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Welcome to
Kobe Union Church
We are an exciting international, english-speaking Christian
church serving the families of Kobe. We love our rich
history, but are committed to relevant Bible teaching
for today's generation and looking forward to raising
up leaders for the future. We welcome people from all
Christian traditions or denominations as well as those
seeking to understand God for the first time. We encourage
everyone to join us as we seek to know and love God more
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A Special Word to Visitors
and those new to KUC
Welcome to KUC! We are so pleased to have you with us! If you have just moved to Kobe, that you might consider making KUC your church home! If you have not yet filled out a KUC Communication Card (in the seat in front of you), it would be helpful for us to have your contact details! Please fill it out and drop in offering plate or hand in to the office. Make sure you pick up a brochure which outlines who we are, and what happens here at KUC. Available in the foyer.
AN INVITATION FROM PASTOR BRUCE & JO
If
you would ever like prayer, a visit, or would just like to talk with us at any
time (either both of us, or just one of us), please don't hesitate to call or
email. We are always available for a chat, a coffee, a meal, or just to talk
and pray with. We can meet anywhere convenient to you. Contact Bruce or Jo.
NURSERY
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Don’t you just love babies and little children! Isn’t
it great that we have so many of them
here at KUC! We have a nursery so that parents can have
opportunity to worship while
their children are in the nursery. BUT we need volunteers
to help in the nursery! The
nursery is open during the Church service, and during
Sunday School, and we need
volunteers who can help during one or the other of these
times. If you would like to help,
please see Noriko
Kambe, our Nursery Coordinator.
She would LOVE to hear from you!
COMING
UP – KUPC ANNUAL MEETING
On
February 12th, following Sunday School, we have the KUPC
annual meeting. KUPC is the legal entity of the church
which administers and looks after the property of the
church. EKK (the German congregation) will join us for
this meeting. All are welcome to attend but only KUC
members are entitled to vote. Following the meeting,
we will then have a special Valentines Potluck Lunch
(see the notice with your newsletter).
BAPTISM
CLASS
Are
you interested in baptism? We are planning on a baptism
class for anyone interested in knowing more about baptism.
Available in both Nihongo & English. If you would like to know more about Baptism, please join us 11.10am
on Sunday February 12th
in the Pastors Study (next to the Main Church Office).
Valentine’s Day Potluck Lunch -- Sunday, February 12th
~Announcement
from Fellowship Ministry Team~
We will have “Soup and Sandwiches.”
Please bring your Favorite Sandwiches to share! Make
one type or several!! Or, please bring something sweet
... cookies, cakes, chocolates. Fellowship Team will
provide Minestrone soup!
KUC
LIBRARY
DDid you know there's a KUC library? We have hundreds of amazing books available
to check out upstairs on the top floor! Simply find your book, fill out the library
card to leave at the front desk, and make sure to bring it back in 4 weeks to
give someone else the chance to read it!
KUC STAFF NEWS
・Our
Youth Pastor Scott has been away, and returns this week.
・Noriko Kambe is responsible for the KUC book-keeping
in the office. Noriko will be working on Tuesdays and
also Wednesday afternoons.
Get Connected To Sunday School 11.10am - 12.00pm
All Sunday
School Classes this morning. Just a reminder that Sunday
School for ALL AGES runs from 11.10am until 12.00 every
Sunday. It begins after morning coffee / tea and fellowship.
There are classes and studies for all. The Nursery is
also open during this time. There are groups for children
& youth, and there are a number of adult classes to
choose from including a Japanese Bible Study, a Christianity
101 Class (a beginners guide to Christianity in Japanese
& English),
a Korean Bible Study class, and two English Bible Study
class options. Please join us!
Class Details & Locations
・Children's Classes - Sunday School Rooms (Upstairs)
・Youth (High School - meeting in Annex 2 downstairs,
Middle School – meeting in Library)
・Christianity 101 (English and Nihongo) led by Mark Bartsch
- in the Lounge (next to the church offices)
・Nihongo no Bible Study led by Tim Boyle - meeting in
Annex 1
・"Righteousness
Through Faith" (Romans 3:21-4:25) led by Derek Voss (Gamblin Hall)
・Korean Bible Study led by Jae Yu - meeting in Classroom
5 (upstairs)
・Colossians Study led by Moses Paul – meeting in the
EKK Room upstairs
HAVE PRAYER NEEDS?
If
you would like prayer after the service, please ask
one
of our prayer team (led by Tomoyo) who can help, or Pastor
Bruce. A group also meets for prayer every Sunday morning
8.15am – 8.45am prior to the service in the ANNEX room
(downstairs at KUC, next to nursery). Come and pray!
If you have any requests for prayer, please let Tomoyo
know so that it can go into our weekly prayer sheet.
Contact Tomoyo.
WOW (Women on Wednesday)
Meets
weekly on Wednesdays, 9.30am at KUC. Women meeting
for Coffee, friendship & study. Pick up a brochure from the foyer. Also, coming up on Wednesday February
8th following WOW (12.00pm – 1.30pm) is a special “TIME
OUT” open to all. It will be on the subject of “Homeopathy
– the Holistic Art of Healing”, led by Myriam Muller.
POW (People on Wednesday)
Meets
every Wednesday, for light dinner and Bible Study from
around 7pm. Contact Jenny Frederick for info.
OASIS (Women's Study Group)
This
Women's Bible study group meets on Mondays on Rokko
Island. Check with Jo Bradburn for details of next
meeting.
PARKING
If you are driving to KUC, you need to register your car to use the KUC car park. The signup sheet is in the foyer. We will provide a parking card which you use each time you park. When you park, please leave the parking card on the dashboard.
FLOWERS
Would you like to donate flowers for a specific Sunday (\3,000)? A sign-up sheet is available in the church foyer. Please write your name and indicate the occasion.
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KUC has been involved with providing aid relief to the Sendai region following the earthquake/tsunami. Many trips have been made, providing food supplies and relief to those affected. More than 20 of our congregation have been part of these trips, helping distribute food and supplies, cleaning homes, visiting evacuation centers, cleaning up parks, and providing BBQ's for communities. KUC will continue to provide relief efforts. We are partnering with BeOneTohoku, a Christian group from Osaka, who have established a base in Ishinomaki. For their website, click here (http://www.onfirejapan.com/tohoku/en/)
For photos of the relief effort in Sendai, click here
We are continuing to plan further trips to
Sendai. If you available to go on future aid
trips to Sendai, or able to help out in any
way, please contact Alexis Jacobs.
We invite you to donate to our Emergency Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Fund.
All funds donated will be used exclusively for the work of relief in the earthquake/tsunami areas.
We have two accounts that can be used for directing money into our Earthquake relief fund ...
We have two funds, one for Yen, and one for US$.
Bank: Citibank Japan
Branch: Kobe Number: 735
Account Name: Kobe Union Church
JPY Account : 0500712 for YEN funds
USD Account : 90109821 for US$ funds
SWIFT Code: CITIJPJT Branch 0JK
If you would like to offer assistance in any way, or would like to contact us, please contact the church office:kobechch@gol.com
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Sun 29th January
08:15 Intercessory Prayer (@ Annex #2)
09:30 Worship Service & Nursery
10:00 Children’s Worship
10:40 Fellowship Time (@
Gamblin Hall)
11:10 Sunday School & Nursery
12:15 KUPC Board Meeting (@ EKK Room)(Worship MT Meeting
has been postponed to Sun Feb. 5th)
Wed 1st February
09:30 WOW (Women on Wednesday)Nursery is available for babies and toddlers.
11:30 WOW Team Meeting
19:00 POW (People on Wednseday)
Contact Jenny
Frederick for the venue and further info.
Sun 5th February
08:15 Intercessory Prayer (@ Annex #2)
09:30 Worship Service / Communion & Nursery
10:00 Children’s Worship – Cheerful Notes
10:40 Fellowship Time (@ Gamblin Hall)
11:10 Sunday School & Nursery
11:10 Fellowship Ministry Team Meeting (@ KUC Office)
12:15 Worship Ministry Team Meeting (@ Lounge)
Mon 6th February
10:30 OASIS – Women’s Bible Study Group (@ Manse)Contact Jo Bradburn
Wed 8th February
09:30 WOW
12:00 WOW Time Out
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