Posts with the category “newsletter-2026-05-21”

"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul." — Psalm 23:1–3 After dodging it for more than six years, last...  Read More

Rev. John walked with the San Jose Japantown community leaders in the SJ Taiko Stroll. Nikkei Matsuri Foundation Board members including Kelli Martines (right) and Kellie Nunokawa (second from left).....  Read More

The Wesley Ukulele Band performed on the Aloha Stage.Hula dancers from left: Lani, Betsy Crandall, Natalie,  May Serrano, and Margaret Hironaka The Keiki also performed! Hula Dancers Mika Yamatake and...  Read More

The Wesley Jazz Ensemble performed to a full house in spite of the sprinkles with Dave Land servicing as emcee, with Peter Horikoshi and Ryan Miyahara seen and band members below thrilling the crowd w...  Read More

Showing off our Wesley Church’s new vision statement and selling United Women of Faith cook books were, from left: Ann Cowels, Bobbie Ueunten and Cynthia Fukuda.......  Read More

The youth did an amazing job behind the scenes in making both the crowd-pleasing unique Asian favored hot dogs. Sato and Hideo, prep the hot dog buns at the Suno and Teri booth. Venessa Perry-Mar, sta...  Read More

Walking the wok to the Teppan Taco booth is Wayne Kuwada and Byran Longmire. It’s Teppan Taco Time as Kenton Kuwada waits for his order to come up. On the right we have Keith Nakashima and Scott Hanet...  Read More

It takes a village for our church to prepare for Nikkei Matsuri and the evening’s work in the Fellowship Hall was just one tiny portion of all the work needed. In this instance, the work crew was doin...  Read More

5月16日のアンブレラミニストリーでは、お茶のモンストレーションをさせて頂きました。茶道と禅の関係はよく知られていますが、実はキリスト教も茶道に大きな影響を与えています。日本の茶道の父と言われる千利休は、1522年に堺で産まれました。日本にキリスト教が伝来したのが1549年、当時日本の中心であった京都に近く、貿易が盛んであった堺は、日本におけるキリスト教伝道の足場となっていました。利休もミサにあず...  Read More

Genesis 20:11. NIVThen God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. Think Gr...  Read More

Saturday, May 9 marked the biggest Open Mic Nite so far with 29 people attending and a great group of performances. Ukulele, guitar, singers, game show, poetry, and more were featured. The next Open M...  Read More

Helping to make Sunday, May 10 a very special Mother's Day were the hostesses and kitchen crew from left: Brenda Gee, Bob Yasukawa, Luz Gonzales (host of the meal with Rev. John and lead Hostess), Jef...  Read More

On May 2, Wesley Church was honored to host the Midori Kai Trailblazers Award event for the very first time. Founded in 1996, Midori Kai is a non-profit organization comprised of Japanese American pro...  Read More

A Lesson Learned by Terri ThorntonGolden Hills School-Windhoek-Namibia-March-2026 The biggest lesson I learned from travel is that it is more than a checklist—it is a feeling, it is about people, it i...  Read More

The Annual Bay Area CROP Walk to end world hunger held May 17 showed how a faithful group walking in solidarity that hunger is wrong. Rev. Mariellen of Growing Hope United Methodist (formerly Almaden ...  Read More

CATS, Contemporary Asian Theater Scene, presented a staged reading of a new play by Min Kahng on May 2 in the Wesley Sanctuary. The play featured Kahng on keyboard and singing along with actor Will Da...  Read More

God’s Garden: Thank you! We are almost to the last class of Sunday School for this school year. Thank you to all the parents for getting your children to church on Sundays (I know it’s not always easy...  Read More

Geronimo Desumala, Director of Christian Service at Bellarmine College Prep, gave the message, “Pop, I prayed for you” with warmth and heartfelt emotion. He has been attending Wesley with his husband,...  Read More