Tokyo Union Church was founded in 1872(!) and is an ecumenical and international congregation of English-speaking Christians located in Tokyo, Japan.  

The word "union" is used to indicate that the membership is composed of Christians from many churches and nationalities who are united through a common faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.  

The members of Tokyo Union Church bring the richness of their own Christian heritage and experience into our worship, study, fellowship and service.  Tokyo Union Church is independent and financially self-supporting; it is  a member of the National Christian Council of Japan. 

We invite you to come and worship with us!

SUMMER ADULT EDUCATION CLASS led by TUC interns, James and Nicole Rienstra: "What the Bible Says About..." The class runs for 8 weeks and explores questions Christians often ask about forgiveness, money, prayer, work, relationships, our bodies, justice, the church, and other challenges for the life of discipleship. The series kicks off on 21 June in the sanctuary at 11.30am. Child care is available in the 1F nursery. We look forward to a great summer of growth and fellowship together.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSIE! TUC's oldest member is having a birthday. Jessie Banno turns 98 on June 24th. Please remember her in your prayers and if you would like to send her a birthday card, her address is 1-16 Wakaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0011

YOUTH MINISTRY DIRECTOR: We are beginning our search process for a new, part-time (60 hours a month) youth ministry director. This person would work with the Associate Pastor and the Youth Elder in leading programs for our middle school and high school youth. Anyone interested in exploring this opportunity should contact Youth 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

Attention Moms/Women:  Join us for an exciting time of study and fellowship.  This six-week class explores "the friendship" that God teaches us through stories in the Bible.  The text for the class is "Gaining and Being a Friend."  The group meets Sundays in 4F ELC Library from 9:45 to 10:45 am and is conducted in English and Japanese.  Contact: Toshiko Carroll or Manami Keuning: david.keuning@hawaiiantel.net

Mom's Bible Study (Thursday morning, 9:30 – 11:15 am in the 2F classroom) has started a new study.  Jen Hatmaker in Tune In: Hearing God’s Voice Through Static provides a truly fun and “modern girl” way of studying the Bible.    All moms of infants to school age children are welcome.  Childcare is provided for 1000 yen.  For more information and childcare reservations, please contact Betsy at betsy@skarecky.com or Tomomi at tomomi.kumagai.c@gmail.com.

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 (visherjc@jcom.home.ne.jp)

MOPS INTERNATIONAL exists to meet the needs of every mom - urban, suburban and rural moms, stay-at-home and working moms, single and married moms - moms with different lifestyles who all share a similar desire to be the very best moms they can be!
MOPS recognizes that the years from infancy through kindergarten are foundational in a mother-child relationship and are filled with unique needs. (www.mops.org)

MOPS is a smart, relevant, and caring network, helping moms to be better women and moms through trusted resources and supportive relationships.
The next meeting will be held on Thursday, 28 May 2009 from 9.30am - 12 noon, in Fellowship Hall, church's basement.
Childcare is provided for your little ones!!! Childcare reservation recommended (but not necessary). We look forward to seeing you there!

For More Information about MOPS at Tokyo Union Church, please contact us at TUCWS.MOPS@gmail.com (English and Japanese)

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.

POLO (Parents of Little Ones) is an adult education Sunday morning class.  We welcome all parents - no matter how old your "little ones" are.  We have started a new study based on John Ortberg's book "If you want to walk on water, you've have to get out of the boat".  Please join us at 9:45 am in the basement library!

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. Nicole Rienstra (Seminary Intern) will be leading the next Evening Praise service on 5th July. James Rienstra (Seminary Intern) will be leading on 2nd August.

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

THE PRAYER CHAIN is a group of people who are contacted by email, fax or phone to pray for the leaders and ministries of TUC and for any other prayer requests we receive during the week. Contact Mary Foster at tucprayer@yahoo.com.au with your prayer requests.

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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