge necessary to form and birth all kinds of new ministries. Topics included Creating a Culture of Radical Welcome, Evangelism That s Effective, Developing Alternative Services, Introducing a New Mission Initiative in Nigeria, Identifying Core Gifts that Give Vitality to One s Church, Effectively Utilizing Technology to Reach the Young, New Church Starts, etc. Next, we continued with our Table Forums. These were an expression of our distinctly Wesleyan heritage of Christian conferencing, a time of face to face sharing, discussion, testing, and holding one another accountable. John Wesley believed this conferencing to be an opening for God s grace to enter in. Our whole Session was an expression of this belief, and these Forums were a specific time for talking about some of the decisions before us as a body, yet without the mantle of voting. Instead, clarity, mutuality, and perhaps, sometimes, consensus was the fruit of this time together. To be an effective church to be the post-resurrection Body of Christ in the world today demands the best of who we are: and we are United Methodists, a connectional people capable of doing far more together than we can apart. Our time together was overflowing with potential; I believe that God blessed our time together, as we opened both our hearts and our minds to one another and the Holy Spirit. In the end, you are the conference, and what you do will shape our common witness in the world today. I am grateful that we are in ministry together, and enjoyed this time of worship, fellowship, learning, and work. Shalom,

3 iii BIOGRAPHY OF BISHOP SWENSON Mary Ann Swenson was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and raised in Jackson, Mississippi where she was active at Capitol Street Methodist Church. She majored in religion at Millsaps College in Jackson, and graduated in In 1968 she married Jeff Swenson of Elma, Washington and they soon moved to Claremont, California where she enrolled in the School of Theology. Rev. Swenson was ordained deacon in 1973 and elder in 1976 having consequently earned her Doctor of Ministry degree from the School in Her local pastoral ministry included Claremont U.M.C., California; Orchards U.M.C., Vancouver, Washington; and First United Methodist Church, Wenatchee, Washington. In 1983 she was appointed Superintendent of the Puget Sound District of the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference. In 1992, Rev. Dr. Mary Ann Swenson was elected to the Episcopacy at the Western Jurisdictional Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was assigned to the Denver Area, and gave leadership there until July of 2000, when she was assigned to the Los Angeles Area, including the California-Pacific Annual Conference and the Korean Mission of the Western Jurisdictional Conference. During that time, she also served as president of the General Council on Finance and Administration of the denomination. In 2008, her assignment to the Los Angeles Area was extended to 2012, and she now serves as president of the church s General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns. With her husband Jeff, Bishop Mary Ann maintains an active lifestyle as a cyclist, and commutes locally by city bus: she has said, John Wesley s the world is my parish takes on new meaning when you ride the bus each day. She has become an outspoken leader in the denomination and in her communities, calling for a redefinition of the purpose of the church in a rapidly changing world. Bishop Mary Ann continues to lead the church with passion toward becoming a more inclusive community, filled with grace, compassion and justice, growing in more perfect love of God and neighbor.

4 iv Vision To Be the Cup Overflowing ~ in a spiritually thirsty, physically hurting world, so that all might have life, and have it abundantly. To overflow with Grace: What it looks like: people being disciples to make disciples; people walking the Wesleyan Way in fellowship with others; people creating communities where the least, the last and the lonely may experience God s transforming grace, and are nurtured along their journey of faith, practicing Wesley s Acts of Piety. To overflow with Compassion: What it looks like: communities of believers being the Body of Christ in specific places of ministry, expressing God s transforming compassion through the practice of Wesley s Acts of Mercy. To overflow with Justice: What it looks like: the Body of Christ fulfilling God s prophetic call to speak truth to power on behalf of the powerless, so that grace, compassion and the life abundant may abound for all. John Wesley s essentials: 1. Know God, 2. Preach Christ, and 3. Seek Justice. Acts of Compassion The Wesleyan Way Works of Mercy Acts of Justice Private Public Acts of Devotion Acts of Worship Works of Piety

5 v From The Mission and Ministry of the Church, p.87ff, 2008 Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church: The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world by proclaiming the good news of God s grace and by exemplifying Jesus command to love God and neighbor, thus seeking the fulfillment of God s reign and realm in the world. The fulfillment of God s reign and realm in the world is the vision Scripture holds before us. The United Methodist Church affirms that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Savior of the world, and the Lord of all. As we make disciples, we respect persons of all religious faiths and we defend religious freedom for all persons. Jesus words in Matthew provide the Church with our mission: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you (28:19-20), and You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.... And you shall love your neighbor as yourself (22:37, 39). Whenever United Methodism has had a clear sense of mission, God has used our Church to save persons, heal relationships, transform social structures, and spread scriptural holiness, thereby changing the world. In order to be truly alive, we embrace Jesus mandate to love God and to love our neighbor and to make disciples of all peoples. Chart orienting the Conference Leadership Team s Five Essential Ministry Teams with the General Conference s Areas of Focus: ESSENTIAL PURPOSE What we are called to do: The purpose of the United Methodist Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. ESSENTIAL TEAMS How we as an annual conference fulfill our calling: We form principled Christian leaders (lay and clergy, younger and more diverse,) Leadership Ministries Who form new and revitalized ministries (in new places and for new people,) New Ministries Who engage poverty alongside the poor, and overcome global diseases, Justice Ministries So that the world is transformed. We provide support for this chorus of ministries, Resource Ministries Guided by spiritual and temporal oversight. Ministry of Navigation

6 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS 2010 Journal Boards and Agencies... Inside the front cover Retreats and Campsites... Inside the front cover Title Page... Page i Bishop s Welcome... Page ii Biographical Sketch of Bishop Mary Ann Swenson...Page iii Mission of the Conference... Pages iv - v Table of Contents... Pages vi - viii Historical Statement... Page viii Official Photographs and Classes... Pages ix-xii List of Churches Alphabetically... Pages xiii xvi A. OFFICERS AND STAFF OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE... Section A 1. Officers of the Annual Conference...A-1 2. District Superintendents...A-1 3. Cabinet Assignments...A-2 4. Staff of the Annual Conference...A-3 5. Staff of the California-Pacific United Methodist Foundation...A-3 6. Conference Officers...A-4 7. District Lay Leaders...A-4 8. District Chancellors...A-4 9. Board of Ordained Ministry Officers...A Chairpersons, Registrars, District Committee on Ordained Ministry...A Delegates to General and Jurisdictional Conferences...A-6 B. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, AND AGENCIES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE... Section B 1. Report of the Nominating Committee... B-1 2. Clergy serving on Boards, Commissions, Committees, and Agencies of the Annual Conference... B Lay persons serving on Boards, Commissions, Committees, and Agencies of the Annual Conference (Addresses and telephone numbers)... B Certified Lay Ministers... B Lay Academy Graduates... B Conference Certified Lay Speakers... B-23 C. ROLL OF MEMBERS ATTENDING THE 2009 SESSION OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE (ON CD)... Section C 1. Roll of Clergy Members Registered and Attending Annual Conference... C-1 2. Clergy and Diaconal Ministers Excused from Full-time Attendance... C-3 3. Roll of Lay Members Elected to, Registered, and Attending Annual Conference... C-4 D. DAILY PROCEEDINGS (ON CD)... Section D 1. Minutes of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Session...D-1 2. Certification of Proceedings... D-51 E. BUSINESS OF THE CONFERENCE (Formerly Disciplinary Questions) (ON CD)... Section E 1. Organization and General Business... E-1 2. Pertaining to Ordained Ministers and Local Pastors... E-3 3. Certification in Specialized Ministry... E Diaconal Ministers... E Appointments and Concluding Business... E Certificate of Ordination... E Certificate of Reception into Membership and Commissioning... E-25 F. APPOINTMENTS... Section F 1. Clergy Appointments by District... F-2 2. Deacons Appointed Beyond the Local Church... F Extension Ministries (I, II and III)... F-32

7 4. Other Appointments: Leaves, Family Leaves, Incapacity Leave, School... F Diaconal Ministers Appointments... F Mission Personnel (Deaconess) Appointments... F-40 G. FINANCIAL REPORTS (ON CD)... Section G 1. Independent Audit Report California-Pacific Annual Conference...G Approved Apportionments Budgets... G-26 H. REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE (ON CD)... Section H 1. Reports Received by the Annual Conference In alphabetical order by reporting body...h-1 2. Resolutions Submitted for Action of the Annual Conference H Resolutions Now in Effect ( )... H-125 I. RULES AND POLICIES... Section I Table of Contents... I-1 1. Conference Rules... I-5 2. Conference Policies... I-41 a. Clergy Sexual Ethics Policy... I-43 b. Clergy Housing Policies and Standards... I-44 c. Personnel Policies... I-49 d. Conference Expense (Room and Board) of Members... I-63 e. Clergy Vacation Policy... I-63 f. Policies Regarding Nominations to Conference and District Organizations... I Conference Standards... I-64 a. Standards Commission on Equitable Compensation Median Cash Salary... I-64 b. Standards for Conference Compensation Assistance Funding for Local Churches and Ministries of the California-Pacific Annual Conference... I-65 c. Standards for the Equitable Compensation Funding Application Process... I-67 d. Compensation Arrearage Policy and Suggested Procedure for Local Churches & Clergy... I Conference Guidelines... I-71 a. Guidelines for Consideration regarding Dating by Consecrated Ordained Clergy... I-71 b. District Union / District Society Use of Funds... I-71 c. Guidelines on Shared Facilities... I-71 d. Designation of UMC-owned Property as Cultural, Historical or Architectural Landmarks... I-79 e. Budgeting Guidelines for Churches Receiving Equitable Compensation Funding... I-81 J. MEMOIRS (ON CD)...Section J K. ROLL OF THE HONORED DEAD (ON CD)... Section K L. HISTORICAL SECTION (ON CD)... Section L 1. Flashbacks of our History... L-2 2. Our Conference Family... L-5 3. Record of Conferences... L-6 4. Bishops from our Conference... L Clergy Appointment History... L Diaconal Ministers Appointment History... L Historical Records of Appointments... L Church Mergers, Name Changes, Discontinued... L-85 M. CONFERENCE DIRECTORIES... Section M 1. Clergy Directory... M-2 2. Diaconal Ministers Directory... M Certified Personnel Directory... M Professional Association of United Methodist Church Secretaries... M GBGM Mission Personnel Identified with the California-Pacific Annual Conference... M Former Missionaries in the California-Pacific Annual Conference... M Directory of Surviving Spouses... M-87 N. SALARY AND BENEFIT SCHEDULES... Section N 1. Clergy Salary and Benefits Schedules (Provided by the Superintendents)...N-1 2. Clergy Appointed to Extension Ministries Salary and Benefits Schedule...N-8 3. Conference Staff Members Salary and Housing Schedule... N-10 vii

8 viii 4. Minimum Equitable Compensation Standards... N-11 O. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION (ON CD)... Section O 1. Episcopal Area Offices, Western Jurisdiction...O-1 2. Board of Camping, Retreat and Outdoor Ministries Sites...O-1 3. Campus Ministry Units...O-2 4. Theological Schools and African-American Institutions...O-2 5. Retirement Homes...O-3 6. Special Offerings Received at Annual Conference... O-3 7. Layman & Laywomen of the Year Award Recipients...O Conference Honors and Awards...O-5 9. Board of Ordained Ministry Candidacy & Psychological Assessment Process...O Clergy Counseling and Guidance Benefits...O Strategies for Prevention of Sexual Misconduct...O Guidelines for Consideration Regarding Dating by Consecrated or Ordained Clergy (See Section I) P. INDEX... Section P Q. STATISTICAL REPORTS AND TABLES... Section Q 1. Conversion Chart for Journal Statistical Tables I & II...Q-1 2. Statistical Tables I & II by District...(Fold-out Section) HISTORICAL STATEMENT CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Established In 1985 SESSION AND BOUNDARIES This is the Twenty-sixth Annual Conference Session of the California-Pacific Annual Conference, created out of the Pacific and Southwest Annual Conference. This session marks the 42 nd conference session since the creation of the United Methodist Church from the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church in 1968; the 71 st session since the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Protestant Methodist Church in 1939; the 134 th session since the organization of the Southern California Conference in 1876, and the 159 th session since the organization of the Pacific Conference in 1851, the oldest of the merging Annual Conferences. The boundaries of the California-Pacific Annual Conference: Counties of Imperial, Inyo, in Kern only that portion described as the Antelope Valley to the base of the Tehachapi Mountains and that portion extending easterly from the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara (excluding the town of New Cuyama), Ventura, and excluding the cities bordering the Colorado River, namely, Blythe, Needles, and Fort Yuma. The entire State of Hawaii, the Territory of Guam, and other territory of the United States in the Pacific region. (WJCJ-1980 pg 28, pg 32,83, 1992 pg 29) (From the Western Jurisdiction Conference Journal proceedings of the Western Jurisdiction Conference Numerical totals have been adjusted to current year.)

9 ix (Class photos courtesy of William Black) THE APPOINTIVE CABINET Front row (left to right): Tom Choi, Mark Ulrickson, Bishop Swenson, Cathleen Coots, Bau Dang Second row (left to right): Myron Wingfield, Kathey Wilborn, Adiel DePano, Cedrick Bridgeforth

10 x (Class photos courtesy of William Black) Elected and Ordained into the ministry of Word, Sacrament and Order as Elders in Full Connection. Front row (left to right): Tonya S. Harris, Sunyoung Lee, Sheena Trotter- Dennis, Lincoln E. Galloway Second row (left to right): Luan-Vu Tran, Andrew Mattick, David McGlocklin Full Connection Deacon John Brian Kawn

11 xi (Class photos courtesy of William Black) Those commissioned into Provisional Membership of the Order of Elders Front row (left to right): Sunyoung Park, Sarah Heath, Soon Jeong Kang, Erin Maddox McPhee, Samuel Nam Second row (left to right): Robert Deas English, Stephen J. Wilson, Moonyoung K. Lee, Stacy C. Dickson, Andrew Lee Commissioned into Provisional Membership of the Order of Deacon. Ann Chengsaksri, Colleen Windham-Hughes, Carol VanBuskirk, Catherine Michele Johns

12 xii (Class photoy of William Black) The Retired Class Front row (left to right): James Conn, Bob Schuler, Judith Fox, Phyllis Tyler, Stephen Kim Second row (left to right): Theodore Lesnett, Nattie Jorinda Bullitt, R. Lew Fry, Richard George Third row (left to right): Calvin Jackson, Peter Moore-Kochlacs, Tom Reinhart-Maream, Bob Ferguson

13 LIST OF CHURCHES ALPHABETICALLY (Including Missions & Start-Ups) xiii District Symbols HI = Hawaii LA = Los Angeles LB = Long Beach PS = Pasadena RI = Riverside SA = Santa Ana SB = Santa Barbara SD = San Diego List of Churches (in standard form location city: church name) Aiea: Korean UMC... HI Aiea: UMC... HI Alhambra: First UMC... PS Alhambra: Sage Granada Park UMC... PS Altadena: UMC... PS Anaheim: Light of the Canyon UMC... SA Anaheim: Native American UMC of So Cal... SA Anaheim: St Mark's UMC... SA Anaheim: United UMC... SA Anaheim: Vietnamese UMC... SA Anaheim: West Anaheim UMC... SA Arcadia: Church of The Good Shepherd... PS Arroyo Grande: First UMC... SB Artesia: Artesia-Cerritos UMC... SA Atascadero: UMC... SB Baldwin Park: UMC... PS Banning: UMC... RI Barstow: First UMC... RI Bellflower: First UMC... LB Big Bear City: Big Bear Lake UMC... RI Big Pine: Community UMC... PS Bishop: First UMC... PS Borrego Springs: Community UMC... SD Brawley: First UMC... SD Brea: Korean Mission... SA Brea: UMC... SA Burbank: First UMC... PS Burbank: Magnolia Park UMC... PS Calexico: UMC... SD Camarillo: Korean UMC... SB Camarillo: UMC... SB Canoga Park: First UMC... SB Canoga Park: Hindi-Urdu UM Mission... SB Capistrano Beach: Palisades UMC... SA Carson: Dominguez UMC... LB Carson: Zion Korean UMC... LB Chatsworth: Valley Central UMC... SB Chatsworth: West UMC... SB Chino: UMC... RI Chula Vista: First UMC... SD Chula Vista: Park Hill UMC... SD Claremont: UMC... RI Colton: UMC... RI Compton: Crossroads UMC... LB Compton: First UMC... LB Corona Del Mar: Newport Center UMC... SA Coronado: St Paul's UMC... SD Corona: UMC... RI Costa Mesa: First UMC... SA Costa Mesa: Mesa Verde UMC... SA Covina: UMC... PS Culver City: Culver Palms UMC... LA Descanso: Chapel of The Hills UMC... SD Desert Hot Springs: Community UMC... RI Diamond Bar: Blessed Chinese UMC... PS Downey: UMC... SA Duarte: Church of The Foothills... PS El Cajon: Chapel of The Valley... SD El Cajon: First UMC... SD El Centro: First UMC... SD El Monte: First UMC... PS El Monte: Joosarang Korean Mission... PS El Segundo: UMC... LB Encinitas: San Dieguito UMC... SD Escondido: First UMC... SD Ewa Beach: UMC... HI Fallbrook: UMC... SD Fillmore: Bardsdale UMC... SB Fillmore: First UMC... SB Fontana: Mission... RI Fountain Valley: UMC... SA Fullerton: First UMC... SA Fullerton: Grace River Korean UMC... SA Fullerton: Orangethorpe UMC... SA Garden Grove: Korean Mission... SA Garden Grove: UMC... SA Gardena: Hollypark UMC... LB Gardena: Kum Ran UMC... LB Glendale: East Light Korean Mission... PS Glendale: First German UMC... LA Glendale: First UMC... PS Glendale: Grace Korean UMC... PS Glendora: UMC... PS Goleta: Santa Barbara Korean UMC... SB Granada Hills: Knollwood UMC... SB Granada Hills: Sun Valley UMC... SB Granada Hills: Valley Korean UMC... SB Hacienda Heights: First Filipino-Amer UMC... PS Hacienda Heights: St Matthew's UMC... PS Hawthorne: UMC... LB Hemet: UMC... RI Hesperia:Korean Methodist Mission Church... RI Hesperia: UMC... RI

14 xiv Highland: First UMC... RI Hilo: UMC... HI Holtville: UMC... SD Honoka'a: UMC... HI Honolulu: Aldersgate UMC Hawaii... HI Honolulu: Beautiful UM Mission... HI Honolulu: Calvary UM Mission... HI Honolulu: Christ UMC... HI Honolulu: First UMC... HI Honolulu: Harris UMC... HI Honolulu: Jesus Town UM Mission... HI Honolulu: Kam-Nam UMC... HI Honolulu: Kilohana UMC... HI Honolulu: Pacific Islanders UMC... HI Honolulu: Wesley UMC of Hawaii... HI Huntington Beach: Community UMC... SA Huntington Beach: First UMC... SA Huntington Park: First UMC... LB Imperial Beach: UMC... SD Independence: Pioneer Memorial UMC... PS Indio: Shepherd of the Valley A United Methodist Church... RI Inglewood: First UMC... LA Inglewood: Lennox Tongan UMC... LB Inyokern: Community UMC... PS Irvine: University UMC... SA Jacumba: UMC... SD Joshua Tree: Community UMC... RI Julian: Community UMC... SD Kahuku: UMC... HI Kahului: Ala Lani UMC... HI Kailua-Kona: Kona UMC... HI Kailua: Keolumana UMC... HI Kailua: UMC... HI Kaneohe: Kahaluu UMC... HI Kaneohe: Parker UMC... HI Kapolei: Korean UM Mission... HI Kapolei: UM Mission... HI Kekaha: West Kauai UMC... HI Kihei: Tongan UM Mission... HI La Canada: UMC... PS La Habra: UMC... SA La Jolla: UMC... SD La Mesa: First UMC... SD La Mesa: Foothills UMC... SD La Mirada: UMC... SA La Palma: Korean UMC... SA La Palma: UMC... SA La Puente: First UMC... PS La Verne: UMC... RI Laguna Beach: UMC... SA Laguna Woods: Laguna Country UMC... SA Laguna Woods: Laguna Hills Korean UMC... SA Lahaina: Honolua UMC... HI Lahaina: UMC... HI Lake Elsinore: First UMC... RI Lakewood: First UMC... LB Lakewood: Trinity UMC... LB Lancaster: UMC... PS Lemon Grove: UMC... SD Lihue: United Church... HI Lomita: Wayside UMC... LB Lompoc: First UMC... SB Long Beach: Belmont Heights UMC... LB Long Beach: California Heights UMC... LB Long Beach: Cambodian-American UM Ministry... LB Long Beach: Grace UMC... LB Long Beach: Los Altos UMC... LB Long Beach: Silverado UMC... LB Long Beach: The Neighborhood UM Community Downtown... LB Long Beach: United With Hope - Amanaki-Ketau Fakataha... LB Los Angeles: Bowen Memorial UMC... LA Los Angeles: Calvary UMC... LA Los Angeles: Centenary UMC... LA Los Angeles: Chinese UMC... LA Los Angeles: Crenshaw UMC... LA Los Angeles: Echo Park UMC... LA Los Angeles: Faith UMC... LA Los Angeles: First UMC... LA Los Angeles: Gospel UM Mission... LA Los Angeles: Grace UMC... LA Los Angeles: Hamilton UMC... LA Los Angeles: Hollywood UMC... LA Los Angeles: Holman UMC... LA Los Angeles: Immanuel UMC... LA Los Angeles: Korean Central UMC... LA Los Angeles: Korean UMC... LA Los Angeles: La Plaza UMC... LA Los Angeles: La Tijera UMC... LA Los Angeles: La Trinidad UMC... LA Los Angeles: Los Feliz UMC... LA Los Angeles: Native American Fellowship... LA Los Angeles: Pico Union Shalom Hispanic Ministry... LA Los Angeles: Rock Korean Mission... LA Los Angeles: Rosewood UMC... LA Los Angeles: Saint Mark UMC... LA Los Angeles: St John's UMC... LA Los Angeles: St Paul's UMC... LA Los Angeles: Tolutasi Pacific Islander UMC... LA Los Angeles: United University UMC... LA Los Angeles: Vermont Square UMC... LA Los Angeles: Wesley UMC... LA Los Angeles: West Los Angeles First UMC... LA Los Angeles: West Los Angeles UMC... LA Los Angeles: Westchester UMC... LA Los Angeles: Westwood UMC... LA Los Angeles: Wilshire UMC... LA Los Angeles: Young Hwa UMC... LA Los Osos: Trinity UMC... SB Lynwood: UMC... LB Malibu: UMC... LA Mangilao: Guam Korean-American Mission... HI Mangilao: Guam UMC... HI Maywood: UMC... LB

15 xv Mission Viejo: Shepherd of the Hills of Mission Viejo UMC... SA Monrovia: UMC... PS Montclair: First UMC... RI Montebello: UMC... PS Monterey Park: Shepherd of the Hills UMC... PS Montrose: Crescenta Valley UMC... PS Montrose: Hansarang UMC... PS Moorpark: UMC... SB Moreno Valley: UMC... RI Morro Bay: Estero Bay UMC... SB Murrieta: UMC... RI Na'alehu: UMC... HI National City: First UMC... SD Newbury Park: St Matthew's UMC... SB Newhall: Friendly Valley Community UMC... SB Newport Beach: Christ Church By The Sea... SA North Hollywood: First UMC... SB Northridge: UMC... SB Norwalk: First Korean UMC of Mid-City... SA Norwalk: United UMC... SA Oceanside: North Coast UMC... SD Oceanside: San Luis Rey Valley UMC... SD Ojai: UMC... SB Ontario: First Inland Korean Mission... RI Ontario: First UMC... RI Ontario: Trinity UMC... RI Orange: First UMC... SA Oxnard: Korean UMC... SB Oxnard: North Oxnard UMC... SB Oxnard: St Paul's UMC... SB Pacific Palisades: Community UMC... LA Pacoima: First UMC... SB Palm Springs: UMC... RI Palmdale: First UMC... PS Paramount: The House of Hope Church... LB Paramount: UMC... LB Pasadena: First UMC... PS Pasadena: Holliston UMC... PS Pasadena: Scott UMC... PS Pasadena: St James UMC... PS Paso Robles: UMC... SB Pearblossom: Community UMC... PS Pearl City: Trinity UMC... HI Pico Rivera: UMC... LA Piru: UMC... SB Placentia: Cornerstone UMC... SA Placentia: UMC... SA Pomona: Covenant UMC... RI Pomona: First Tongan of Pomona Valley... RI Pomona: Trinity UMC... RI Pomona: Valley Chinese UMC... RI Pomona: Westmont UMC... RI Quartz Hill: Christ Our Savior UMC... PS Ramona: UMC... SD Rancho Cucamonga: UMC of Cucamonga... RI Rancho Santa Margarita:Santa Margarita UMC SA Redlands: First UMC... RI Redlands: University UMC... RI Redondo Beach: First UMC... LB Redondo Beach: Riviera UMC... LB Redondo Beach: St Paul's UMC... LB Reseda: First UMC... SB Rialto: UMC... RI Ridgecrest: UMC... PS Riverside: Arlington UMC... RI Riverside: First UMC... RI Riverside: Grace UMC... RI Riverside: Highgrove UMC... RI Riverside: Tongan Fellowship... RI Riverside: Wesley UMC... RI Rolling Hills Estates: Rolling Hills UMC... LB Rosemead: Mission Community UMC... PS Rowland Heights: Bell Memorial Church... PS Saipan: Immanuel UMC... HI San Bernardino: Del Rosa UMC... RI San Bernardino: Emmanuel UMC... RI San Bernardino: Muscoy UMC... RI San Bernardino: St Paul's UMC... RI San Bernardino: Trinity UMC of the Inland Empire... RI San Clemente: St Andrew's By The Sea... SA San Diego: Chollas View UMC... SD San Diego: Christ UMC... SD San Diego: Clairemont Christian Fellowship... SD San Diego: First UMC... SD San Diego: Hope UMC... SD San Diego: Korean UMC... SD San Diego: Linda Vista UMC... SD San Diego: Minesterios Hispanos de San Diego SD San Diego: Mission Hills UMC... SD San Diego: Nestor UMC... SD San Diego: Normal Heights UMC... SD San Diego: Pacific Beach UMC... SD San Diego: Point Loma UMC... SD San Diego: Rolando UMC... SD San Diego: San Carlos UMC... SD San Diego: St Mark's UMC... SD San Diego: St Paul's UMC... SD San Diego: Trinity UMC... SD San Diego: Wesley UMC... SD San Dimas: UMC... RI San Fernando: First UMC... SB San Gabriel: First UMC... PS San Jacinto: UMC... RI San Luis Obispo: UMC... SB San Marcos: North County Korean Mission... SD San Marcos: UMC... SD San Pedro: UMC... LB Santa Ana: El Getsemani UMC... SA Santa Ana: First UMC... SA Santa Ana: Grand Avenue UMC... SA Santa Ana: Spurgeon Korean Mission... SA Santa Ana: Spurgeon Memorial UMC... SA Santa Barbara: First UMC... SB Santa Barbara: St Mark UMC... SB Santa Clarita: Korean Mission... SB Santa Clarita: UMC... SB

16 xvi Santa Maria: Bethel Korean Mission Church... SB Santa Maria: Christ UMC... SB Santa Maria: First UMC... SB Santa Maria: Saint Andrew UMC... SB Santa Monica: First UMC... LA Santa Monica: The Church In Ocean Park UMC... LA Santa Paula: El Buen Pastor UMC... SB Santa Paula: First UMC... SB Santee: UMC... SD Seal Beach: First UMC... LB Seal Beach: Leisure World Community UMC.. LB Shandon: UMC... SB Sherman Oaks: UMC... SB Sierra Madre: UMC... PS Simi Valley: UMC... SB South Pasadena: Pacific Korean UM Mission... PS South Pasadena: UMC... PS Sun City: UMC... RI Tarzana: St Paul's UMC... SB Temecula: UMC... RI Temple City: Faith UMC of San Gabriel Valley... PS Temple City: First UMC... PS Thousand Oaks: UMC... SB Toluca Lake: UMC... SB Torrance: Faith UMC... LB Torrance: Fetu Ao Samoan UMC... LB Torrance: First UMC... LB Torrance: Hope UMC... LB Torrance: Korean Mission in Walteria... LB Torrance: Walteria UMC... LB Trona: Community UMC... PS Tujunga: UMC... PS Tustin: Aldersgate UMC... SA Twentynine Palms: UMC... RI Upland: First UMC... RI Valencia: UMC... SB Van Nuys: UMC... SB Venice: UMC... LA Ventura: College UMC... SB Ventura: First UMC... SB Victorville: UMC... RI Vista: UMC... SD Wahiawa: Olive UMC... HI Wahiawa: UMC... HI Waianae: UMC... HI Wailuku: Maui Korean UM Mission... HI Waimanalo: First Tongan UMC of Hawaii... HI Waipahu: Bethany Korean UMC... HI Walnut: UMC... PS West Covina: UMC... PS West Hollywood: Crescent Heights UMC... LA Westlake Village: UMC... SB Westminster: Good Shepherd UMC... SA Whittier: East Whittier UMC... SA Whittier: Evangelical UMC... SA Whittier: First UMC... SA Whittier: Trinity UMC... SA Wilmington: First UMC... LB Winchester: Community UMC... RI Woodland Hills: Korean UMC... SB Woodland Hills: UMC... SB Wrightwood: Community UMC... RI Yorba Linda: UMC... SA Yucaipa: UMC... RI Yucca Valley: UMC... RI