“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 […]
Is Joshua Entering Adolescence? – Rev. Young Joo Lee
When we invite families from our church for a barbeque, Joshua plays well with the younger children even though there’s often a large age gap. They call Joshua their ‘older church brother’. Joshua’s thoughts are deep and he’s rich in emotions. He’s more detailed compared to my three daughters, and is firm on what he […]
“Deciding to consider it a very small thing” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
After carefully planning, and for the first time in a year and three months, we started our first in-person worship services on the first Sunday in June. We didn’t all meet, but instead, with a limit of 50 people including 15 members of the Sunday service team, our cell groups took turns attending the worship […]
“What it means to have a lot of love” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
One of the words that we use the most but is most difficult to define is ‘love’. I constantly ask myself whether I am a loving person. The bible tells us that God is love – therefore, without having a proper relationship with God, it is difficult to understand what love actually is. Then how […]
“We need Grace of God” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
I believe it would be similar for most pastors, but I also had more ministry work after the pandemic. Since March last year, when all services and gatherings have been converted online, there have been many new things to start and adapt to. Since there was no church building, we first started worshipping at my […]
“Being Personally Intimate with God” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
I think I’m a rational type of person. When interpreting the Bible and delivering the message to others, it first needs to be logical and persuasive for me to be confident and inspired by the Word. That’s why I prefer the structure of my sermon to build up to one final climactic message, rather than […]
