Lighthouse Blog

Sharefest 2013 Recap

by Gavin Kajikawa — May 7, 2013

On Saturday, May 4, Lighthouse gathered together with school parents and Praise Chapel to beautify the Valor Christian Academy campus. Steve Park led our efforts, along with Peter Chen and Autumn Gagarinas, who spearheaded the two murals. It was exciting to work alongside one another as we tried to be a light to the campus!

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"What a Great God": Looking Back at Lighthouse's Ten Year Anniversary Service

May 6, 2013

A lot can happen in ten years. And in the case of Lighthouse Community Church, a lot has happened. But a lot has stayed the same.

I looked at the notes from my message at Lighthouse’s first service, and I had written this: “I hope when you leave today you wil not say, ‘What great worship’ or ‘What a message,’ but ‘What a great God!’”

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Kim's Links (4/18/13)

by Kim Kira — April 18, 2013

Brothers and Sisters,

I hope you are well. I have been a bit behind on my links, so I wanted to catch up on some of the parenting Iinks that I have been collecting.

The Gospel Coalition - Raising Kids in a Pornified Culture

The first link is on guarding our children's hearts in an increasingly sexualized culture.

A recent article highlights the tragic symptoms of a disease that's infecting our worldwide culture. The piece focuses mainly on teenagers and the dysfunction that has become normative in their lifestyles as a result of consuming porn.

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Lighthouse Weekly

April 7, 2013

The time has come to bid farewell to Flickers of Light,

Sunday, April 21 will be the last day we print Flickers of Light.

Lighthouse Weekly is a digital newsletter that gets sent out every Tuesday. It includes important announcements, resources and prayer requests.

Receiving the newsletter is voluntary.

Please fill-in the informaiton below if you would like to receive Lighthouse Weekly!

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Kim's Links (3/28/13)

by Kim Kira — March 28, 2013

Brother and Sisters,

I hope you are well. Here are a few links to encourage your Easter weekend.

I think our family will be having our own Maundy Thursday service tonight during family worship. Maundy Thursday commemorates Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. Here's a link with Kevin Deyoung laying out a few of his thoughts on Maundy Thursday.

The Gospel Coalition - Maundy Thursday

Like millions of Christians around the world, we will have a Maundy Thursday service tonight. If you’ve never heard the term, it’s not Monday-Thursday (which always confused me as a kid), but Maundy Thursday, as in Mandatum Thursday. Mandatum is the Latin word for “command” or “mandate”, and the day is called Maundy Thursday because on the night before his death Jesus gave his disciples a new command. “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another” (John 13:34).

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Easter at Lighthouse

March 22, 2013

Be part of Lighthouse's Easter celebration!

Good Friday Service

Friday, March 29 at 7:00 PM

Easter Sunday Service

Sunday, March 31 at 10:30 AM

Our Partnership With Valor Christian Academy - Gwen Silva's Testimony

by Gwen Silva — March 22, 2013

My name is Gwen. Just a little about me. I have two children at Valor in the second and third grades, and I am a middle school language arts teacher there. It is the first year for the three of us, and I would like to share with you what God has been doing in my heart as well as share how our church can make an impact on this little Christian school.

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Our Partnership With Valor Christian Academy

by Gavin Kajikawa — March 19, 2013

This past Sunday I shared about Lighthouse’s partnership with Valor Christian Academy. This partnership has been under our Local Evangelism ministry since our partnership began in 2011.

Here’s a brief history of how this partnership began.

We currently have Spectrum, our International Student Ministry, that has been ministering to the international college students. But it’s been a goal of the Elders and the Evangelism Team (EV Team) to have another ongoing evangelistic presence in the South Bay.

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Kim's Links (3/15/13)

by Kim Kira — March 15, 2013

Brothers and Sisters,

I hope you are well. The following group of links are fairly eclectic, but I hope will be helpful.

The Blazing Center - The Best Thing You Can Do for Your Pastor

I had the chance to listen to some of our elders share about their sabbatical, so I thought the following blog post would be appropriate. In my pride, I often struggle to ask for things, but prayer is one I desperately need (and I know I speak for all the pastors).

What is the best thing that you can do for you pastor? Compliment him on his “outstanding, almost Charles Spurgeon-like sermon”? Give money to the church? Give your time and skills to the church? Not heckle him? Admire him for his manly beard? While those are all wonderful things, they are not the best thing that you can do for you pastor.