All are Welcome!
- Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
- February 16, 2025
- 10:00am • Hybrid Worship
- View the Bulletin PDF
Order of Worship
| Prelude Come, Holy Spirit By Mark Foreman Kathy Onishi |
| Welcome of Grace and Greeting Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| Blaine Memorial UMC Land Acknowledgment |
| Call to Worship Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, August 2024 Used with permission Ron Nobuyama |
| Opening Hymn How Firm a Foundation (UMH #529) Kathy & Eugene Onishi |
| Opening Prayer Ron Nobuyama |
| Scripture Reading Jeremiah 17: 5-10 (JLB, CEB) Yuki Sofronas, Ron Nobuyama |
| Children’s Message Sai Hanaoka |
| Special Music 10,000 Reasons By Matt Redman and Steve Angrisano Blaine Memorial Praise Band |
| Prayers of the People Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| Scripture Reading Luke 6:17-26 (JLB, CEB) Yuki Sofronas, Ron Nobuyama |
| Sermon Rejoice in that Day Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| Passing of the Peace Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| Song of Reflection Lord, I Want to be a Christian (UMH #402) Kathy & Eugene Onishi |
| Introduction to the Offering Ron Nobuyama |
| Offertory Music Kathy Onishi |
| Doxology Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow (UMH #94) Kathy & Eugene Onishi |
| Prayer of Dedication Ron Nobuyama |
| Announcements Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| Closing Hymn Come, We That Love the Lord (UMH #733) Kathy & Eugene Onishi |
| Benediction Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| Postlude The First Song of Isaiah By Jack Noble White Kathy Onishi |
| Zoom Breakout Room Rev. Dr. Jeney Park-Hearn |
Sermon Questions
- Why do you think that Jesus refers to poverty, and hunger, and sadness, and rejection as blessings? Why do you think that he refers to wealth, and comfort, and affirmation as curses?
- How are we to reconcile this teaching with how we naturally define and think of blessings and curses?
- Why do you think that the human heart is so prone to believing that fulfillment and satisfaction can be found in worldly things? Why do you think that it is so prone to forgetting that God is the only one who can and will satisfy us?
- How can suffering, and sadness, and loneliness be helpful to our souls? What are some ways that we can leverage these things (instead of running from them)?
Daily Lectionary Readings
| Sunday, February 16, 2025: Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26 |
| Monday, February 17, 2025: Psalm 120; 2 Kings 24:18-25:21; 1 Corinthians 15:20-34 |
| Tuesday, February 18, 2025: Psalm 120; Ezra 1:1-11; 2 Corinthians 1:12-19 |
| Wednesday, February 19, 2025: Psalm 120; Jeremiah 22:11-17; Luke 11:37-52 |
| Thursday, February 20, 2025: Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40; Genesis 43:16-34; Romans 8:1-11 |
| Friday, February 21, 2025: Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40; Genesis 44:1-17; 1 John 2:12-17 |
| Saturday, February 22, 2025: Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40; Genesis 44:18-34; Luke 12:57-59 |
Announcements
Pre-Order, Now! Annual Sukiyaki Dinner @ Blaine Memorial UMC • March 1, 2025
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER SUKIYAKI!
Blaine Memorial’s Sukiyaki Benefit Fundraiser is on Saturday, March 1, 2025 from 1:00pm-6:00pm! Sukiyaki will be $20.00 per serving. We will have cooked and uncooked Sukiyaki. We will provide take out and have limited dine-in. Visit the Sukiyaki 2025 page for event details!
NJAUMC Book Study During Epiphanytide, Parts 7 and 8 (Zoom) • Tuesday (2/25)
A new book study sponsored by the National Japanese American United Methodist Caucus continues next Tuesday (2/25). Rev. Brian Lee (Simpson UMC in Arvada, CO) and Rev. John Miyahara (UMC Navy Chaplain in San Diego, CA) will facilitate “Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm” by David Mas Masumoto. We will gather virtually on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM. (PST).
Click here to join the Zoom link.
Books are on sale in the Church Office for $15.00 or you are free to purchase online at Amazon.com.
Prayer and Coffee on Zoom (Canceled)
Rev. Karen is canceling the Wednesday Coffee and Prayer on Zoom on February 19, 2025 in order to encourage EVERYONE to attend and support the Day of Remembrance Tsuru for Solidarity Press Conference.
Day of Remembrance Film Screening @ Blaine Memorial UMC
Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 6:30pm
Blaine Memorial UMC is co-sponsoring a film screening with the Seattle JACL and Puyallup Valley JACL on February 19, 2025 at 6:30PM. We will show Removed by Force: The Eviction of Hawai‘i’s Japanese Americans During World II at 6:30PM in the Sanctuary. Filmmaker Ryan Kawamoto and co-executive producer William Kaneko will have a panel discussion following the movie screening.
Day of Remembrance Events in our Local Community
“The Tengu Club”, Day of Remembrance Film Screening and Fundraiser • Today, 1:00pm-4:00pm
Join the Minidoka Pilgrimage Committee on today at 1:00PM for the 2025 Day of Remembrance event in Pigott Auditorium on the Seattle University campus. We’ll be screening “The Tengu Club” — the oldest fishing club in North America. Following will be a panel with the filmmaker, Club members, and a performance by Hidaka Taiko (Seattle University’s student taiko group) and friends.
Paid parking is available on campus or there is free street parking. Register here.
Stop Repeating History: Day of Remembrance and Resistance in Chinatown/International District
Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 10:00am
Gather at Hing Hay Park at 9:45 am, then walk in procession to Chiyo’s Garden (604 S Jackson St)
Members of Tsuru for Solidarity and La Resistencia will be staging a press conference at Chiyo’s Garden to remember the forced removal of Japanese Americans from their homes and businesses in 1942 and to emphasize the importance of protecting immigrants today. Speakers will include Japanese American descendants of Pike Place Market vendors and Erin Shigaki, whose mural in Nihonmachi Alley was recently defaced.
Stop Repeating History: Day of Remembrance and Resistance at Northwest I.C.E. Processing Center • Sunday, February 23, 2025, 1:00pm
Tamiko Nimura, author of “We Hereby Refuse”, will speak about the parallels between the WWII Tule Lake incarceration camp and the Northwest I.C.E. Processing Center. Mary Abo, a survivor of the Puyallup and Minidoka incarceration camps, will speak about the importance of being the advocates that Japanese Americans did not have in 1942.
Questions?
Please contact Yuki Sofronas at blaineoffice@yahoo.com if you’d like to carpool after worship by Friday, February 21, 2025, 3:00PM.
Contact Margaret Sekijima at mesekjima@gmail.com and/or Barbara Yasui daruma52@gmail.com for more info.
A Season of Stewardship: Blaine Memorial UMC Supports Kimball Elementary (Video)
Migrant and Refugee Donation Ministry @ Riverton Park UMC • Blaine Memorial UMC Collection Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10:00am-4:00pm
Riverton Park UMC is in need of: diapers (sizes 3 – 7), diaper wipes, kitchen pots and pans, paper plates, toothpaste, long grain rice, and cooking oil. Collection items can be dropped off at the Social Hall. Call the Church Office at (206) 723-1536 prior to drop-off.
The Beacon Newsletter is Coming Soon!
Our bi-monthly newsletter, the Beacon, will return in February! Check out our past issues here.