Church Activities

In celebration of the church renovation we held a special service today. A guest musician came, the Word was preached, and there was a lot of praising God for his faithfulness to Shiga. After church everyone gathered together for a … Continued

In October I will be preaching on October 13 and 20. Please pray as I am finalizing those sermons with my private tutor.

This past Saturday we held an “Open Church” so people in the surrounding area could come tour the church. Over 70+ people came to visit! We had a great time meeting many local people and others within the Presbytery who … Continued

We have an upcoming Gospel Concert on Monday, October 14. Guess who was selected for a small solo?! Cathalain. Almost all the songs are sung in English, but Cathalain was actually selected for a solo in Japanese. Pray as she … Continued

Today is a national holiday and so a group from the church went to Nagano. There were options ranging from hiking to fishing to feeding horses. It was a fun day, but traffic on the way home was crazy! Apparently … Continued

This month our cooking class theme was Pumpkin! We made pumpkin and chicken gratin, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, veggies and rice. Mmmmmm….

Our new semester of English Classes has begun. We have had over eight new students, adult and children. Please pray for this outreach and especially for the Bible times! We had to sneak a picture of E helping set up! … Continued

This week we started moving back into the “new” church.  It is amazing how the same building feels so different.  The major differences are how bright and new everything is.  With the addition of windows it really lightened the building … Continued

Some short term missionaries (6 week) were visiting our church for the day.  Unfortunately since we are in the middle of our renovation there isn’t a ton going on during the week.  Thankfully, a woman in the church offered to … Continued

The renovation is coming along!  (The other picture is about 20 minutes before worship to show the place we are meeting.  It is really three rooms opened up to form a space for worship.  So thankful for the family who … Continued