Japanese Baptist Church

TGIF, even though the official Teacher Appreciation week was last week, support teachers and school staff all year round! 📚👏🏽👩🏽‍🏫 Praying for perseverance as they close another school year and have a much-deserved summer of rest. 😎

Workshops: Beyond Stereotypes Reclaiming Your Voice and Personal Authority Two introductory workshops for Asian Americans @jbcseattle Chapel More info Email: [email protected] Register links below So often with racial stereotypes, cultural and family conditioning, and the impact of historical racial trauma, Asian Americans have been taught to ‘not make waves,’ taught how we “should be,” in order to survive and belong. This has high costs to our individual voice, creativity, and our sense of self. It also limits our visibility, our contribution, and the impact we could make. This can leave us overthinking, over analyzing, and wanting to get things ‘right,’ vs. knowing what is right for us. In these workshops, we will explore the questions of, ‘How do we know what is authentic for us, outside of other’s expectations? How do we show up fully for ourselves with courage and honor our culture at the same time? To address this topic, Janice & Akiko are hosting two introductory workshops Sun, May 17, 1:00-2:30 pm Cost: Now Free! Register- https://forms.gle/FaTep21gdZWK2Q8J7 Personal Authority for anyone who identifies as Asian American In this intro workshop will explore our conditioning, what has shaped our beliefs and expectations. Learn some tools to re-connect to and trust our own voice, and to gain clarity to make decisions that are right for us. Sun, July 19, 1:00-2:30 pm $30 register- https://forms.gle/WKJjC8T7tyhSvtxc6 Personal Authority for anyone who identifies as Asian Female Asian women navigate layered stereotypes shaped by the intersection of race and gender-often cast as quiet, accommodating, and compliant, or reduced to extremes like the ‘Dragon Lady’ or ‘Tiger Mom.’ These narrow narratives can obscure our complexity, diminish our leadership and disconnect us from our authentic selves. In this workshop, we will explore the impact of cultural expectations and internalized oppression—the subtle and overt ways we may participate in our own erasure, minimize our experiences, or doubt our inner knowing. Together, we will create space to reconnect with our voice, fuller expression, and cultivate unapologetic self-trus

Trailer: A Pilgrimage - The early Christians of Japan Primere: March 15, 2026 Japanese Baptist Church RSVP: https://forms.gle/xSJaAEz6G4Y8CrTP9 Sponsored by ABHMS & JBC Legacy

Rain or shine, we'll have a trick or treat tables/booths this Sunday at 12:30pm! (costumes not required) Drop by for some fresh cotton candy ~ have your name written in Japanese ~ treats and small prizes for our neighbors!

Blessing of the Animals in full swing! We're here till 2pm. Come out for a Polaroid, a treat and a blessing for your fur🐇🐈🐕/feather🦜🐥🪶/slithery🐍🦎/special 🐠🐜🐢🐸🦔 babies

Bible and Book Studies starting up this Fall, weekly zoom: -Exile & Return @ Tuesday evenings -For Such a Time as This @ Wed Mornings Drop in or join for the whole series! #biblestory #bookgroup

The Women’s Institute for Solidarity and Empowerment (WISE) is excited to partner with the International Migrants Alliance (IMA) and Japanese Baptist Church (JBC) to host a launch and community celebration of our research cookbook “Beyond the Kitchen: Stories and Recipes of Migrant Women.” Join us as we celebrate the resilience and strength of four incredible migrant women and community leaders who dedicated the last 6 months to telling their stories and sharing their cultures with the broader community. Come to the launch of their cookbook and story-telling project to understand the global and individual impacts of forced migration, enjoy a cultural presentation and get your books signed by the authors! WHEN: Saturday, September 6, 2025 | 6pm to 8pm WHERE: Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle (160 Broadway, Seattle WA 98122) Please fill out and submit this RSVP form (one RSVP form per individual attendee) so we can ensure enough food and language support!

Outdoor Sunday Worship🏖️🌳☀️⛪ What started off as an overcast day with a morning baptism, finished off with a beautiful time in the shade of a large tree participating in the tov (good) and connections of God. Bonus update from Kristina P on her current ministry at Oregon State and later Japan!

Reminder: We will be at Pritchard Island Beach today for outdoor worship service followed by a light picnic. We would love to see you there! If you are unable to attend, we encourage you to visit or tune into many of the Evergreen churches and their online or in person worship services or to watch a previous service on our youtube page. We hope to see you there! (Don't forget your camping chairs!)

Language is not a barrier around food and fun! 2025 #TasteofYesler is in the books! It was great getting to support and participate at this free annual event at Yesler Terrace Park! Had a great time running the free raffle game and pass out onigiri (#onigirisanzan). Unpictured & the cutest event was the Cultural Attire Kids Contest. 🙌🏼 Mr. Ben and his whole team are all-stars for all the community building they do! Thank you JBC volunteers for bringing your love and presence!

Spiritual Pilgrimage: Minidoka Our centering thought: Embodiment, to intentionally belong to one another as THE body of Christ sharing in the stories of pain and hope. #minidoka #minidokanationalhistoricsite #japaneseincarceration

Happy Spring! We hope to see you at our next "In the Kitchen" gathering on Sunday, April 27 at 1:30pm in Seattle! The Women’s Institute for Solidarity and Empowerment (WISE) is partnering with the International Migrants Alliance (IMA) and Japanese Baptist Church (JBC) to explore and document the experiences of women migrants through our "In the Kitchen" collaboration! It has been such a warm, heartfelt, and delicious experience to welcome friends from different migrant communities to share food and learn about cultural practices & stories about their experiences of migration. These sharings will be compiled into a cookbook that will be released at a community learning forum at the conclusion of this collaboration later this year. There are limited spots for each "In the Kitchen" session -- please RSVP (one RSVP form per individual attendee) so we can ensure enough food and language support! Location info will be provided upon registration. Registration link is in our bio!