As there is no holiday on December 25, we'll be having our Christmas Service and celebration on December 23, beginning at 3:30 pm. This year, Takeshi and his jazz band will bless us with some jazz right before the main service. There is a pot-luck supper afterwards, but even if you're not able to bring anything, please join us anyway, as there is always plenty to eat and drink.

November 4.  In celebration of World Sunday School Day, the children lead the worship service. They prayed, lead the worship, collected the offering and did the bible readings. It was a great time to see the future leaders of the church in action.

As we do every year, our church prepared some shoebox gifts to send to children in need all over the world. We brought all our gifts and stuffed them in shoeboxes together, and prayed that these presents would help point children to the joy of knowing the greatest gift ever that the Lord has given us in Christ.

Takeshi and Denise and their band blessed us with a great night of music in Gifu. They played a swinging selection of jazz and blues tunes, to a packed house of church members, friends, work colleagues and the general public. Hopefully we'll be able to host similar events again in the future.

October 13 Live Jazz in Gifu
October 14 Pastor's appreciation day
October 21 Boxing Day (Operation Christmas Child Shoe boxes). Asian Rural Institute.
October 28 Fellowship dinner

November 4 World's Sunday School Day
November 25 Fellowship dinner

December 2 Appreciation Sunday

December 23 Christmas Service with fellowship dinner

January 27 Annual General Meeting. Fellowship dinner.