At the time, I did not know much about the American UMC theological content. I went to this small church in Port Jefferson on Main Street. Female pastor hired from China, I think. A search on google gives me a likely match: Dr. Huibing He who seems to also be an artist now.
All I remember was she loves to sing, might have some conflict with the church pianist (possibly some graduate/post grad student) at the time, but only very slightly. I also remember they were all rather friendly. Mostly elderly members. Some old white lady came to me the first day saying that she believed that "I was sent to the their church like an angel" - something like that.