{"id":102,"date":"2023-07-20T18:55:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T18:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concordumc.org\/CUMC\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2026-03-22T22:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:32:51","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/concordumc.org\/CUMC\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"102\" class=\"elementor elementor-102\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aad7d6a elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aad7d6a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48e6d07d\" data-id=\"48e6d07d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d4f9a22 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1d4f9a22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2117edb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2117edb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2510a43 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2510a43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/concordumc.org\/CUMC\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/CUMC-bulding-q9pbp9d4jtccw67jyob01066qvuxollzye6us7hkdu.jpg\" title=\"CUMC bulding\" alt=\"CUMC bulding\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-205ee1a2\" data-id=\"205ee1a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ff40b1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ff40b1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Concord United<\/strong> <strong>Methodist Church will<\/strong><\/span> <br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Reach out to our city and welcome all who seek God, Be a place where lives are changed by prayer, Bible study, and worship. <\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Offer ministries that benefit others\u00a0Help people to discover the gifts God has given them, and to use those gifts to serve God and others Offer Christian fun and fellowship to everyone.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Our Mission<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em>To Seek God, to serve the community, and to support each other.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STAFF PARISH RELATIONS COMMITTEE<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>MISSION STATEMENT<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>The mission of CUMC\u2019s Staff Parish Relations Committee shall be to conduct and protect personnel and payroll related administrative interests of Concord UMC in a fair, equitable and legal manner, and in accordance with the Book of Discipline\u2019s Staff\/Pastor-Parish Relations Committee guidelines, to the best of its ability.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Staff Parish members will hold Concord UMC\u2019s interests, needs, financial well-being, and mission above all individual employees\u2019 interests.\u00a0 Trust, fairness and confidentiality are paramount.It is critical that each and every member of Staff Parish ask questions, and voice their individual opinions and thoughts freely on any issue addressed by Staff Parish.\u00a0 It is the diversity of individual members that will ensure a thorough and complete discussion before matters of importance affecting any and all employees are decided, leading to decisions being made in a fair and equitable manner.<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Staff Parish membership and liaison assignments allow for discussion of confidential matters on a \u201cneed to know\u201d basis with individual employees, CUMC\u2019s Treasurer, and designated \u201cpublic knowledge\u201d information shared with Finance and Ad Council Committees as required.<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Other than those exceptions noted above, all matters discussed within SPRC are deemed to be confidential, and shall remain so even beyond completion of a member\u2019s appointment.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a8fd39e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a8fd39e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p id=\"u52179-3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"u52179\">Concord United Methodist Church<\/span>\u00a0is\u00a0 a vibrant and active church that reaches out to the local community, the greater United States, and the world.<\/p><p id=\"u52179-10\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"u52179-4\">Our<\/span><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/concordumc.org\/music.html\" data-href=\"page:U404\"><span id=\"u52179-5\">\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"u52179-6\">Music Ministry<\/span><span id=\"u52179-7\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span id=\"u52179-9\">is outstanding with choirs for all age groups and even an orchestra.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"u52179-16\" style=\"text-align: center;\">We offer support groups,\u00a0<a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/concordumc.org\/adults.html\" data-href=\"page:U452\"><span id=\"u52179-12\">Stephen Ministry<\/span><\/a>, social clubs, Bible study groups, and much more.<\/p><p id=\"u52179-22\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"u52179-17\">Our\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/concordumc.org\/youth.html\" data-href=\"page:U440\"><span id=\"u52179-18\">Youth Ministry<\/span><span id=\"u52179-19\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span id=\"u52179-21\">is made up of a passionate and vibrant group of young men and women, who come together every week to worship and have fun together.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b3100e8 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b3100e8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1723ebe2\" data-id=\"1723ebe2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71029a74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71029a74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/concordumc.org\/CUMC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/oglesby-hall.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-115\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/concordumc.org\/CUMC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/oglesby-hall.jpg 448w, https:\/\/concordumc.org\/CUMC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/oglesby-hall-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f10a76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f10a76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Oglesby Hall was completed in 1954.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It is now called the Oglesby-Close Hall.<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8fd057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8fd057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sherrill Hall and the Administrative Wing were built in 1977. The Rev. Paul Irwin, a retired naval chaplain, was the first minister appointed to serve the congregation. He served from 1954 to 1959. Since that time the following senior pastors have been assigned to the congregation:<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; border-color: transparent; transform-origin: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat; max-height: 1e+06px; color: #313131; font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; padding-left: 120px;\">1959 &#8211; 1967\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Edgar Bradley<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; border-color: transparent; transform-origin: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat; max-height: 1e+06px; color: #313131; font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; padding-left: 120px;\">1967 &#8211; 1969\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Charles Lord<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; border-color: transparent; transform-origin: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat; max-height: 1e+06px; color: #313131; font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; padding-left: 120px;\">1969 &#8211; 1971\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Charles Cox<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; border-color: transparent; transform-origin: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat; max-height: 1e+06px; color: #313131; font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; padding-left: 120px;\">1971 &#8211; 1982\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shirley Sherrill<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; border-color: transparent; transform-origin: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat; max-height: 1e+06px; color: #313131; font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; padding-left: 120px;\">1982 &#8211; 1997\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jerry Angove<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; border-color: transparent; transform-origin: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat; max-height: 1e+06px; color: #313131; font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; padding-left: 120px;\">1987 &#8211; 1997\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim Hutchison<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; border-color: transparent; transform-origin: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat; max-height: 1e+06px; color: #313131; font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; padding-left: 120px;\">1997 &#8211; 2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pamela Abbey<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; border-color: transparent; transform-origin: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat; max-height: 1e+06px; color: #313131; font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; padding-left: 120px;\">2004 &#8211; 2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Robert Kirk<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; border-color: transparent; transform-origin: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat; max-height: 1e+06px; color: #313131; font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; padding-left: 120px;\">2010 &#8211; 2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sungho Lee<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; border-color: transparent; transform-origin: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat; max-height: 1e+06px; color: #313131; font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; padding-left: 120px;\">2022-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marie Wilson<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f1bfd13\" data-id=\"4f1bfd13\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b3857c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b3857c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our History<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b23c94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26b23c94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"u2634-5\" class=\"bodytext\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">In July 1952, the Reverend William Fletcher Oglesby, at the age of 82, began his quest of establishing a Methodist Church in Concord. His plan was to go where the people lived. He had no car so he walked and talked and visited with people in Concord.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"u2634-5\" class=\"bodytext\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: #003300;\">In October 1952, Sunday morning services were conducted in the Armory on Willow Pass Road. November 30, 1952 was declared &#8220;Organization Day,&#8221; when Rev. Oglesby called forth Jesse and Winzola Green, Alex and Grace Zipsnis and Evelyn London to be the first to sign the charter, since they were the first families to contact him.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"u2634-11\" class=\"bodytext\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">The next day, December 1st, the first Board of Stewards met and appointed a building committee, a membership committee, and declared that the charter would be held open until May 31, 1953. Anyone joining on or before that date would be considered a charter member. There were 240 charter members and some of those are still on our rolls, including Winzola Green.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"u2634-14\" class=\"bodytext\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">By the fall of 1953, the congregation purchased the present property on West Street. At the time it was a walnut orchard with a small white frame house and a chicken coop. Across West Street were the remains of a small airport from which an airplane flew the first transcontinental air mail route to the East Coast.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"u2634-17\" class=\"bodytext\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Members helped build Oglesby Hall and the educational wings, and on May 23, 1954 the first services were conducted by Bishop Tippett.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"u2634-20\" class=\"bodytext\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Rev. Oglesby lived in Concord until July 1954 when left and established churches in Hayward and Bakersfield. The Sanctuary was built in 1962, and Reverend Oglesby attended the consecration on July 5, 1964. (He was 94 years old.)<\/span><\/p><p id=\"u2634-23\" class=\"bodytext\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53410f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53410f4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e84d37\" data-id=\"4e84d37\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fa20cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fa20cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Staff<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f241d2 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f241d2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-902531d\" data-id=\"902531d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9be2dc0 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"9be2dc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/concordumc.org\/CUMC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pmarie.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Rev. Marie Wilson<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Pastor<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bfbc5b8\" data-id=\"bfbc5b8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0d81f6 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"e0d81f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/concordumc.org\/CUMC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/marilyn-ro.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full 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