Walk for Rice 2026
Team Blaine prevails! Sign up or donate! Walk for Rice 2026 is coming! By Justine Ing The 36th Annual ACRS Walk for Rice will be held at Seward Park in Seattle, May 16, 2026 Blaine Memorial UMC has a special connection to the ACRS Walk for Rice. In 1990, Sam Mitsui, together with Herb and Bertha Tsuchiya, wanted a way for everyone to help feed the community. Team Blaine continues to honor Sam’s contribution in helping start the Walk for Rice 36 years ago. This year’s Walk for Rice will be held a month earlier than usual at Seward Park on...
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Cover photo: The survivors of Japanese American internment attended the Day of Remembrance luncheon at the Capitol Building in Olympia, Wash. Past Nisei Veterans Committee Commander Rick Takeuchi catches up with The Rev. Karen Yokota Love at the luncheon. Shaped by Love: Lent, Justice, and the Power of Community By the Rev. Karen Yokota Love, additional photos by Jesse N. Love, et.al. “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is —...
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All are Welcome! Easter Sunday April 5, 2026, 10:00 a.m. View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Sermon Reflection Questions Where do I see “chaos” in my own life or in the world around me, and how might God be bringing life or hope in the middle of it? In what ways am I being called to “rise with Christ” — rising above fear, division, or exclusion in my daily relationships and ministry? Who might be feeling excluded, unheard, or marginalized in my community, and how can I actively create space for them at the table? What does it look...
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All are Welcome! Palm Sunday March 29, 2026, 10:00 a.m. View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Sermon Reflection Questions As we enter into Holy Week, take at least ten minutes a day to do some personal inventory on the state of your heart and inner space. What is on your mind and heart lately that needs you to recommit to hope? Order of Worship Prelude “Mantos y Palmas”UMH #279Kathy OnishiWelcome of Grace and Greeting Rev. Dr. Mark C. Hearn Land AcknowledgmentRev. Dr. Mark C. Hearn*Call to Worship Howard Nakase*Opening Hymn “Hosanna,...
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All are Welcome! Fifth Sunday in Lent March 21, 2026, 10:00 a.m. View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Order of Worship Prelude“Time Now to Gather” TFWS #2265Kathy OnishiLand Acknowlegement Rev. Dr. Jeney Park-Hearn *Call to WorshipMichelle Vaughan*Opening Hymn“Holy, Holy, Holy”UMH #64Kathy and Eugene OnishiOpening PrayerMichelle VaughanFirst Scripture ReadingJohn 11:1-45 (CEB)Tsutomu Nagoya, Michelle VaughanChildren’s MessageSai HanaokaSpecial AnnouncementSusan LeePastoral...
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All are Welcome! Fourth Sunday in Lent March 15, 2026, 10:00 a.m. View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Sermon Reflection Questions: Where in your life could you “leave something in the field” for someone in need this week? Who are the vulnerable people around you that God is calling you to notice or care for? What is one concrete action you can take to show mercy or justice in your home, neighborhood, or community? Order of Worship Prelude“Change My Heart, O God”TFWS #2152Kathy...
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All are Welcome! Third Sunday in Lent March 8, 2026, 10:00 a.m. View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Video Sermon Reflection Questions: Where do you see scarcity thinking in your own life? When have you looked at what you have — time, energy, money, gifts — and thought, “It’s not enough”? What might change if you placed it in Christ’s hands? What does it mean to move from spectator to participant? In what ways might Jesus be saying to you today, “You give them something to eat”? Where is God inviting you to actively engage...
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All are Welcome! Second Sunday in Lent March 1, 2026 View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Video Sermon Reflection Questions: If the ledger of your heart were projected for all to see, what would you most hope God would say about you — and what might you fear God would reveal? (What does that tension tell you about your understanding of grace?) In Gospel of Luke 7, Simon believes he owes little, while the woman knows she has been forgiven much. Where in your life are you more like Simon — careful, composed, certain you’re doing fine...
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All are Welcome! Day of Remembrance Sunday Remembering 84 Years February 22, 2026 | 10:00 a.m. View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Photos Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. A general all over view of a section of the emergency center looking north and west. Woodland, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry are boarding a special train for Merced Assembly center. These people are a part of a group of 750 persons evacuated from this rich farming area. Harvesting spinach, Tule Lake Relocation Center, September 8,...
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All are Welcome! Transfiguration Sunday Feb. 15, 2026, 10 a.m. View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Video Sermon Questions Mountaintop momentsThink about a time when you experienced clarity, joy, or a sense of God’s presence — a “mountaintop moment.”What made that moment meaningful for you?How did it shape what came next, if at all? Light in the valleyJesus says, “You are the light of the world.”What does that idea stir in you — comfort, challenge, uncertainty, hope?Where do you see darkness or heaviness in your own life or...
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