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Volume 51 January 2017 No. 1

SAKURA DAYORI 桜便り

SJUMC, the Garden Church

Senior Pastor: Rev. Motoe Yamada Foor

Pastor Emeritus: Rev. George Nishikawa

Pastor of Visitation: Rev. Peter Willms

Director of Education: Shaday Bryant

Choir Director: Lyssa Ogilbee

Phone: (916) 421-1017 Fax: (916) 391-3620

Website: www.sacjumc.com Worship: Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

The Church office will be closed from 12 noon on December 23rd through

January 2. Any office business needs to be finished by Dec. 23.

Phone messages will be checked regularly.

For Pastoral care, please call Rev. Motoe at 832-1055

Officer Installation January 8, officers will be installed during the wor-ship service. Committee chairs will call the names. Please come and join us! All committee chairs, please come to the front to line up and introduce your committee.

January is

Activities for all ages! Including:

Jan. 8: CPR training by Dr. Judie Higashi

Jan. 15: Mental illness workshop

Jan. 22: Diabetes & Prediabetes Workshop by Dr. Tom Aoki—What is diabetes?

Jan. 21st: Sober-Minded: The Gift of Life - Youth

Jan. 22nd: Food & Family Bond-ing - Children

See inside for more info!

February 11, 2017 Multi-Cultural Hall

UMW General Meeting January 29

after the service Budget meeting

Followed by speaker Les Ouchida.

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Ushers

Jan. 1—Eddie & Sandy Koshino

Jan. 8—Sunday School

Jan. 15—Frances Lee & Meggie

Tanaka

Jan. 22—Arlene Hagiya & Julie

Nishite

Jan. 29—Ted Narasaki & Bill

Taketa

Greeters

Jan. 1—Yoshiko Harper

Jan. 8—Belle Ito

Jan. 15—Joyce Kimura

Jan. 22—Kiku Ito

Jan. 29—Millie Wataji

Welcome Table

Jan. 1—Kyung Chang, Chris Matsu-

moto

Jan. 8—Wayne Shimizu, Kathy

Marquardt

Jan. 15—Keiko Kato, Yoshiko Har-

per

Jan. 22—Lorenzo Moreno, Yuki

Kozuma

Jan. 29—Julie Nishite, Clarence

Kado

Assisting in Worship

January 1, 2017 Epiphany Sunday Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 Ephesians 3:1-12

Matthew 2:1-12

January 8, 2017 Baptism of the Lord First Sunday after the Epiphany Isaiah 42:1-9 Psalm 29 Acts 10:34-43

Matthew 3:13-17

January 15, 2017 Second Sunday after the Epiphany Human Relations Day Isaiah 49:1-7 Psalm 40:1-11 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

John 1:29-42

January 22, 2017 Third Sunday after the Epiphany Isaiah 9:1-4 Psalm 27:1, 4-9 1 Corinthians 1:10-18

Matthew 4:12-23

January 29, 2017 Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Micah 6:1-8 Psalm 15 1 Corinthians 1:18-31

Matthew 5:1-12

Invitation to Worship

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Donations Given for 2016 PLEDGES

Received during November 2016

Mark McLean Joanne Mikami Anne Miyasaki M/M Max Mizoguchi Lincoln Morinaga Mary Nakamura M/M Kent Nakashima Ken Namikawa Mary Ann Nakashima Rev/M George Nishikawa Julie Nishite M/M Curtis Notsinneh Joyce Oshiro Michiyo Osuga Susan Otani M/M Lester Ouchida Cyndi Roberts M/M Kelvin Ronay Katherine Sakamoto Vickie Sakauye-Tom M/M Stuart Satow M/M Victor Shibata Teri Shikasho Teruo Shintaku Frances Sumida M/M Stimson Suzuki M/M Curtis Takechi M/M Bill Taketa M/M Frank Tanaka Judy Taniguchi June Tanihana Dr/M Jun Tanimoto Seiko Tateishi Sue Teranishi Linda Tomita M/M Rick Tomlinson M/M Kenneth Toyama M/M James Umino Mickey Yamadera M/M Richard Yang Michael Yui

IMPROVEMENT FUND PLEDGES

M/M Winston Ashizawa Scott Chung M/M Richard Fernandez Karen Fong Lincoln Fujii M/M Jeff Harada M/M Art Imagire Belle Ito M/M James Ito M/M Henry Johnson M/M Russell Kanemasu M/M Raymond Kato M/M Robert Kimoto M/M Eddie Koshino Yuki Kozuma Merry Kurosaki Frances Lee M/M Ben Matsuo Joanne Mikami M/M Kent Nakashima Mary Ann Nakashima M/M Herbert Niiya Julie Nishite Marie Okino Susan Otani Margaret Saito M/M Stuart Satow M/M Victor Shibata Glen Shimazu M/M Curtis Takechi Sue Teranishi Mickey Yamadera Michael Yui M/M Philip Yuki

KINGDOM FUND

PLEDGES Scott Chung M/M Dale Fong

Belle Ito Grace Iwata Amy Kawahara M/M Robert Kimoto Merry Kurosaki Elaine Maeda Marie Okino Joyce Oshiro Susan Otani Stuart Satow Sue Teranishi Note: While we are acknowl-edging those who gave in rela-tion to a pledge on this page, we sincerely appreciate all those who gave donations to our church without a pledge in one or more of these three funds.

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The following names were inadvertently omitted from the October 2016 Improvement and King-dom Funds Pledges:

IMPROVEMENT FUND PLEDGES M/M Herbert Niiya Marie Okino Joyce Oshiro Susan Otani Margaret Saito M/M Stuart Satow M/M Victor Shibata M/M Curtis Takechi Sue Teranishi M/M Steven Wong Mickey Yamadera M/M Philip Yuki Belle Ito Judie Higashi M/M Andrew Foor Yuri Kimura Alvon Fong Micki Fukushima M/M Henry Johnson

KINGDOM FUND PLEDGES Scott E. Chung M/M Richard Fernandez Grace Iwata M/M Robert Kimoto Mary Nakamura Rev/M George Nishikawa M/M Stuart Satow Sue Teranishi Belle Ito M/M Dale Fong Alvon Fong Micki Fukushima

GENERAL FUND PLEDGES

Scott Chung M/M Kim Combs

M/M Erik Hoffman M/M Richard Fernandez M/M Dale Fong Karen Fong M/M Larry Fong Lincoln Fujii Sumire Fujika Micki Fukushima Megumi Goi C. L. Goldsmith Mayumi Hamakawa Yoshiko Harper Judie Higashi M/M Steve Hoig M/M Tom Hoshisaki Lily Ikami M/M Art Imagire Andrew Inouye Mitsue Ishisaka Kiku Ito M/M Henry Johnson M/M Clarence Kado M/M Russell Kanemasu M/M Warren Kashiwagi Laura Katayama Keiko Kato Amy Kawahara M/M Robert Kimoto M/M Sandy Koshino Patty Koyama M/M Edwin Kubo JoAnne Kubokawa Norman Kujubu Frances Lee Ernest Lehr M/M Tony Lewis M/M Evan Lum Elaine Maeda Kathy Marquardt Ayako Marshall Christopher Matsumoto Robert Matsumoto M/M Ben Matsuo

Donations Given for 2016 PLEDGES

Received during November 2016

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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

2016 has been a good year for the Board of Trustees. Our members include Janet Takeha-ra, Tommy Hoshiyama, Scott Rasmussen, Jane Combs, James Newsome, Richard Fer-nandez, Tule Yomogida, Bob Kimoto and Clar-ence Kado. All of the members have worked diligently and faithfully to maintain the Church and parsonage properties. In 2017, Scott will be terming out, Janet will just do facilities us-age and insurance and Tommy will be staying on for another 3 years. We will be adding Julie Nishite and Eric Hirata as 2 new members in 2017 for a total of 9 Board Members. Since the creation of the Improvement Fund in the sum-mer of 2015, the Trustees now have a dedicat-ed funding source to do some of the repairs that had been delayed for many years due to no funding. The congregation has been very generous in contributing to this fund so that we now have over $60,000. Much of that will be retained in the fund to use in case of emergen-cies which always seem to arise. The Board has prepared an extensive 5 year plan starting in 2017 to do some major repair and mainte-nance work to include painting the buildings inside and out, repaving the parking lot, resur-facing roofs, etc. now that we have the emer-gency fund established. In the past year we

have accomplished the following items.

1. Richard Fernandez has been replacing lights, and light fixtures inside and outside the buildings, fixing electrical plugs, cleaning up graffiti from the fence and the walls, repairing the choir skirt and railing, fixing the water foun-tain in the gym, oiling locks and ball bearings in the fences and many other repairs that make the building look better. Now with the exception of the south side of the Church, we are well lit at night for the basketball program and other

nighttime activities.

2. 12 people were trained through the Trustees in First Aid, CPR and the use of the AED. Most of the trainees were renewing their 2 year certi-

fication.

3. All of the blinds in the Fellowship Hall build-

ing were either repaired or replaced.

4. A leak near the storm drain in the front park-

ing lot was dug up and repaired.

5. The Fire suppression system in the MCH

had to be repaired.

6. The backflow valve in the southwest corner of the property was leaking and had to be re-

paired.

7. The old men’s bathroom clogged drain was fixed and we are in the process of replacing the

stalls and sinks.

8. The subterranean and wood termites in the

Fireside room have been eradicated.

9. A leak in the MCH kitchen roof was repaired.

10. A temporary Church identification sign was put up on the front sanctuary wall and Richard repaired the lights highlighting the sign and the

front of the Church.

11. All the Church gutters have been cleaned.

12. George Yomogida replaced the door at the Parsonage leading from the garage to the

house.

13. The hallway and old bathrooms by the

Fellowship Hall will soon be repainted.

All of this work and future repairs have been made possible by your donations to the Im-provement Fund and the General Fund. With-out your continued generosity, we would be unable to maintain our wonderful facilities. We thank God for his continued guidance in our work and for the many volunteers who help

make it all possible.

Sincerely,

Janet Takehara¸ Board Chairman

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January is Children Jan. 22nd, Sunday — Food & Family

Bonding. @ 12pm ( Garden Room)

Eating together is not only healthy...it allows families to share, relax, laugh...and have fun. Enjoy an afternoon of fun, scriptures, and of

course food!

CPR training by Dr. Judie Higashi Jan. 8, Sunday 12:30pm-4:30pm Sign up at the office by Jan. 3. the cost is $19 if you want to be certified. Limit 8 people

Mental Illness Workshop

Jan. 15 after the ser-vice

Youth Jan. 21st, Saturday – Sober-Minded: The Gift of Life @ 2pm (Youth RM) Keeping our minds and bodies focused on the Lord...sometimes can be hard. With everything this worlds offers let’s take a hold of that Cup of Truth and be “Turnt” On for God. Enjoy an afternoon of fun, discussion, and of course some healthy eats.

Diabetes & Prediabetes (Jan.22) by Dr. Tom Aoki Sunday after the service around Noon) What is diabetes? Nearly 29.1 million Americans have diabetes, a serious disease in which blood glucose (blood sugar) levels are above normal. Most people with diabetes have type 2, which used to be called adult-onset diabetes. At one time, type 2 diabetes was more common in people over age 45. But now more young people, even children, have the disease because many are overweight or obese. Diabetes can lead to problems such as heart disease, stroke, vision loss, kidney disease, and nerve damage. One out of four people do not know they have diabetes. Many people do not find out they have diabetes until they are faced with problems such as blurry vision or heart trouble. That's why you need to know if you are at risk for diabe-tes. What is prediabetes? An estimated 86 million Americans over age 20 have prediabe-tes. Before people develop type 2 diabetes, they usually have "prediabetes" that means their blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but not yet high enough to be called diabetes. People with prediabetes are more likely to develop diabetes within 10 years and they are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke. (www.niddk.nih.gov)

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ACKNOWDLEGMENTS

Con’t

Kubo, M/M Ed Kubokawa, JoAnne Kushi, Frances Maeda, Elaine Matsuo, M/M Ben Matsuoka, Kazuko Mikami, Joanne Mizoguchi, M/M Max Nakamura, Emma Nakashima, M/M Kent Nakashima, Roger Niiya, M/M Herbert Nishikawa, Rev/M George Nitta, Ruby Oguro, M/M Keith Oshita, Edith Osuga, M/M David Otani, Susan Ouchida, M/M Lester Rasmussen, M/M Scott Roh, M/M Gregg Ronay, M/M Kelvin Sakakihara, Diane Sakakihara, Lucille Sakauye, M/M Jiro Sakauye, M/M Shoji Sakauye-Tom, Vickie Sato, M/M Roy Shibata, M/M Victor Sumida, Frances Taketa, M/M Bill Tanaka, M/M Russell Tanimoto, Dr/M Jun Tateishi, Seiko Teranishi, Sue

Wada, Robert Yamadera, Mickey Yamauchi, M/M Harold Yomogida, M/M George

IMPROVEMENT FUND In Celebration of Mary Fujimoto Honbo, Dr/M Wesley In Memory of Bert Shikasho Hosoume, M/M John In Memory of Irma Hanni Ikami, Lily Katayama, Laura Lee, Frances Sumida, Frances Toyama, M/M Kenneth Yuki, M/M Philip In Memory of Donald Harper Katayama, Laura In Memory of Mary Shimazu Kato, M/M Raymond Shimazu, Glen

KINGDOM FUND In Memory of Irma Hanni Hagiya, M/M Mark Marquardt, Kathy In Memory of Donald Harper Hagiya, M/M Mark Marquardt, Kathy In Memory of Yosh Kawahara Kawahara, Amy In Memory of Kyoko Yamada Kawahara, Amy

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GENERAL FUND

In Memory of Irma Hanni Ashizawa, M/M Winston Goto, Naomi Hamai, M/M George Hatano, M/M Mas Ito, Belle Kanemasu, M/M Russell Kashiwagi, M/M Warren Kawaguchi, Michiko Kawahara, Amy Kimura, M/M Mike Lewis, M/M Tony Lowe, Lila Muraki, Linda Nakamura, Emma Nakamura, Mary Nishite, Julie Okino, Marie Perry, Susan Rasmussen, M/M Scott Ronay, M/M Kelvin Sakamoto, Katherine Shibata, M/M Victor Shimizu, M/M Wayne Taniguchi, Judy Tanihana, June Uyeoka, Aiko Yamadera, Mickey In Memory of James Tanihana Tanihana, June In Memory of Bill Meredith Gosney, M/M Michael In Memory of Catherine Taketa Kashiwagi, Sue Taketa, M/M Bill In Memory of Bert Shikasho Nakamura, Mary In Memory of Stan Muraki Rasmussen, M/M Scott In Memory of Frederick Williams Williams, Fumiko

In Memory of Donald Harper Ito, Belle In Memory of Lyanne Taketa Taketa, David

Choir Fund In Memory of Catherine Taketa Taketa, M/M Bill

UM Student Day Annoymous Imagire, M/M Art Ishisaka, Mitzi Johnson, M/M Henry Nakashima, M/M Kent Otani, Susan

THANKSGIVING OFFERING

Alicaya, M/M Chuck Chung, Scott Fong, M/M Dan Fong, Karen Goi, Megumi Hagiya, M/M Mark Hamakawa, Mayumi Harada, M/M Jeff Hirata, Betty Honbo, Dr/M Wesley Ikami, Lily Imagire, M/M Art Ishihara, Ruli Ishisaka, Mitzi Ito, Belle Ito, Shizue Kamei, M/M Nob Kanemasu, M/M Russell Kashiwagi, Sue Katayama, Laura Kawahara, Amy Kimoto, M/M Robert Koshino, M/M Eddie Koyama, Patty

ACKNOWDLEGMENTS

As of November 30, 2016

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Meeting on the first Sunday of every

month at 9:15am in the Office Class-

room. Everyone is warmly

invited to join us whenever we meet. Whether you are grieving a loss or going through a major change in your life, blessings await you when you attend.

SAVE THE DATE...

Bridges District Revival Sat. February 4, 2017

9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Fairfield Community

United Methodist Church

For Such A Time As This! Singing

and Shouting! Praise, Worship,

Prayer and the joy of fellow-

ship!!!!! Come and claim the

power of new life in our District!

It's time once again

to pick it up and lift it up and

share our hopes and dreams for

the life of the Gospel among us!

Physical Wellness - Massage Workshop by Joy Nakamura February 1st, Wednesday 10:15am-11:15am Katakori, tired shoulders, stiff neck, achey hands. Ouch! Learn self-care techniques to relax your shoulders, head, neck, and hands. You will have time to practice on yourself and then receive a wonderful massage from a partner. 10 minute massages will be available at no charge after lunch. February 22nd, Wednesday 10:15am-11:15am bring a towel Have you thanked your feet today? Our feet are our foundation and yet we rarely give them the attention they de-serve. Learn self-care techniques to improve your balance and to care for your feet. You will experience the healing, cheering, and relaxing essential oils and receive a relaxing aromatherapy foot bath. Please bring a towel for this workshop. 10 minute massages will be available at no charge after lunch. Joy Nakamura is a director of CSL's Healing Arts and Reiki programs that teach somatic practices of self-care—such as Reiki, Qi Gong, massage, meditation, and mindfulness techniques—to increase overall physical and spiritual well-being. Joy is a certified mas-sage therapist, reiki master, and workshop leader. Her passion is helping people devel-op confidence in their ability to care for them-selves and others.

Save the Date Jr High Summer Camp July 1-7, 2017 Asian American Summer Camp July 23-28, 2017 Both camps will be held at: Camp Lodestar 6135 Blue Mountain Road Wilseyville, CA 95257

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The 2017 Flower Chart is on the bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall. All are invited to honor a loved one or give flowers in their memory on Sun-days. The Chart will show what Sundays are available. Please take a moment to look at it and consider giving to the church in this way. Thank you for helping to beautify the sanctuary for worship with your Altar Flow-

Bring the Church to Them

If members are not able to come to church, we can bring the church to them! We will have opening prayer, brief introductions, devotional, hymns,

prayer requests, closing prayer.

Place: Carlton Plaza, 6915 Elk Grove Boulevard, Elk Grove, CA 95758 (next to Nugget Market) Room: Craft Room, 2nd floor (midway down the hall) Meets: December 18 Time: 12:45-1:30 p.m.

Place: ACC Care Center Dining Hall,

7801 Rush River Dr, Sacramento, CA 95831

Meets: 4th Wednesdays Time: 10:00-10:30 a.m.

Hello All, It is with mixed emotions that I let you know that I have accepted a job with the Sacramento County Assessor’s Office. My last day was December 23 and I started with the County on

December 27.

When I started in October of 2004, I was the mother of 3 young kids and very grateful to have a job that respected that I was a mother first. I was able to attend my kids’ events and share in their school life, as well as pick them

up at the end of their day.

My sons have since grown up:

My oldest Robert is attending Cal State Long Beach and will graduate with a de-gree in Business in 2017.

My middle son Lucas is at University of the Pacific in Stockton and will graduate in May, 2017

My youngest Thomas is graduating High

School in May, 2017.

I am so grateful to SJUMC for enabling me to be a mother first. I am also so grateful that during Thomas’ battle with cancer I was shown so much love and concern and was uplifted by

the many prayers that came our way!

I am also very grateful for all of you that make up the very special community of SJUMC. I have learned so much here and you will always hold a special place in my heart. My new job will be that much easier with all that I have

learned here.

I want to thank the many people who bright-ened my days at the office. And the many vol-unteers that have helped out throughout my 12 years here. The office would not run without you! On a spiritual note, I will retain my membership here and will attend on Sunday’s as always! I look forward to seeing you on Sundays! :) I look forward to this new chapter in my life and will always be grateful to the Garden Church! :)

Robyn Jovalis

A note from Robyn, SJUMC Office Manager

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92 households of the estimated 250 made a pledge (37%)

Pledges received for 2017 as of No-vember 30, 2016 are:

Finance is working with church council to balance the budget

If you have a specific question regarding church operations and finances, please submit it to the editor (by email: hanko-jo@starstream.net or put a note in the “newsletter” mailbox in the church office).

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Did you know?

Stop Hunger Now Packaging Event Sunday, March 5, 2017

Plan to arrive for 1 p.m. start time

Come join us for the Bowling Green Family Lunch on Saturday, January 28, 2017. Volunteers are needed to help prepare lunch at church, starting at 9 a.m., then servers and greeters at Chacon at 11:45 a.m. The free lunch is served from 12-1 p.m. to Bowling Green students and their families. Please email Sue Teranishi at sue328ter@gmail.com or talk to her after church if you can help.

Fund Total Amount Pledged

Total Amount Needed

Shortfall

General $137,000 $300,000 $163,000

Improve-ment

$39,000 $45,000 $6,000

Kingdom $22,000 $45,000 $23,000

Save the Date—Feb. 5, 2017 Lately, the topic of conversation among our seniors is focused around our common "problem"...........that we have a houseful of possessions that our children and our grand-children don't want! We are stuck, not knowing what we should or should not do. Sound familiar? Please come join the Older Adult Committee on Sunday, February 5, 2017 after church in the Fireside Room when we will kick off the new year with an informal discussion about this "problem". Grab your coffee hour good-ies and come sit with us. We'd like to know how extensive this "problem" is so we can figure out how we can deal with it in future discussions!

THANK YOU SJUMC This year we collected $1,755 to help those in need at SSIP. We were able to provide fami-lies with turkeys, chickens with your dona-tions. We used part of this money during Thanksgiving and will use some for the Christmas holiday and in the new year 2017. Your generous donation helps families and individuals who come to SSIP. The SSIP Food Closet thanks you again. SSIP Repre-sentatives, Frances Lee, Jane Combs, Shi-geko Shibata and the many volunteers from SJUMC.

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January Security Tobans:

Eric Hirata, Mark McLean

プレイグループ Japanese Speaking

Outreach Program for

Children

水曜日 Wednesday 10:00am – 10:45am

無料 $1.00

場所サクラメント日系合同メソジ

スト教会ガーデンルームにて 6929 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento CA 95823

10:00am – 子供の歌、お話、ゲーム

11:00am—持ちよりランチ

対象 小さいお子さん（０歳か

ら）とその付き添い. アドバイ

ザーハーパーよしこさん（元保母

さん）、マーシャルあやこさん

（歌の先生）、ボックスなみさん

（３人の男の子を育ててます）質

問がある方は、牧師の山田まで連

絡ください。916-421-1017, revmo-

toe@sacjumc.com. If you know someone who is looking for a Japanese speaking group for kids, please let the person know about this program!

Sunday School Parents! Please fill out the Sunday School Registration form and Medical info form. You can return it to the Office, in the Narthex or to the Youth Room. It is important for our Sunday School teach-ers to have parent’s info in case of an emergency. Children must have a regis-tration form completed to get Basketball credit.

SJUMC Prayers Comfort and Prayer for the families and

friends of: Donald Harper (husband of Yoshiko Har-per)

Irma Hanni Fred Williams (husband of Fumiko Wil-

liams ) Frances Shibata (cousin of Victor Shibata) Special Prayers

Larry Fong Sandra Coronado & Vasuano Williams

(parents of Shaday Bryant) Bob Jovalis Craig Clifford Jack Wong Larry Moreno

Kathy Nakashima Tom Nishizaki

Jean Kanemoto May Ukita Farrington & Helen Blaisdell Marion Murai Chewy Yasushi Ito Francis Asahara Keiko Nakata Many people who are traveling World Situations People who are facing surgery People who are recovering People who are going through difficult times Thanksgiving Granddaughter of Sue Teranishi Shaday and LaRon Bryant baby due in May! Transition for Robyn Jovalis Cathy Mayeda (Interim office manager)

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SJUMC is on Facebook!

Jan. 5 for the February issue. Please submit articles to Joanne

Mikami at hankojo@starstream.net

We have joined up with a recycling project!

Schedule your pick up and the proceeds can be donated to us!

www.ewaste4good.com 800-317-3112

Items they pick up, working or not: All Televisions Video Games, Computers,

Computer Monitors, Fax Machines, Calculators, Desktop Copiers, Cell Phones,

Telephones, Printers, Vacuum Cleaners, Speakers, Keyboards, Scanners, Mice,

Laptops, Networking Equipment, Power Tools, Misc. Wires, and Cords, Household Phones, Stereo Systems, Medical Equipment and Much More! All electronics are recycled locally in

California. CEW #106178

The 15th Annual SJUMC Crab Feed will be held on February 11th, 2017 in the Multicul-tural Hall. This function benefits the Special Events Fund to support our Church budget. This all you can eat menu will include salad, spaghetti, nigiri, crab, ice cream and drinks. Bring a big appetite as the fresh crab is won-derful. We will also have our world famous raffle sponsored by the Basketball Program and the ever popular paper airplane contest. Adult tickets are $50.00 and children under 10 are $15.00. Tickets can be purchased after church on Sundays beginning in De-cember until the week before the crab feed. Tickets can also be purchased at the office. If you have questions, call Janet Takehara at 916.393.4586 or cell phone 916.704.4586.

Thanks to all who donated Christmas gifts for 60 kindergarten children

from Bowling Green Elementary School.

Every child got one!

Thank you to all who made Christmas spe-

cial for these children!