My Friend’s Suicide and My Faith

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) My Friend’s Suicide and My Faith (Isaiah 53:6, John 10:11-16) Mari Ikeda We are sorry, but we will not be uploading this sermon in written form. Please watch the video or listen to the audio from the link above. (Isaiah 53:6)We all, like sheep, have gone astray,each of us has turned to our own way;and the LORD has laid on himthe iniquity of us all. (John 10)11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. …14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and…

Bulletin 5/26/2024

Vol. 31, No.21 <Schedule of 5/26-6/8> *There is only one Sunday service (10:00 to 11:30)until further notice. ←Bulletin (pdf)・Download・Print This Week 5/26Worship Service 10:00 am – 11:40 amFree LunchMembers’ Huddle meeting 1:00-2:30 pm Next Week 6/2Communion 9:30-45Worship Service 10:00 am – 11:40 am

Hallelujah

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Hallelujah (Psalm 135) Andy Nagahara Today’s text, Psalm 135, is a somewhat longer psalm that begins and ends with “Hallelujah.” Many people, even those who have never read the Bible, may recognize the word “hallelujah” from the name of a song.In Hebrew, the original language of the Old Testament, this word is a combination of two original words, “Hallel” (praise) and “Ya (Yahweh),” and means “Praise Yahweh.” However, most English Bibles do not use the word “Hallelujah” as it is, but instead translate it into English as “Praise the LORD.” Even in the NIV that we use, “Hallelujah” only appears four times in Revelation chapter…

Bulletin 5/19/2024

Vol. 31, No.20 <Schedule of 5/19-6/1> *There is only one Sunday service (10:00 to 11:30)until further notice. ←Bulletin (pdf)・Download・Print This Week 5/19Worship Service 10:00 am – 11:40 am 5/24Forth Friday Night Service(Japanese, No video streaming) 8-9 pm Next Week 5/26Worship Service 10:00 am – 11:40 amFree LunchMembers’ Huddle meeting 1:00-2:30 pm

Ambassadors of Reconciliation

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Ambassadors of Reconciliation (John 7:45-52, 2 Corinthians 5:14-21) Mari Ikeda  As a new school year or a new fiscal year starts in April in Japan, many of you may have been in a new environment from April. I wonder how you are feeling after a month since then. Even if there are no major changes in our living environment, we live our lives interacting with various people on a daily basis, and there are both positive and negative stimulations. I work at a social welfare shelter during the week, and this past April my boss was replaced. When the personnel change was announced in March,…

Bulletin 5/12/2024

Vol. 31, No.19 <Schedule of 5/12-5/25> *There is only one Sunday service (10:00 to 11:30)until further notice. ←Bulletin (pdf)・Download・Print This Week 5/12Worship Service 10:00 am – 11:40 am Next Week 5/19Worship Service 10:00 am – 11:40 am 5/24Forth Friday Night Service(Japanese, No video streaming) 8-9 pm

A Family Living Together in the House of the Lord

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) A Family Living Together in the House of the Lord (Psalm 133, 134) Andy Nagahara Today I would like to introduce two short psalms. These are the last two verses in a series entitled Songs of ascents among the Psalms. Both are quite short, but they teach us the core of what the church is supposed to be. Psalm 133 teaches us about the nature of the church and its work, and from 134 we can learn what we need to do in order for that work to be done according to God’s will. So let’s start reading from Psalm 133. A. The Church as…

Bulletin 5/5/2024

Vol. 31, No.18 <Schedule of 5/5-5/18> *There is only one Sunday service (10:00 to 11:30)until further notice. ←Bulletin (pdf)・Download・Print This Week 5/5Communion 9:30-45 amWorship Service 10:00 am – 11:40 am Next Week 5/12Worship Service 10:00 am – 11:40 am

The water that keeps people alive flows from within our hearts

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) The water that keeps people alive flows from within our hearts (John 7:37-39) Mari Ikeda     Today we continue our series on the Gospel of John, and today we are on 7:37-39. Let’s read it. A. Belief in Jesus gives our hearts a spring that never runs dry. (7:37-39, 4:14) 37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” 39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom…

Bulletin 4/28/2024

Vol. 31, No.17 <Schedule of 4/28-5/11> *There is only one Sunday service (10:00 to 11:30)until further notice. ←Bulletin (pdf)・Download・Print This Week 4/28Worship Service 10:00 am – 11:40 am Next Week 5/5Communion 9:30-45 amWorship Service 10:00 am – 11:40 am