Thanksgiving Meals, Giving Tree 2025!
Kimball Elementary School Thanksgiving Meals and Giving Tree 2025 By Terri Adolfo, photos by Kai Yamamoto, Jesse N. Love, and Kaylee Yokoyama We are partnering with Kimball Elementary School this year to provide Thanksgiving meals and Christmas gifts for their underprivileged students and families. To increase our capacity to serve more families, the Thanksgiving meals will be mostly store-bought. Similar to last year, we will gather to make apple crisps and mashed potatoes. Eunice Gong, a parent at Blaine Memorial UMC, helps prep...
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All are Welcome! Twenty-Second Sunday of Pentecost Camp Sunday, Veterans Sunday November 9, 2025, 10:00am View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Sermon Questions When you look at your own life as a kaleidoscope, what are the “shards” — experiences, relationships, or challenges — that have shaped your faith and how you see God today? How has God helped you find beauty or meaning in moments that first felt chaotic, uncertain, or broken? As a reflection of God’s light, how might you let your unique colors — your gifts, passions, and...
read moreAll Saints Sunday, Dia de Los Muertos
All are Welcome! All Saints Sunday, Dia de Los Muertos November 2, 2025, 10:00am View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Sermon Questions What saint in your life has had the greatest influence on your faith? It is common to think about “saints” as holier-than-thou and as the rare few. By virtue of our baptism, we are all called toward being saints. Do you think of yourself as called to be a saint? Why or why not? What difference would it make if you thought of yourself as a saint? Order of Worship...
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All are Welcome! Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost October 26, 2025, 10:00am View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Sermon Questions Two people go to the temple to pray: a Pharisee and a tax collector. What strikes you about their prayers? (What do their words and body language tell us about their posture toward God and others?) What does true humility look like? (How is it different from self-hatred or low self-worth?) Where today do we see spiritual practices or religious spaces used to elevate some and exclude others? What would...
read moreNineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
All are Welcome! Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost October 19, 2025, 10:00am View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Sermon Questions When have you ever felt like a stranger — and how did someone make you feel welcome? What does it mean for our church to welcome immigrants and people who feel left out? How can we choose faith over fear in our community today? What can we do to make sure everyone — especially Hispanic/Latinx families — feels like a full part of the church family? Order of Worship Prelude“Cuando El...
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All are Welcome! Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost October 12, 2025, 10:00am View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Sermon Questions 1. FocusWhat are the “quarrels and distractions” in my life right now that keep me from focusing on Jesus, and how might I realign my attention toward Christ? 2. UnboundWhere have I placed chains—on myself, on others, or even on God’s work—and how might I live more freely in the unbound grace of Christ? 3. RememberingLike the Samaritan who returned with gratitude, what specific act of God’s mercy in my...
read moreSeventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, World Communion Sunday
All are Welcome! Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost October 5, 2025, 10:00am View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Sermon Questions Where in your life right now do you feel the need to pray, “Lord, increase my faith”? Who might be “at the table” with you today—whether near or far—whom you struggle to see as part of the same body of Christ? If our mustard-seed faith can grow into a shelter for the world, what step can you take this week to nurture unity, healing, or hope in someone’s life? Order of Worship Prelude“In the...
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All are Welcome! Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 28, 2025, 10:00am View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Sermon Questions Who are the “Lazaruses” at the gate in our world today (locally and globally)? Why is it sometimes easier to ignore people in need? What do you think Jesus wants us to learn from this story? (About wealth? Death? The afterlife? Life in the here and now?) Order of Worship PreludeWe Will Glorify the King of KingsTFWS #2087By Twila ParisKathy OnishiWelcome of Grace and GreetingRev. Job PangilinanLand...
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All are Welcome! Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 21, 2025, 10:00am View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Sermon Questions Have you ever thought of yourself as a “manager” of God’s stuff? Why or why not? What’s one way you’ve seen money become a tool instead of a treasure? What does this teach us about the importance of wise planning and intentionality? In what ways does our current culture promote either stewardship or ownership of wealth? Order of Worship PreludeMore Like You TFWS #2167 Miriam Tong Welcome...
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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 14, 2025, 10:00am View the livestream Facebook Instagram YouTube Sermon Questions How do we find hope? How do we keep hope? How do you search for both the “sheep” and the “coins” in your own communities? How can you be more attentive to those who are lost, overlooked, or marginalized? Order of Worship PreludeBless His Holy NameBy Andrae CrouchTFWS #2015Kathy OnishiWelcome of Grace and GreetingRev. Karen Yokota LoveLand AcknowledgementRev. Karen Yokota LoveCall to...
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