We were scheduled to have potluck this past Sunday, but due to the high numbers of Covid in our area and the quasi state of emergency, we felt it prudent to cancel.  We had our normal Sunday schedule and attendance was good.  We also have begun practice for our Easter program that will be here before we know it.

Our normal Sunday schedule begins at 10:00 a.m. with Japanese Sunday School and the Japanese service at 11:00 a.m.  There are a lot of foreign residents in our area with English as the common language.  At 2:30 p.m. we have English Sunday School followed by the English service at 3:00 p.m.  After that, we have a coffee/tea fellowship time.  The foreign residents tend to stay longer for fellowship.  Church is family here.  We look forward to this time every week.

On the 4th Sunday of every month, we normally have a combined bilingual service in the morning followed by a potluck.  It is a very international potluck.  You never know what might show up.  During our last furlough, the young man filling in for Tim sent the photo below to let us know what we were missing!  There is always lots of good food and fellowship.  The fellowship can go on for most of the afternoon.  If the weather is nice some will move to the outdoors.  This is a time that we all look forward to each month.  As I said before, church is family here.