Another new comer !

Mrs. T's husband has come to attend our service for the first time!
Hallelujah!
Mrs. T has been praying for him for a long time, so have we.

Later, Mrs. T told us that her husband seemed responding to today's message and God's word. 
We also thought he was touched by the Lord. 
Praise and thanks to be the Lord!

A new comer has come to attend the service!

A non-believing lady has attended our Sunday service!

She attended NY charismatic service held back in Dec. 2017, having Pastor Pal Akimoto of Tokyo Antioch Church as a main speaker.

She says she is not really seeking religion but she has come to attend the service, wondering if Pastor Akimoto might be coming again.

We will pray for her salvation.  It's the work of the Holy Spirit!

The name of our churches has been changed!

Shown by the Lord, the name of Tokyo Antioch Church has been changed from The Lord's Cross Christian Center Tokyo Antioch Church to The Light of Eternal Agape Tokyo Antioch Church.

Our NY church also wants to change its name, praying for that.
Our churches in the U.S.  need to take legal procedures to change our name since we have non-profit organization status. 

I'd appreciate it if you remember to pray for the process.

God is using "Sound of Wind" J-gospel songs !

Almost two years have passed since Mrs. N of another church started to attend our church once a month, seeking for healing for her sister and her husband in Tokyo.

This fall Mrs N returned Japan for a short period of time for medical checkup, and emailed to us telling us she was back to NY.

In the email, she gave us a praise report.
Her sister's husband who had been paralyzed for the past four years or so spend his peaceful time by listening to the CD of  J-gospel songs we had sent to them; he enjoy it everyday as much as he remembered the order of all the 77 songs.

We praised the Lord for that,

especially because we saw him losing hope when we visited them last winter. He was so hopeless and negative that he even stopped listening to the quiet music.

So we were amazed by the news Mrs. N brought to us this time around. 

We'd like to continue to pray for him.  God is good all the time. 

Digest Movie (NY Church ver.) of Israel Team is uploaded

Digest movie of Israel Team 2018

Please watch the digest movie of Israel Team 2018 made by NY Church

We continue to pray that we will be able to make more short movies, seeking God's will, wisdom ad ideas.

2018 Israel Team Photo Report

Here are some of the photos taken during the mission trip to Israel from Oct. 29 through Nov. 11, 2018.

(Ascension Church at Mt of Olives ）

(Team members praying at Mt. of Olives, in front of Seven Arches Hotel）

（Meditation through prayer and bible reading on the top of Mt. of Olives）

(Worship at the top of Mt. of Olives, overlooking the Old city of Jerusalem）

（Team's ministry at Russian Jewish Church at Haifa）

（Dancing with Jewish Christians）

（New Year"s Worship Service by the Sea of Galilee）

The scripture  for the new year is: Matthew 13:23

"But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."

（Mt. Arbel where the Great Commission was said to be proclaimed)

（At the summit of Mt. Arbel）

(Worship at Mt. Arbel）

(Climbing down Mt. Arbel）

The rain started falling and the thunder rolled, which we believe is the signs of God's blessing.

(A donkey appeared at Mt. of Olives while the team members were praying.）

The passage for the morning devotion that morning was Matthew 21, where Jesus mentioned donkeys and said, "The Lord needs them."

（最終日）

（Emergency landing: Due to dense fog, the team's plane landed at a different airport from the original airport at Warsaw)

About 80 members stayed over Warsaw and returned Japan safely, divided into 12 groups via various airports in Europe and Moscow.

A Scripture for the new year !

Our flock of TLCCC churches has received a word from God to make the month of November the beginning of the year from Exodus;

this year again on the first Sunday of November, the Israel Team members have held a New Year's service at the Sea of Galilee !!

We all got to participate in that service online live !

The scripture shown by God to Pastor Akimoto, our senior pastor in Tokyo is as follows:

Matthew 13:23

"But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."

 Let us receive the Word from God, help us understand it and keep it, So we will see abundant fruit !!  

And let us give glory to God!!

Heading to Israel on a mission trip

Pastor Daniel Asano will participate in the mission trip to Israel, starting on Oct. 29 through Nov. 10, 2018.
He is going to fly on the midnight of Oct. 28 and join the main group from Japan at Tel Aviv.  Surprisingly, the total number of participants is 92 this time.

This year falls to the 70th anniversary of a nation of Israel.
We will have a new year service of our church at the Sea of Galilee.

You can follow this team through the latest photo reports below.

イスラエルチーム情報写真集　（←こちらをクリック）

Day to pray for the peace of Jerusalem

The first Sunday of October is the day to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, which is the global prayer movement.

We joined in the meeting to pray for the peace of Jerusalem hosted by Tokyo Antioch church;
we made a brief appearance to pray via Skype, which was streamed online;
so did some  from Brazil, Cambodia, Czech, and Israel.

You can view this stream here, but it is now available in Japanese only.

Rehearsal of "the Day to pray for the peace of Jerusalem"

We will participate online in the meeting to pray for the peace of Jerusalem on Sunday, Oct. 7th this year again.

Just in case that the poor internet access disable us to connect via Skype to the meeting in Tokyo, we have recorded a video including our comment and prayer to a sponsor, Tokyo Antioch Church.

Seeking confirmation for a new space for worship service

This is a sanctuary of Trinity Presbyterian Church, located in Mid-town Manhattan.
It can accommodate about 120 people.
We are surprised to get our prayer answered for a space.

As we continued to pray to see if the space is in accordance of the Lord's will, Pastor Asano sought for a sign of a rainbow and I sought for a sign of some sort.  On the very day we prayed that way, thunders and lightnings struck NYC.

Then the day after that, Pastor Asano saw a rainbow on his way home in his car just as he had asked for it!

With these signs, we wonder if God is telling us that that church is the one He has provided for us.

We continue to pray so we could follow His leading. 

To New Place !

We are moving from the space for worship service which we have rented more than four years at prep academy.

Korean church let us use that space at a different time as theirs, and they also needed to move out, but have got provided a new space at an  American Presbyterian Church !

Their Korean pastor has told us that we might be allowed to rent that space too.
So we just went to take a look at  the church.

However, we had a chance to talk with the church staff and learned that their space was available from 9:00 to 10:15 a.m. 

We are praying if it is the will of God.


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