Family Christmas

This Christmas is somewhat different from last year for Hiragishi Izumi Church. We have got to know lots of people, not least through our involvement in the local school, through Lorna's children's English classes and our boys' involvement in football and swimming. We thought it would be good once again to rent the building below our house and have planned a Family Christmas outreach event for Saturday. There will be lots of fun and games, lots of goodies to eat and a chance to sing a Christmas song together and for us to share the Christmas story with those who come. For many, it may well be their first time ever at a church event, and first time to hear what Christmas is really all about. Because we don't have a church building as such, it is harder to become known more widely in the community but this event has given us the opportunity to place leaflets in the local newspaper as well as go out and hand out invites to the children on their way home from school. It's interesting that many of those who have already said they will come are people we know personally. That shows the importance of slowly building up relationships. However, we hope that others from the community will come too and that this Saturday will mark another important step in the life of this fledgling church. Look out for a report later this weekend.