Temple’s administrative responsibilities include giving oversight to the maintenance and development of the facilities and management of the office. Temple has worked at Holy Cross since June of 2002.  Temple loves traveling, cooking, sewing, gardening, and spending time with her family and friends. 

     Working in the church office all these years, has been a rewarding journey in life.  Temple states that the church raised her into adulthood!

     Temple has been married to John since 1996. They have one son who graduated from UOP with his Masters in 2023, is a highschool teacher and was recently married. 

     My name is Chanphaeng Plavong, I am the Sunday Nursery Attendant. I have been a member of Holy Cross United Methodist Church since 1989. I transferred to Holy Cross UMC from a church in Iowa.

      In 1991-1994 I worked in Lincoln Unified School District and Stockton Unified School District as a teacher’s aide and translator. I attended Humphreys College and received a Bachelor in Arts degree in early childhood education. After that I was a preschool teacher at San Joaquin Head Start for twenty years. When Head Start closed and my father passed shortly after, I became a care giver for my mother and have been caring for her for the last five years.

      I am the fifth one out of nine siblings that immigrated from Laos in 1988. I have one daughter who is attending San Jose State University. I enjoy travel, jogging and working with children. I continue loving and caring for them.

      Thank you Holy Cross for having me here to be a part of little ones’ lives.