Next Sunday, June 6 - join us on Zoom for our monthly fellowship and communion! Link will be provided in the Friday email.
Join a group of friendly people for exercise on Sundays at 7 pm.
PCJC Annual Conference 2021
Pastors, delgates, and other church leaders from the Pacific Coast Japanese Conference met recently for our annual conference. Bishop Matt Whitehead presented on "The Free Methodist Way." Superintendent Keith Tanita presented several reports on the conference.
The link for the booklet is on the bottom of the page.
Opportunity to Serve
Thanks for all the donations that have already been received. We will plan on providing snacks on a monthy basis. Your support is greatly appreciated!
Family Promise of the South Bay helps homeless families achieve housing stability by providing short-term shelter, meals, case management, and hospitality. If you recall, we donated our Christmas Post Office funds to this non-profit organization.
Anchor South Bay Church will be partnering with Family Promise by providing snack bags for the children who are in their program. To do this, we need to gather a supply of snacks, package them up, and deliver them to Family Promise.
If you'd like to help, here some suggestions on what we need to collect: Fruit: grapes, oranges, apples, nectarines, bananas Savory Snack: SunChips, Cheez-its, Pringles, Pretzels, Variety chip boxes, Ritz Crackers Juice Boxes
We're scheduled to provide snacks for May 31. If you'd like to donate any of these items, please contact Wayne Katayama to arrange pickup or drop it off with Yukari at Kansha Creamery (when you're getting some ice cream!).
Prayer Requests
If you'd like to send a card or email of encouragement to
Pastor Ray and Ryoko, their contact information is:
Ray & Ryoko Narusawa
735 Irving St, #3
Alhambra, CA 91801
We'd love to pray for you and with you! If you have any prayer requests or answers to prayer, please email us at: anchorsouthbay@gmail.com
Rev. Jenny Switkes from our sister church, Rise OC, was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer. Her surgery is scheduled in July. Please pray for wisdom regarding the next steps ahead.
Pastor Ray & Ryoko Narasawa appreciate your prayers. Pray for Pastor Ray's strength and weight to increase.
Praise! Ron Watanabe's brother, Greg, is out of ICU! He had a pacemaker implanted recently. Please continue to cover Greg and his family in your prayers.
An update from Gary Gaulton's family: "After many tests and followup appointments, Gary has started his chemotherapy." "There will be 4 treatments each 3 weeks apart. The mass that was removed measured 3 ½ inches, due to the size, his cancer was called Stage 3A. There was no evidence of lymph node involvement, but due to the size the doctors determined he needed a round of chemotherapy. His health has been good and his healing has gone well. Please pray with us that the side effects are minimal or nonexistent.
Please keep the Katayama family in your prayers for their new baby boy and a smooth transition to a family of four.
Keith's mom is ready to try caring for herself independently. Please pray she grows in confidence and is able to manage her daily life again.
Prayers for continued healing and health for Brittany.
Giving
April Financial Report
We did really well in April. Income was $18,356.12 verses the budget of $14,000.
We appreciate your faithful giving!
We appreciate your financial support of the Anchor. There are three ways to give:
By Mail: To: Erik McBeth, 26131 Delos Drive, Torrance, CA 90505 Please make checks out to "Anchor South Bay Church".
