First Sunday of Advent
Welcome Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, 10am First Sunday of Advent Hybrid Worship Continue scrolling or view the print version of the bulletin Order of Worship Prelude Like a Child By D. Damon, D. Cherwien Kathy Onishi Words of Grace and Greeting Rev. Karen Yokota Love Call to Worship Rev. Karen Yokota Love Opening Hymn Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus • UMH #196 Eugene and Kathy Onishi Opening Prayer Rev. Mia MiKyung Park Lighting the Advent Candle Glenn and Arlene Mitsui with GibbyScripture Reading Mark 13:24-37 (NRSVUE, JLB) Arlene Mitsui and George...
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The children of Blaine Memorial presented their play, “Breaking News! The Savior is Born!” Go tell it on the mountain! By the Rev. Mia MiKyung Park The Church calendar begins with Advent, a season of anticipation and waiting for the arrival of our Savior, who came to us as a tiny baby. This period is a time of reflection and preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. It reminds me of the most mysterious and significant event in all human history – the incarnation. In this divine act, God took on human form to be with us,...
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I will be thankful for the simple and extraordinary blessings all around me. Father, I thank you for life. I thank you for Jesus. It’s a Merry Christmas! By Anne Arakaki-Lock God, for my Christmas present this year I wish for peace on earth. I pray that there will be no more killing and fighting in Ukraine, that the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians ends. I pray that the shootings on the streets of Seattle end and that we can feel safe in our neighborhoods, parks, shopping malls, places of worship. Dear Lord, may we all...
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Youth, young adults, and parents supported Kimball Elementary School through it’s Thanksgiving Meals project! BYG successfully feeds local neighborhood By Kai Yamamoto As we are wrapping up Stewardship month and entering Advent, the Blaine Youth Group has been working on serving those in need this holiday season. In November, BYG made 41 delicious apple crisps and 70 pounds of mashed potatoes as part of our annual Thanksgiving project. We delivered these handmade dishes alongside 41 roasted chickens, 40 bags of salad, 30 bags of oranges, and...
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Lynne Onishi, Arlene Naganawa, Dale Watanabe, and the Rev. Karen Yokota Love celebrate Blaine Memorial’s entrance into the Reconciling Ministries Network. A time of waiting, expecting, hoping By the Rev. Karen Yokota Love I grew up and lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 30 years of my life. If you’ve ever visited San Francisco, you’ve probably looked across the Bay and have spotted that famous prison, Alcatraz, sitting on a big rock in the middle of the water. As a San Francisco Bay Area native, I would never visit Alcatraz on my...
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Blaine Memorial UMC to join Reconciling Ministries Network! By The Reconciling Ministries Team, photo by Jesse N. Love Hello there! Greetings! It is with great news that after a long period of prayer, study, and thoughtful dialogue and discernment, we took our Reconciling Ministries vote on Sunday, November 5, 2023. During this time, 124 church members and active participants of Blaine Memorial UMC voted. The vote passed unanimously. Congratulations on voting on a welcome statement that affirms LGBTQIA+ people and to commemorate the Blaine...
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Welcome! Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, 10am Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Hybrid Worship Continue scrolling or view the print version of the bulletin Order of Worship Prelude Kathy OnishiWelcome of Grace and Greeting Rev. Karen Yokota Love*Call to Worship Based on Psalm 100 By Bruce Prewer Rev. Karen Yokota Love*Opening Hymn Gather Us InTFWS #2236Eugene and Kathy OnishiOpening Prayer Rev. Karen Yokota LoveFirst Scripture Reading Matthew 25:31-46 CEB, JLB S. Sumida, Y. Sofronas Children’s Message Sai HanaokaStewardship...
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Welcome! Sunday Nov. 19, 2023 Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Hybrid Worship Continue scrolling or view the print version of the bulletin Order of Worship Prelude • We Are Called Miriam TongWelcome of Grace and Greeting Rev. Mia MiKyung Park *Call to Worship Rev. Mia MiKyung Park *Opening Hymn • How Great Thou Art (UMH #77) Miriam Tong, Michelle Vaughan, and Neal Komedal Opening Prayer Rev. Mia MiKyung Park First Scripture Reading • Matthew 25:14-30 (CEB, JLB) Jamie Yates and Tsutomu...
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Welcome Sunday Nov. 12, 2023, 10am Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Hybrid Worship Continue to scrolling or view the print version of the bulletin Order of Worship Prelude “Would I Have Answered When You Called” Ralph Williams Kathy OnishiWelcome of Grace and Greeting Rev. Karen Yokota LoveReconciling Ministries Announcement The Reconciling Ministries Team*Call to Worship Rev. Karen Yokota Love*Opening Hymn Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (UMH #133) Eugene and Kathy Onishi Opening...
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Steve Sofronas prepares charcoal in preparation for grilling. The hands and feet of Blaine By Anne Arakaki-Lock Whether it’s rinsing out the coffee pot after Social Hour, folding newsletters for mail out, boiling noodles for Bazaar, trimming the overgrown trees in the parking area, working on the soundboard at worship, ushering, or counting the offering, God really likes it when we do things for Him and celebrate our blessings at the same time. Contrarily, the Spirit grieves when we complain and do things begrudgingly, reluctantly,...
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