Minister's Message
Welcome to our church's website. We have seen a lot of technological changes in the past few years and this site is intended to provide the friends and members of the Centennial-Japanese United Church community a chance to obtain information and keep up-to-date on church activities.
I hope that this website will help our congregation and friends to become closer to God and to Jesus Christ.
Christmas 2011
Dear Friends of Centennial-Japanese United Church
The Christmas season is upon us.
A season in which there is much thought & concern put into the concept of gifts. Many childrren focus upon & delight in anticipation of what gifts they would like & may get at Christmas. In the hustle & bustle of what is going on at this Season, we forget the most important gift of all – Jesus Christ. The bible tells us in John 3:16 that “God so loved the world that He gave His one & only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” The bible relates to us the wonderful truth that Jesus Christ came to save us from our sins & that He lived a perfect , sinless life & died a cruel death on the cross to be our Substitute & Saviour.
This is an exciting time at Centennial-Japanese United Church. We have temporarily relocated to Oriole-York Mills United Church & worship jointly with them under Rev. Cindy's leadership. We are enjoying each other & making new friends. With the two music directors combining their talents so well & the joining of the choirs the music is wonderful & very enjoyable.
We welcomed the members of Toronto Japanese United Church at the amalgamation service on November 27th. There will be a worship service in Japanese on the first Sunday afternoon of each month.
This is also a time of opportunities. A time to use the opportunities of the Season to share with others the true meaning of Christmas. It is a time for us to use the opportunities to gather together & worship “the new born King”.
It is an opportunity to help your church in its work with people not only locally but throughout the world in outreach programs. We were not able to have a bazaar this year so an extra financial support would be of much help in our work & very appreciated. A very worthwhile & meaningful gift.
Whether you are a regular or have not been out for a while, we have some opportunities & events at Centennial-Japanese United Church that we would like to invite you, your family, relatives & friends to attend during this season. They are as follows:
Sun, Dec. 18 - 11:00am. Advent IV - White Gift Sunday
Sat., Dec. 24 - 7:00pm. Christmas Eve Service through scriptures, carols, prayers, candle lighting & drama.
Sun., Dec. 25 - 11:00am. Christmas Day Carols Service
Rev. Cindy, our Church Council & I wish you all a very joyous, safe & blessed Christmas & the best in the new year.
Henry Ichiyen, Chair of the Church Council
