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Servant Leader Newsletter
July, 2018
Andrew Ichimura

God’s great plan for the nation of Japan.
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV)

God is trying to convey the gospel to the whole world using our country "Japan" in this last era. I believe in the near future God's plan for "Japan" will be revealed. When each of us as a follower of Christ truly believes and trusts God’s promises and His will, He adopts us into His family and kingdom to serve Him by proclaiming the gospel not only in Asia but all over the world. It begins with faith, for without faith it is impossible to please Him.

““Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. “Truly, I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.” Mark 11:22-23 (NIV)

·“VIP Kobe” (Chairman: Sadao Ogasawara) will hold it’s 107th gathering on July 20th (Fri) at Kobe Bible house. The guest speaker will be Raju Tamang (Sr. student, Japan University of Economics, Kobe Sannomiya campus) and his topic is “Christians in Nepal and Japan”. Please pray participants will understand more about Nepal and develop better relations with the country and its people. And also pray for the gospel to spread to the nation of Nepal as well as to Nepalis living in Japan.

·“VIP Tokyo Station” will be held on July 31st (Tue) at RENOIR Tokyo station Yaesu North entrance plaza on 5F Yamato building. The guest speaker will be Cesar Santoyo (Filipino and Director of CJFF, NPO). Any business has “KFS” (Key Factors for Success), and he will share some success stories of KFS for human development businesses using the case of Filipino ladies living in Japan training to become English teachers. Please pray the ministry will reach out to business people working around Tokyo station (Otemachi, Marunouchi, Hibiya, Yuraku-cho, Ginza, Kyobashi, Yaesu, Nihonbashi etc.

·“VIP Ikebukuro” (Chairman: Shigeo Kishimoto) will host a Summer festival on August 4th (Sat) from 12:30pm at Ryokyu Kaikan 57F Ikebukuro Sunshine 60 building and the guest speaker will be Dr. Yoshitaka Sato (Dentist) and his topic is “Clever preparation for retirement”. Worship music will be led by Noriko Sato (Singer and song writer) and performance by Shalom Trio (Violin: Miyuki Tagawa, Harp: Kaya Watanabe, Cello: Hiroko Kishimoto). Music will include “Schubert: Ave Maria; Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song, Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring and others. 80 people max. Please pray participants will come to faith in Christ.

·“VIP Rejoice Tokyo” (Chairman: Tomoe Takahashi) will be held on July 21st (Sat) at OCC Building 402 the Japan Navigators Conf room. The guest speaker will be Yoko Tsukada (founder of Fukkatsusha – Christian funeral service company) and her theme is “Living in a super aging society · Living Will”. Topics in her talk will include reflections on one’s final chapter of life, thinking about one’s own life and faith and death, legacy and funeral with a challenge to write and journal important thoughts. Please consider joining this event and bringing seekers.