West Tokyo Union Church

19/09/2026

After reviewing the forecast for this coming weekend, we WILL be gathering for service Sunday morning! Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will begin our service at 11:00 a.m. in Room 105 of Japan Lutheran College and Theological Seminary. Pastor Jordan will be kicking off a new WTUC sermon series called "We Three Kings". If you are a regular attender, we ask that you bring finger food or a snack to share during the fellowship hour following the service. Learn more about the new sermon series as well as an amazing fall youth outing in this week's Letter to the Congregation!

Dear WTUC Family, I hope that you have enjoyed the cooler fall weather. It certainly has been a bit drier as well compared to the past few weeks when it almost seemed like it was raining every day! However, there were a lot of questions about this upcoming Sunday’s service, which is the reason why

12/09/2026

Please come join us Sunday for our online worship service beginning at 11:00 a.m.! We will be gathering on Zoom. Please check out the following Letter to the Congregation for more information as well as the new link to the service. The letter was sent on Friday, September 11, 2026, and Pastor Jonathan wrote a brief reflection on the somber 25-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the United States.

Hello, WTUC Family. I hope that you have had a good week. I take a moment to make a note about a somber anniversary that takes place today. 25 years ago on September 11, a horrific set of terrorist attacks took place in the United States. Many of us may remember seeing the events unfold on televisi

04/09/2026

Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church on our opening Sunday of the 2026-2027 WTUC church year! We will be gathering in-person in Room 105 on the campus of Japan Lutheran Seminary in Mitaka. We will be observing the Lord’s Supper during the service, which begins at 11 a.m. Please come worship with us and stay for a time of fellowship. If you are coming, please bring a finger food or snack to share during the fellowship hour. Learn more about this upcoming WTUC year in this week's Letter to the Congregation!

Dear WTUC Family, I hope that you had a wonderful summer “break” as we spent some time visiting different congregations and worshiping with other members of Christ’s body during the past couple of months. So much has taken place, including our big WTUC Summer Youth Camp as well as connecting w...

28/08/2026

As we prepare for our new WTUC calendar year, our new chair of the Steering Committee has written a Letter to the Congregation about what is ahead...

Dear West Tokyo Union Church family, I am blessed to be sending you this letter as the new WTUC Steering Committee Chair of 2026-27 church year. It is my privilege to be given this opportunity to serve God and to serve you.  WTUC is a unique church. As small as we are, the church continue

26/06/2026

We are preparing to wrap up our WTUC calendar year this Sunday! Please come join us for our Closing Sunday service beginning at 11:00 a.m. on the campus of Japan Lutheran College and Theological Seminary in Room 105. We will be observing the Lord's Supper during the service. Regular attenders should bring finger food or a snack to be shared during the fellowship hour, followed by the congregational meeting. For more details on this, check out this week's Letter to the Congregation!

Dear WTUC Family, I hope that you had a wonderful week. We’re just about to hit the weekend, but we’re looking at a couple of nasty storms rolling through Saturday. Please stay safe, and hopefully things will be calmer by Sunday. We’re coming to what we call in the television business the “s...

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...