Kim, Gavin, and Hide in Japan: Off and Running
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After an 11 hour and 15 minute flight and crossing the International date line, Pastor Kim, pastoral intern Hide Kawai, and I landed in Tokyo on the afternoon of Friday, April 21. Kim and I have both visited Japan five or more times, but this trip marks Hide’s first ever visit to Japan (t’s not […]
Maundy Thursday Family Worship: Footwashing
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been said that the final days of Jesus’s life were the most important days of the most important person who ever lived. In fact, the final week of the earthly life of Christ is often referred to as “Passion Week,” after the Greek verb pascho, meaning “to suffer.” It began with His triumphal […]
God-Centered Parenting – Part Two
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]This is the second part of a three-part series on parenting by Pastor Wayne Hu. Click here for Part One. Join us next week for the conclusion of this series! “Can we FaceTime with Jesus? Where is God’s house? How do we get to heaven…in a plane? in a car? on a spaceship?” These are […]
God-Centered Parenting – Part One
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is the first part of a three-part series on parenting by Pastor Wayne Hu. Join us next week for the next addition! If someone were to ask you what it means to be a successful parent, what would you say? If you were to reflect on the hopes and aspirations that you have (or […]
Meet the Staff: Elder Gavin Kajikawa
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The first Wednesday of every month we will be having a “Meet the Staff” segment! It is our hope that getting to know the church staff would be an encouragement to you. This week is our very own elder Gavin Kajikawa! Clarence: Hey! Gavin: Hey! Clarence: So why don’t you tell us about yourself? Gavin: So, I grew up in the city of San Gabriel. There is not much there… except […]
Tim and Mat in Myanmar: Final Moments
In a few hours we will be getting on a plane to return to California. It’s hard to comprehend the riches of God’s grace that he allowed us to see and experience on this trip. Yesterday (Friday), after we finished our final session of teaching for the conference, we prayed for the pastors and then […]
Tim and Mat in Myanmar: Mingalaba
“Mingalaba”(Burmese for Hello), I can’t believe another day has come and gone and tomorrow is the last day of our conference. Today we started off by giving out fifty copies of the book, The Pastor and Counseling by Deepak Reju and Jeremy Pierre. The pastors were very thankful for this resources because ministry books are […]
Tim and Mat in Myanmar: Safe Arrival, Sleep, Several Coffees, and Seminary
Hello everyone, Thank you so much for your prayers. Praise God we arrived safely and made it through the first day. We got to our hotel around 1:30am today (Wednesday), slept from about 2am-7am, then ate breakfast, drank several cups of coffee, and headed off to the seminary (EPTS) for the conference. Teaching came with […]
Ministry Highlight: Evening of Worship with Matthew Smith
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On November 12, singer-songwriter Matthew Smith from Indelible Grace led an evening of worship at Lighthouse. It was a wonderful time of singing hymns and fellowship together! Photo credit: George Miyamoto [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_media_grid element_width=”3″ gap=”0″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1479233665680-ba7a0f88-5a4d-7″ include=”4853,4852,4851,4850,4849,4848,4847,4846,4845,4844,4843,4842,4841,4840,4839,4838,4837,4836,4835,4834,4833,4832″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Cory in Ghana: Eyes Open
Follow Cory during his year-long missions trip in Ghana at coryinghanablog.wordpress.com. Someone asked me the other day if I’ve been gone for three months now, and that sounded about right. The interspersion of excursions, six hour drives and day long work trips with the much more usual lethargy inducing boredom of a 9-5 has given me a […]
