Sacramento Japanese United Methodist Church, The Garden Church

Excitement is in the air! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary at Sacramento Japanese United Methodist Church‘s A Thousand Cranes for Peace, Sadako’s Story, A Peace Cantata for Choir! It’s an event like no other, and we want you to be there!

This commemorates the 80th Anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and promotes world peace.

Tickets can be purchased HERE or via the QR code below.

Discover the Good News in the Bible’s earliest Gospel. This 6-week class is based on the book by scholar Amy-Jill Levine as she examines John the Baptizer, the Little Apocalypse, the Transfiguration, and several of Jesus’s most notable stories and parables. The Good News of the gospel message comes alive in this book as readers see Jesus as divine and human, powerful and weak, approachable yet mysterious. The book features an in-depth study of select passages and illuminates the Gospel in its historical context and as a source for the other gospels.

The class will be led by Elaine Deatherage. Please read the book.

Questions? Please contact Elaine at elainedeatherage@mac.com.

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84441369962?pwd=haUse1wz2VVowB6QA0runz9KbgDu2T.1

The Sacramento Japanese United Methodist Church Sports & Recreation Ministry is excited to announce that registration is now open through July 19, 2025 for the 2025 SJUMC Basketball Clinic on July 26th.

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.

Registration fee of $10 per player is due at time of registration.

Details: Click Here

We’ve been through a long and difficult Lenten season. Let’s figure out how we can have deep joy even when life is not easy. Dancing is a powerful expression of joy in Scripture and fits beautifully with “The Book of Joy’s” themes of embodied celebration.

April 27
The Choice of Joy: Rejoicing in Grace
Rejoice Always: Joy as a Sacred Discipline
Philippians 4:4-8

May 4 (Communion)
The Joy of Dancing
Dancing Before the Lord: Joy Embodied
2 Samuel 6:14-16; Psalm 149:1-5

May 11
Joy in Suffering:
The Mystery of Hope
When Joy and Sorrow Meet
Romans 5:1-5; James 1:2-4

May 18
Compassionate Joy: Love in Action
Joy that Serves: Dance of the Fair Shake
Micah 6:6-8; 1 John 3:16-18

May 25
Forgiveness: The Path to Freedom
The Liberating Joy of Letting Go
Matthew 6:14-15; Colossians 3:12-17

June 1 (Communion)
Eternal Joy: The Hope of Glory
Joy Unshakable: The Dance of Resurrection
John 15:5-11; Psalm 130