In early 1940, Kate Smith, a fiercely patriotic American and the biggest star on radio, was deeply worried about her country. She asked Irving Berlin if he could give her a song that would reignite the spirit of American patriotism and faith.  He said he had a song that he had written in 1917, but never used [...]

“Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.” Deuteronomy 32:7 Early this past summer MBCC members were asked to submit a picture of themselves from their childhood days for a special project on which the pastor was [...]

Shopping in downtown Fukuoka City, JAPAN, Andrea and found this “Warm Christmas Greeting.” We shot this picture with our cell phone camera and were real happy with the “fuzzy” warm feeling. We hope you all manage to keep that “warm, fuzzy” feeling of God’s precious gift-giving love of Salvation right up through the Christmas Holy [...]

MBCC held their annual Fall Bazaar Saturday, October 31st. The following is slideshow of the day’s event. Background music is a bi-lingual, gospel version of “What A Friend We Have In Jesus” performed by Worship Leaders Chu Kosaka and Asiah.

Congratulations to our youngest daughter and son-in-law, Jeremy & Caroline, on the birth of  their first child, Gideon Leo, who was born in Denver, Thursday, September 10th at 9:35 AM, and weighed in at 7.1 pounds. In this slide presentation of photos by Jer & Care, background music is done by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra as they [...]

Munakata Bethel Christian Center (MBCC) in Japan raised up the framework for the new addition to their building on August 31st. The new addition to the church building includes an expanded sanctuary, classroom-meeting room, new office, and an expanded youth-children room. The project will be completed the by the first week in October. We want [...]

Our church Good News Choir sang in front of the Akama Station. They took their hearts, a guitar, keyboard, and a castanet and sang joyfully sang. There were several young people who stopped and listened. Here are a few pictures along with “This Little Light of Mine,” sung by Japan singer-songwriter Chu Kosaka.

The Word of God is found hidden in most every picture that is snapped, shot, or taken. You just have to look for it. The following pictures are from our 2009 summer in Alaska and Washington states.   An Ear to Hear — “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit to [...]

(Click) Summer Memories is a short YouTube photo-slide presentation of our trip to Alaska and Washington states this past summer where we visited family, friends, and churches. The background music, “I Lift My Heart,” is sung by New Zealand’s 1970s blues singer-turned-preacher, Evan Silva.

 The love, joy, peace, and power of praising God!  Sunday, May 10th was a powerful day at Munakata Bethel Christian Center here in Japan. We celebrated our 2nd Annual Praise Festival in the afternoon with people from eight or nine different churches around Fukuoka Prefecture. Noah’s three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, were represented by [...]