2008 GRADUATES BANQUET
June 1st

The Christian Education Committee has made arraignments for a wonderful Graduation banquet – it will be held on Sunday, June 1, 2008, 5-8pm and will be located at JBC! Catering will be done by Hiroshi's Restaurant and will cost $17 per person for a buffet of sushi & other Japanese food. We anticipate a large group of graduates this year, ranging from high school, college, and seminary. THE LAST DAY TO SIGN UP IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 28th!

MISSION TRIP VOLUNTEER DEDICATION
June 8TH

During the morning worship service on Sunday, June 8th, we will be recognizing JBC's young adults who will be going on mission trips this summer:

  • Woun, Sun, Jeremy, and their friend Lawrence to Japan to work with American Baptist missionaries Gordon and Lee Hwang and Roberta Stephens as the Amenables
  • Evan Matsuzawa to China with Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
  • Tera Shimada to India with Youth With a Mission

MIRIAM THE MARIMBA CONCERT
June 8TH

“Miriam the Marimba” will be having a concert at JBC this coming Sunday, June 8th, beginning at 2 p.m. The concert is in honor of the Armagost family, American Baptist missionaries to Japan who have been worshiping with us at JBC during the year of home assignment. (The Armagosts will be returning to Kobe in July.) The concert is also a fund-raiser to provide additional financial support for the Armagosts’ mission work. Suggested donation in $10 per person, $5 per student or senior. Memmi Ochi and others have graciously arranged to present this concert for your enjoyment and as a way we can show support for a family that has become very dear to us. We hope that many of you will plan to attend the concert.

POTLUCK LUNCHEON FOR THE ARMAGOST FAMILY
June 22nd

The Armagost Family will be returning to Japan in early July. We would like to honor them at a potluck luncheon after Worship on Sunday, June 22nd. Please plan to attend and plan to bring a main dish and a salad or rice dish or dessert. Please bring something that does not need to be reheated.