Our morning service was a jubilant one, as we celebrated 3 years as a church. Flash back to January 06. Pastor Tom came back from California, and the next Sunday, had the first Calvary Chapel Ginowan service in his living room. Attendance: maybe 10? Our worship was led by Pastor Tom, and included Japanese lyrics written in English lettering, and a “slide show” on their TV. They took pictures of each PowerPoint slide, and then hooked up the camera to the TV! Someone stood off to the side and hit the “right” button on the camera to change the slides. Now THAT’s John Waynin’ it!
Then around Easter, we decided to take a step of faith and rented out a room at city hall. We didn’t come close to filling it, but it didn’t stop God from blessing us… we stayed there for a month or so, and then moved on to… Festone Resort! This resort hotel near Tropical Beach had (somewhat) soundproof walls, but somehow we were almost always asked to turn down our guitars. Well, we stayed there for a month or two, but God led us into our own building. We were there from like July 06 until August 08.
Now, we’re in another building, which has been really cool… God is really moving in our midst. Praise Him for all His provision and guidance!
(Photos courtesy of Pastor Tommy Ruiz)
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Wow! My first time at CC Ginowan! I never would have thought then that a picture of that service would be such a treasure to me now. Thank you so much for posting these memories, and thank you Lord for using CC Ginowan in such powerful ways!
--Erin
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