2024-03-21 Good News

Community News: Nikkei Matsuri Foundation ScholarshipsThe Nikkei Matsuri Foundation is now accepting applications for our 2024 Jimi Yamaichi Japanese Cultural Arts Scholarship for high school juniors and seniors, and 2024 Warren Hayashi Japanese Cultural Arts Grant for teachers, schools, and community organizations.We invite all who are eligible to apply. Applications are due by April 15, 2024.If ...

Thank you Board of Trustees for all of their hard work in getting this new sign designed and installed!......

Pastor's Reflection 03-21-2024 Rev. John Oda When I was in my 20’s my friend David and I decided, on a whim, to drive down to Big Sur and go hiking. We got there around 1:00pm and went for a nice long hike in Julia Pfeiffer State Park. When it started to get dark, we decided, on another whim, to camp at Andrew Molera State Park where there was a walk-in campground. (I am not sure if it is still th...

Wesley UMC honored at Yu-Ai Kai's 50th Anniversary Golden Gala Yu-Ai Kai, Japantown's own senior service center, celebrated their 50th anniversary on March 16 with a banquet at Signia by Hilton. In front of the more than 500 people attending, Wesley UMC, along with the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin and the Japantown Lions Foundation, was honored to receive the Kay Shimizu Memorial Award as an "...

Nikkei Matsuri Festival Returns to San Jose JapantownSan Jose, CA - The highly an9cipated Nikkei Matsuri Festival is back for its 46th year onSunday, April 21, 2024. This beloved festival celebrates Japanese American culture andtradi9ons, offering a fun-filled day of exhibits, performances, food, shopping, and more.Located in the heart of San Jose's Historic Japantown at 5th and Jackson, the festi...

教会と私塚本　麗子      2023年12月、多分暮近くになってからの事と思います。「来年1月末、山本牧師と長女の菫ちゃんがSan Joseに来て数日間滞在されます」という思いがけないNewsに日語ミニストリーのメンバーは小躍りして喜び合いました。     明けて2024年1月28日の山本先生の礼拝当日は会堂一杯の会衆で埋められ、一同声高らかに御名を賛美することが出来ました。ベイエリアの教会からも参加してくださり、共に礼拝できる恵みを感謝致しました。     2022年6月末、ウェスレー教会の副牧師であり、日本語の担当牧師でありました山本牧師ご一家は帰日され、兵庫教区伊丹教会の牧師として、よき働きを続けられる事となりました。50年あまり私は米国に住みながら英語に馴染まず勉強もせずに過ごしてしまい、「日本語で礼拝を守れない」という大きな危機を迎えることとなりました。そんな中で励ましを受けた...

On Sunday, March 3, “The Children’s Message.” was back after a lengthy hiatus. Mark Teagle, following the message theme Simply Lent with a lesson on decluttering, illustrated how he’s simplifying his office space by getting rid of no longer useful items. The Congregation got involved by using a lit candle to “simply let go” of worries and trials that burden our hearts. Dave Brown above and Shane C...

Please come join us for free dance lessons by Becky Soffiotto as part of the Mission’s fundraiser: “Nostalgia to Now” which will be held on Saturday, May 4, 2024.  These lessons will help you put  on your dancing shoes for this special musical fundraiser.Lessons will be held in the Fellowship Hall on Thursdays, April 4, 11, 18, and 25 from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm.For more information, please contact Jo...

Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.1 Peter, 4:11  Wesley UMC has been blessed to be able to send mission teams to serve in communities both domestically and internationally for decades!  Wesley’s mission participation dates back farther than shown by our in-house records from 2003.  However, that is about the time when we became representatives of the United Met...

2024 Simply Lent Series......

Did you know? As reported by the Stockton Record in 1926, "it's nice to be an ice man!"  They're not talking about our own Rev. Dick Corson, better known as the Ice Man by fellow volunteers at Tuesday Food Distribution.  No, they're talking about his father!!!  Big Jim Corson is pictured in the artist's rendition and in the photo carrying a 200 lb chunk of ice!!  He had a summer job as an ice man,...

Reconciling Sunday…CELEBRATE!!!By Barbara Hiura Lollapalooza!!! Whata blast was our reconciling Sunday service and bake sale.  It was quite the celebration recognizing our decade plus of being a reconciling church and so grateful for our witnesses Dindo Bustrillos and Scott Riddle who shared their stories of Christianity and marriage in their faith journey.  It was for us an uplifting time to shar...