❖ Video (Whole Worship Service) ❖ Audio (Message) Why We Stay Connected to Other People Romans 15:14-21 Mari Ikeda We are back in Romans today after a long time. But actually we are finally approaching to the end of Romans. The text today, 15:14-21, is also the initial part of the closing dedication.  　I gave my message today the title, “Why we stay connected to other people.” Because we can learn through the text today how active person Paul was in staying connected to others. However, it doesn’t mean that the text is pushing us to stay connected with others.   Or are you a type of person who enjoys being…

❖ Video ❖ Audio This Treasure, in Jars of Clay 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 Guest Speaker: Yuko Honjo (Pastor, The UCCJ Osaka church) 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for…

❖ Video ❖ Audio What It Means To Forgive Psalm 61:1-9 Yasunobu Ishimaru(The UCCJ Pastor / Joshigakuin School Teacher) Thank you for inviting me to the worship service of Your Church.  I heard that you have been hearing the messages from the Bible focusing on the subject of peace this August.  We all, indeed, need peace.。 It’s important for us to pay attention with love to various events happening in the world to seek peace. However, it is also necessary at the same time for us to spend time to reflect on ourselves who are living in this world.  Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers.” He calls us  “peacemakers.”  Peace…

❖ Video ❖ Audio War and Peace [Anniversary of the end of World War II] Mari Ikeda It will be the 77th anniversary of the end of WWII tomorrow. As I said last week, I think many of us are forced to think about war and peace more than we do usually in August, because of the war in Ukraine since last February. Thus, I’d like to focus on war and peace in this message today, leaving from the series of Romans. Let’s start with the Book of Isaiah, chapter 9. A. Jesus, the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9) 2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light;…

❖ Video ❖ Audio The Peace and Hope That Comes From Accepting One Another Romans 15:1-13 Mari Ikeda We are now in August. Every year, this is the time for Japanese to remember the mistake of going to war, but I suppose many people have a special feeling this year because we have learnt so well since the war started in Ukraine last February, how difficult it is to end the war, and how fragile the peace is. Also, it was a memorial day for Hiroshima yesterday, and for Nagasaki it will be the day after tomorrow. Although Japan is the only country to have been bombed with atomic weapons,…