2010.12.25 TGIS Blog

2010.12.25 TGIS Blog (Posted by Wayne)

 
Merry Christmas TGIS fans. We had a fantastic time this past Saturday Christmas Day. For the first time ever we had a joint service, TGIS/Chinese Service/Christmas Celebration. Let me tell you about it. It was epic man!
 
To start off we had this kinda easy Christmas quiz with some hidden trick questions that mostly everyone could answer 98% accurately, but that 2% was tricky! Want to find our the answers? You have to come to next year's celebration.
 
Next we were led by the multi-talented Kayo as she played the piano and led worship to our Lord Jesus Christ. She sang the traditional Christmas carols of Joy To The World, and Silent Night. All the songs were tri-lingual: Japanese, Taiwanese, and English. It was totally awesome. Thanks alot Kayo!
 
Then we had a sports performance of yo-yo by Miki. He is only in Jr. High with 4 months under his belt, he did some amazing tricks on the yo-yo that takes the pros years to master. Thank you Miki.
 
We had a special treat it was the new Chinese Service AKB48 led by Yusuke (Panpan), his lovely wife, and Kohshin-san (Kwanjing) doing the number "I Want You." It was hilarious. All the people were rolling on the ground. Encore!
 
The message was given by our beloved Pastor and leader of the free world, Elmer Inafuku. He talked about the Christmas story, How Jesus came to earth as a baby, the mighty Son of God. It was God's gift to the world as we believe that Jesus died on the cross, shed his blood for our sins, and was raised from the dead, we can all have eternal life. So let's receive that gift from Jesus. And that's what Christmas is all about!
 
We ended with a candle light song, God Bless You as we sang his praises in Japanese, Chinese, and English thinking of the very first Christmas of the baby Jesus lying in a manger.
 
Then it was banquet time! The food was so delicious and plentious. It matched our appetites. I know of this lady she went back 7 times to eat, you know who you are! It was a fun joyous celebration we could have with the Christians and newcomers. There were over 56 people in attendance. We had people from Switzerland, Germany, Taiwan, US, UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, Hawaii, Japan, Waseda, ICU, Eikaiwas, and the likes. Thank you Jesus for coming into our lives, Happy Birthday! Please join us on Saturdays at 3pm Kotobuki Building. (2 pm free English conversation) Next Saturday January 1st there will be no meeting, it's a day off. Looking forward to the New Year. God bless us everyone!