In Photos: Easter 2025

***(Top) The Blaine Ukulele Group of Seattle (B.U.G.S.) celebrates finishing a musical set on Easter Sunday! (Above) Jason Lew helps carry in the Flowered Cross during the Prelude.***

Holy Week, Easter unite community

By the Rev. Karen Yokota Love

Hallelujah! Christ is Risen, indeed! Blaine Memorial UMC felt the resurrected Christ and all of the glory of Holy Week and Easter!

**Members from both Beacon and Blaine Memorial UMC joined together for Good Friday Service.**

Lent was bookended with a Good Friday collaborative service with Beacon UMC which garnered close to 100 attendees combined. Prior to worship, we shared a simple soup supper together. Thank you to Beacon UMC for providing a delicious Arroz Caldo soup. Thank you to Blaine Memorial’s Joe Adolfo for making a savory chicken gnocchi soup that everyone enjoyed. (I witnessed at least two people who took five servings of the soup!)

***(R): Emma H., Ally S., Rev. Jeney Park-Hearn, Kaylee Y., Jordan L., Tyler I., and Marcus C. cook scrambled eggs.***

***Mia I. and Lauren A. prep and cut fruit.***

***Emma H., Ally S., and Rev. Jeney prepare pancake mix.***

***(L): Gibson M., Evan T., Ethan A., Caleb A., Tai T., Emma H., and Aidan Lew serve breakfast to church members.***

On Easter, our BYG worked hard (and overnight) to prepare a delicious Easter breakfast with scrambled eggs, smokies, sausage, chopped fruit, pastries, and orange juice. This was the first year where the Blaine Ukulele Group of Seattle (B.U.G.S.) performed on Easter Sunday. The group brought such joy and enthusiasm. Thank you to the Blaine Memorial Choir who also performed dynamic and exquisite music!

The BYG and Church School stuffed 520 Easter eggs. People posed in front of the Flowered Cross which was beautifully put together by the congregation, led by Anne Arakaki-Lock.

***Tala C. and Marcus C. count 520 Easter eggs.***

***A proud dad watches his daughter pick up an egg.***

***Betty Iwamoto is filled with Easter joy!***

Thank you to the Worship Team who coordinated all of the behind-the-scenes preparations for worship to make Holy Week and Easter a huge success.

The Rev. Karen Yokota Love serves as the senior pastor of Blaine Memorial UMC.

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***Team Blaine prevailed at the 2024 Walk for Rice event!***

35th Annual ACRS Walk for Rice @ Seward Park • June 28, 9:00 am

This year ACRS will hold the Walk for Rice at 9:00 am on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at Seward Park. Team Blaine raised over $11,000 last year (2nd place) and this year’s fundraising goal is $8,000. We’re off to a great start, but still have a way to go to reach our goal.

Help ACRS feed AAPI community members who are experiencing food insecurity by donating to and/or registering to walk with Team Blaine:

Donate Online through Team Blaine:
Team Blaine at ACRS

Mail your donation to the Blaine office:
Checks to “Walk for Rice”, memo: “Team Blaine”

Thanks for your support!
Justine I., Team Captain

Cancelled: Church Retreat, A Message from Harry Tang

We regret to inform you that the upcoming church retreat, scheduled for the weekend of August 22, has been canceled due to low registration.

We understand this may be disappointing news, and we sincerely appreciate your interest and support. For those who have already registered, we’ll reach out to you directly.

Thank you for your understanding and continued commitment to our church community. Stay tuned for future opportunities to gather, reflect, and grow together.

Prayer and Coffee • Wednesdays at 9am

Join us for prayer and community on Wednesdays at 9:00AM on Zoom. Our time together consists of brief check-ins, devotionals, and prayers. This is a great way to continue with Lent, clear and center your mind, all while connecting with God and your prayer community. Feel free to bring a cup of coffee, tea, and a bite to eat. Hope to see you on Wednesday.

Request for Potato Chips and Savory Treats

Thank you, everyone, for bringing in sweet and savory treats for our fellowship time on Sundays. We all enjoy them and are now running low. Please consider bringing in some of your favorite individually wrapped chips to share. Examples are potato chips, Doritos, Cheetos, etc. We appreciate your generosity.

You may drop the treats off in the social hall kitchen area on Sundays or during church office hours.

We are always in need of more helpers in the kitchen for our fellowship time and it’s a great way to get to know others. Please see Julie Lock at jtlock00@gmail.com if you would like to be added to our rotation list. Thank you!