Meet our Pastor
Welcome, Rev. Dylan!
Tim Overton-Harris, Columbia District Superintendent of the United Methodist Church, released a letter May 1 announcing the appointment of Rev. Dylan Hyun to Oak Grove UMC.
“It is (Bishop Elaine Stanovsky’s) intention to appoint Rev. Dylan Hyun as your pastor, effective July 1, 2022. Rev. Hyun aligns with the Cabinet’s hopes for you going forward … He brings a strong commitment to social justice and neighborhood partnerships,” the letter said.
Rev. Hyun was born in 1979. He is the current pastor at Wilsonville and Canby United Methodist churches. He was appointed to Wilsonville in 2014 and to Canby in 2020.
He graduated from Claremont School of Theology in 2010 with a Master of Divinity degree. He was youth/young adult director at Sage/Granada Park UMC in Alhambra, CA, from 2010 to 2011; and was education director at the Korean Central UMC in Los Angeles from 2012 to 2013.
Rev. Hyun is married to Rev. Anna Cho, former pastor at Epworth United Methodist Church. Their son, Elijah Shine Hyun, was born in 2015.
Dylan is a captain in the US Air Force Reserve. He has been in the Air Force Reserve since 2019 and is a chaplain there. Earlier, he was a chaplain in the US Army Reserve from 2013 to 2018.
His first day at Oak Grove will be July 17. Please give him and his family a warm welcome.
Tim Overton-Harris, Columbia District Superintendent of the United Methodist Church, released a letter May 1 announcing the appointment of Rev. Dylan Hyun to Oak Grove UMC.
“It is (Bishop Elaine Stanovsky’s) intention to appoint Rev. Dylan Hyun as your pastor, effective July 1, 2022. Rev. Hyun aligns with the Cabinet’s hopes for you going forward … He brings a strong commitment to social justice and neighborhood partnerships,” the letter said.
Rev. Hyun was born in 1979. He is the current pastor at Wilsonville and Canby United Methodist churches. He was appointed to Wilsonville in 2014 and to Canby in 2020.
He graduated from Claremont School of Theology in 2010 with a Master of Divinity degree. He was youth/young adult director at Sage/Granada Park UMC in Alhambra, CA, from 2010 to 2011; and was education director at the Korean Central UMC in Los Angeles from 2012 to 2013.
Rev. Hyun is married to Rev. Anna Cho, former pastor at Epworth United Methodist Church. Their son, Elijah Shine Hyun, was born in 2015.
Dylan is a captain in the US Air Force Reserve. He has been in the Air Force Reserve since 2019 and is a chaplain there. Earlier, he was a chaplain in the US Army Reserve from 2013 to 2018.
His first day at Oak Grove will be July 17. Please give him and his family a warm welcome.