All are Welcome
- First Sunday in Lent & Day of Remembrance Sunday
- February 18, 2024, 11:00am
- Hybrid Worship
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Order of Worship
| Prelude I Will Arise and Go to Jesus Kathy Onishi |
| Welcome of Grace and Greeting Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| *Call to Worship By Hancock, Discipleship Ministries Rev. Mia MiKyung Park |
| *Opening Hymn Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days UMH #269, Verses 1-3 Kathy and Eugene Onishi |
| Opening Prayer Rev. Mia MiKyung Park |
| Scripture Reading Genesis 9:8-17 (CEB, JLB) Tsutomu Nagoya and Nina Chinn |
| Children’s Message Rev. Mia MiKyung Park |
| Pastoral Prayer Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| Special Music Without His Cross By Joseph M. Martin Blaine Memorial UMC Choir |
| Scripture Reading Matthew 25:35-40 (CEB) ? 25:35-40 Tsutomu Nagoya and Nina Chinn |
| Introduction to Day of Remembrance Gail Nomura |
| Poetry Reading Another Day of Infamy Suma Yagi |
| Personal Testimonials Keiko Yanagihara Susan Yanagihara Tom Kometani Susan Dittman Kenji Onishi |
| Day of Remembrance Video Gail Nomura The Archives Committee |
| Song of Reflection I Believe The Kenji Onishi Family |
| Closing Lenten Meditation Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| Introduction to the Offering Rev. Mia MiKyung Park |
| Doxology Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow Kathy Onishi |
| Prayer of Dedication Rev. Mia MiKyung Park |
| Announcements Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| *Closing Hymn Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty (UMH #64) Kathy and Eugene Onishi |
| Benediction Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| Postlude We are Called Kathy Onishi |
| Passing of the Peace Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
Sermon Questions
- Please watch and reflect on the feelings and emotions of our congregation in 1942 going into the wilderness not knowing what will happen to them but going forth in faith in God. Knowing this story, what steps should we all take to safeguard the human and civil rights of all people during times of crisis?
- Why is it important for a community and society at large, to remember its past errors? What are some ways that the Japanese American community remember the incarceration? What are some ways that the Japanese American community commemorates the incarceration?
- With an awareness of the history and lessons of the Japanese American incarceration, what can we do to ensure that such an injustice is not repeated, for any group of people?
Lectionary Readings
| Sunday, February 18, 2024: Genesis 9:8-17; Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15 |
| Monday, February 19, 2024: Psalm 77; Job 4:1-21; Ephesians 2:1-10 |
| Tuesday, February 20, 2024: Psalm 77; Job 5:8-27; 1 Peter 3:8-18a |
| Wednesday, February 21, 2024: Psalm 77; Proverbs 30:1-9; Matthew 4:1-11 |
| Thursday, February 22, 2024: Psalm 22:23-31; Romans 3:21-31; Genesis 15:1-6, 12-18 |
| Friday, February 23, 2024: Psalm 22:23-31; Genesis 16:1-6; Romans 4:1-12 |
| Saturday, February 24, 2024: Psalm 22:23-31; Genesis 16:7-15; Mark 8:27-30 |
Announcements
Day of Remembrance 2024 “Remember & Resist”
Sunday, February 18, 1:00 – 3:30 pm (One event at TWO sites)
| Washington State Fairgrounds’ Agriplex 5th St SW, Puyallup, WA 98371 1:00 – 1:45pm |
| Northwest Detention Center 1623 E J Street, Tacoma, WA 98421 2:30 – 3:30 pm |
February 19, 2024 will mark 82 years since the signing of Executive Order 9066, ordering the forced removal and mass incarceration of Japanese Americans on the West Coast. Most Japanese Americans in the Seattle area spent their first few months in detention at the Puyallup Assembly Center, ironically nicknamed “Camp Harmony.” It’s now the site of the State fairgrounds.
The trauma of family separation, child imprisonment, poor sanitation, bad food, inadequate health care, and uncertain futures CONTINUES today at Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, just a 20 minute drive from Puyallup. NWDC is a private prison with capacity to hold 1500 immigrants, but Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) is secretive and never disclose how many are incarcerated or who they are. We know most are from Mexico, Central & South America, Southeast Asia, India, Africa and the Middle East who seek asylum and opportunity in the US.
Conditions inside are horrific; detainees often hold long hunger strikes demanding humane treatment and their legal rights. There were 7 last year and another in January. This private for profit prison in our state must shut down.
Join us to hear from incarceration survivors at both Puyallup and Tacoma – Japanese American camp survivors and people recently detained at NWDC. There will be Taiko! When we raise the roof with drums and voices, those held inside know they are not forgotten.
Please come to both parts of this important event – we will remember our past AND speak out for the rights of others.
Organized by Tsuru for Solidarity, La Resistencia, Puyallup and Seattle chapters of the JACL, Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee, and Densho. For more information, media inquiries, and to find out about volunteer opportunities email info@seattlejacl.org.
Wednesday Meditation & Prayer • February 21 at 9am
The Wednesday Prayer group continues to meet each week. Our time together consists of a check-in question centering around United Methodist Founder John Wesley’s famous question, “How is it with your soul?” Our time together continues with a few readings from The Upper Room Magazine. Finally, we end our time together with a pastoral prayer. Join us!
Lent Book Studies
The Third Day: Living the Resurrection Lenten Book Study
This year’s All Church Lenten study is The Third Day: Living the Resurrection by Tom Berlin and Mark A. Miller. This study will begin on Tuesday, February 13, at 7 pm via Zoom and will be facilitated by Rev. Mia MiKyung Park and Rev. Karen Yokota Love. The link will be emailed prior to the meeting date. We will also meet on Tuesdays: 2/20, 2/27, 3/5, 3/12, and 3/19 to discuss each chapter.
The Office is selling The Third Day: Living the Resurrection books for $14.00 and the Leader Guide is $12.00. You are welcome to buy the book in the Office and read with your small groups.
In The Third Day: Living the Resurrection, Tom Berlin uses his storytelling gifts and scriptural understanding to connect readers to the experiences of individuals around Jesus in his final days. The focus is on new life and redemption rather than loss.
Come and journey with characters like Peter, Mary Magdalene, and Thomas as they experience the despair of losing Jesus and the surprise and joy that awaits them in the resurrection. This study will explore events around these characters, along with Paul and the disciples at Emmaus, and how the resurrection transforms their lives.
NJAUMC Lenten Book Study begins on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024!
You’re invited to join Rev. John Miyahara (US Navy Chaplain), Rev. Brian Lee (Simpson UMC), and members of the Japanese American United Methodist Caucus congregations in a 6-week Advent book study. We will be reading Savior: What the Bible Says about the Cross by Magrey DeVega. Books are $17.00 in the Church Office. Please note that reading the book isn’t required! The first session will start on Monday, February 19 from 4:30-6:00 PM (Hawaii), 6:30-8:00 PM (Pacific) and 7:30-9:00 PM (Mountain). The study will conclude on Mon., March 25.
Sukiyaki Dinner Returns!
Saturday, March 2, 2024 • Blaine Memorial UMC
More information to come!
Afghanistan and Ukranian Refugee Donation Ministry
At this time, needed items include women’s products, toothpaste, personal care items, rice cookers, blenders, mixing bowls, microwave ovens, toasters, mixers, irons, dish sets, towels, and blankets. No to clothes or toys.
Blaine Memorial UMC Collection Hours: Tuesday-Friday between 10:00AM-4:00PM. Call the Church Office at (206) 723-1536 prior to dropping off your items.
South King County Response Center Collection Volunteer Hours: Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 10:00AM-2:00PM, same time as the Tukwila Pantry at 3118 S. 140th St. Seattle. Please text Kim Parks at (206) 683-1707 when you would like to help. Please wear a mask and bring a marking pen and measuring tape if possible. Other Questions? Please contact Donna Sekijima at: donnasek@outlook.com and/or Anne Arakaki-Lock at: salock@comcast.net.
The Beacon is now available!
