❖ Video (Whole Worship Service) ❖ Audio (Message) The Two Epilogues of the Christmas Story Matthew 2:16-18, Luke 2:25-38 Mari Ikeda It’s Christmas Day today, but according to the Church Calendar the official Christmas service was last week, and so it’s the end-of-year service today. So I decided to pick up the passages from the Bible which can be read as the epilogues of the Christmas story today. There are two different ones, each of which has a content completely opposite to the other. One is a tragedy, while the other seems to be a happy ending. By comparing these two stories, I realized they teach us how we should walk…

❖ Video (Whole Worship Service) ❖ Audio (Message) No Vacancy! Luke 2:1-21 Message for Christmas 2022 Andy Nagahara Now it is the last week of Advent. Since Christmas Day falls on a Sunday this year, some churches will hold their Christmas service on that day, but many churches have their Christmas service on this last Sunday of Advent. So let us, too, reflect on the events of Christmas today as we read the Gospel of Luke chapter 2. At first, let’s read verses 1-7. A. The miserable birthday (1-7) 1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2…

❖ Video (Whole Worship Service) ❖ Audio (Message) God’s Weakness That Surpasses Any Force or Power Luke 2:1-7 Message for the third Sunday of Advent Mari Ikeda It’s the third Sunday of Advent today.To start my message today, I’d like you to have an image in your mind. I have used this image in a different context before. It’s domino toppling, especially not a linear sequence, but a planar one. The trick is to stand dominoes to be toppled automatically one after another by toppling only the first domino. It feels nice to make all the dominoes fall just by flipping and toppling the first one by our finger. It…

❖ Video (Whole Worship Service) ❖ Audio (Message) The Light Shines On You  John 1:6-9, Matthew 2:1-3 5:14-16, Isaiah 60:1-3 Message for the second Sunday of advent Andy Nagahara Christmas is the time to remember the birth of Jesus Christ. And the four weeks before Christmas are called Advent. We light two of the four candles that are placed in the chapel only at this time of year, for today is the second Sunday of Advent. As you can see, we were also able to decorate for Advent and Christmas last Sunday after the service. Decorations for the season have been common for quite some time, even in non-Christian households,…