Some pictures from our summer outreach events...

October 21, 2012

Some pictures from our summer outreach events...

Shin Urayasu is a mostly residential area only a 20 minute train ride to Tokyo. There are more than 40,000 people in our small target area. In many parts of Japan families have one or two children. I have heard from friends here that 3 children is becoming more and more the norm. Many of our church's outreach events over the summer were directed toward these mothers and their children. Praise God with us for all of the children we were able to share the Gospel with over the summer. Please pray that we will be able to have continued contact with these families and build deeper relationships with them.

Kids having fun at our 3-day summer day camp.

Shin Urayasu Grace Church's pastor, Craig Coulbourne, crafting with kids.

We loved the watermelon!

Kids' shoes when they came to the church for lunch during the

Upward Basketball Camp we hosted.

William and Isabel's group having lunch together during the basketball camp.

William and Isabel

One of the coaches from the US Upward Basketball team with one of our friends from school.

Two of the high school helpers for the camp.

End-of-camp celebration with coaches and families.

Team photo for one of the four teams.

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About Our Family

Best known as the home of Tokyo Disneyland, and sister city to Orlando, Urayasu was once a small fishing village on Tokyo Bay. A coastal land-reclamation project expanded its area fourfold, bringing rapid growth and an influx of young people and families. When an MTW team moved into the Shin Urayasu target area, there was no church in this new community of 40,000 - not surprising in a country where only 0.3 percent of the population identify as Christians.

With God's help, things are beginning to change. Through the MTW Tokyo Bay Team’s church-planting efforts, Shin-Urayasu Grace Church had its first worship service in 2012. The church is establishing itself in the community as they seek to love God, love each other and the community.

Robert and Lisa Stewart, with their children William and Isabel, are part of this MTW work in Japan. Robert is building relationships through a men's group in the community, church outreach, and a men's Bible study. He teaches two days a week at Covenant Community School International to give educational support to their children as well as the children of other MTW families. Lisa is focused on building relationships with other moms through play groups, cooking classes, and Bible study.

Pray that God would call many Japanese to a saving faith in Jesus Christ and that Shin-Urayasu Grace Church would be a thriving, Christ-centered church.