Church Activities

Our church has a tradition of holding a candle light service at a local hospital. The connection to the hospital is that a doctor in our church worked there for 30+ years. It is a sweet time and many of … Continued

Since our church’s Gospel Choir is actually part of another group we all gathered for a Christmas Sing Off event. It was really neat for all the Gospel members from the various choirs to gather and sing for each other. … Continued

To help save some energy and planning we decided we would host a “Traditional Christmas Meal” for the adult English classes, cooking class members, sign language class, and moms from Kid’s Club. It was a lot of work trying to … Continued

After the English Christmas Party the Kid’s Sunday School held their annual Christmas Festival. The kids saw a puppet show depicting the Parable of the Lost Sheep, played games, ate/made cake, heard the Christmas story, and played. The event was … Continued

Christmas is a wonderful opportunity to introduce the Gospel.  Most Japanese think Christmas is a time of Kentucky Fried Chicken and Santa’s Birthday so they are always interested to hear the true meaning of Christmas. We have a lot of … Continued

In November there is a tradition to take children to the shrine, girls when they are 3 and 7, and boys when they are 3 and 5. It is called “Shichi-Go-San.” It is a rite of passage of sort and … Continued

We teach four different weekly English classes at the church. Two are for adults and two are for kids. We like to try to have an event each semester that shows a part of American culture. This fall we decided … Continued