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!

RALLY DAY ON 7 SEPT 2008
was a great success with many people, both newcomers and existing  members taking time to visit all the different ministry stands from the 4th floor of the church all the way down to the basement to learn more about the church missions and activities. Everyone was given a card with which to attach a sticker they received from each stand. Once you had collected sufficient stickers on your card, you were rewarded with a delicious spaghetti lunch served in the Fellowship Hall. The TUC choir provided musical entertainment.

Many thanks for all the hard work of the ministry teams and to the visitors who expressed so much enthusiasm to get involved with TUC.

Please click here to see a Photo Gallery of the day. Special thanks to Peter Mathies who contributed many photos.

NEW MEMBERS ORIENTATION CLASS
A warm Welcome to our newcomers and visitors! THE NEXT new member’s orientation class will be held on September 21 from 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm, in the 2F classroom. A light lunch is included. We invite anyone who is interested in learning more about TUC and how to serve in ministry with us

THE BASIC BIBLE STUDY CLASS is now focusing on the Gospel of John. We are using new Learning Bibles with colorful graphics, plain texts and notations, mini-articles on key concepts, and questions for discussions, along with an accompanying dramatized audio Bible, a textbook, and a movie on the John's Gospel. Join us and invite beginners and English learners to the class at B1 WS Office on Sundays (except on the third Sun. of the month) from 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. For more information, contact the teacher, Hisashi Yukimoto (hisashiy2000@yahoo.co.jp).

AMAZING RACE, AMAZING GRACE
"Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us." (Hebrews 12:1)

Saturday, September 20th
2-7 p.m. (Dinner Included)
For 6th-12th Graders
Just like the television show, we’ll go all over Tokyo looking for clues and facing challenges.
For more information, please contact Ann Chow, Youth Ministry Director (tuc-youth@gol.com).
Please give the 1000 yen transportation fee to Ann by Wed., Sept. 17th.
*We still need at least 10 more adults to help out.

THE TUC ANNUAL FAMILY RETREAT will be held from October 3-5, 2008 at the YMCA International Conference Center, Tozanso. Please keep these dates free. For more information contact Suresh Kukde, 090-3345-1898 or (03) 3752-6919 or kukde@tka.att.ne.jp

THE TOKYO UNION CHURCH EARLY LEARNING CENTER is looking for a committed Christian Director with relevant experience for its Early Childhood Education program. Candidates should be native English speakers, with relevant Early Childhood Education qualifications, a Masters degree or higher, and previous administrative experience is highly desirable. If you are interested, resumes can be left at the church office or emailed to TUCELCDirectorSearch@gmail.com by August 24th. We would encourage you to tell anyone who is suitably qualified about this opportunity. If anyone requires further information, please contact Lauraleen Gaudio at TUCELCDirectorSearch@gmail.com

TUC VIP ALPHA COURSE OMOTESANDO
The Evangelism Ministry Team will start the TUC VIP Alpha Course Omotesando
(see http://alphacourse.org/ and http://www.alphajapan.jp/ for more details)
with the Introduction Dinner from 6 pm on Saturday, September 6, 2008.
Who is the Holy Spirit leading you to invite to attend??? Everyone is welcome.

The ALPHA course is an opportunity for anyone to explore the Christian faith in easy-to-understand and relaxed manner. More than 7 million people
worldwide have completed the ALPHA course.
Admission is free and anyone who is interested in taking the course or
inviting friends are all welcome.

TUC VIP Alpha Course Omotesando Introduction Dinner
Prepared in cooperation with our Fellowship Ministry Team led by Suresh Kukde.
Around 100 people have attended past Introduction Dinners.
Date：September 6, 2008 （Saturday.）18:00～21:00
Venue：Tokyo Union Church B1 Fellowship Hall

5-7-7 Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0001
Tel: 03-3400-0047 Website: www.tokyounion.org
Access to TUC location: http://www2.gol.com/users/tuc/location_e.htm

Program：18:00～Greeting and Dinner

Speech from the organizer Introduction of the course

Featuring Videoキリスト教とは？ 「What is Christianity？」
Following weeks will start from 19:00 and end at 21:30 followed by discussion after 9pm held at a local coffee shop/ restaraunt.
＜Schedule＞※通常のコースは、19:00開始21:30終了です。
• Friday, September 12「イエスとは?」 Who Is Jesus?
• Friday, September 19「イエスの死とは?」 Why Did Jesus Die?
• Friday, September 26「確かに信じるには？」 How Can I Be Sure of My Faith?
• Friday, October 3「聖書を読むには?」Why and How Should I Read the Bible?
• Friday, October 10「神に祈るとは？」 Why and How Do I Pray?
• Friday, October 17「神の導きとは?」 How Does God Guide Us?
• Saturday, October 25-Sunday, October 26 「聖霊とは？」 Who is the Holy Spirit?
What Does the Holy Spirit Do? How can I Be Filled With the Spirit?
Weekend Away at Okutama Bible Chalet (OBC) in Ome City, Tokyo, Telephone 0428-76-0931; for information in English see http://o-bc.net/e.frame.html and for information in Japanese see http://o-bc.net/j.frame.html
email: obc@send.jp; thanks to the support of OBC staff Bruce Harris and others.
• Friday, October 31「悪に対抗するには？」 How Can I Resist Evil?
• Friday, November 7 「イエスを伝えるとは?」Why and How Should We Tell Others?
• Friday, November 14 「神のいやしとは?」 Does God Heal Today?
• Friday, November 21 「教会とは?」 What About the Church?
• Saturday, ??????? Celebration Dinner 「これからの人生を最大限に活用するには？」How Can I Make the Most of the Rest of My Life?
Please feel free to contact Alpha Coordinators:
Kiku Horinouchi at kiku133@yahoo.co.jp or 080-5530-3263
Etsuko Nakajima at etsuky33@wf7.so-net.ne.jp or 090-5826-4034
Elder John Visher at visherjc@jcom.home.ne.jp or 090-6318-5112

Please join the Friday evening Prayer meetings from 7:30 to 9 pm from July 11 to August 29 in the B1 Library of TUC to prepare for the start of the Alpha Course.

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.

MESSAGE FROM ASSOCIATE PASTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
Tokyo Union Church (Tokyo, JAPAN)* currently has a position available to serve as an associate pastor.  The search committee is informing relevant organisations of this position, and asks for your sincere co-operation.  If you or your colleagues know of an applicable candidate(s), please forward the following information:

Requirements
Education - Masters of Divinity (MDiv) or equivalent
Ordained or ordainable
Provide leadership for a broad range of ministries in our international, English-speaking church

Direct inquiries to tucapsc@gmail.com

With anticipatory thanks for your consideration and understanding. Please click here for the job advertisement and here for the letter from the search committee.

In Christ,
Tokyo Union Church Associate Pastor Search Committee

E-Mail:  tucapsc@gmail.com

MOPS INTERNATIONAL exists to meet the needs of every mom - urban, suburban and rural moms, stay-at-home and working moms, teen, 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.

MOPS is a smart, relevant, and caring network, helping moms to be better women and moms through trusted resources and supportive relationships.
MOPS is about…
Celebrating Motherhood
Meeting Needs
Making Connections
Experiencing God’s love through Relationships and Resources

Due to the summer holidays, the next meeting will be on 25th September, 2008 9:30 am until 12:00 pm in the TUC Fellowship Hall in the basement.

~Qualified childcare provided for little ones~
Bring your little ones to have fun with their own activities at the same time!
MOPS at Tokyo Union Church meets monthly from 9:30 am until 12:00 pm, in the Fellowship Hall in the church basement.

We look forward to welcoming you! Click here for more information.

You can also contact us as follows:

Email: TUCWS.MOPS@gmail.com (English and Japanese)
Phone: 03-3953-4333 (English)
MOPS main website: www.mops.org
MOPS membership is 3,000 yen a year

POLO (Parents of Little Ones) is an adult education Sunday morning class. We welcome all parents - no matter how old your little ones are. On Sunday 3rd Feb, we'll be discussing "Christ Figures in Literature and Film" and then embark on a series of studies from the book of Ecclesiastes. Please join us at 9.45am in the basement library.

JAVA CLASS - What is fasting? Have you ever fasted? Is it safe and healthy to fast? What does the Bible say is the reward for fasting? Fasting seems to be a lost art in the world of contemporary spiritual disciplines. And yet Jesus said “When you fast…” not “if you fast…”  Join us in JAVA as we look at what the Bible has to say about it. JAVA is an informal adult education community. We meet at 9:45 am, on Sunday mornings on the fourth floor of TUC. Everyone is welcome.

DREAMS. DREAMS. DREAMS. Quick! Who is the person who had the most dreams recorded in the Bible. What role do dreams play in our walk with God. Does God still use dreams to communicate with His people? How do you know if your dream is from God. Come join JAVA class as we explore this issue. JAVA is an alternative adult education class. We meet Sunday mornings from 9.45am on the 4th floor. Everyone is welcome.

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 audio sermons and video recordings of entire Sunday services. Beware that the video podcasts are very large files and they make take a while to load if you have a slow internet connection.
 
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. All are welcome!

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 tucweb@mac.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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