First Sunday after Christmas
All are Welcome! First Sunday after Christmas December 28, 2025 10:00AM View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Video Screenshots Sermon Questions for Reflection Where do we see parallels between ancient tyranny (Herod) and modern injustices, and how does God’s intervention offer hope for the vulnerable? How do we respond when life feels uncertain, like Joseph, and we’re being led away from what seems safe toward an unknown future? Where do we need to “strip off pretenses” (like Herod’s power-hunger) to...
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All are Welcome! Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, A Service of Lessons and Carols Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 7:30PM View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Video Photos Order of Worship Prelude“Carol of the Epiphany”TFWS #2094Kathy OnishiWords of Grace and GreetingRev. Karen Yokota LoveCall to WorshipRev. Karen Yokota LoveCongregational Hymn“O Come, All Ye Faithful”UMH #234 (Verses 1, 2, 3, 5)Kathy and Eugene OnishiOpening PrayerPastor Job PangilinanLighting of the Christ CandleTim and Margo Ikegami, Marisa and...
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All are Welcome! Christmas Eve Family Service Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 4:00 PM View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Video Photos Order of Worship PreludeWelcomeRev. Karen Yokota LoveLighting of the Christ Candle, Call to Worship and PrayerThe Tang Family (Harry, Dawn, Evan, Adam, Wyatt)Carol“O Come, All Ye Faithful”UMH #234Story 1:The Journey to BethlehemLuke 2:1–5 (CEB)EvanCarol“O Little Town of Bethlehem”UMH #230Story 2:Jesus Is BornLuke 2:6–7 (CEB)AdamCarol“Away in a Manger”UMH #217Story 3:The Shepherds Hear the...
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All are Welcome! Blue Christmas/Longest Night Service December 21, 2025, 1:00pm Facebook Instagram YouTube Photos Order of Worship Reflective Music“O Come O Come Emmanuel” (Instrumental)Rev. Dr. Mark Hearn and Emma HearnWelcome & Purpose of GatheringPastor Job Pangilinan Call to GatheringDavid IgeOpening Song“In the Bleak Midwinter”UMH #221Eugene and Kathy OnishiScripture ReadingsLamentations 3:19-33, Matthew 2:16–18 (CEB)David IgeReflectionPastor Job PangilinanPrayer of LamentDavid IgeCandle Lighting CeremonyPastor Job...
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All are Welcome! Christmas Music Sunday Fourth Sunday of Advent December 21, 2025, 10:00AM View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Video Photos Reflection Questions What do you “hear” as you sing or listen to the songs of Christmas? How do these carols contribute to your celebration of Christ’s birth? The Yates Family will light the fourth Advent Candle. Order of Worship Prelude“In Silence We Wait” By Lloyd LarsonKathy OnishiWords of Grace and GreetingRev. Karen Yokota LoveCall to WorshipRon NobuyamaOpening...
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All are Welcome! Third Sunday of Advent Children’s Christmas Play December 14, 2025, 10:00AM View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube The Mitsui family will light the third candle of Advent. Order of Worship PreludeCome Thou Long Expected JesusUMH #196Kathy OnishiWelcome of Grace and GreetingRev. Karen Yokota LoveLand AcknowledgementRev. Karen Yokota LoveCall to WorshipBy Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, May 2025Rev. Karen Yokota LoveOpening PrayerRev. Karen Yokota LoveLighting the Advent CandleGlenn and...
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(Cover) Yuko Iyori, Consul General Makoto Iyori, Steve Sumida holding commendation certificate and his wife, Gail M. Nomura holding the flowers that were presented to Steve. Special Report Sumida receives Commendation from Min. for Foreign Affairs By Gail M. Nomura, photos courtesy of the Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle, Emi Suzuki University of Washington Professor of American Ethnic Studies Emeritus Stephen H. Sumida received the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Commendation at a ceremony hosted by Makoto Iyori, Consul-General of...
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What are you most grateful for this holiday? What reflections do you have on Advent? Spiritual Formation Center Born of God when the Holy Spirit lives in us By Anne Arakaki-Lock As we anticipate the lighting of the fourth Advent candle, may we all feel the deep love of God – the love that gave us Jesus. Remember this song? Sing along with me: Jesus loves me, this I know, For the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong; They are weak, but He is strong. Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me...
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Volunteers of all ages helped decorate Blaine Memorial UMC during the Greening of Blaine. As we enter the Advent and Christmas season, what are your hopes for the community and the world around you? Is God at work? Senior Pastor Reflection Insisting on Hope: Entering Advent with Courage and Joy By the Rev. Karen Yokota Love, additional photos by Arlene Mitsui Last Saturday, we ushered in Advent by greening the church. Royal blue cloth and Advent candles sit near the altar, the Christmas tree is decorated with chrismons, and the smell of...
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Associate Pastor Job Pangilinan helped support the delivering of Thanksgiving Meals to Kimball Elementary. Prior to delivery, the volunteers from Blaine Memorial UMC blessed the meals that will help feed those in need. Associate Pastor’s Spiritual Reflection Thirty Seconds…A Thanksgiving and Advent Reflection By Pastor Job Pangilinan, photos by Jesse N. Love and Arlene Mitsui Associate Pastor Job Pangilinan reflects on ministry, fatigue, and finding Christ in the busy-ness of Advent. This has been one of those seasons when the pace of...
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