Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
All are Welcome! Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost October 13, 2024, 10:00am Hybrid Worship Today’s altar flowers are provided by Miriam Tong View the PDF Order of Worship PreludeGather Us In(TFWS #2236)Kathy OnishiWelcome of Grace and GreetingRev. Cruz Edwin Santos*Call to WorshipRev. Cruz Edwin Santos*Opening SongWhen the Poor Ones (Cuando El Pobre)Michelle Vaughan and Kathy OnishiOpening PrayerRev. Cruz Edwin SantosFirst Scripture ReadingMark 10:17-31 (JLB, CEB)Tsutomu Nagoya, Ron NobuyamaChildren’s MessageStephen Sumida Second...
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All are Welcome! Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost World Communion Sunday October 6, 2024 • 10:00am Hybrid Worship View the PDF Order of Worship PreludeHow Majestic is Your Name(TFWS #2023)Kathy OnishiWelcome of Grace and GreetingRev. Karen Yokota Love*Call to Worship Based on Psalm 26*Opening SongTime Now to Gather(TFWS #2265) Eugene and Kathy OnishiOpening PrayerStephen SumidaFirst Scripture ReadingMark 10:13-16Tsutomu Nagoya, Stephen SumidaChildren’s MessageSai HanaokaSpecial MusicChrist Came to Live HereAmong UsBy Hal H. HopsonBlaine...
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Can our Blaine Memorial members give 10% to build a new kin-dom here on earth? If not our time, what talents can we give during this stewardship season? Stewardship: 90 is Greater than 100 By Anne Arakaki-Lock I just read an article about 90 being more than 100. Go figure. Some of you may know where I may be going with this as it is Stewardship season and each of us will decide what to give this coming year. The idea is that if you tithe 10% of what you make, you get way more back than what you had before giving. In Malachi’s day, God...
read moreBlaine Memorial’s Mighty Rock
Blaine Memorial UMC’s new stone welcoming sign was provided by the Maekawa and Tada families. Blaine Memorial’s Mighty Rock By Elaine Chin Earlier this year, a new entrance sign was installed at our Blaine Memorial UMC campus, donated by the Tada and Maekawa families in gratitude to God for the lives and ministries of Shig & Marianne Tada and Bill & Sani Maekawa. We honor, remember and celebrate them and countless other faith filled, dedicated servants in our Blaine congregation over the past 120 years, present and future. Bill and...
read moreMission Guatemala 2024!
Along with kitchen construction and dental care, the Mission Guatemala team held Vacation Bible School for about 30 children in the local Mayan community. Mission Guatemala brings health, hope, and faith to impoverished community By Donna Sekijima From August 16 through August 24, our Blaine mission team (19 from Blaine Memorial and 3 from Mt. Vernon First UMC) traveled to Panajachel, Guatemala in Central America, working with a UMC related organization, Mission Guatemala. They are a faith-based non-profit organization that serves the...
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Blaine Memorial UMC church members attend Opening Day at the WA State Fair to view the Remembrance Gallery. The Rev. Karen Yokota Love speaks during the Liberation Obon at the Northwest ICE Processing Center. Remembrance ushers in Autumn events, ministerial opportunities By the Rev. Karen Yokota Love Although I love all four seasons, I have a special fondness for autumn. Autumn ushers in cooler temperatures, shorter days, and brilliant colors. You can’t miss fall or ignore it. I love walking around the neighborhood and admiring the...
read moreNineteenth Sunday after Pentecost & Mission Guatemala Sunday
All are Welcome! Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Mission Guatemala Sunday September 29, 2024, 10:00am Hybrid Worship Continue scrolling or view the PDF Order of Worship PreludeThe Family Prayer SongMorris Chapman Kathy Onishi Welcome of Grace and GreetingRev. Karen Yokota Love*Call to WorshipJill Nishi*Opening Song Spirit SongUMH #347 Eugene and Kathy Onishi Opening Prayer Josh AkiyamaCelebrating the Reappointments of Our Clergy Arlene NaganawaFirst Scripture Reading James 5:13-20 Tsutomu...
read moreEighteenth Sunday after Pentecost & Camping Ministries Sunday
All are Welcome! Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Camping Ministries Sunday September 22, 2024, 10:00am Hybrid Worship Continue scrolling or view the PDF Today’s altar flowers are provided by The Sekijima Family in memory of Connie Sekijima. Order of Worship PreludeMatthew 11By Wes TerasakiNathan BuckWelcome of Grace and Greeting Rev. Karen Yokota Love*Call to Worship Marisa Ikegami*Opening Congregational Song Christ In Me Nathan Buck and the BYG YouthOpening PrayerMarisa IkegamiFirst Scripture ReadingHebrews 13:5-8Tsutomu Nagoya, Marcus...
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All are Welcome! Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost September 15, 2024 • 10:00am Hybrid Worship Continue scrolling or view the PDF Thank you Miriam Tong for today’s flower arrangement Order of Worship Prelude AriosoJ.S. Bach (arr. Lorenz)Campanella Bell ChoirWelcome of Grace and Greeting Rev. Karen Yokota Love*Call to WorshipBy Dr. Lisa Hancock Christine Yorozu*Opening Song As the Deer (TFWS #2025)Eugene Onishi and Miriam TongOpening Prayer Christine YorozuFirst Scripture ReadingJames 3:1-12 (JLB,...
read moreSixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
All are Welcome! Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 8, 2024, 10:00am Hybrid Worship Continue scrolling or view the PDF Today’s altar flowers are provided by the Nagaoka Family in memory of Dick Nagaoka. Order of Worship PreludeStillBy ZschechMiriam TongWelcome of Grace and GreetingRev. Karen Yokota Love*Call to WorshipBy Rev. Dr. Safiyah FosuaTim Ikegami*Opening SongLord, Whose Love Through Humble Service(UMH #581)Neal Komedal and Miriam TongOpening PrayerTim IkegamiFirst Scripture ReadingMark 7:24-37 (JLB, CEB) Tsutomu Nagoya,...
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