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“Lecture of Cornerstone Orphanage” gets decided to be held as the event toward senior year students of high school which is planned at the school culture festival of a junior and hight school in Tokyo Metropois. The Cornerstone Orphanage vice director Kihara is invited.
This school plans to hold the lecture of The Cornerstone Orphanage every year and every student earnestly listens to the lecture.
Many of them come to the session of question and answer after the lecture.
The elder sister of a sister of Hyogo Philadelphia Church participated in Hakuba Camp on July for her first time. She had taken tranquilizer for the disease permitted to herself after she got disorder in her autonomic by excessive stress. This time, attending at the meeting in the camp, she received prayer for healing. Then, after the camp, she could get to sleep well without tranquilizer. With her working on the farm, she is different from previous her. Now she gets energy and power and has peace in her mind. We give thanks to the Lord for His healing.
Haktiva held a Live concert in Ohmura Commercial Mall. It was in the midsummer and the temperature went as high as 37 degrees Celcius. First we wondered if we could sing, but as we sang, we were strengthened, and we felt so good. Great is the power of worship. Not many people came to listen but some people were in the air-conditioned stores, and they talked to us.
In the Tuesday prayer meeting in Hiroshima Church, there was a man with pains in the knees. We prayed for him and the pains were gone and he was healed. We thank the Lord.
The schedule for the Uganda team is as follows. The schedule for the work in Uganda
Monday, September 3, 18:25 departure from Narita.
Tuesday, September 4, 19:05 Arrival at Entebbe.
Wednesday, September 5, Move to Gulu (340 km to the north of Kampala)
Thursday, September 6, Pastors conference.
Friday, September 7, Move to Mbale (245 km to the north east of Kampala)
Saturday, September 8, Pastors conference with 200 leaders
Sunday, September 9, two worship services
17:00 Go back to Kampala
Monday, September 10, 07:25 Leave Entebbe.
Tuesday, September 11, 20:20 Arrival at Narita
＊Three crusades during Wednesday Sep. 5 through Saturday, Sep. 8.
Last week, a praise band in the Crown of Life Fukuoka Church held a charity live in support of the Japan Orphanage in a park in the center of Fukuoka City. Travelers from Nagoya came and listened to us. They wept in listening to the songs. They turned out to be volunteer workers for the works of Cambodia and the Philippines. They were touched by the work of the works of Cornerstone Orphanage and said they would like to go to the office of the Cornerstone Orphanage. We thank God.
Gospel Group “PATOLIS” did street live performance in Kitami City.
They informed by their blog, but they were delayed for the starting time.
Someone came to the place at the time they informed all by their blog, that person wrote a comment on the blog.
They had a concert after the street live performance, and it was a blessed concert. Praise the Lord!
Yasuragi Song Book Vol.12 Application final deadline!
If you send by mail, the deadline is on Aug. 23rd. If you send by email, the deadline is 10:00 pm on Aug. 25th. (Please submit in mp3 if possible)
This will be the final deadline. Please be careful.
A praise band from Nagoya Church held a charity gospel live to help to build our children’s care center on Sunday. After the fund-raising drive by young people, many in the audience commented on our performance, saying, “That was from the heart!” “The words were wonderful.” The gospel songs reached people waiting for the bus and passersby. We give thanks to the Lord. He blessed us.
A praise band from Hyogo Philadelphia held gospel concerts at two care homes for the elderly. They visit the homes regularly. The larger number of people attended the morning performance. The staff of the home requested that we sing “God Is Love” at the end of the concert because it is one of their favorites. In the afternoon, we moved to another home located in Kawanishi City for a second performance. We had a time to sing with them and to watch nostalgic old video clips. Both of the concerts were blessed. The songs of “Yasuragi” music were reached many people with the love of God.
A fund-raising advertisement for our children’s care center by the Tokyo office of the Cornerstone Orphanage is appearing through October in the monthly magazine of Interdenominationalism Christianity. Recently, the orphanage office was contacted by medical staff from a local hospital who had read about the need for support. They have offered to help promote the orphanage among the medical community. We appreciate to expand the circle of support.
Missionary Zion Oko in Zambia will be interviewed in a live broadcast program on Zambian national television. She will share with them a song she wrote in a local tribal language. She will also discuss her recently released gospel album and talk about her visit to her hometown area, which was greatly affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. So please pray for her to reveal His glory through her testimony.
A lady who is a student of Denver University attended the service on Sunday with one of her friends at Denver Church. She has joined the service on Monday at Tokyo Antioch Church before. Her friend is a university student in Tokyo. Two years ago, she studied at Colorado University for two years. At the church in Denver, she rejoiced songs of praise and a message. After the service, when we asked, “Would you believe in Jesus as your Savior?”, she said, “Yes”. So we prayed together for her salvation, and then she was saved.
She likes Israel from long ago. So she used to study Hebrew a little. Because the flag and the photographs of Israel are decorated at Pastor Kamidate’s house, she felt a curious turn of fate. We’ve heard she would return Japan on August 22. We recommend to attend the service of Tokyo Antioch Church. She said that she would like to do that when she return home. We thank the Lord.
We’ll hold a gospel concert at The-Kouenji on Fri. 7 December. It’s decided that Ms. Suzuya is a planner for the concert. We’ll hold a gospel concert in our church, too. Ms. Yui Ogiwara is a planner for the concert. Also, a concert will be held at Nakno Zero Hall on Tue. 25 December. Pastor Moses Denishi and Evangelist Sato will be in charge.
On August 18, a praise band of Jerusalem the Glory of the Lord (Kumamoto) Church gave a live at the event for town renewal project. It started form the evening, and many people gathered to the performance. A professional staff member operated the PA system. In the performance, the audience beat time with their hands. We realized that they were touched by our performance. Our performance got more better reactions with each inning. We give thanks to the Lord.
Dentists, who is one of Pastor Peter Nakamura’s friend, joined a gospel concert named “Kokoro Gospel (Heartfelt Gospel)”. They bought the ticket and took part in the concert. They allowed to put the tickets of the concert on a desk of the hospital. They was moved so that they bought the DVDs and CDs. We praise the name of the Lord.
