After getting ready, I decided to try and make it to church. I had found a church online called Nagasaki Baptist church, and it looked like they had an English service at 11am.
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Nagasaki Baptist Church.
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They were very warm and welcoming. The service was in Japanese, but they gave me this cute device so that I could listen to an English translation.
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Lovely singing, accompanied by a talented organist.
The Bible reading was my favorite Messianic passage, describing God's new creation (Isaiah 65).
There was a special number by the choir.
And then the message. I was surprised and delighted to see a woman preacher. Obviously the Nagasaki Baptist church is not a member of the Southern Baptist convention! She spoke on how we can experience true joy and fulfillment when we follow Christ who makes all things good.
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The 3 hymns were Japanese translations of English hymns. I was so happy that, thanks to my Clarence school training, I knew the words of all three verses of 'Great is Thy faithfulness' and 'Count your many blessings' by heart, as well as the third song, 'Bless the Lord, O my soul' and was able to join in the singing in English.
After the service, the English translator came up to me and we chatted a little.
On the whole, a very good experience
More posts and pictures coming in a bit.......
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