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Rev. Dr. Eddie Kelemeni and his wife Tupouseini, founder of The Kalia of Felenite Caucus UMC
Koe fakamatala 'eni 'a Eddie Kelemeni ki he fuofua fakataha'anga 'a e ngaahi
kaingalotu Metotisi Tonga 'o Los Angeles 'aia na'e fuofua alea'i ai 'a e Kokasi.

  

KAVEINGA 'OE 'ULUAKI KONIFELENISI 'AE KAKAI TONGA-'AMELIKA KAU HE THE UNITED METHODIST; 'AKOSI 'AHO 1 KI HE 'AHO 4, 1990, COMPTON, ONTARIO, LENNOX. 

 1.    Ke ui ha Konifelenisi 'ae ngaahi Siasi moe
        Fai'anga-Lotu
e kakai 'Amelika 'oku nau kau ki
        he The United Methodist.


 2.    Ke 'omai kitautolu 'ehe Konifelenisi ni:

a)    ke tau fa'u, ako, mo palani FAKATAHA, e
       ngaahi ngauekuo ui kitautolu 'e he 'Eiki ko
       Sisu Kalaisi, ke tau fai 'i Hono Siasi.


e)    ke tau fe'ilongaki; ngaue, hiva-fiefia mo lotu
       fakafeta'i mo tau 'a e Sakalameniti fakataha 'ia
       Kalaisi.


f)     ke tau manatua mo mahu'inga'ia 'i hotau
       tupu'anga kau'amotu'a; ke tau ako'i kitautolu
       ke tau lava ke falalato e mo'ui fakalaumalie 'ae
       kakai 'Amelika (kakai lalahi, talavou, fanau)
       'oku tau tauhi 'ia Kalaisi; ke tau kaunga
       mata visone mo palofisai e kaha'u 'etau
       fononga mo e ngaue.


3.    Ke hoko e Konifelenisi ni;

a)    koe hala-fakakavakava ma'a kitautolu kakai
       'Amelika 'i he 'etau ako mo e 'ilo mo
       fengaue'aki, moe fehikitaki, aka-Siasi, o faka-
       e-vaha'a-Konifelenisi; pea ke tau takitaha vaofi
       ange mo 'etau gaahi Konifelenisi (Annual

            Conference); pea ke fakataukei'i ange kitautolu
       ke he ngaahi ngaue moe
fokotu'utu'u 'ae The
       United Methodist (Local Church, Annual Conf.,

            Jurisdictional Conf., General Conf.).

 e)   koe fakama'opo'opo'anga e ngaahi fakakaukau,
       fokotu'u, moe ngaahi
faka'amu mei he ngaahi
       Siasi moe Fai'anga-Lotu e kakai 'Amelika, pea

            mo tokoni ki hono langa e kaveinga 'oe
       Konifelenisi ni.


 f)    koe fakama'opo'opo e tokolahi 'oe Siasi moe
       Fai'anga-Lotu e kakai
'Amelika; pea mo ha tohi
       fakahinohino nofo'anga mo tu'asila
       (directories)
'oe ngaahi Siasi, Fai'anga-Lotu,
       Faifekau, Setuata; moe kau -'Amelika-

            ma'u'anga-tokoni (resource persons) ki he
       fiema'u 'ae ngaahi Siasi moe
Fai'anga-Lotu.

h)     koe fakataha'anga, ako'anga, teu'i'anga,
       ma'uivi'anga, mo feohi'anga
fakalaumalie ma'a
       kinautolu kuo Ne ui ko 'Ene kau sevaniti ( 'oku
       'ikai
ui kitautolu 'e Kalaisi ke tau "hou'eiki!")

i)     koe pule ia ki hono fa'u e tukunga moe fa'unga
       moe kaha'u 'o e
Konifelenisi 'ae ngaahi Siasi
       moe Fai'anga-Lotu 'ae kakai 'Amelika kau


       ki he The United Methodist; ke ne fili e ngaahi
       fokotu'u, faka'amu, moe
kaveinga, taumu'a ke
       ngaue ki ai e Konifelenisi he kaha'u; ke ne
       pule ki
hono fili 'ene kau ngaue ki he kaha'u.

 4.   Ke hanga 'ehe Konifelenisi ni 'o fokotu'u e
       Tongan Caucus; pea ke
ne fili 'ene kau
       fakafofonga ki he Pacific Islander's
       Caucus.  'Oku
mahu'inga foki ke tau faaitaha
       he founga fai moe fakalele 'oe fakataha

            moe Konifelenisi; ko ia ai koe ngaahi fakataha
       'oe Konifelenisi ni 'e
 fakalele ia 'o fakatatau ki 

       he fakahinohino moe founga fakataha faka-e-
       falealea 'oku ha 'ihe (Robert's Rules of Order 
       Revised.")

 

      The meeting of the Tongan Methodist
       Churches in the Los Angeles area as told by
       Eddie Kelemeni, was where the mission of  the
       caucus was first introduced:


  

       THE PURPOSE OF THE FIRST CONFERENCE
       OF THE TONGAN-
AMERICAN UNITED METHODIST 

       CHURCH.  

 

       THE CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT COMPTON,
       ONTARIO, AND
LENNOX CALIFORNIA FROM
       AUGUST 1-4, 1990, FOR THE FOLLOWING:
 


1.         To call together a conference of Tongan-
            American United Methodist

            churches

 2.         This conference united us to:

 a)         create, study, and plan together the work
            that our Lord, Jesus Christ

                     has called us to do in his church.

b)         to get to know one another; work together,
            sing-joyfully, and give
 praise; and receive 

            communion in Christ.

c)         that we remember and value the tradition
            
we grew up with and to educate ourselves 
            to enrich the spiritual lives of our members 
            as we envision the future of our work.

 3.         This conference will;

 a)         serve as a bridge for the Tongan-Americans
                      United Methodists in education, teamwork 

             and pastor’ appointments between churches
                       within their conferences.  This conference
             will also serve as a liaison
 to bring local 

             churches closer to their annual conference 
             and to inform the members of the structure 
             of the United Methodist Church.

 b)         gather input and ideas of Tongan-American
                      United Methodist churches to support the goal 

             of this conference.

 c)         gather the total number of membership
                      within the Tongan-American United Methodist 

            Churches and to publish a directory of the 
            Tongan-American churches and resources from 
            which they can seek help.

 d)        hold meetings, become a resource place for

                    education and spiritual fellowship for those who 
            have been called by Christ to be His servants.

 e)         govern the matters of the Tongan-American

                     United Methodist Churches in regard to its 
            mission, tradition, and its future.   This
                     conference's ideas will also create hope and
                     mission and shall reserve the right of electing 

            its staff for the future.

 4.        This conference will form the Tongan Caucus 

            and elect its representative to the Pacific 
            Islander’s Caucus.  (It is important for us
                     be in one mine while conducting business
                     meetings of this conference. 

             Robert’s Rules of Order Revised will be used
                     as a meeting manual.)

   
       
 
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