Sunday Service
- Adult 1st Service: 9AM
- Adult 2nd Service: 11AM
- Youth Service: 10:45AM
KSM / ESM Resolutions
This week we had a guest writer for the corner, which may not be relevant for the English Speaking Congregation. So let me post the agreements made between the ESM and KSM leadership last January, which might be more interesting. - Pastor Chai
Results of the KSM / ESM leadership meeting
Background
We are one church divided by language (English & Korean). The two congregations are designated as the Korean Speaking Ministry (KSM) and English Speaking Ministry (ESM).
Senior Pastor
1. The pastor of the congregation with a larger number of members and the larger budget ...
From Rebecca’s Desk
Why T.?
I grew up knowing that missionary work was important and that praying for "lost souls" in other countries was important as well. But I always believed that missionary work was not that important?it wasn't central to being a Christian, it was just for people who wanted to take that extra step and make that extra effort. Even though I went on several short-term missions as a student (and one after graduating college), I still had the mindset that my summers?my "dead time"?were times for missions, but the school year was for things much more important like school ...
Ministry Evaluations
We will soon be implementing evaluations for church leaders.
Our church is doing well. People are being saved; we are averaging between two and three baptisms every week. There have been many stories of lives being changed. The worship services have been meaningful to people. Even some who have never before visited a Christian church say this. The children's department is doing well also. Many nonbelievers come to our church because their children like Sunday School so much.
Our church is doing well, but I fear that this may make us complacent. So I have decided to ...
A Visit With the International Mission Board (IMB)
As I wrote in a previous Pastor's Corner, our church will be working more closely with the International Mission Board (IMB).
Some of our church members are considering serving as full time missionaries. Our church alone does not have the capability to train them adequately or support them fully, financially or otherwise. If they are accepted as IMB missionaries, the IMB has the resources to take care of them.
Another reason we decided to work with IMB is that we want to develop purpose oriented mission programs. There are still many people groups who have not heard the ...
From Mia’s Heart
Inspire! Women's vision is to create a united sisterhood across ethnicities and denominations, inspired, trained, and mobilized for maximum missions and service. I was drawn to Inspire! Women, because I experienced first hand how they were living out their vision. Last November, I went to a conference held by Inspire! Women, and I got inspired. At the conference, I signed up for a free five-week discipleship training class taught by Anita Carman, the president and founder of Inspire! Women, and through the class I applied for their Gideon's 300 Program, which mobilizes ...
Let Us Compensate
A child pushed another child in the church yard and made him fall, bleeding. His mother rushed to the scene. But she only picked up her child and hurried away, ignoring the hurt child.
A graduate student found a scratch on the side of his new car after Sunday service. There was no note, so the student posted a message on our web bulletin board asking the person who responsible for the scratch to contact him. No one did.
I think I understand why people flee when they cause an accident. I have to shamefully confess that I did the same thing when I was in graduate school. ...
Why We Don’t Post Sermon Videos
My sermon texts are posted on our church website. Many people seem to read them, as it gets a lot of hits. Many churches post sermon videos but not the sermon texts themselves because license issues may arise when preachers want to publish their sermons as a book. We do the opposite, and some people have asked me why.
One reason we do this is because I preach specifically for my congregation, not for a general audience. So I'm not sure whether my sermons really help outsiders. Another reason is that I am not a particularly good preacher. Videos of many excellent ...