Japan Archives - Global Ministries https://www.globalministries.org/region/japan/ Global Ministries is a common missional witness of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. Global Ministries works with approximately 290 faith-based international partners in close to 90 countries. Our Vision: That all of God’s people and creation share in God’s abundant life. Our Mission: To receive and share the Good News of Jesus Christ by joining with global and local partners to work for justice, reconciliation, and peace. Thu, 08 May 2025 18:55:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://www.globalministries.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/favicon-150x150.png Japan Archives - Global Ministries https://www.globalministries.org/region/japan/ 32 32 Community at the Asian Rural Institute https://www.globalministries.org/community-at-the-asian-rural-institute/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:08:42 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=58962 By Lauren Reddin, Global Mission Intern at the Asian Rural Institute, Japan It has been a crisp, frosty winter in Nasushiobara, Japan. The wind blows in huge gusts, kicking up the gravel dust on our makeshift volleyball court. Gangs of … Read more

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]]> Learning about Ministry Among Micronesians https://www.globalministries.org/learning-about-ministry-among-micronesians/ Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:34:17 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=58592 By Martha Mensendiek Martha Mensendiek serves with Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. Dear Friends, This past year I spent on sabbatical from Doshisha University as a Visiting Scholar at my alma mater, the University of Hawai’i School of Social Work and Public … Read more

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]]> Pray with Japan, March 16, 2025 https://www.globalministries.org/resource/pray-with-japan-march-16-2025/ Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:14:42 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?post_type=resource&p=58291 Lectionary Selection:  Luke 13: 31-35 Prayers for Japan Creator God, you created this world and put the stewardship of the planet in our hands. Yet, we have put our own greed first thereby destroying the environment around us. Fourteen years ago, … Read more

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]]> Cherishing Our Connections https://www.globalministries.org/cherishing-our-connections/ Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:10:03 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=58564 Jeffrey Mensendiek serves with J.F. Oberlin University in Tokyo, Japan.    I was visiting my mother in Los Angeles for New Years this year. We had a wonderful family reunion, and I was ready to fly back to Japan the next … Read more

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]]> Pray with Japan, October 27, 2024 https://www.globalministries.org/resource/pray-with-japan-october-27-2024/ Mon, 21 Oct 2024 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?post_type=resource&p=56201 Lectionary Selection:  Mark 10:46-52 Prayers for Japan Dear God, thank you for the opportunities we have to encounter you along our journeys. We give thanks for the opportunities that participants in the Asian Rural Institute have to travel throughout Japan to learn … Read more

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]]> The Dignity Workshop https://www.globalministries.org/the-dignity-workshop/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 20:00:27 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=57184 Thursday, November 14 and Thursday, November 21, 2024, 7-8:15pm Eastern What does dignity look like in daily life? How can we talk about it in practical terms? Why do we keep hurting each other’s dignity? Is it possible to share … Read more

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]]> Global Immersion Japan: A Graphic Novel https://www.globalministries.org/global-immersion-japan-a-graphic-novel/ Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:42:42 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=56963 One of the Higher Education Leadership Ministries (HELM) fellows, Ella Gordon, documented their cohorts immersion trip through a series of comics. Check out their work below. You can read reflections from the entire cohort here.

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]]> Global Immersion: Reflections on Japan https://www.globalministries.org/global-immersion-reflections-on-japan/ Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:17:59 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=56234 In May, Higher Education Leadership Ministries and Global Ministries organized a pilgrimage for the HELM Leadership Fellows. In the third year of the program, students travel for abroad to visit with an international partner and learn more about the work … Read more

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]]> A Meditation on Metaphors and Corners https://www.globalministries.org/a-meditation-on-metaphors-and-corners/ Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:35:51 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=56458 Jeffrey Mensendiek serves with J.F. Oberlin University in Tokyo, Japan. Greetings from Japan. It has been a while since I last wrote a newsletter. I have been working for Global Ministries now for 35 years, and for the past six and … Read more

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]]> Pray with Japan, May 26, 2024 https://www.globalministries.org/resource/pray-with-japan-may-26-2024/ Mon, 20 May 2024 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?post_type=resource&p=54529 Lectionary Selection:  John 3:1-17 Prayers for Japan  Spirit of the Living God, we recognize and celebrate the ways you have moved among our communities of faith over the years. We give thanks for the opportunities and the gifts you have bestowed upon … Read more

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