SUNDAY MORNING
GREETERS NEEDED. We are looking for
people to volunteer. Please contact Yuko Isa
on
yukoisa@uahoo.com or Suzie Kim on
suziekim530@yahoo.co.jp
NEW
SENIOR HIGH YOUTH MINISTRY DIRECTOR: The
Youth Ministry team is excited to introduce
TUC’s new Senior High Youth Ministry
Director, Yukiko Terada. Yukiko has been a
member of TUC since 2004 and has been
volunteering with our youth program since
2005. Yukiko is a former member of Beijing
International Fellowship and also works for
the Deutsche Bank Group. Thank you for your
support and prayers for Yukiko and TUC’s
youth.
MIDDLE
SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY DIRECTOR: The
Youth Ministry team is searching for a
ministry director for our middle school
youth program. The position is part time
(approximately 25-30 hours a month). This
person would work with the Associate Pastor,
the Youth Elder, and the Youth Ministry Team
in leading programs for our middle school
youth. Please contact Youth Ministry Elder,
Janelle Odate at jmodate@mx.catv.ne.jp.
LEADERS OF NEW DVD-BASED CLASSES NEEDED
at TUC on Sundays. For more information,
see online video samples and websites of
suggested DVD materials, including N.T.
(Tom) Wright's Living Faith (www.christianbook.com),
Simply Christian (www.wesleyministrynetwork.com)
and Jesus The New Way (www.
visionvideo.com). Contact Hisashi
Yukimoto at hisashy@yahoo.co.jp
TUC ALPHA Course meets at 6.45pm on
Fridays in the Fellowship Hall. For more
info on the ALPHA course, please see
www.alphajapan.jp or contact
Suzie Kim or
Kiku
Horinouchi
ARE YOU READING THE BIBLE AS GOD'S ONE
STORY OR BROKEN PIECES? Participants,
co-leaders and helpers are needed to start a
new post-beginner adult Bible study called
'Reading the Bible as a Drama' on Sundays. PowerPoint slides, the Learning Bible(s), dramatized audio Bible CDs, and
Bible movie DVDs may be used to experience
the "dramatic" Bible study. Contact Hisashi
Yukimoto (hisashiy2000@yahoo.co.jp) and see
the book websites
www.thedramaofscripture.com
and the "Unfolding Drama of the Bible" at
http://www.augsburgfortress.org
for more information.
THE TUC YOUNG ADULTS GROUP (YAG) MEETINGS
will be held on Sundays. The activities may
include prayers, planning, singing, group
studies and fellowship. Bringing your own
lunch would be appreciated. For more
information, talk to the elder, Dan Jones,
at TUC on Sundays.
“GOING DEEPER” -SERMON FEEDBACK CLASS:
Several have expressed interest in using
the Sunday sermon manuscript as a way of
understanding the message and English
better. This is a bi-lingual class. If you
are “challenged” in English, you are
welcome. For more information,
please contact John Visher, leader (visher.jc@hotmail.com)
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR USHERING
A church usher is a person in a church who
completes many tasks, such as seating
people, serving communion, and collecting
the offering.
The church usher has many duties which
include:
- Greeting people entering the service, and
at Tokyo Union church, entering the worship
sanctuary
- Seating attendees, and assisting women
with children, the elderly in particular to
find seats attendees
- Collecting Tithes and Offerings
- Directing attendees during communion
- In the case of an emergency, reporting or
contacting the people needed for the
situation.
- Keeping order in the sanctuary and acting
as first line of security
- Liaising with the clergy or church
officers to maintain a peaceful worship
atmosphere
- Of course there are more duties and for
those of who you who have attended Tokyo
Union Church, you have seen me usher on a
number of occasions so you have an idea of
the work that we do.
Please contact Sam Mchombo if you can help
on
sam.mchombo@jcom.hom.ne.jp or contact
the church office.
MUSICIANS, SINGERS, AND MUSIC RESOURCES
from many cultures are needed for
practicing "TUC global worship for a global
God" (Sermon
Podcast 9 Sep 07, on the TUC
Podcast site). We are looking for those
particularly from the non-Western world. Contact Hisashi
Yukimoto at hisashiy2000@yahoo.co.jp or talk
to him at the 1F reception counter on Sunday
mornings.
TUC PODCASTS -
have you ever missed Sunday worship and
wanted to hear a recording of the sermon?
Are you an ex-member of TUC, moved away but
still want to keep in touch with the message
from TUC? Is your first language not English
and you missed the meaning of a part of the
sermon or, do you simply want to replay the
sermon and hear it again? Now you can with
the addition of Podcasts to help you!
Podcasting is the distribution of audio or
video files over the internet. You can
subscribe to a Podcast and listen to it or
watch it when you want on your iPod or home
computer. You will automatically receive new
episodes. The TUC Podcasts are limited to audio sermons
at the moment.
Instructions for use: A) iPod users -
please go to the
TUC Podcast page and click on the
"Subscribe" icon. It will add the TUC
podcast to your Podcasts in iTunes. You can
also click
here to take you to the TUC Podcast.
Alternatively, simply search for "Tokyo
Union" when you are in iTunes Store and you
will find it
B) Computer users. If you don't have
an iPod, you can either listen to the
Podcast from iTunes which you can download
from
www.itunes.com or jump directly to this
link and play from your internet
browser. Remember to follow the instructions
in A) to add the TUC Podcast to your iTunes
Podcast list
WEEKLY PRAYER
GROUP
The weekly prayer group is held every
Wednesday. Please join us in the 2nd floor
classroom from 7:30--9:00pm (or for as long
as you can stay). (Please enter TUC through
the back door.) Everyone is welcome! For
more information, contact Jean Wilson at
(03) 3803-3417 or write
jinko@gol.com
EVENING
PRAISE
The Evening Praise service is normally
held on the first Sunday of every month at
4pm in the sanctuary. The Evening Praise
service features guest speakers or preachers
and more contemporary music than the morning
services on Sunday. James Rienstra
(Seminary Intern) will be leading the next Evening Praise service on
2nd August. There will be a special
presentation by the Arts Ministry on 6
September with commentary and prayers from
Ken Owusu.
VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED!
If you have time to give on Sundays or
on weekdays, please contact the church
office on 03-3400-0047 or email
tuc@gol.com
FLOWERS: Would you like to donate
flowers (¥3,000) for a specific Sunday? A
sign-up sheet & flower envelopes are in the
lobby. Please write your name, indicate the
occasion and amount contributed. Flower
arrangers are also needed
COFFEE HOUR HELP NEEDED
We're looking for more volunteers to help
host coffee hour after our 11am service on
Sundays. Please contact Suresh Kukde on
3752-6919 or 090-3345-1898
THE POWER OF PRAYER: Understand how
the power of prayer can work in your life by
attending the the Prayer Group which still
meets every Wednesday at 7.30 pm (2nd floor
classroom) and by joining the Prayer Chain.
The latter is a group of people who are
contacted by email, fax, or phone to pray
for the leaders and ministeries of TUC and
for any prayer requests they receive during
the week. Contact Mary Foster at
tucprayer@yahoo.com.au with your
prayer requests. For the weekly Prayer
Group, please contact Jean Wilson on
jinko@gol.com
WEBMASTER
If you have any comments or suggestions
concerning this website and would like to
send them directly to the
webmaster, please feel free to do so.
Any relevant content including digital
photos would be greatly appreciated. For
general information about the church, please
email to
tuc@gol.com
ABOUT
KOINONIA
Due to the new Personal Information
Protection Law law which came into effect on
1st April 2005, we have had to remove the
link to the Koinonia archive since these
publications generally contain specific
information about people from our church. In
addition we will also be removing the
announcements section from the bulletins
from the downloadable bulletins in the
archive. If you would like to receive an
on-line pdf version of the latest Koinonia,
please send an email to
tuc@gol.com and we will email the
file to you on return.
These changes are being made to comply with
the new legislation but also to protect
information from "outsiders" of the church.
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About TUC
Tokyo
Union Church was founded in 1872(!) and is an ecumenical and international
congregation of English-speaking Christians located in Tokyo, Japan.