2026 Retired Clergy Report
RETIRED CLERGY CHARGE CONFERENCE REPORT
Rev. Keith Paul Inouye
Charge Conference: Wesley United Methodist Church, San Jose, CA
Submitted 11-10-2026
Rev. Keith Paul Inouye
Charge Conference: Wesley United Methodist Church, San Jose, CA
Submitted 11-10-2026
To: Rev. Theon Johnson III & Rev. Oliver Mangubat, Co-District Superintendents; El Camino Real District of the Cal-Nevada Annual Conference of the UMC
Rev. John Oda, Wesley UMC, Senior Pastor
Members and friends of Wesley United Methodist Church
Rev. John Oda, Wesley UMC, Senior Pastor
Members and friends of Wesley United Methodist Church
Greetings in Christ! We pray that the ministry of Wesley UMC San Jose, El Camino Real District, and Cal-Nevada Annual Conference are remaining steadfast and thriving in ministry.
I am happy to report that I retired from active appointive ministry in the United Methodist Church on December 31, 2025 having last served in the Cal-Pac Annual Conference at the West Los Angeles UMC while remaining a member of our Cal-Nevada Annual Conference. After 40 & ½ years of appointive UMC ministry in the local church I/we have felt blessed for the churches and communities that we have served; each providing us with a lifetime of blessed memories and friendships!
By UM Disciplinary requirements; as a retired UMC clergyperson, I am submitting my annual report to our Cal-Nevada Annual Conference through the local church of Wesley UMC San Jose where both my wife Viki and I were raised from childhood and where I was last appointed within the Cal-Nevada Annual Conference. It was and always shall be one of our greatest honors to have served the local church that raised us in faith and a community with whom we still feel deep connection, love, and hope.
Since completing pastoral ministry at West LA UMC, we have continued to live in Southern California in order to remain living near our daughter Alison, son-in-law Joe Boyd, and our granddaughter Rooney for whom we continue to provide child care Monday through Thursdays and often Fridays as well. Our adult son Kirk continues to live with us and the three of us will move from a rental apartment near LAX on the weekend of November 13-15th to a 3 bedroom rental home in north Torrance giving us a bit more space to enjoy. During this past year of retirement status, I report the following pastoral work:
I am happy to report that I retired from active appointive ministry in the United Methodist Church on December 31, 2025 having last served in the Cal-Pac Annual Conference at the West Los Angeles UMC while remaining a member of our Cal-Nevada Annual Conference. After 40 & ½ years of appointive UMC ministry in the local church I/we have felt blessed for the churches and communities that we have served; each providing us with a lifetime of blessed memories and friendships!
By UM Disciplinary requirements; as a retired UMC clergyperson, I am submitting my annual report to our Cal-Nevada Annual Conference through the local church of Wesley UMC San Jose where both my wife Viki and I were raised from childhood and where I was last appointed within the Cal-Nevada Annual Conference. It was and always shall be one of our greatest honors to have served the local church that raised us in faith and a community with whom we still feel deep connection, love, and hope.
Since completing pastoral ministry at West LA UMC, we have continued to live in Southern California in order to remain living near our daughter Alison, son-in-law Joe Boyd, and our granddaughter Rooney for whom we continue to provide child care Monday through Thursdays and often Fridays as well. Our adult son Kirk continues to live with us and the three of us will move from a rental apartment near LAX on the weekend of November 13-15th to a 3 bedroom rental home in north Torrance giving us a bit more space to enjoy. During this past year of retirement status, I report the following pastoral work:
Weddings
Funerals & Memorial Services
Celebration of Life
Sacraments
Preaching
Pastoral Care & Counseling
Annual Conference Attendance
Local Church Worship & Programming Attendance & Participation
Beyond Local Church Involvement
Community Engagement
Vacations
- May 9, 2026: Paul & Enny Terasaki at Terranea Resort, Palos Verdes, CA
Funerals & Memorial Services
- April 7, 2026: Funeral & Burial Service: Heinz Dieter Schwanke @ Rose Hills Cemetery, Whittier, CA
- May 6, 2026: Memorial Service: Lily Hioki @ Lima & Camagna Mortuary, Sunnyvale, CA
- May 7, 2026: Burial Service: Lily Hioki @ Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, CA
- May 23, 2026: Memorial Service: Ida Inouye @ Loomis UMC, Loomis, CA
- May 30, 2026: Burial at Sea: Daryl Hata out of Shoreline Village Marina, Long Beach, CA
- August 21, 2026: Memorial/Inurnment Service: Doris & Tak Kato @Green Hills Cemetery; Rancho PV, CA
Celebration of Life
- August 23, 2026: Barbara & Larry Takumi Celebration of Life program/worship @ Faith UMC, Torrance, CA
Sacraments
- March 14, 2026: Baptism of at West LA UMC
- November 8, 2026: Serving Holy Communion @ Faith UMC, Torrance, CA (in the absence of Sr. Pastor Rev. Allison Mark)
Preaching
- September 13, 2026: Preaching at Chatsworth West UMC, Chatsworth, CA (while Rev. Eric Iki is on paternity leave)
- October 18, 2026: Preaching at Chatsworth West UMC, Chatsworth, CA
Pastoral Care & Counseling
- Premarital Counseling sessions with couple whose wedding I officiated in May 2026.
Annual Conference Attendance
- June 20, 2026 Cal-Pac Annual Conference: Ordination/Commissioning Service for Rev. Kiana Hertogh-Nicholson
- June 25-27, 2026 Cal-Nevada Annual Conference: Clergy Session & Retirement recognition
Local Church Worship & Programming Attendance & Participation
- Worship attendance at Faith UMC, Torrance; Centenary UMC, Los Angeles, & Wesley UMC, San Jose. Anticipating attendance also at West Los Angeles UMC (after 1 year has passed since serving there)
- August 7 & 8, 2026 Performing at the Faith UMC Music fundraising event
Beyond Local Church Involvement
- National Japanese American United Methodist Clergy Caucus
- Southern Cal UM Japanese American clergy caucus
- Southern California Nikkei Interfaith group
Community Engagement
- March 28, 2026 No Kings Rally –in El Segundo, CA
Vacations
- This year we were able to enjoy a wonderful 3 week vacation from September 22-October 11, 2026 sightseeing Italy, Sicily,
Certainly there is so much that we miss regarding local church ministry and we miss the people we have worked beside dearly.
However, we are enjoying this chapter of our lives very much while continuing to pray for the church!
Blessings to the good people and ministry of Wesley UMC and the Cal-Nevada Annual Conference!
Rev. Keith Inouye
However, we are enjoying this chapter of our lives very much while continuing to pray for the church!
Blessings to the good people and ministry of Wesley UMC and the Cal-Nevada Annual Conference!
Rev. Keith Inouye
Posted in Charge Conference 2026