Welcome back to to the Lenten Bible Study podcast of Kobe Union Church. We're happy you've decided to join us!

Today's study focuses on Psalm 31, and in our podcast this week we are once again blessed by Pastor Akiko Van Antwerpen joining us! We spend our time talking about what the Psalms are, and how they were used in people's lives, before talking a bit about God's steadfast love for us, even when we're sad, grief-stricken, or just generally annoyed with God. Join us for a fun, and occasionally silly, conversation!

- If you'd like to join in the discussion, you're welcome to participate in our Google Classroom. Just go to classroom.google.com and use class code sscycws, or send an email to Pastor Don if you're not familiar with Google Classroom. We'd love to have you join us in the conversation!

As we've been transitioning to the anchor.fm service for distributing sermons, we had thought that we had lost recordings for our services on March 1st and March 8th. Fortunately, we were able to locate some partial backup files, and can bring those to you now!

Sermon: “The Christian Alternatives to Fear” by Pastor Chuck Grafft

Scripture: Numbers 13:26-33 

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+13%3A26-33&version=NIV

This "episode" is our weekly sermon recording!

On Sunday, March 29th, 2020, Pastor Akiko Van Antwerpen delivered the sermon “The Church of the Good Samaritan,” based on the gospel text of Luke 10:25-37

Thanks for joining us this week!

Sermon: "The Church of the Good Samaritan" by Pastor Akiko Van Antwerpen

Scripture: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+10%3A25-37&version=NRSV

Welcome back to to the Lenten Bible Study podcast of Kobe Union Church. We're happy you've decided to join us!

Today's study focuses on Ezekiel 37:1-14, and in our podcast this week we are joined by none other than Pastor Akiko Van Antwerpen! We spend our time talking about some of the terrifying context around Ezekiel's prophecy, and really take the time to dig into just what this passage can mean for us in the world today. Join us for a fresh look on God's work of reconciliation and repair!

- If you'd like to join in the discussion, you're welcome to participate in our Google Classroom. Just go to classroom.google.com and use class code sscycws, or send an email to Pastor Don if you're not familiar with Google Classroom. We'd love to have you join us in the conversation!

This "episode" is our weekly sermon recording!

On Sunday, March 22nd, 2020, Rev. Claudia Genung delivered the sermon “Nicodemus Sought Out Jesus,” based on the gospel text of John 3:1-17.

Thanks for joining us this week!

Sermon: "Nicodemus Sought out Jesus" by Rev. Claudia Genung

Scripture: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A1-17&version=NIV

Welcome back to to the Lenten Bible Study podcast of Kobe Union Church. We're happy you've decided to join us!

Today's study focuses on Ephesians 4:25-32, and in our podcast we talk about some of the background of this letter, and the Bible in general, and we discuss the importance of anger in fellowship community. Join us for a fun and engaging in-depth look at Paul's take on these very important issues!

- If you'd like to join in the discussion, you're welcome to participate in our Google Classroom. Just go to classroom.google.com and use class code sscycws, or send an email to Pastor Don if you're not familiar with Google Classroom. We'd love to have you join us in the conversation! - 

This "episode" is our weekly sermon recording!

On Sunday, March 15th, 2020, Rev. Musubi Tabuchi delivered the sermon “To Serve, Not to be Served,” based on the gospel text of Mark 10:35-45. 

Thanks for joining us this week!

Unfortunately, due to technical details during the service, we were unable to capture recordings of our lector reading the scripture during this week's service. Instead, we have asked Pastor Don to provide the scripture reading for the recording, and you can follow along with the passage at the link below if you'd prefer to read along yourself!

Sermon: "To Serve, Not to be Served" by Rev. Musubi Tabuchi

Scripture: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+10%3A35-45&version=NIV

Welcome to our first podcast! Which is actually the third meeting of our Lenten Bible Study series! Because that makes sense!

Having had to cancel the in-person meeting of our Lenten Bible Study, we came to realize that this is the best time for us to try having it online, as a podcast. So, welcome to the first of hopefully many podcasts by Kobe Union Church. Today's podcast focuses on Exodus 16:1-8, the story of the Israelites receiving mana from heaven. Join us for an exploration of the text, and some prayerful meditation on the word!