Publisher: Judson PressApril 2012

Sponsor: PAACCE (Pacific Asian American Canadian Christian Education)

“Tao” = “Way”

In the beginning was the Word

“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” (Mark 12:28-31)

Centripetal Trajectory

Centripetal Trajectory

Centrifugal Trajectory

“Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” (Acts 10:15)

Question: What to do when:

1. We are called to offer all we are in worship, including our cultural/racial/ethnic selves

Question: What to do when:

1.We are called to offer all we are in worship, including our cultural/racial/ethnic selves;

and

2.The forms for Christian worship are barely described in the Bible, let alone prescribed

A B

C D

Question: What to do when:

1.We are called to offer all we are in worship, including our cultural/racial/ethnic selves;and

2.The forms for Christian worship are barely described in the Bible, let alone prescribed?

Answer: Lovingly use tradition, reason, and cultural creativity in designing and leading worship

UCLA ProfessorYuji Ichioka1936 - 2002

Celebrating 150 Years: 1853 - 2003

Do You See Us, O God? by Jae Chung

Do you see us, O GodDo you hear when we softly sighDo you know, we often cryCome now and touch, O GodCreating in us a brand new songHelping us to get along

We know that there’s no easy answer sometimesThe pain is so much greater than what we can bear aloneO Christ our Savior, came to suffer, loving to the crossGave us the hope to carry on

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The Last Supper

The Last Supper

Water Lotus Easter Banners

Lex Orandi, [the law of prayer]

Lex Credendi[the law of belief]

Lex Credendi, [the law of belief]

Lex Orandi[the law of prayer]

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