Spring Rains (in autumn) + In-person Services

Autumn leaves in Fukuoka

We are into November already, and coming into a new season as a church. This month in Fukuoka we will be meeting twice (11/14 & 11/28) for in-person services on Sundays! As we start our new series called “Love Your Neighbour”, with a focus on invitation and sharing the good news of Jesus with others, we are looking forward to … Read More

Wrapping Up October

We hope you have had a great week, it was great seeing some of you at the park last week! This Sunday wraps up our series on “The Lord’s Prayer”. Matthew 6:9-13 NIV “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is … Read More

October Update

It was great to see many of you at our first park day. Tamae and Tetsuro said the combined online connect group for those who couldn’t join was encouraging too, they really enjoyed hearing good reports and journal shares from people outside their normal connect groups. We are looking forward to our next park day on 10/24, 1:30-4:30pm at Ohori … Read More

What triggers you?

Life is full of events that trigger something in us. Often people focus on negative things out of our control that trigger negative responses in us, but I want to encourage you that we have the power to create positive, Godly triggers in our life that lead to us giving our best to God, our families, and our friends. As … Read More

Unshakables

A building still standing after an earthquake

We hope you’ve had a great week and enjoyed being back in Connect Group last weekend. If you missed out, don’t worry! You can jump in this week, and we will be having Connect Groups up until the end of November so we would love to see you in a group. Sign Up Here This past week in my Connect … Read More

Build Each Other Up

Welcome to September, we hope you have had a great week as we head into the weekend. This week we are starting a new message series called “Filled”, focusing on the Holy Spirit in our lives. And of course we are excited that Connect Groups are back this weekend! Last week during our 11:30am service livestream we asked people what … Read More

Little things make up big things

We are in our Summer of Love series, talking about all things relationships. And when Yuumi and I shared our story of how we overcome the differences we find in each other to have a great marriage, one thing I said is that little things make up big things. Most big successes, or failures, are the result of many little … Read More

7 Steps to Financial Freedom

7 Steps to Financial Freedom

Nothing makes you think about your finances like a disruption to them. COVID-19 has disrupted finances not just here in Japan, but all around the world. Many people have had reduced hours resulting in reduced income. Some people have lost their income altogether as job opportunities fell through or businesses had to close or cut back. While we can’t control … Read More

What is the church? (Why I love it)

International Community

The church to me is a collection of (close) relationships between people and God, their lives and their common faith. This shared faith, that Jesus is the Son of God, is what connects believers all around the world. We who share this common faith naturally have personal relationships with individuals within the church; friendships, brotherly and sisterly, motherly and fatherly … Read More

WHAT DO I DO IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS? (THE 4 ‘P’S’)

What should I do? Search engine

Life as we know it has changed. Our everyday lives look very different to how they did even a month ago. What we would normally do we can’t, which leaves us with the question – what do I do? Here are four things that we can do both now, and in the future beyond coronavirus. Pray first. Before doing anything … Read More