Educational Scholarships 2025
Educational Scholarships 2025 Application period open through May 15, 2025 The Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church Educational Scholarships are designed to support the mission of the church through supporting a multitude of educational opportunities. We are proud to have helped students in their pursuit of continuing education since 1968. We encourage all applicants; from those just entering their next phase of education to those returning to complete or pursue continued education. We are blessed to offer the following scholarships:...
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All are Welcome! Third Sunday of Lent March 23, 2025, 10:00am Hybrid Worship View the PDF Bulletin Sermon Questions How does Jesus’ welcome turn us upside down? How can interruptions be an opportunity? How do you feel about being interrupted while speaking or in the middle of a task or meal? What distinguishes a good interruption from a bad one? Why was the behavior of this woman with the alabaster jar so scandalous? What would be a comparably scandalous interruption today? How might you prepare yourself to look for the...
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All are Welcome! Second Sunday of Lent March 16, 2025, 10:00am Hybrid Worship View the PDF Bulletin Sermon Questions Are you a recipe follower or an experimenter? What about your preferred method appeals to you? When has someone been extraordinarily generous with you? Are there times when you choose “sacrifice” over “mercy” when it comes to practicing radical hospitality Jesus models for us and to which God calls us? What groups today tend to be viewed the way “tax collectors and sinners” were in Jesus’ day? Have you ever been shamed for who...
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Spiritual Formation Center Using His Light to See By Anne Arakaki-Lock When a bad cold keeps me homebound and I need to focus on listening to God, I first have to quiet down the clutter in my head if I am going to be able to hear. The Southern California fires are raging, and I am concerned about my friends and family down there. Former President Carter is being laid to rest and I am so distracted and interested to know more about the long-term impact he has had on our nation. Then there are the political rumblings of the White House...
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All are Welcome! First Sunday in Lent March 9, 2025, 10:00am Hybrid Worship View the Bulletin PDF Sermon Questions Jesus’ promises, “I am the bread of life.” What questions or hopes come to mind? Who cheers for you and whom do you cheer? What is something “bigger than you” that you are part of? Tell the story of a table gathering that fed you in more ways than one. How would you host a dinner where people left feeling full, known, and beloved? Who would you invite? What food would you serve? What questions would you ask? What stories would...
read moreBYG: The Journey Continues
Ally Sofronas and Katelyn N. whip up mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving Meals. BYG Update The Journey Continues By Kaylee Yokoyama, photos by Kai Yamamoto As we continue into 2025, it’s an opportunity to reflect on the memories, growth, and experiences Blaine Youth Group has engaged in over the past year. The last twelve months were filled with community, service, faith, and fellowship. We first began the year off with a BYG Night. We prepared for Camping Ministries Sunday through singing worship songs as the youth spent time reflecting on...
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Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church, Sunday, January 26, 2025 Back to Our Roots By Jesse N. Love, photos by Kai Yamamoto, additional photos by the Rev. Karen Yokota Love Friends and family of Blaine Memorial United Methodist celebrated faithfully the Church’s 120th and 121st Anniversary! The congregation welcomed back former clergy who served Blaine Memorial for years, including Bishop Robert T. Hoshibata, the Revs David Nieda, Alann Hamada, Ken Miyake, Shalom Agtarap, and Dione Corsilles. We also welcomed honored guest, Bishop Cedrick...
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All are Welcome! Transfiguration Sunday March 2, 2025, 10:00am Hybrid Worship View the Bulletin PDF Prelude We Will Glorify the King of KingsBy Twila ParisKathy Onishi Welcome of Grace and GreetingRev. Karen Yokota LoveBlaine Memorial UMC Land Acknowledgment Call to WorshipArlene NaganawaOpening HymnHow Great Is Our God(W&S #3003)Kathy & Eugene OnishiOpening PrayerArlene NaganawaFirst Scripture ReadingLuke 9:28-36 (JLB, CEB)Tsutomu Nagoya, Arlene NaganawaChildren’s MessageSai HanaokaSpecial MusicCall Him JesusBy Ruth...
read moreSenior Pastor Reflection
(Cover) Lynne Onishi, the Rev. Dr. Jeney Park Hearn, Kaylee Yokoyama, Kai Yamamoto, Ron Nobuyama, Santa Claus, the Rev. Karen Yokota Love, Jesse Love, Sai Hanaoka, and Yuki Sofronas serve as staff for Blaine Memorial UMC.(Below) Greater Northwest Area Bishop Cedrick D. Bridgeforth, the Rev. Edwin Cruz Santos, Retired Bishop Robert Hoshibata, the Revs. Karen Yokota Love, Dr. Mark Hearn, Dione Corsilles, Alann Hamada, David Nieda, and Shalom Agtarap gather before Anniversary Sunday at Blaine Memorial UMC. Keep Walking On: Blaine Memorial as a...
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All are Welcome! Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany February 23, 2025, 10:00am Hybrid Worship View the Bulletin PDF Order of Worship PreludeMake Me a Channel of Your PeaceBy Sebastian TempleKathy OnishiWelcome of Grace and GreetingRev. Karen Yokota Love*Call to Worship and Opening PrayerWritten by Rev. Karen Yokota LoveNina Chinn *Opening HymnHoly! Holy! Holy!Lord, God Almighty(UMH #64)Kathy & Eugene OnishiScripture ReadingIsaiah 1:17 (JLB, CEB)Tsutomu Nagoya, Nina ChinnSpecial MusicChrist Has Broken Down the WallWords and Music by...
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