West Tokyo Union Church

22/05/2026

Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church this Pentecost Sunday! We have a special joint service with Mitaka Lutheran Church at 10:30 a.m., and we will be meeting at the chapel of Japan Lutheran College and Theological Seminary in Mitaka. We will be observing the Lord’s Supper during this service. Here's this week's Letter to the Congregation for info on what's been happening in our congregation!

Dear WTUC Family, I hope that you have had a blessed week. I also hope that you are taking care of your health as we have been swinging from simmering heat to blustery rain and wind. It is certainly incredible how the world God created can have such different weather in the same area in a short per

03/05/2026

Take a chance to get away from the busy city and recharge in the mountains of Japan! The WTUC Summer Youth Camp welcomes youth ages 12-18 to have fun, make great friendships, and explore new community. Learn more about how you can join on our Youth Camp page! www.wtuc.net/youthcamp

28/04/2026

TOKYO Friends! Come support JOEE (Joyful Opportunity English Education) tomorrow in Tokyo - close to Hirō. Great music and dancing, plus a puppet performance -- I will need some free-spirited helpers! Join us April 29th at 6pm at the Havana 1950 Club. Party like a frog in the springtime while you support free English lesson for kids growing up in orphanages. This is a ministry supported by WTUC.

Come to dance at the Cha-Cha-Charity on April 29th, 2026 at Havana 1950, a premium retro Cuban restaurant/bar located in Hirō. Money raised will be donated t...

17/04/2026

Join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church this coming Sunday! We will be gathering in person on the campus of Japan Lutheran College and Theological Seminary Room 105, with our service starting at 11:00 a.m.! Rev. Dr. Paul Shew will be continuing his series on Authentic Christian Faith. If you are a regular attender, please bring finger food or a snack to share during the fellowship hour following our service. For more on what's happening in the life of our church, check out this week's Letter to the Congregation!

Dear WTUC Family, I hope that you had a wonderful week. It was awesome to have Dan and Sally Witmer join us this past Sunday as a part of our WTUC 60th Anniversary Celebration! They joined us online from Southern California to let us know how they are doing as well as share a message about Christia

10/04/2026

Please come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church this Sunday! We are welcoming back a couple of familiar faces from the 2000s - Dan and Sally Witmer! They will be joining us during our online service via Zoom starting at 11:00 a.m. Learn more about what's happening in the life of our congregation with this week's letter!

Dear WTUC Family, It was so wonderful to see so many of you during our Easter Sunday celebration. It was a joy to have the kids running around looking for Easter eggs, for us to worship and celebration the risen Christ, and to have a time of full fellowship. Special thanks goes to Betsy Terada, Est

05/04/2026

Our celebration of Christ's resurrection is more than about what happens after this life. We are called to live with an eternal perspective. Here's Pastor Jonathan's message delivered on Easter Sunday 2026. Christ is risen!

Delivered by Rev. Jonathan Oh on Sunday, April 5, 2026. 英語のテキストの後に日本語訳があります。こちらはChatGPTによる機械翻訳であり、文法的な誤りが含まれている可能性があります。基本的な正確さを確認しております。 Passages: Colo...

03/04/2026

Come join us as we celebrate the risen Christ at West Tokyo Union Church! We have a full schedule on Easter Sunday as we gather on the campus of Japan Lutheran College and Theological Seminary! Get all of the details on what's happening this weekend and in the life of our church in this week's Letter to the Congregation!

Dear WTUC Family, As we approach the end of Lent culminating this weekend in Easter Sunday, I can’t help but think about how our risen King means a full, resurrected life for us who are in Christ. For His resurrection is our resurrection, and His coming means our restoration. We are given an etern...

27/03/2026

Palm Sunday is coming up this weekend! Join us as we gather in person at 11:00 a.m. on the campus of Japan Lutheran College and Theological Seminary in Room 105. Pastor Jonathan will be preaching on the significance of Christ the King entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Regular attenders are asked to bring a snack or finger food to share during our fellowship hour following the service. Learn more about the Holy Week services and events at WTUC in this week's Letter to the Congregation!

Dear WTUC Family, I hope that you are getting a chance to get out to see the cherry blossoms that are unfolding around West Tokyo. As the warmer spring weather is leading to the unfolding of these white and pink flowers, we are being reminded once again of the season of new life that is taking plac

27/02/2026

It's been a minute since we posted on this page, but we're still continuing to gather in worship, both in person and online! You can always check out the schedule on our website! This Sunday, will be gathering in person on the campus of Japan Lutheran College and Theological Seminary Room 105, and we will be observing the Lord's Supper. Learn more about what's ahead in this week's Letter to the Congregation!

Dear WTUC Family, I hope that you had a good end to your week and the month of February. This month has certainly flown by for me, and when we meet on Sunday, it’ll be March already. We’re already seeing flowers blooming around Tokyo, and the cherry blossoms will be out before we know it. Coming...

31/01/2026

Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering on the campus of Japan Lutheran College and Theological Seminary Room 105 on Sunday, February 1 at 11:00 a.m. for our service. We will be observing the Lord's Supper, and for those who join us regularly, we ask that you bring a snack or finger food to share during our fellowship hour. For more, check out this week's Letter to the Congregation!

Dear WTUC Family, I hope that you are wrapping up the first month of 2026 well. January is an interesting month because some folks find it to be the month that drags on from Christmas until February, and in the meantime, we end up breaking every New Year’s Resolution that we set at the beginning o...