How to contact us... Wesley United Methodist Church 566 N 5th St San Jose, CA 95112 Phone: 408-295-0367 Fax: 408-295-0612 Church's email address: office@wesleysj.net For church Website concerns please write webmaster@wesleysj.net
	Pastors Michi, Doug and Motoe

Parking locations

On Sundays, worshippers at Wesley have a number of options:

• you can park in the Wesley lot (grey area) south of Soko Hardware, on 6th St., between Empire and Jackson)
• you can park for free (2 hour maximum) in the City of San Jose lot (grey area on 6th St., just north of Okayama Restaurant)
• you can park on surface streets in the neighborhood
• handicapped and elderly worshippers can park in the lot directly adjacent to the church on 5th Street (grey area).

Rev. Douglas Norris Interim Senior Pastor

Rev. Douglas Norris is Wesley's new interim pastor.  Prior to this appointment Rev. Norris had served in Minnesota, Texas, Illinois and California, as well as in Japan and Australia.

Graduating from Hamline University in St. Paul where he studied philosophy and religion, Rev. Norris received his Master of Divinity degree from Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.

He and his wife, Eleanor, have been married 49 years and have 3 sons and 8 grandchildren.  He enjoys traveling, spending time with his grandchildren and music.

Rev. Michinari Matsushita Japanese Language Pastor

Rev. Michinari Matsushita has been the Japanese lnguage pastor of Wesley United Methodist Church since July, 2002. Prior to coming to Wesley he served the Tosa Church and was the associate pastor of the Takanohara Church in Japan

He holds a Master of Theology from Doshisha University in Kyoto.

Rev. Michinari enjoys playing baseball and cooking. He loves his wife. He loves the dog he left behind in Japan. Above all, he loves Wesley Church.

Rev. Matsushita and his wife celebrated the birth of their first child in January, 2007.  Congratulations to the entire family!

Rev. Motoe Yamada Associate Pastor of Education and Nurture

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Wesley United Methodist Church:  History

The Wesley United Methodist Church (WUMC) of San Jose traces its origin back more than 100 years to 1895, when Japanese immigrants, seeking a spiritual haven in their newly-adopted country, began meeting in the Santa Clara Valley.

For most of its history, WUMC has ministered primarily to people of Japanese ancestry, both immigrants and American-born. In its early years, WUMC functioned as a mission outpost of the Methodist church, including the period 1949-1964 when it was a member of the Pacific Japanese Provisional Conference, before being integrated into the San Jose District of the Cal-Nevada Annual Conference in 1964.

While remaining true to its Japanese heritage, WUMC in recent years has become a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and multi-generational church family. All are welcome to worship and fellowship at Wesley, where people of diverse backgrounds seek unity in the common ground based on the teachings and example of Jesus Christ.

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