In Photos: Mother’s Day 2025!

Blaine Memorial recognizes the love and dedication of our moms

By the Rev. Karen Yokota Love

Boys, Youth, and Men served mothers, grandmothers, aunts, teachers, and mother-figures an abundant breakfast! We also celebrated Kaylee Yokoyama’s 22nd birthday with an ube cake.

***Sally Sekijima (left), is as happy as a clam celebrating Mother’s Day at church with her family.***

***Jason Lew serves Pam Ikegami cake.***

***Folks are served breakfast by Tim Ikegami.***

***Susan Lee and Shelley Yokoyama are all smiles as they chat about family and church life together.***

***Margaret Inouye and Rev. Karen Yokota Love pose for a selfie as they celebrate all of the church women!***

The Rev. Karen Yokota Love serves as 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!