Church Calendar
Sunday Worship (Online)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering online! Please use the link below to join us!
Sunday Worship (In-Person)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering in-person on the campus of Japan Lutheran Seminary in Mitaka. Please come worship with us and stay for a time of fellowship. If you are coming, please bring a finger food or snack to share during the fellowship hour.
Special Thanks to Rev. Claudia Genung-Yamamoto for today's message. Rev. Claudia is a United Methodist missionary and currently serves as the senior pastor of Yokohama Union Church. She is also chaplain at Yokohama Christian School, a ministry of YUC with about 30 children from toddlers through 5th grade. She served as pastor at WTUC from 1993 to 2011 while also working as an editor for a Christian newsletter with the National Christian Council in Japan (NCC-J), where her husband, Toshi, served as General Secretary. Claudia and Toshi moved from Kobe to Yokohama nearly two years ago. In Kobe, she served at a Kyodan church in the Toyohiko Kagawa Center before becoming senior pastor of Kobe Union Church. Toshi, meanwhile, was Dean of Chaplains and Professor of Christianity at Kwansei Gakuin University. He is now retired but remains active as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Asian Rural Institute (ARI), President of the National YMCA in Japan, and pastor once a month at a Kyodan (UCCJ) church in Hachioji. He also serves on several NGO boards.
Claudia is originally from California and first came to Japan in 1976 as an exchange student, where she met Toshi. From 1980–82, she served as a live-in missionary at Bott Home, an orphanage in Machida. Claudia and Toshi married in 1983, and she completed her field education at ICU Church from 1983–84. Both graduated from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California, and were ordained as clergy in the United Methodist Church. The couple has two sons. Their older son, Kai, was born in Hawaii in 1991 and now works as an occupational therapist in Los Angeles. He is engaged to be married in February 2026. Their younger son, Koh, was born in Fuchu in 1997 during Claudia’s pastorate at WTUC. He was married three years ago and now serves as pastor of a Lutheran church in Paris, Tennessee.
They still have one of their cats, Comet, that they got from an event at ASIJ when they were still living near the school.Comet is 22 years old and still genki.
Sunday Worship (Online)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering online! Please use the link below to join us!
Sunday Worship (In-Person)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering in-person on the campus of Japan Lutheran Seminary in Mitaka. We will be observing the Lord’s Supper during the service. Please come worship with us and stay for a time of fellowship. If you are coming, please bring a finger food or snack to share during the fellowship hour.
Sunday Worship (Online)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering online! Please use the link below to join us!
Sunday Worship (In-Person)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering in-person on the campus of Japan Lutheran Seminary in Mitaka. Please come worship with us and stay for a time of fellowship. If you are coming, please bring a finger food or snack to share during the fellowship hour.
Sunday Worship (Online)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering online! Please use the link below to join us!
Opening Sunday Worship (In-Person)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church on our opening Sunday of the 2025-2026 WTUC church year! We will be gathering in-person on the campus of Japan Lutheran Seminary in Mitaka. We will be observing the Lord’s Supper during the service. Please come worship with us and stay for a time of fellowship. If you are coming, please bring a finger food or snack to share during the fellowship hour.
Summer Break: Tokyo Union Church Worship Service
During the summer break period at West Tokyo Union Church, we recommend that you visit any number of churches in the Tokyo area. One that we recommended is Tokyo Union Church located on Omotesando. You can visit them in person at 11:00 a.m. or join online with their broadcast. The links for directions and the video are below. West Tokyo Union Church will gather again at the beginning of September.
Summer Break: Tokyo Union Church Worship Service
During the summer break period at West Tokyo Union Church, we recommend that you visit any number of churches in the Tokyo area. One that we recommended is Tokyo Union Church located on Omotesando. You can visit them in person at 11:00 a.m. or join online with their broadcast. The links for directions and the video are below. West Tokyo Union Church will gather again at the beginning of September.
Summer Break: Tokyo Union Church Worship Service
During the summer break period at West Tokyo Union Church, we recommend that you visit any number of churches in the Tokyo area. One that we recommended is Tokyo Union Church located on Omotesando. You can visit them in person at 11:00 a.m. or join online with their broadcast. The links for directions and the video are below. West Tokyo Union Church will gather again at the beginning of September.
Summer Break: Tokyo Union Church Worship Service
During the summer break period at West Tokyo Union Church, we recommend that you visit any number of churches in the Tokyo area. One that we recommended is Tokyo Union Church located on Omotesando. You can visit them in person at 11:00 a.m. or join online with their broadcast. The links for directions and the video are below. West Tokyo Union Church will gather again at the beginning of September.
Summer Break: Tokyo Union Church Worship Service
During the summer break period at West Tokyo Union Church, we recommend that you visit any number of churches in the Tokyo area. One that we recommended is Tokyo Union Church located on Omotesando. You can visit them in person at 11:00 a.m. or join online with their broadcast. The links for directions and the video are below. West Tokyo Union Church will gather again at the beginning of September.
Summer Break: Tokyo Union Church Worship Service
During the summer break period at West Tokyo Union Church, we recommend that you visit any number of churches in the Tokyo area. One that we recommended is Tokyo Union Church located on Omotesando. You can visit them in person at 11:00 a.m. or join online with their broadcast. The links for directions and the video are below. West Tokyo Union Church will gather again at the beginning of September.
Summer Break: Tokyo Union Church Worship Service
During the summer break period at West Tokyo Union Church, we recommend that you visit any number of churches in the Tokyo area. One that we recommended is Tokyo Union Church located on Omotesando. You can visit them in person at 11:00 a.m. or join online with their broadcast. The links for directions and the video are below. West Tokyo Union Church will gather again at the beginning of September.
Summer Break: Tokyo Union Church Worship Service
During the summer break period at West Tokyo Union Church, we recommend that you visit any number of churches in the Tokyo area. One that we recommended is Tokyo Union Church located on Omotesando. You can visit them in person at 11:00 a.m. or join online with their broadcast. The links for directions and the video are below. West Tokyo Union Church will gather again at the beginning of September.
Summer Break: Tokyo Union Church Worship Service
During the summer break period at West Tokyo Union Church, we recommend that you visit any number of churches in the Tokyo area. One that we recommended is Tokyo Union Church located on Omotesando. You can visit them in person at 11:00 a.m. or join online with their broadcast. The links for directions and the video are below. West Tokyo Union Church will gather again at the beginning of September.
Dedication Sunday Worship (Online)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! This will be Dedication Sunday as we close our the WTUC calendar year before summer break. We will be gathering online! Please use the link below to join us!
Celebration Sunday Worship (In-Person)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering in-person on the campus of Japan Lutheran Seminary in Mitaka. We will be observing the Lord’s Supper during this service. We will have a special fellowship hour after the service off-site. Come celebrate with us!
Sunday Worship (Online)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering online! Please use the link below to join us!
Pentecost Sunday Worship (Special Joint Service)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We have a special joint service with Mitaka Lutheran Church at 10:30 a.m., and we will be meeting at the chapel of Japan Lutheran College and Theological Seminary in Mitaka. We will be observing the Lord’s Supper during this service. Please come worship with us!
Sunday Worship (Online)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering online! Please use the link below to join us!
Sunday Worship (Online)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering online! Please use the link below to join us!
Sunday Worship (In-Person)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering in-person on the campus of Japan Lutheran Seminary in Mitaka. Please come worship with us and stay for a time of fellowship. If you are coming, please bring a finger food or snack to share during the fellowship hour.
Sunday Worship (Online)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering online! Please use the link below to join us!
Sunday Worship (In-Person)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering in-person on the campus of Japan Lutheran Seminary in Mitaka. We will also be observing the Lord’s Supper. Please come worship with us, and bring some finger food or snack to share for our fellowship time after the service.
Sunday Worship (Online)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering online! Please use the link below to join us!
Easter Sunday Worship (In-Person)
Come join us as we worship the living God and celebrate Christ’s resurrection at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering in-person on the campus of Japan Lutheran Seminary in Mitaka. Please come worship with us! We will also be observing the Lord’s Supper and the sacrament of baptism. Following the service, we will be gathering for a potluck fellowship hour in the cafeteria, and so please bring something that we will be able to share together!
Schedule:
9:30 a.m. - Setup in the cafeteria, hiding of the eggs
10:30 a.m. - Easter Egg Hunt
11:00 a.m. - Easter Worship Service
12:00 Noon - Easter Potluck Fellowship
Special Easter Offering: We will collect a special Easter offering during the service today for The Second Harvest Japan, which has been supported by WTUC for many years for its great service of providing food to those in need. We will provide green envelopes for this purpose in addition to the regular offering in brown envelopes. Thank you for your faithful giving in support of the ministry of WTUC and of our outreach partners.
Good Friday Services
On this Good Friday, we take some time to reflect deeply on the work of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. Mitaka Lutheran Church is offering a bilingual worship service for those who are interested in joining in person at the chapel of Japan Lutheran College and Theological Seminary. The service time will be announced at a later date.
If you are unable to attend in person or would like to join for a service online, our sister congregation, Tokyo Union Church, will be holding a Good Friday service at 7:30 p.m. You are also welcome to join them on their campus on Omotesando.
Maundy Thursday Fellowship Dinner (Online)
On this Maundy Thursday, we invite you for a time of fellowship as we connect online to share a meal. This will be an opportunity to gather together virtually. Pastor Jonathan will also share a homily, and we will sing a closing hymn together as well. You can join us using the link below.
Sunday Worship (Online)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering online! Please use the link below to join us!
Sunday Worship (In-Person)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering in-person on the campus of Japan Lutheran Seminary in Mitaka. Please come worship with us, and bring some finger food or snack to share for our fellowship time after the service. We will also be observing the Lord’s Supper.
Sunday Worship (Online)
Come join us as we worship the living God at West Tokyo Union Church! We will be gathering online! Please use the link below to join us!