Sunday, April 21. We'll be having a special service to celebrate the death and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour, followed by a fellowship meal afterwards. Everyone is welcome to attend, and especially first-time visitors.

Sunday, March 24. It may have been chilly and too early for sakura, but we had a great time eating delicious foods and chatting with people, playing fun games and winning prizes.  Even shivering is fun when you have a church family to do it with.  The event was a blessing for all those who attended.

December 23.  We had a busy but wonderful Christmas celebration in 2018. After lunch, a group from NUC handed out over 200 small gifts to passerby in Sakae, inviting them to our Christmas celebration. Then, from 3:30, we were blessed with a love jazz performance by Takeshi and Denise, with their band. After that we worshipped and sang praises to the Lord, remembering the birth of Christ, during our Christmas church service. Finally, there was a delicious banquet for supper, where we enjoyed each other's company and conversation through mouthfulls of pumpkin soup, pizza, sushi, ginderbread men and chocolate.

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.

March 3   Communion service.

March 10  Bible study from 2:45. Regular worship.

March 17  Regular worship.

March 24  Hanami Party at Meijo Koen. Bible study from 2:45. Regular worship.

March 31  Regular worship. Fellowship meal after the service.

April 7   Communion service. Dan Bowker as guest preacher.

April 14   Bible study from 2:45. Regular worship with guest David Livengood.

April 21   Easter service. Fellowship meal afterwards.

April 28   Bible study from 2:45. Regular worship. No fellowship meal today.

May 5   Communion service.

May 12   Bible study from 2:45. Regular worship with Christian as guest preacher.

May 19   Regular worship.

May 26   Bible study from 2:45. Regular worship. Fellowship meal after the service.

June 2   Communion service.

June 9   Bible study from 2:45. Regular worship.

June 16   Regular worship.

June 23   Bible study from 2:45. Regular worship.

June 30   Regular worship. Fellowship meal after the service.