This newsletter was birthed from the passage in Mark 5:25-34 about the bleeding woman who suffered with her illness for many years. In her desperation, she reached out to Jesus and was healed. The vision for the Women in Touch Newsletter is to become a resource for women to seek Jesus, with the challege to be healed and to reach out to one another.

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Blessings,
Pastor Cory, d.v.
d.v., deo volente: God willing

Yes God did it all, He did it by creating us, then by saving us through His Son and then by giving us this land out of His pure graciousness.
This new beginning for us is the direct result of God’s sovereign grace in our lives. May we be a grateful people who bow down to worship our Mighty King.
Blessings,
Pastor Cory, d.v.
d.v., deo volente: God willing

In reading the account of the birth of the church in Acts, my attention was drawn to the reality of the Holy Spirit’s work. It was in God’s outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the believing disciples that sprang the church to life. Without man’s programs or methods, nor the use of modern technology, the early church was empowered by the Holy Spirit to impact the world with the life-changing message of the resurrected Christ and ignite a movement for the glory of God.

In studying the book of Acts, I see the power which relentlessly drove the disciples to make known the resurrection to all, brought an increase of converts, and caused a passion for Jesus to blaze up within their hearts. I am asking with all my heart, “God I want this. I want this dynamic in my life.”

God’s strategy today has not changed. He intends His church to be empowered by the energy of the Holy Spirit. If you draw from the flesh, self-resource, or your natural abilities you will never be greatly used of the Lord or experience His anointing in abundance. Christ will only be greatly magnified in our lives when we are first emptied of ourselves and are then filled with the Spirit of God. “He (Holy Spirit) will glorify Me (Jesus), for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.” John 16:14

If you are feeling as if you are just going through your religious motions with no life or dynamic or if you feel as if you have lost your first love for Christ, realize that today God is desiring to fill your cup to overflowing. He is waiting for you to simply yield to Him so He may release torrents of living water upon your life to revitalize you. In humility would you respond to our Lord’s invitation?

“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’”
John 7:37-38

God’s blessings and grace,
Kyle Shimazaki

Often times our Christianity becomes all about doing the right things: be loving, forgiving, have integrity, or don’t gossip. Obviously there is a place for these but before we ever DO the right thing for God we must first BE right with God. Religion tells us what we need to do but the Bible declares what God has already done for us. And so before you ever set out to live your life you must first learn to receive your life from Christ. God’s blessing, power, and life are only received through a growing relationship with Him.

Jesus illustrates ripe fruit comes from the ongoing development of life which is only found through it’s relationship with the vine. “Abide” literally means to remain, endure, and to continue to be present. Only when the branch is connected, fastened, and attached to the vine can it be nurtured and grow. Everything that the branch needs for life and fruitfulness is found in the vine so its one duty is to be connected to the vine.

In the same way Jesus Christ is the vine and we are the branches He is the very source of spiritual life and personal holiness. This brings us to the very core value of what it means to be a Christian. Christianity is not about doing religious things it is about growing from spiritual life. As you abide in Christ His life, power, strength and grace will flow into you.

To abide in Christ is to depend upon, to rely upon, and be connected to Jesus as your source of life. You must daily commune with Jesus by trusting in Him for strength, depending upon Him for your holiness, and being filled with spiritual life. Draw near to the Lord and believe that He will become your holiness and change your life.

His Grace alone,
Kyle Shimazaki

First Fruits Offerings $1,963,308.57
Monthly Pledges $156,134.65 per month
Grand Total $7,584,155.82
We are about to reach or surpass our Challenge Goals for the Giving Campaign. Isn’t it amazing what our extraordinary God can do through ordinary people who are committed wholly unto Him?
The giving hasn’t stopped. There are more commitments since last Sunday so the totals are continuing to grow. Praise the Lord from whom all blessings flow.
I am not only excited by the results of the Giving Campaign, but also the response of our church family to the goal of “Sowing Seeds of Faith”. Testimonies are beginning to come in, describing the faithfulness of God to seed sowing efforts.
God has done a wondrous thing in our Giving Campaign. How much more do you think He desires to bless our seed sowing efforts? The Giving Campaign is very important, but it pales in comparison to the value of just one person coming to know Jesus as Lord and Savior.
May His Kingdom continue to grow because of His faithfulness to our seed sowing.
Blessings,
Pastor Cory d.v.
d.v., deo volente: God willing

The Psalmist expresses the sense of thanksgiving and praise I have for the Lord regarding Commitment Sunday. It was a blessed time of worship, culminating in the giving of our First Fruits Offerings and Three Year Pledge. The Lord is good.

It was as meaningful a time in worship as I have experienced. I shall remember the time of commitment as an incredible act of faith and worship. I will treasure it in my heart.
One of our long-time members told me that it was one of the most powerful and meaningful moments he had ever experienced as a member of our church family. I always value what he says and took it to heart. The Lord is good.

The preliminary results from the pledge cards received on Commitment Sunday are as follows:
First Fruits Offerings total of $1,546,978.69.

Three-Year Monthly Commitments total of $101,836.87 per month.

The Lord is good! We met the Foundational Goal for the First Fruits Offering and exceeded our Foundational Goal for the Monthly Pledges.

Please note that many were not able to be there on Sunday. Some gave in advance and others will still be giving their First Fruits and Pledges in the days to come.

Thank you all for your generous participation in the Giving Campaign. Your sacrificial giving and commitment is allowing us to occupy the land for His sake. May we be a blessing to Him and to His Kingdom.

I would like to share one final reflection on Commitment Sunday. I really enjoyed watching the children empty their banks into the baskets. Their sense of excitement and joy was genuine and the looks on their faces were priceless. As they shook their treasures out of its place of safekeeping, I appreciated the lessons of stewardship they were learning. The Lord is good.

The Lord is doing some wonderful things in our lives. I look forward to seeing the Lord bearing fruit from our continued efforts in sowing seeds of faith.

Blessings,
Pastor Cory d.v.
d.v., deo volente: God willing