Worship

February 1, 2004
January 25, 2004 Rob Yonemoto – Friends – Romans 16
January 18, 2004 – Curt Ogawa – Why Small Groups? Why Koinonia? Mark 10:28-30.
January 11, 20004 – Rob Yonemoto – Life Together -Romans 1:11-12, 3:21-24, 5:1-8, 12:4-13.
January 4, 2004 – Rob Yonemoto – Communion
December 28, 2004 – Machida sharing – Touching Lives in Japan
December 15, 2004 – Tetsuo Kagiwada – Gift of Grace – John 1:16-18. August 2003 Sermon Series-Roland Hazama – Make A Life, Not Just A Living -John 13:1-17
(Lessons from a servant named Jesus)
August 3: “Making A Life In Christ” –
August 10: “Making A Life At Home” – Machida Sharing
August 17: “Making Ministry A Lifestyle: In Church” – Machida Sharing
August 24: “Making Ministry A Lifestyle: In The World”

May 25, 2003-Rob Yonemoto “No Greater Love” Romans 9: 1-4
May 18, 2003-Rob Yonemoto
May 11, 2003-Roland Hazama “A Mother’s Day Gift at the Gate” Luke 7: 11-17
May 4, 2003-All Church Picnic
April 27, 2003-Rob Yonemoto  “Meet Jesus. Then What? Further Lessons On The Changed Life”
April 20, 2003-Rob Yonemoto-“”, . Easter Sunday
April 13, 2003-Rob Yonemoto-“Riding in to Baghdad”, Luke 19:28-41. Palm Sunday
April 6, 2003-Curt Ogawa-“No Separation Anxiety”, Romans 8:35-39.
March 30, 2003-Curt Ogawa-“Ta-Daaa! So What Do You Think?”, Romans 8:31-35.
March 23, 2003-Joshua Kira-“The Promise of Future Glory”, Romans 8:28-30.
March 16, 2003-Rob Yonemoto-“When We Don’t Know How To Pray”, Romans 8:26-27.
March 9, 2003-Rob Yonemoto-“Communion Homily”, Romans
March 2, 2003-Rob Yonemoto-“Suffering, Groaning, Glory, and Hope”, Romans 8:17-25.
February 23, 2003-Rob Yonemoto-“Abba, Father!”, Romans 8:12-16
February 16, 2003-Kim Kira-“Just Ordinary Faith”, Hebrews 11:23-29
February 9, 2003-Curt Ogawa-“The Old Way Versus the New Way”-Romans 7:6; 8:1-12.
February 2, 2003-Curt Ogawa-“The Christian’s Need for Christ Too”-Romans 8:1-4.
January 26, 2003-Rob Yonemoto-“The Turmoil Within”-Romans 7:14-8:2.
January 19, 2003-Rob Yonemoto- Romans 7:7-20.
January 12, 2003-Rob Yonemoto-“Catch and Release”-Romans 7:1-7.
January 5, 2003-Rob Yonemoto-“New Year’s Communion and Prayer”
December 29, 2002-Rob Yonemoto-“Looking Back, Looking Ahead”-Hebrews 12:5-11
December 22, 2002-Rob Yonemoto-“Christmas Homily”
December 15, 2002-Tetsuo Kagiwada-“Because He Loved You So Much” Joint Worship Service
December 8, 2002-Rob Yonemoto
December 1, 2002-Rob Yonemoto-“Advent Celebration of Communion”
November 24, 2002-Rob Yonemoto, Keven Walker-Conner, Lynne Yonemoto, Brian Inamine-“Eternal Commitment, New Opportunity”
November 17, 2002
November 10, 2002-Curt Ogawa-“Freedom in Slavery”, Romans 6:15-23.
November 3, 2002-Curt Ogawa-“Why Christians Still Sin”, Romans 6:15-23.
October 27, 2002-Pastor Appreciation Month Sharing and video
October 20, 2002-Rob Yonemoto-“No Longer Slaves”, Romans 6:1-14.
October 13, 2002-Rob Yonemoto-“What Happens in the Pool”, Romans 6:1-5.
October 6, 2002-Rob Yonemoto-“Baptism-A Matter of Life and Death”, Romans 6:1-5.
September 29, 2002-Rob Yonemoto-“The Road to Perdition, Pt. 2: Christ”, Romans 12-21.
September 22, 2002-Rob Yonemoto-“The Road to Perdition, Pt. 1: Adam”, Romans 12-21.
September 15, 2002-Rob Yonemoto-“Special K “, new Koinonia season begins.
September 8, 2002-Rob Yonemoto
September 1, 2002-Rob Yonemoto-“Communion Homily”, Installation of 2002-3 Deacons and Trustees (11 am)
Worship Service Theme-August 2002 sermon series: HEARING GOD
August 25, 2002-Roland Hazama-“God’s Living Word For Today”
August 18, 2002-Curt Ogawa-“Learning How To Listen to God” 9AM Sharing by Justin Yakura and Greg Oda, 11AM Sharing by Kara Takahashi and Seiko Unagami.
August 11, 2002-Curt Ogawa-“Knowing the Presence of God in Your Life”
August 4, 2002-Curt Ogawa-“Hearing God’s Voice: Can We or Can’t We?”

Worship Service Theme-January 2002 –Romans
July 28, 2002, Rob Yonemoto-“Saved!” Romans 5:9-11.
July 21, 2002, Rob Yonemoto-“Suffering Like You Were Meant To” Romans 5:3-5. General Conference Sharing by Curt Ogawa
July 14, 2002, Josh Kira -“Mt. Hermon Echoes” 9 AM: Kristi Hamana, Kevin Hirata, Danny Matsuda, Diana Furuyama. 11 AM: Kerri Hazama, Justin Miyamoto, Sumire Sakakibara, Kevin Endo.
July 7, 2002, Rob Yonemoto-“Communion Homily” Romans 5:6-8.
June 30, 2002, Rob Yonemoto-“Hope” Romans 5:2-5.
June 23, 2002, Rob Yonemoto-“Peace Man ” Romans 4:23-5:2.
June 16, 2002, Rob Yonemoto-“…And Many Sons Had Father Abraham” Romans 4:13-25. Happy Father’s Day
June 9, 2002, Rob Yonemoto-“…Had Many Sons…” Romans 4: 4-12.
June 2, 2002, Rob Yonemoto-“Father Abraham” Romans 4:1-3
May 26, 2002, Rob Yonemoto- “Faith in Jesus” Romans 3:21-31
May 19, 2002, Daryl Mashita of Orange County Christian Church- “What Does God’s Voice Sound Like?” I Kings 19:9-15
May 12, 2002, Curt Ogawa- “Why God Invented Moms” Proverbs 31:10 . Special Sharing by Youth – Happy Mother’s Day
May 5, 2002, Roland Hazama- “Yes, It Is God”. Retreat Sharing
April 28, 2002, Kim Kira- “Live Different” II Timothy 1:7-All Church Retreat
April 21, 2002, Rob Yonemoto- “The Answer!!” Romans 3:21-26
April 14, 2002, Rob Yonemoto- “No, Not Even One” Romans 3:9-20
April 7, 2002, Curt Ogawa-“The Emperor’s New Clothes” Romans 3:1-8
March 31, 2002, Rob Yonemoto- “Easter Sunday – Bein’ Alive” Acts 9:1-18
March 24, 2002, Palm Sunday-Worship at the Park
March 17, 2002, Curt Ogawa- “What is True Spirituality” Romans 2:17-29
March 10, 2002, Rob Yonemoto-“Do-Gooders and Distress” Romans 2:5-16
March 3, 2002, Rob Yonemoto-“The Tragic Exchange” Romans 1:24-2:4
February 24, 2002, Rob Yonemoto-“The Terrifying Wrath” Romans 1:24-32
February 17, 2002, Rob Yonemoto-“Servant and Tangent” Romans 1:1-5
February 10, 2002, Curt Ogawa-“How Does the Gospel Save Us?” Romans 1:16-18
February 3, 2002, Curt Ogawa-“Paul’s magnificent Obsession” Romans 1:8-17
January 20, 2002, Rob Yonemoto-“Servant and Tangent” Romans 1:1-5
January 13, 2002, Rob Yonemoto-“The Letter That Changed the World” Romans Introduction
December 30, 2001, Curt Ogawa, Paulin Nishida, Greg Oda, Stan Date, Fuyumi Hashimoto, Grace Ogawa, Nancy Howe, Aki Kawamata- “Touching Lives in New York City, Missions Sharing”
Worship Service Theme-December 2001 –What Are You Looking For In a Savior?
December 23, 2001, Curt Ogawa-
December 16, 2001, Curt Ogawa-“Some Thoughts on My Sabbatical”
December 9, 2001, Rob Yonemoto-“Someone to Watch Over Me-Part II”Micah 3:9-12, Micah 5:1-5, Matthew 2:1-6.
December 2, 2001, Rob Yonemoto-“Someone to Watch Over Me” Matthew 2:1-6.
W orship Service Theme October-November 2001
November 25, 2001, Rosie Yokomizo (2nd service), Lesley Date (1st service), Diane Date, Patti Kimura(2nd service), and Yumiko Chen (1st service)-Short term missions to Haiti and Japan
November 18, 2001, Pastor Rob Yonemoto-“New Anti-Terrorism Measure!-Thanksgiving!”
What Now?? Finding Certainty in the Face of An Uncertain Future
November 11, 2001, Mr. Bryce Yokomizo-“Longer Lasting Than Frankie Avalon ” Thoughts on a man named Jesus.
November 4, 2001, Paster Rob Yonemoto-“Have I Ever Told You You’re My Hero?”
October 28, 2001, Mr. Ken Tada-“Living a Life of Commitment and Love” Joni Eareckson Tada’s husband will be sharing his life and encouragements.
October 21, 2001, Pastor Roland Hazama-“Marriage: Growing, Going, or Gone?” Throughout the challenges of marriage, and changes in marital status, spiritual wholeness is found in Christ.
October 14, 2001, Mr. Stan Date-“How Now Shall We Live” No one is exempt from the tragedies that life brings. But we can face them with confidence and with hope.
October 7, 2001, Pastor Rob Yonemoto-“The Idea of Normal” They’ve said ‘lets get back to normal, return to life as usual’ What does this really mean, and do we really want that?
Worship Service Theme September 2001 –Acts 2
September 30, 2001, “Servants of God” I Peter 4:11
September 23, 2001, Roland Hazama-“Community After the Crisis” Acts 2:42-47
September 16, 2001, Rob Yonemoto-“What Can We Do When The World Falls Down”
September 9, 2001, Tetsuo Kagiwada-“God’s Precious Gift” Acts 2:15-21and installation of new board
September 2, 2001, Rob Yonemoto-“Fire and Rice” Acts 2:1-14 and communion
Worship Service Theme May-August 2001 –Philippians
August 26, 2001, Rob Yonemoto- “The Possibility of Joy” Philippians summary
August 19, 2001, Curt Ogawa- “The Secret To Peace and Contentment” Philippians 4:4-13
August 12, 2001, Curt Ogawa- “How to Deal with People Problems” Philippians 4:2-5
August 5, 2001, Rob Yonemoto-“Heavenward” Philippians 3:12-21
July 29, 2001, Rob Yonemoto-“Dogs, Rubbish, and Christ” Philippians 3:1-11
July 22, 2001, Kenichi Nakagawa, founder and president of Harvest Time Ministry-“Encounter with God” Isaiah 6:1-8.
July 15, 2001, Joe Roberts, from our sister church in Fremont CA-“Letting Christ Really Live in Us” Galatians 2:20; Philippians 2:1-8; 14-16.
July 8, 2001, Curt Ogawa-“Needed: A Few Good Men!” Philippians 2:19-30.
July 1, 2001, Rob Yonemoto-“Workout of the Stars!!” Philippians 2:12-18.
June 24, 2001, Rob Yonemoto
June 17, 2001, Roland Hazama
June 10, 2001, Rob Yonemoto-“Death Be Not Proud” Philippians 1:19-26.
June 3, 2001, Rob Yonemoto-“Chained Melody” Philippians 1:7-18.
May 27, 2001, Rob Yonemoto-“Philippians: Real Joy in the Real World!” Philippians 1:1-6
May 20, 2001, Holiness Conference Pulpit Exchange Day: Rick Iwanaga, West Covina Christian Church-“An Offer We Shouldn’t Refuse” Acts 19:8-20
May 13, 2001, Rob Yonemoto-“Holy Mother of Moses!” Exodus 2:1-10
May 6, 2001, Rob Yonemoto- “Some Thoughts on Buildings, Basketball, and Burglary” Luke 6:27-35, John 3:16, Ephesians 6:11-17
April 29, 2001, Kimi Kudo- “God’s Saving History” Micah 6:1-8
April 22, 2001, Curt Ogawa- “The Power of Hope” Isaiah 40:31
April 15, 2001, Rob Yonemoto-“What To Do With Your Sadness” Psalm 89
April 8, 2001

Worship Service Theme January-March 2001 –Exodus

April 1, 2001, Rob Yonemoto-“The Great Journey: Concluding Encouragements From the Book of Exodus”
March 25, 2001, “A Heart for Japan” special sharing by Lillian Shinoda and “Speaking of Japan” Rob Yonemoto
March 18, 2001, Curt Ogawa- “God’s Plan of Salvation, Then & Now” Exodus 25-31, 35-40
March 11, 2001, Curt Ogawa- “A Real Encounter with God” Exodus 19-20
March 4, 2001, Pastor Steve Sato (retreat weekend)
February 25, 2001, Roland Hazama- “An Inconspicuous Intervention” Exodus 18:5-27
February 18, 2001, Rob Yonemoto-“Passed Over and Passing Through” Exodus 12-14
February 11, 2001, Rob Yonemoto-“The Problem with Plagues” Exodus 7-11
February 4, 2001, Rob Yonemoto -“The Day God Came Down” Exodus 3-4
January 28, 2001, Rob Yonemoto – “Looking Back, Looking Forward: Time for Sharing, Reflection, and Prayer” and Sharing by our Missionary from Machida – Joy Tani
January 21, 2001, Rob Yonemoto – “I AM and Who am I?” Exodus 2, 3
January 14, 2001, Rob Yonemoto – “Strangers in a Country…” Exodus 1, Genesis 15
January 7, 2001, Rob Yonemoto – “Exodus: A Start”
October 29, 2000 – “Refired Not Retired!” – Hitoshi and Kathy Yamada.
October 22, 2000 – “How To Leave A Lasting Legacy” – Pastor Curt Ogawa
October 15, 2000 – “A Good God For Good People” – Pastor Rob Yonemoto
October 8, 2000 – “A Fountain of Youth For Niseis (and Others)?” – Pastor Roland Hazama
October 1, 2000 – “Bury Me Christian” – Bryce Yokomizo
May 7, 2000, Rob Yonemoto -“Breathing Exercises”
April 23, 2000, Curt Ogawa – “Where Faith Becomes Grounded in Fact”
April 16, 2000, All Church Picnic
April 9, 2000, Retreat Sharing, Dave Yamasaki, Brian Inamine, The Yokomizo Family, Jim and Cathy Bauer
April 2, 2000, All Church Retreat “Growing Deep with God”

Worship Service Theme January-March 2000 — 1 Peter
March 19, 2000, Rob Yonemoto – “When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Humble” – 1 Peter 5:1-11
Feb 27, 2000, Rob Yonemoto – “A Tough Passage! (Still)” – 1 Peter 3:1-8
Feb 20, 2000, Rob Yonemoto – “A Tough Passage!” – 1 Peter 3:1-8
Feb 13, 2000, Curt Ogawa – “The Conduct of God’s People In A Foriegn Land” – 1 Peter 2:11-25
Feb 6, 2000, Curt Ogawa -“Maintaining A Rock Solid Faith In Turbulent Times” – 1 Peter 2:4-10
Jan 30, 2000, Roland Hazama – “Got Milk?” – Peter 2:1-10
Jan 23, 2000, Rob Yonemoto – “The Love of Holiness, The Holiness of Love” – 1 Peter 1:8-23
Jan 9, 2000, Rob Yonemoto – “Aliens Have Landed – An Introduction to 1 Peter” – 1 Peter

Worship Service Theme October-December 1999 — Beatitudes
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thrist for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be showned mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God..
Blessed are those who are prosecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Worship Service Theme September 1999 — Community
Worship Service Theme August 1999 — Daring to Dream God’s Dream.