Notes & Evaluations
Notes and evaluations are available for download on our Roundtables and Hunger & Nutrition pages.


Fresno Metro Ministry Newsletter
Newsletter published monthly when possible. Download current or past editions below.

2006 Action Connection

Month:  Topic: Download in PDF Format: September/October Built environment and health; Notes from Rev. Walt Parry; Is the air really getting cleaner?; Multi-faith exchange celebrates 10 years; You are invited to Metro's Thanksgiving Concert on November 19; Annual Dinner and Awards on December 7. Download this file June Rev. Walt Parry honored as Outstanding Advocate for the Common Good; Implementation of FUSD's comprehensive wellness policy; Goods Movement; 100th Community Health Care Roundtable; Food-stamp Friendly Fresno County; Hunger Fighter Award; New Leaders for Better Health; Creando Conexiones. Download this file April Environmental Justice Guidelines for the Local Air District; Children's Health Initiative; Small Farmers Benefit from Food Stamps; Healthy School Environment Policy Passes School Board; Get Involved: Community Meals for Kids. Download this file

2006 News and Views

Month:  Topic: Download in PDF Format: January Smart Food, Smart Kids; Air Quality Update - Indirect Source Rule: A Victory for Clean Air; Message from Fresno Multi-Faith Exchange; Former Metro Directors Art Gafke and David Mann Reflect on Metro’s 35 years Download this file

2005 News and Views

Month:  Topic: Download in PDF Format: October Fresno Fresh Access: Metro Community Food Assessment Report 2003-2005; Air Quality Update: Defeat of SB 999 — “Politics wins over our lungs!”; Former Metro co-director Penny Mann reflects on Metro’s 35 years Download this file September Health Care “Navigators” Begin Teaching, “Peddling to Kids” - Quotes from August Hunger and Nutrition Forum, Air Quality Update: Pesticide Monitoring in Parlier Download this file July/August Fresno's Uninsured Children Will Receive Coverage and Care, 155,000 Low-Income Adults Struggling to Put Food on the Table in Fresno and Tulare Counties, Air Quality Updates Download this file June Reflection on Navigators, Update on Hunger Action Day 2005, SB 999 and Clean Air Action Days, Regional Summer Lunch Summit 2005 Download this file May Clean Air Action Days/Hunger Action Day, Health Care Navigators, Community Garden Summit a Success, Air Quality Update, Youth Community Service update, United Community Fellowship Download this file April 26,000 Uninsured Children Have Hope!, What is a Community Gardener, Valley Not Funded for Obesity Prevention by TCE, Air Quality Update, Profile on Pastor Steve Ratzlaff Download this file

2004 News and Views

Month:  Topic: Download in PDF Format: December Year End Program Highlights Download this file November Carla Jo Dakin, Childrens Health Initiative, Community Gardens, Prop 63 and Mental Health, New Pesticide Law, FUSD School Board Candidates, New Imam at Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno Download this file September New Leaders for Better Health Award Ceremony, Air Quality campaigns, Cross Cultural Clusters in the Workplace, Conversation with Pastor Dave Schlicher Download this file August Special Edition: Reflections on Asthma Activism by Dr. Terry Winant Download this file June When School’s Out — Where do kids eat? FUSD Pilots a New Answer, Child Health Initiative, Air Quality, Community Food Assessment, Conversation with Rev. Dave Finster Download this file

2002 News and Views

Metro still has a limited stock of the 2004-2005 edition. For the past 12 years, Fresno Metro Ministry has gathered, organized, and updated this directory of non-profit and governmental agencies engaged in providing services and resources to the greater Fresno area. This extensive and valuable resource provides over 300 listings of agencies’ contact and specific service information.

The purpose of Making Connections is to assist individuals and families to connect to the helping services they need. Furthermore, this directory has enabled agencies to link services and collaborate among themselves, so that they might gain greater outreach to a wider base of our population. Making Connections and Metro need your help.

By advertising your business or organization in the directory, pre-ordering copies, or helping us to link up more organizations or businesses for this upcoming edition, you are supporting the development of a stronger, healthier Fresno.

Available from Metro office as long as supplies last. $7.00 each plus postage if mailed.

To order copies or place an ad in the directory, please contact Carmen Pauls Wiens at (559) 485-1416 or by email at carmen@fresnometmin.org.

Fresno Area Opportunities for Health Care
An eligibility inventory of no-cost or low-cost health insurance and health services. Can be secured from Metro Ministry office in binder, or can be downloaded from this website.


Community Health Care Roundtable Notes and Evaluations
Contact Metro office to be placed on monthly mail or e-mail list, or download from this website.


Community Hunger and Nutrition Notes and Evaluations
Contact Metro office to be placed on that mailing list, or download from this website.

Links to Fresno Area Congregations

Calvary Presbyterian Church
101 W. Clinton
Fresno, CA 93705
Office: 222-5659
Email: calvarypcusa@earthlink.net
National Website: www.pcusa.org
We are dedicated to honoring God by helping people to know Him, to love Him, to follow Him, and to share His love with others. We are a family of believers who love and serve our Lord. We celebrate worship together every Sunday at our 8:30 a.m. Celebration Worship Service (contemporary) and our 10:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. We offer Sunday school classes for all ages beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Clovis Memorial United Methodist Church
1726 Pollasky Avenue
Clovis, CA 93612
Office: 299-4615
Fax: 299-7967
Email: mumc@softcom.net
Website: www.softcom.net/users/mumc
Regional Website: www.cnumc.org
National Website: www.unitedmethodist.org
Memorial United Methodist Church is the pioneer church of Clovis, rooted in the positive message and mission of Christ, whose purpose is to demonstrate God’s love in a spirit of acceptance.

College Community Mennonite Brethren Church
2529 Willow Avenue
Clovis, CA 93612
Office: 291-3344
Fax: 291-6453
Email: cccmbc@fresno.edu
National Website: www.mbconf.ca/faithlife
A church where you’ll find a community of people who believe that the Christian walk should be done together…walking together as we worship, serve and grow closer to God.

First Baptist Church
1400 E. Saginaw Way
Fresno, CA 93704
Office: 227-8476
Fax: 227-9913
Email: info@fresnofirst.org
Website: www.fresnofirst.org
Regional Website: www.abcw.org
National Website: www.abc-usa.org
We are committed to make a positive impact in the name of Jesus Christ in our Neighborhood, City, and World; and to be a church which welcomes all people regardless of age, race, or social status.

First Congregational Church
2131 N Van Ness Boulevard
Fresno, CA 93704
Office: 227-8489
Fax: 227-8490
Email: office@bigredchurch.org & minister@bigredchurch.org
Website: www.bigredchurch.org
National website: www.ucc.org
An open and affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ. We open our family of faith to people of every religious background, sexual orientation, family composition, physical and mental ability, race, age and gender.

Grace United Methodist Church
3362 E. Balch
Fresno, CA 93702
Office: 233-4565
Fax: 252-9134
Email: quenzerf@wwdb.org
Regional Website: www.cnumc.org
National Website: www.unitedmethodist.org
We are a spirited congregation in Central Fresno specializing in Pastoral Care and ministry to persons with disabilities.

Hope Lutheran Church
364 E. Barstow Avenue
Fresno, CA
Office: 439-4320
Fax: 431-4182
Email: hopefresno@juno.com
National Website: www.elca.org
A community of miraculous expectations.

Mennonite Community Church
5015 E. Olive Avenue
Fresno, CA 93727
Office: 251-5703
Fax: 251-5778
Email: mennocom@worldnet.att.net
Website: www.geocities.com/mennocom
Conference Website: www.pacificsouthwest.org/
National Website: http://mennonitechurchusa.org
A congregation which is affiliated with the Mennonite Church USA emphasizing peace, justice, and service from the Anabaptist, Mennonite theological perspective.


Sierra Vista United Methodist Church
4609 E. Illinois Avenue
Fresno, CA
Office 255-2167
Fax: 255-2290
Email: sierravistaumc@juno.com
Regional website: www.cnumc.org
National Website: www.unitedmethodist.org
We are a joint English/Hmong congregation and we offer services in both languages.

St. Paul Newman Center
1572 E. Barstow Avenue
Fresno, CA
Office: 436-3434
Fax: 436-4330
Email: om@csufnewman.com
Website: www.csufnewman.com
A Catholic parish that does outreach to collegians and faculty at our local college campuses. We offer Sunday worship services, pastoral care and spiritual formation for Catholics of all ages.

St. Paul United Methodist Church
2435 N. Thesta
Fresno, CA 93703
Office: 222-8419
Fax: 222-0948
Email: stpaul2435@aol.com
Regional website: www.cnumc.org
National Website: www.unitedmethodist.org
A traditional ministry church that simply loves to love people of all ages as we worship the Lord and serve the community.

Temple Beth Israel
6622 N. Maroa Avenue
Fresno, CA 93722
Office: 432-3600
Fax: 432-3685
Website: www.tbifresno.com
National Website: www.uahc.org
A Jewish reform synagogue and a member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Services are Friday evenings at 8:00 p.m.

Trinity Lutheran Church
3973 N. Cedar
Fresno, CA 93726
Office: 229-8581
Fax: 229-7988
Email: trinity@attitude.com
Website: www.tlcfresno.com
We are a main-line congregation working creatively to address the needs of our mainstream community. Embracing both what is traditional and contemporary, tried-and-true and innovative, our Mission is “Impacting Lives for Christ, Through Christ”

Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno
4144 N. Millbrook
Fresno, CA 93726
Office: 227-6146
Fax: 227-6182
Email: administrator@uufresno.org & minister@uufresno.org
Website: www.uufresno.org
Unitarian Universalists affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person, a free and responsible search for truth and meaning, and respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

United Community Fellowship
1038 W. Shields Avenue
Fresno, CA 93705
Office: 437-3907
Fax: 437-3908
Email ksmiley101@aol.com
Celebrating faith and diversity in a caring community! Worship services are held on Sundays at 8:00 a.m. and bible study on Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. or Saturdays at 1:00 p.m.

United Japanese Christian Church
136 N. Villa
Clovis, CA 93727
Office: 322-0701
Fax: 322-9710
Email: ujcc@aol.com
Website: www.gbgm-umc.org/ujcc
We are a union of two old Japanese American churches – United Methodist and United Church of Christ. We are federated as one church since 1995. We are committed to the Gospel and to social justice.

Wesley United Methodist Church
1343 E. Barstow
Fresno, CA 93710
Office: 224-1947
Fax: 224-1967
Email: office@wesleyfresno.org
Website: www.wesleyfresno.org
Regional Website: www.cnumc.org
National Website: www.unitedmethodist.org
Wesley seeks to be a bold witness to God’s love for the world – affirms our values of welcoming and serving all God’s good children in the Fresno area as we also support the world-wide work of our United Methodist denomination. As a social-justice oriented church, we act locally and think globally!

Westminster Presbyterian Church
50 E Santa Ana Avenue
Fresno, CA 93704
Office: 266-8300
Fax: 226-8244
Email: zona@westminsterpc.com
Website: www.westminsterpc.com
Regional Website: www.sjpresbytery.org
National Website: www.pcusa.org
We are loving, compassionate Christians who seek to serve the Lord Jesus Christ and nurture one another. The congregation offers continuing education programs for all ages, traditional and contemporary services, and a weekday preschool. The Vietnamese Outreach Ministry is located here and serves the Vietnamese community of Fresno.



Information and Links to Ecumenical and Interfaith Organizations

FIRM Inc.
1940 N.Fresno Street
Fresno, CA 93703
Office: (559) 487-1500
Fax: (559) 487-1550
Email: soulhikr@aol.com
Website: www.firminc.org
The mission of F.I.R.M. (Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries) is to share Christ's love to build communities of hope with New Americans.