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On Friday, 6 January, a praise band of Hakodte Church “Fruits of Lips” held a Gospel concert at a Long-Term Care Health Facilities in Hakodate-city, Hokkaido. It was the 3rd concert that they held the 2nd Christmas concert last month at the same facilities. There were about 30 people gathered including the users and the staff. The audience was pleased to listen to some songs from hymns and “Yasuragi-no-uta.” with lovely faces.

As they shared about their testimonies, the audience was moved to tears with nodding their head. The concert concluded with singing the lyrics of “Furusato (Hometown)” together. This concert was also a real blessing. In the end of the concert, they were given their impressions, “My heart was warmed.” and “What a wonderful song!” While shaking hands with them, and some of them kept on grapping performers’ hands, and others talked to them, saying “I’ll see you again?”

Today’s Gospel Live TV is broadcast about “activity reports of praise bands on December.” The live GLTV will be broadcast at Shinjuku Tokyo Hyatt Regency. It starts at 6:00 p.m. Don’t miss it!

From Saturday, January 14 through Tuesday, 17, the team will be sent to the Philippines. The countdown photo sites is being uploaded. Please have a look.
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Thank you for your prayers. Joshua who was in a hospital for breaking his left wrist was operated. A doctor said that the operation went well. And the progress after the operation is doing well. He was bruised on his face. However the swelling is going down. So please continually pray for him to stick his bones together correctly.

On Thursday, January 5, a praise band of Kitakyusyu Living God Church held a J-Gospel concert at the Aozoranosato-Tonoue Day Service Center at Moji-ku. There were more than 70 people gathered together including the staff members and the users, and they listened to our performances attentively. Some of them was moved and shed teas. After the concert, we could have a good fellowship with the audience. The audience said, “Thank you very much.” and “This is my first time to hear your wonderful songs. Please come again.” and “I was very moved.” and “I felt like my heart cleansing.” and “I was touched.” And one guest braked into tears while shaking our hands. It was the wonderful concert, and God blessed the concert so much.

On Friday afternoon, January 6, a praise band of Hyogo Philadelphia Church gave a Gospel concert at a special home for the aged people at Inokawa-town, Kwabe-gun, Hyogo. There were about 50 people gathered including the users and the staff members in the Community Hall. They sang mainly the lyrics from “Yasuragi-no-uta” for about one hour. The concert was a real blessing so that some of them were moved to tears and others were beating their hands to songs. At the end of the concert, many people said with loud voices, saying “Great! Come again!”, and they were asked to hold a next concert.

Headlines, the Latest Issue 657 the Mikoe Weekly News Press, announces the end time: Front Page:”Europe’s Debt Crisis  Faces the Important Aspects” and others; Faith:”Blue Sky of Malaysia No.6″ Series of Newspaper Articles by Pastor Paul Akimoto, “The Website of Tokyo Antioch Church Corresponds To 63 Languages” Church Info:”Pope Values the Democratization of Middle East and Criticizes Terrorism” and others; Testimony:”I was healed from allergy I suffered from for about 40 years” International:”The Feast of Hanukkah coordinated by Japan Israel Friendship Association” News and Sociery:”Government Identified the bill of increase in consumption tax ” and others; Culture:”Gospel Concert with Movie and Internet”

In a day care center for the aged Sister M of Tokyo Antioch Church, works for, the concert was held for three days in the end of this December. The following three songs from “Yasuragi-no-uta” were sung; “Kimi-ga-umareru-mae-kara (Before your birth)”, “Kagayaku-Hikari-no-Nakao (In the dazzling light)”, and “Ookina-ai (Great Love)”. The chief staff and other staff members of the day care center attended the gospel concert, “Fuyu-Gospel” in the beginning of December. The chief was especially touched by the Lord during the concert and shared the testimony with others that the chief who used to get irritated was transferred to be mild. The chief practiced singing these three favorite songs together with the staff members and sang at the concert this time. “Yasuragi-no-uta” and the gospel concert,”Fuyu-Gospel” is a big hit. We thank the Lord.

Joshua with HIV, of the Cornerstone Orphanage in Cambodia fell out of a tree, and seems bleeding. Now he is on the way to the hospital. Please pray that he will recover as soon as possible.

Pastor Peter Majikina has just arrived in Okinawa for the purpose to attend the meeting about the orphanage. Please pray for the meeting of the board of trustees.

Sister Sarah Maeda of Tokyo Antioch Church will be in a feature article “Wemen Jazz Sax” on the February issue of The Sax which will be released on January 25. Please have a look.

A committee for building an orphanage in Japan is going to be set up. Please pray for it.

On Sunday, January 1, the gospel group Jerusalem held a street live concert in Yotsuya. A person who came to the street live concert last autumn and bought the ticket for Kokoro-Gospel came and listened to the concert. She surely came to the Kokoro-Gospel concert. She looked very glad and said, “It was a very good concert, so I came to buy a ticket for Haru-Gospel.” We thank to the Lord.

From 8 through 15 February, the supervisor of movie mission, a pastor of Tokyo Antioch Church, Peter Kubota will be sent to USA. He is going to attend the Movie Guide Award Ceremony, board of directors, and prayer meeting for the Award ceremony. For movie making in Hollywood, please pray for development of fellowship according to God’s will. He is also going to meet Brother Steve who is a very important person of influence within the US. Gospel music industry. He has celebrity friends such as Stevie Wonder, and Andrae Crouch.

Brother Steve with his new book

Movie Guide Award ceremony

The Gospel Live TV, on January 1st of the begging of 2012, was a special program on “Toward Foundation of Orphanage in Japan.”

The gospel group “Come&Worship” praised two new lyrics from “Yasuragi-no-uta 11”. Also, in the special program on the orphanage in Japan, one of the members shared with us about the activity of nourishing home for the children who lost their parents when the Tohoku Earthquake occurred.

In the finale, the song “Kagayaku-Hikarino-Nakao (In the dazzling light)” was performed by Gifts as usual. The Gospel Live of this week was concluded with a real blessing. You can watch it on the archive distribution. http://tokyo.antioch.jp/internet-tv/
Do not miss the Gospel Live TV next week!

A woman who had suffered from hard of hearing was completely healed. She was a member of the Kitakyuusyu Living God Church. She works in a kindergarten. On December during a festival of the kindergarten, she felt difficulty of hearing. She was working, but she felt hard to hear what the children talked to. The children’s voice seemed to be heard so far. She asked them back many times even if they had spoken to her. She went to a doctor concerning the ear. The doctor said, “Water is filled with your left ear.” The medicine was given to her. The members of the church started to pray for her. At the result, she gradually come to hear, and she is completely healed now. God healed her difficulty of hearing. We give thanks to the Lord.