“A Life of an Old Aged Man I Dream Of” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
As I am approaching my mid-50s, I often think of the end of my life. I think a lot about the way I should live the rest of my life, that when I stand in front of the Lord, I should have lived my life well. These days, I think more about what to do […]
Dear GVC, – Y.S. Heo (S.H. Lee’s Cell)
I came to London in October 2019. Since then, I went through various struggles, especially because of work such as interactions with colleagues or being indirectly discriminated against. What’s worse, the Covid-19 pandemic hit 5 months after I came. During this unprecedented time, I felt an extreme fear living abroad and being separated from my […]
“Let me have your way in me” – Wooil Park (M.H Oh Cell)
Hello, my name is Wooil Park. A lot of things happened during my 2 years at GVC, but I wanted to briefly share a story which has changed my life. Compared to other people, I have a particularly addictive personality. Because I was afraid of being in front of other people, I found my hiding […]
“The BBQs we had this summer” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
June generally marks the start of the summer holidays for university students. So we used to borrow a park on the last Saturday of June to hold a barbeque for the entire congregation. But due to COVID-19, we weren’t able to go ahead with this last year and this year. It was really sad to […]
Back from a wonderful vacation – Rev. Young Joo Lee
I’ve returned from a week long vacation with my family. Next week is the start of a new school year so we took our two sons who had both been housebound to Rhossili in Wales, which takes about four and a half hours to get to. We’ve been to Wales a few times on church […]
“Saturday Evangelism Begins!” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
We started Saturday Evangelism again last week. I thought I wouldn’t be able to make the first one, but fortunately I was able to due to a schedule change. I was excited and happy to go evangelizing, which I was more grateful. It is only surprising that evangelizing has become something that I want to […]
“In Celebration of Yeowon Starting University” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
This week, my daughter Yeowon’s A Level results came out. She was delighted that the results were better than she expected so she treated the whole family to dinner at a fancy Japanese restaurant. Looking back at the past year, while it was the hardest for her, it wasn’t easy for me and my wife […]
“Restarting Saturday Evangelism” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
Even as a pastor, there are still many aspects of my faith life where I want to grow. During this pandemic, there is one prayer that I’ve been continually asking God for. I’ve been praying ‘Lord, please help me to become a pastor who can teach about prayer both biblically and experientially’. It is because […]
“Pastoral Visits” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
One of the phrases that is only used in a church context is “pastoral visits”. In simple English, this is just a visit by a pastor. However, as a “visit” is something that can happen rather casually, it isn’t quite appropriate for visits by a pastor where the pastor would come over to check in […]
“Second preparation session for sector-specific meetings” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
Monday evening, at 8 p.m., the second preparatory meeting was held to set up a sector level meeting within the church. At the meeting, I.G. Kang and D.S. Jeong researched and presented how London’s All Souls Church and New York’s Redeemer Church were doing education/training on workplace and faith. The rest of us listened and […]
