ひたち海浜公園 ~ Hitachi Seaside Park

New Year's Celebration

We went to Gaku's hometown for New Year's . . .






Then we visited Haruna church on our way back to Sendai . . .

Mito Worship Workshop

Worship workshop on Saturday afternoon . . .



Saturday evening fun . . .





Sunday morning praise worship service . . .

Christmas! Christmas! Christmas!

On the evening of the 23rd we went to enjoy the lights downtown . . .





Christmas eve . . .




Christmas day . . .

Cell Group mini-retreat

In November our cell group hosted a mini-retreat. We invited the Hitachi cell group to come up and join us for weekend of prayer, praise and fellowship. It was such a blessed time. Thank you God!!

On Saturday evening we did a prayer stations activity at the church.

"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." ~Psalm 46:10

Prayer through creative expression

What kind of impression does your faith leave on the people you meet?

"When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross." ~Colossians 2:13-14

Lunch together after worship on Sunday

A few friends stayed through Monday to hang out and do some sightseeing since it was a long weekend here.

Debi and Kendon are very good at skipping rocks

Kaori and Joel

Debi and Akiko -- the sun was really bright!