Preachers and Missionaries Meeting On 19 January a preachers and missionaries’ meeting was held at the Yokota Church of Christ. 12 of us attended the meeting. Monthly ministers and missionaries meeting New Missionary Couple A new missionary couple came to Japan in July 2009. Shiro Obata, Paul and Stacey Herrington, Rumiko Obata Paul and Stacey came to work with Shiro Obata, [...] Read more…
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Strategy for spreading the Good News of Christ I have realized over the years that people around the Base have lots of prejudice against Americans and Christianity. It is strange enough that people living far from the Base are more interested in the Base and tend to be open to Christianity. I need to change [...] Read more… Bible Study on the Internet In our congregaiton, several people come from the long distance. Also one lady has three little kids and has a part time job. These factors make people difficult to come to the church building in order to study the Bible. I have an idea in order to solve the [...] Read more… We celebrated the birth of a new Christian, Naho, who was baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit on the 29th of November at the Yokota church building. This is the first baptism in the new building. The new building was dedicated November 23, 2009. Naho's baptism, November 29, 2009 Return [...] Read more… On the 23rd of November 2009, we had the building dedication worship service at the Yokota Church of Christ Building. November 23, 2009 – Dedication worship for Yokota church of Christ building. This worship service makes a hallmark for the Yokota Church of Christ. Nearly 90 people came together to dedicate the building to the Lord. In the a [...] Read more… November 23 is Labor Day in Japan. Churches use this opportunity to have an Autumn Join Worship. This year it was held at the new Yokota church building to dedication that facility for the Lord’s use. Masa and Mari Nonogaki, who work with the Japanese Yokota congregation as well as the military congregation, coordinated the [...] Read more… Beginnings According to the record, the property of the Yokota Church of Christ was bought in 1959. But the building was not built until 1961. Christian men from the Yokota Air Force Base built a church building. I do not have a picture of the original building that was built in 1961. Since then, the [...] Read more… July 20, 2009 Preacher and Missionary Meeting 2009 Preacher and Missionary Meeting June 2009 From June 3 to 5 we had a preacher and missionary meeting. 25 of us attended this meeting. We discussed ” Discipleship of Christ” and encouraged one another in Him. The oldest preacher is 82 years old. We have a young missionary who is 25. [...] Read more… Spring Area Wide Joint Worship Service Every year on 29 April we have an Area-Wide Joint Worship service. This week is called Golden Week, because there are many national holidays this week. Tokunori, a 70 years old man, went with me. Jun Uzawa spoke for this occasion. His lesson was very applicable to him. One of his [...] Read more… Correspondences with Yuji, who is in Miyagi Prison It has been a year and half since I began to correspond with Yuji. Last summer I visited him at Miyagi Prison. We have corresponded with one another at least once a month. This has been a long journey. I guess that situations in Japanese prisons are a [...] Read more… |
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