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Volume 50 June 2016 No. 6
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
Office Manager: Robyn Jovalis
Choir Director: Lyssa Ogilbee
Phone: (916) 421-1017 Fax: (916) 391-3620
Website: www.sacjumc.com Worship: Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
The 12th Annual Sacramento Japaese
Film Festival July 15-17, 2016
Crest Theatre More info inside
“Inside Out”
Movie, crafts &
fellowship
Summer
Movie Night
Friday
June 10
Graduates!! Please let us know of those who are entering school, going into Jr. or Sr. High, have completed high school or completed any higher education program. We would like to acknowledge their accomplishments on Sunday, June 12. Please contact Shaday at [email protected] or the church office [email protected]. We would like this information before June 5th. Thank you!
Vacation Bible School
July 25-29 9am - 1pm
or
full day options!
More info inside!
12:30pm-3:30pm—Location TBA
Games, Relay Races &
fellowship!
ALL
CHURCH
PICNIC
Sunday,
June 19
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Ushers
June 5—Dale Fong,
Eddie Koshino
June 12—Sunday School
June 19—Karen Fong,
Joyce Oshiro
June 26—Frances Lee,
Meggie Tanaka
Greeters
June 5—Belle Ito
June 12—Yoshiko Harper
June 19—Irene Osuga
June 26—Patti Honbo
Welcome Table
June 5—Clarence Kado,
Yoshiko Harper
June 12—Kyung Chang,
Wayne Shimizu
June 19—Keiko Kato,
Kathy Marquardt
June 26—Julie Nishite,
June Security Tobans:
Winston Ashizawa, Kent
Nakashima
June 5, 2016 Third Sunday after Pentecost 1 Kings 17:8-24 Psalm 146 Galatians 1:11-24 Luke 7:11-17-35
June 12, 2016 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost 1 Kings 21:1-21a Psalm 5:1-8 Galatians 2:15-21 Luke 7:36-8:3
June 19, 2016 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 1 Kings 19:1-15a Psalm 42 Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39
June 26, 2016 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20 Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Luke 9:51-6243
Invitation to Worship
June 5 for the July/August issue. Please submit articles to Joanne
Mikami at [email protected]
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Please join us at the 12th annual
Sacramento Japanese Film Festival!
July 15-17 at the Crest Theater
Sakura Dayori Page 3 June 2016
“The United Methodist Women shall be a community of women whose purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to de-velop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through par-ticipation in global ministries of the church. The first UMW event of 2016 was the UMW 2016 Leadership Training held at Petaluma UMC. The current UMW Board and Gloria Imagire and Robyn Jovalis attended this informative event. Cheryl and Brandon Kim will be the featured speakers at our next general meeting, June 12, 2016. Cheryl and Brandon are ZOE International missionaries to Thailand who rescue children from slavery and other atroc-ities by providing them a better life and God’s love. They spoke at last year’s Call to Prayer Meeting and we are lucky that they have time to give us an update on their im-portant work. Due to the dedication of many volunteers, the spring Rummage Sale was once again a huge success. The rummage sale raised $6,019.52 and the Next to New Department
raised a record $1,415.25! Many thanks to all who volunteered and donated. The purposes of the UMW Reading Program are: Expand understanding and participation
in God’s mission Increase sensitivity to all human beings Encourage critical thinking about issues
facing humanity Grow in understanding Scripture Enhance self-knowledge and act from
that knowledge Strengthen involvement in the Christian
mission Reading program members read books at their own pace and share with others. Con-tact Alice Kubo if you’re interested in the Reading Program or have any questions. The UMW welcomes all women to attend and become members. Contact any of the UMW officers if you have questions or want to join! Co-presidents:: Joanne Mikami,
Joyce Oshiro Secretary: Kathy Marquardt Treasurer: Yvonne Kato
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California Nevada Annual Conference June 22 - 25 in Burlingame, CA
They will be discussing important matters including electing General and Jurisdictional Delegates! Shigeko Shibata, Jayne Rasmus-sen, Paul Nakamura, Kyung Chang (young adult delegate), Ryland Fernandez (Youth delegate), Rev. Motoe Yamada Foor and Kai will be representing SJUMC
SMALL GROUP AT CARLTON PLAZA
Due to the UMW Meeting and the Zoe In-ternational speakers, the time for the next monthly outreach visit at Carlton Plaza has been changed to 1:30—2:15 p.m. on Sun-day, June 12.
Summer Movie nights 2nd Fridays in Summer
Dinner, Movie, Crafts & Fellowship June 10
Inside Out Rated PG
After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and
moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new
city, house, and school.
Join us on July 8 and August 12 as well!
SUMMER
Staff Change! Many thanks for Eileen Boyd, our choir direc-tor and Chris Cogin, our pianist for their ser-vice! Their last day was May 15, Pentecost. SJUMC was blessed with their music! Our new Choir director is Lyssa Ogilbee. She was a music teacher at Kennedy high school before her recent retirement and she also is a good friend of Eileen, so our transition will go smoothly. We are still searching for our pia-nist.
Special Summer Wor-ship SJUMC PASSPORT TRAVELING THROUGH THE BIBLE Have you wonder if you know basic things many Christians are supposed to know? Come and join us this summer! We will go over the bible stories that most of people grew up with! We will have different programs and projects throught the summer, related to our vision, loving God, serving others, transforming our Lives. We are still looking for volunteers who are willing to share their talents.
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GENERAL FUND
as of April 30, 2016 In Celebration of Good Health after Chemo Nakashima, M/M Kent In Celebration of of Mitchell’s 21st Birthday Takechi, M/M Curt In Celebration of Dr. Takiya Kawamura, Lillian In Memory of Elsie Matsumoto Asahara, Francis Katayama, Laura Kimoto, M/M Robert Mikami, Joanne Nakashima, Mary Ann Toyama, M/M Cliff Dameron, M/M Dan Mohler, M/M Scott Fukushima, Micki Satow, Dale Fukushima, Toshihei P Mayeda, M/M Bryan Guro, M/M Michael Oyue, Bernice In Memory of Michinori Honbo Honbo, Dr/M Wesley In Memory of Harry Fujimoto Honbo, Dr/M Wesley In Memory of Ron Hilke Honbo, Dr/M Wesley In Memory of Yosh Kawahara Koshiyama, Hiroko In Memory of Hitoshi Okamoto Okamoto, M/M Aaron Okamoto, Jo Okamoto, Suzie In Memory of Walter Hamamo-to Sakamoto, Katherine In Memory of Min Shimada Takechi, M/M Curt In Memory of Evan Toyama Toyama, Toshi
In Memory of Michael Takeha-ra Satow, Dale In Memory of Mas Iwasa Satow, Dale In Memory of Ed Yomogida Satow, Dale
Easter Offering Alicaya, M/M Chuck Clark, M/M Jack Hamakawa, Mayumi Harada, M/M Jeff Harvey, Yurie Honbo, Dr/M Wesley Ito, Yasushi Iwata, Grace Koshiyama, Hiroko Mizoguchi, M/M Max Murakami, Susanna Nitta, Audrey Ronay, M/M Kelvin Shibata, M/M Victor Toyama, M/M Cliff Marshall, Ayako Kawamura, Lillian
Native American Sunday Ashizawa, M/M Winston Haenggi, Ryan Kawahara, Amy Nakamura, Mary Otani, Susan Shibata, M/M Victor Shimizu, M/M Wayne Fong, Alvon
UMCOR – Earthquake Imagire, M/M Art Nakamura, Mary
IMPROVEMENT FUND As of April 30, 2016
In Celebration of Grandson’s 1st Birthday Maeda, Elaine In Memory of Elsie Matsumoto Kato, M/M Raymond Saito, Margaret In Memory of Pat Yamamoto’s Father Shibata, M/M Victor Easter Improvement Fund Katayama, Laura
KINGDOM FUND As of April 30, 2016
In Appreciation of Rev. Motoe Nakashima, Mary Ann In Memory of Mother Teranishi, Sue
ACKNOWDLEGMENTS
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June10, Summer Movie Night - “Inside Out” This is a FREE event that includes dinner, movies (there will be a kid friendly movie too), crafts and games!
June 12 - Teacher Appreciation and Graduation Sunday - Join us during worship to acknowledge our teachers and graduates at SJUMC! If your child is graduating Pre-School, Kindergarten or Elementary School, please send Robyn: School they are graduating from; the new school; full name and Parents or grandparents names. You can send to
June 19 - All Church Picnic - Come to the picnic and join in fun games such as three legged race and water balloon toss!
Pre-K to 6th Grade Vacation Bible School
July 25-29 Traditional VBS
9am to 1:00pm - FREE! (lunch included for all)
NEW THIS YEAR! Early Drop off and afternoon Camp
7:30am to 6:00pm Sarting at
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Bags of Grace at SJUMC Are available in the Social hall to give out to people in need.
Please take a couple and keep them in your car.
Western Jurisdictional United Methodist Wom-en (UMW) Quadrennial Meeting was held in Salt Lake City on April 22-24, 2016. 48 UMW attended this meeting from the CANV Confer-ence. What a blessing to attend this event, meet other UMW and to share what I learned. The Western Jurisdiction of the UMW Church encompasses the westernmost regional confer-ences of the United States: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, The Pacific Islands, Guam, Saipan. California/Nevada Conference—Bishop Warner
Brown Alaska, Pacific Northwest, Oregon/Idaho Con-
ference—Bishop Grant Hagiya California/Pacific Conference—Bishop Minerva
Carcano Desert Southwest Conference—Bishop Robert
Hoshibata Yellowstone & Rocky Mountain Conference—
Bishop Elaine Stanovsky The purpose of this meeting was to expand concepts of mission through participation in the
global ministries of the church such as develop-ing a plan for starting new churches. They also elected 2 people to represent the Western Jurisdictional (Stell Wallace from Pacific North-west Conference and Susan Williams from Alaska UMC Conference). During the election we were in Bible Classes which were one of the more exciting events. During free time you could attend workshops: I attended the Acting for Justice Immigration and Praying and Beading. There were other clas-ses such as: Be Just, Be Green Living it Out, Crossroads Urban Center turns 50, Freeing the Captives (human trafficking), Keeping, Organ Music Alive, Maternal and Child Health Today. Restoring the Sacred Circle – Indigenous Americans, United for a Fair Economy, Laby-rinth Meditation, Ubuntu Event – UMCOR. It was a wonderful event. If you would like more information please ask me and I will share more information. Thank you for letting me represent SJUMC at the Western Jurisdic-tional Meeting.
Western Jurisdictional United Methodist Women
Conference Report
Shigeko Shibata
UMW General Meeting Sunday June 12, 2016
After worship in the Fireside Room Come join UMW for a short general meeting followed by speakers Brandon and Cheryl Kim, Zoe international missionaries in Thai-land. Cheryl and Brandon spoke to UMW last year as they began their work in Thai-land. We are lucky to have them speak again about their important work. All are invited, please bring your food and join us.
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SJUMC is on Facebook!
Pray for Nepal Earthquake Survivors
Global Ministries Missionary Katherine Par-ker who serves as part of the health team of the United Mission to Nepal, offers specific prayers for the people of Nepal following the devastating April 25 earthquake.
There is anxiety that this event will trigger another quake on one of Nepal’s other two fault lines and that more aftershocks will further destabi-lize buildings. Please pry Psalm 46 for the assurance of God’s continued presence and protection.
Please pray for those who have lost loved ones and those who have lost their shelter either temporarily or per-manently. Please pray for those sleep-ing outside that the weather will hold stable and it won’t rain.
Water shortages are always a problem in Kathmandu, so please pray that the water supply will be sufficient and un-contaminated. Please pray that the temporary outdoor living will not lead to cholera outbreak.
Please pray for our response team traveling to Kathmandu and for UMN staff as we implement our emergency response plan to help those in need.
Please pray for calm and release from fear as the aftershocks continue.
Thanks to the many people
who made this Sale a success!
SJUMC Prayers Comfort and Prayer for the families and
friends of: Elaine (sister if Rose Williams) Isamu Sato (uncle of Rev. Motoe)
Richard Kobayashi Kimiko Nakao Nancy Lew Special Prayers
Louise Gotan Bob Jovalis Kathy Nakashima
Al fong Louie Moreno Louise Gotan Leanne Shimada Keres Tom Nishizaki The Takechi family who
are traveling Japan Bert Shikasho Jean Kanemoto May Ukita Farrington & Helen Blaisdell Marion Murai Chewy Yasushi Ito Francis Asahara Keiko Nakata Catherine Taketa World Situations People who are facing surgery People who are recovering People who are going through difficult times Victims of Natural Disasters Thanksgiving Eileen Boyd Chris Cognin Irma All graduates!
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Teen Girls Bible Study/Hang Out 1st and 3rd Wed.—4pm to 5:30pm
(Youth Room)
Jr. High Welcome Skate Party June 12 @ 1pm
Jr. High -Camp Lodestar
July 5th-10th For all incoming 6th-9th graders.
$445—Wilseyville, CA
Asian American Summer Camp July 26th - July 31st
For incoming 10th grade - College $445 - Camp Sierra—Fresno, CA
93605
FOR MORE INFORMATION,
CONTACT SHADAY BRYANT AT 421-1017 OR [email protected] __________________________________________________________
Have a Twitter account??? Follow us and send a tweet or two…@SjumcYoung Like us on Facebook and get the latest update and news:
https://www.facebook.com/sjumcyoungpeoples
Saturdays Are For YOU! Youth Group
1st and 3rd Saturdays @
2pm to 4pm (Youth Room)
Guys Basketball Fellowship
2nd and 4th Saturdays @ 10:30am
to 12:30pm (Gym)
SUMMER MISSION TRIPS SSP– Rancho Cordova June 18th A day of serving and fellowship.
Missional Road-trip August 5-8
Travel up the coast for four days away to breath, reflect, and have the opportunity to
share the love of God to others. Sign up by June 19.
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ALTAR FLOWERS The 2016 Flower Chart on the bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall. All are invited to honor a loved one or give flowers in their memory on Sundays. The Chart will show what Sun-days 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-ers!
Books (English and Japanese) are available to borrow in the Fireside Room
様々な日本語の本がファイアーサイ
ドルームにあります。どうぞ借りて
ください。
Church of the Resurrection Leadership Institute
September 28 - 30 Leawood, Missouri
On line Registration: www.li.cor.org
Fundraising on Sundays helps to offset the cost of this worthwhile event!
If you would like to go, please contact the office!
Children’s program (baby to 6th grade)
July 10, Sunday 12:30pm, Sacramento Children’s
Museum Visit
Arigato from the Spring Food
Sale Committee! Thank you to all who volunteered their time and energy to help make this food sale a success. Thank you also to those who purchased our delicious food. The food sale netted approximately $4,700.
Thank you to Tommy Hoshiyama and Victor Shibata for their leadership and their contin-ued leadership for our Fall Bazaar in Octo-ber.
We are always looking for volunteers, de-partment chairs and new ideas. Please contact Tommy, Victor or any of the bazaar committee members.
June 21-25 - Cal/Nev Annual Conference June 27-July 15 - Jan Ken Po Gakko
July 3-8 - Junior High Camp July 24-29 - Lake Tahoe Retreat
July 25-29 - Vacation Bible School August 5-8—Young Adult Mission Trip
July 24-29 - Asian Camp
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日本語聖書の学び 毎第2日曜日（礼拝後）ポットラック
ファイアーサイドルームにて
Japanese Language Bible Study - Every 2nd Sunday of the month with a potluck in the fireside room 聖書は自分一人で読んでいて意味の
わからない箇所に遭遇することがあ
ります。毎回、聖書の学びの会の
後、皆さんと感想や意見を交わしあ
い聖書を学びあうのも楽しいもので
す。
Join us in Family Worship: 2nd Sunday of each month!
On the 2nd Sunday of each month, we offer a family service where all ages can worship together. Bring your whole family!
プレイグループ Japanese Speaking
Outreach Program for
Children
水曜日 Wednesday 10:00am – 10:45am
無料 Free!
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-
[email protected]. If you know some-one who is looking for a Japanese speak-ing group for kids, please let the person know about this program!
BRIDGES DISTRICT DINNER @ ACS
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 6:30 p.m.— 8:30 p.m.
Trinity Lutheran Church 1245 El Camino
Burlingame, CA 94010 REGISTER at: h t t p s : / / c a l n e v - r e g . b r t a p p . c o m /ACS16BDDACS $20/person Registration and payment deadline 6/06/2016 For more information contact Jasmine Johnson at [email protected]
