뉴욕 연회 한인여선교회연합회 선교학교
뉴욕 연회 한인여선교회연합회 선교학교를 인도하며 (글: 최동현 목사, 뉴욕연회 정회원목사, 커네디컷 그리니치제일교회)
Leading New York Conference KUMw Network Mission u: Throughout summer 2021, God blessed our New York Conference KUMw Network to gather together through the Mission u even amidst the lingering COVID pandemic. Through this period of learning, we had a meaningful time to think about how we can live our lives as Christ's disciples and show what God's family community is to the world. We took the perception of ‘I, created in the image of God’ and reflected it to the present, founded on the truth that everyone is precious and equal in God. We looked back on the past which led to today and dreamed together of the future that we should go to. God filled this journey as a garden full of beautiful flowers. We gathered together in groups of hydrangeas, dandelions, lotus flowers, and four-o-clock flowers. We encouraged and acknowledged one another. At the same time, we faced the wounds inside of us. We saw the weeds and piles of stones in the garden. We stood face-to-face to the distorted, destroyed, and devastated images in this world affected by mankind’s sins and weaknesses. We confessed the wounds deeply rooted in the church and prayed with tears. We prayed for the problems that have turned into dark clouds in the immigrant society that suffocate and trouble us. Invited as the speaker, I harmonized with all the various flowers by God's grace, laughing together and crying together. I couldn't help but laugh, as well as couldn’t help but cry at the daughters of the Lord––who have been embracing His Kingdom in the church and the immigration community for a longer time than I did, with a deeper heart than I’ve had. I was able to experience God’s Kingdom through the children of the Lord, who have been fiercely living day by day holding onto the gospel in the family, the church, and the society. I dare to share my heart of comfort and encouragement to all the children of the Lord who dreamed and prayed together for the Kingdom with a burning flame of passion hotter than a hot summer day. In this world where our efforts and sacrifice to build the Kingdom of the Lord with all our might and heart are simply taken for granted, I pray that the Lord would remember each and every one of you, and that you would experience the Lord’s company each moment. It earnestly prays for the Lord’s individual and specific grace to shine on the lives of our precious, beloved children of God like the lotus flowers, dandelions, four-o-clock flowers, and hydrangeas. With a heart full of thanks for having learned more than I have shared, I give all the glory to our holy God who leads us. I look forward to seeing you again to share our lives and envision the Lord’s Kingdom together. (Written by Rev. Donghyun Choi, NYAC Elder. First UMC of Greenwich, CT)
뉴욕 연회 한인여선교회연합회 선교학교 동안 나눈 기도문들
하나님의 무조건적 사랑을 입은 자로서 타인을 하나님의 마음으로 대하지 못함을 회개합니다. 평등함과 동등함으로 지음 받은 우리가 피부색이 다르다고, 문화가 다르다고, 언어와 생각이 다르다고 무시한 우리의 생각과 말과 행동을 회개합니다. 감사와 찬양을 올려 드리며 예수님의 이름으로 기도합니다. 아멘! 민들레꽃 소그룹이 꿈꾸는 교회 우리의 교회가 되기를 예수님 이름으로 기도합니다. 아멘! 사람들은 다 그렇다고 핑계한 것을 고백합니다. 우리를 용서하옵소서. 저희를 고쳐주소서. 연꽃 소그룹이 꿈꾸는 교회를 위한 기도 나와 다른 이들의 이야기를 들을 수 있는 귀와 인내를 주시고 또한 나의 이야기를 나눌 수 있는 용기를 주옵소서. ‘가족의 부족함’을 감당하고 바꿔나가게 하옵소서. 끝까지 이 길을 걸을 용기와 힘을 허락하옵소서.
Reflecting on New York Conference KUMw Network Mission u Dandelion Small Group: Joint Repentance Prayer on Racism The far-right lifestyle thinking that only ours is the best has continued on to this day. Please forgive us. Give us a considerate and respectful heart toward others and accompany us in the kind words that we speak and the kind actions we take towards them. And please help us to accept the multicultural environment we face and to fully enjoy ourselves. God, may Your presence be upon us, who are clothed with Your goodness and grace. Be with us in Your mercy and compassion, and hear our prayer. We give you thanks and praise, and pray in the name of Jesus. Amen! A prayer for the church that the Dandelion Small Group dreams of Lotus Small Group: Joint Repentance Prayer A prayer for the church that the Lotus Small Group dreams of |
델라웨어-메릴랜드 연회 한인여선교회연합회 선교학교
델라웨어-메릴랜드 연회 한인여선교회연합회 선교학교를 마치고
Delaware-Maryland Conference KUMw Network Mission u Reflection I would like to share the purpose and vision that God wants for and has given me through the Spiritual Growth study at this year’s NNKUMw Mission u. We are God’s beloved, holy daughters belonging to this earth. Though we live day by day dreaming for His Kingdom, we must keep our manners, morality and ethics in order to reflect Christ in our lives, words, and actions. Because, as Christians, our words and actions are very important. Just like the old Korean saying, “A bucket that leaks in the house, will likewise still leak in the field.” meaning ‘a bad inherent trait cannot hide itself wherever it goes.’ Hence, we must always watch for our words and actions not only inside the church, but also in the world. Badmouthing a fellow church member, delivering negative words or causing divisions in the church, mocking and judging others must be stopped. At a wedding ceremony, we declare a marriage covenant saying, ‘till death do part… till the moment of grey hair, etc…’ Morals in this current age are easily swayed by the culture, and change over time. It’s a sad reality that we live life as if we have completely forgotten about what we have vowed to the Lord. As UMW, we are beings, God’s creations rooted in this land. We are created in His image, His beloved, equal, and precious holy daughters. We must rightly testify to the beliefs of love and equality especially in the church, and must desire to be God’s holy daughters able to stand up for what’s just. To do that we should always be awake and live in the present. First, we need to seek God’s wisdom. Why do we need early morning prayer? To wake and pray, clothe ourselves with the Word, put on the armor of faith to win evil with good, and prepare the reality with God’s wisdom in order to confidently face all the evils and dishonesty in this world. God created men and women as equal beings, but a lot of other religions and denominations still don’t take gender equality and practice discrimination. Yet, the UMW believed women and men are equal, hence training lots of astounding women leaders, including Teressa Hoover, whom I find very aspiring personally. As was the first African-American chief executive of the United Methodist Women’s national policy making body who led the Women’s Division from 1968 to 1990. The Green Church project also touched my heart deeply. We must restore the world and ecosystem that God has created, and live as environment missionaries for mankind and nature to coexist in harmony. In order for that we must practice: 1) Reduce waste. There is so much food waste coming from homes; we must reduce our spending. 2) Do not use microplastic products. We overuse plastic and make plastic wastes. Let’s bring our grocery bags to shop, and all participate in the no-plastic movement. 3) Prevent air pollution by riding a bike, walking a lot, and opening up the window twice a day for the air to flow. 4) Start farming in the homes and the church, bring home-grown ingredients on the table, share food and live a healthy life. Eating less meat, eating home-grown veggies and fruits, strictly practicing recycling, saving water and electricity… We must practice these little things starting in our lives and in the churches. I am so thankful to be a Methodist. Because my grandparents came to Christ through Naeri Methodist Church in Jemulpo, Incheon in Korea that was founded by Missionary Appenzeller, and I grew up as a believer in the UMC since in my mother’s womb. This makes me so grateful to be a Methodist believer. This Mission u opportunity opened my eyes to many realizations. I thank Myungrae Lee and many other KUMw leaders who made this Mission u possible. (Written by Hyejung Choi, Delaware-Maryland Conference KUMw Network, Bethany KUMC) |
뉴잉글랜드 연회 한인여선교회연합회 선교학교
뉴잉글랜드 연회 한인여선교회연합회 선교학교에 참석하고.. 하루는 남편이 뉴잉글랜드 연회 한인여선교회연합회 회장님의 선교학교 세미나에 대한 홍보 이메일을 보내 주었다. 읽는 중에 한평생 여선교회를 위해 기도하시고 헌신하시다 작년에 소천하신 고 박덕련 권사님, 나의 사랑하고 존경하는 어머니가 생각나 많이 그리웠다. 오랜 세월 동안 장로교 통합 경남 여전도회 회장으로서 전국 여전도회에도 깊이 활동하시며 회원들의 교육과 선교를 위해 전화하시고 편지를 보내 격려하시고 애쓰셨던 어머니의 수고가 떠올라 뉴잉글랜드 연회 한인여선교회 임원진들의 수고에 감사하는 마음으로 참여하기로 한 선교학교에서 고요한 강사 목사님의 명강의와 회원들의 솔직한 나눔의 시간을 통해 믿음의 도전을 받는 귀한 시간을 누릴 수 있었다. 담임 목사님과 사모님은 힘든 상황에도 교인분들과 공감하며 그들을 끌어안고 이해하시려는 모습을 보며 나는 이민을 오신 한국분들 사이에서 시달리고 싶지 않다는 이유로 졸업 후 처음부터 미국 교회를 섬기자고 남편에게 강하게 어필했다. 그런데 이번 선교학교에서 다른 사람들 안에 하나님의 형상이 있고 사랑으로 공감해야 함을 강의하시는데 문득 오래전 편견과 선입견으로 선을 긋고 미국 교회로 홀가분하게 도망갔던 내 모습을 생각나게 하시고 기도 한번 해보지 않고 기분과 감정대로 인생을 이끌어갔던 죄된 모습에 깊은 회개가 나왔다. 작년 팬데믹 기간중 이미 미국 교회 두 교회를 섬기고 있는 우리에게 한인교회도 맡아 섬기라는 말씀을 듣고 많이 당황했다. 왜 지금? 왜 우리가? 이런 생각이 들었지만, 미국 생활 17년간 하나님의 사랑의 손에 다듬어진 나는 내 인생의 주인이 예수님이심을 고백하기에 하나님의 계획을 지금은 알 수 없지만 순종하고 섬기기로 한 버몬트 한인교회에서 내 생각을 바꾸셨고 또 선교학교를 통해서도 깨닫게 하셨다. 사실 나는 이 땅에서의 부조리와 악, 각종 차별 문제 등은 우리가 해결할 수 있는 사안이 아니라고 생각해 포기하고 있었다. 그런데 강사 목사님께서 모든 악한 것들이 끝날 것을 믿음으로 ‘아멘’ 하라고 도전하시며 격려하셨다. 셀 수도 없이 많이 외웠던 주기도문의 이 구절 " 뜻이 하늘에서 이룬 것 같이 땅에서도 이루어지이다"를 통해 말씀대로 이 땅에서도 하나님의 정의가 이루어질 것을 믿으며 ‘아멘’ 하며 선포하는데 마음이 뜨거웠다. 뉴잉글랜드 연회 한인여선교회연합회와 전국에 있는 여선교회 회원들이 함께 힘을 합해 절망의 벽, 부도덕과 차별의 벽을 넘는 담쟁이로 작지만 큰 기적을 이루어 나가길 기도한다. 알고 기도하고, 기도하면서 행동하려는 우리에게 주님, 사랑을 보내소서, 능력을 주소서, 은총을 베푸소서!! (글: 김은정 사모, 뉴잉글랜드 연회 한인여선교회연합회, 버몬트한인교회)
One day, my husband shared with me an email from the president of the New England Conference KUMw Network promoting the Mission u seminar. Reading it made me think of my beloved and respected mother, late Dukryun Park, who passed away last year. She prayed for and devoted her entire life to the PCKW. As the president of Gyeongnam PCKW, she was deeply involved with the nation’s women ministries, giving calls and sending out letters to encourage the members throughout the country. Being reminded of my late mother’s efforts, as well as to show my appreciation for the hard work of our New England Conference KUMw Network committee members, I decided to attend the Mission u seminar. Throughout the seminar, I had a valuable time of being spiritually enriched and challenged by the lecture of Reverend John and honest sharing with fellow members at the Mission u. Before I got married, God had answered my prayer––not wanting to marry a pastor––and led me to a husband, a promising student who was then preparing for a study-abroad MBA program and had a good job. After three thankful years of marriage, God gave him the heart to pursue the journey of being the Lord's servant, so we came to the U.S. for seminary studies, and found ourselves a Korean church. The situation between the pastor and the pastor’s wife of the Korean immigrant made me shut down my heart towards the Korean immigrant believers. I saw the pastor and the pastor’s wife sympathizing with the church members and embracing them even in difficult situations, but I strongly appealed to my husband that we must serve an American church from the start once graduating because I didn’t want to suffer among Korean immigrants. However, during this Mission u seminar, the speaker lectured about how other people have God’s image inside of them, and that we must empathize with them with love. I was suddenly reminded of my past self, who had run away carefree to an American church due to my prejudice and preconceptions, and had let my feelings rule my life’s directions without even once praying about it. During last year's pandemic period, I was very startled upon being told to also serve the Korean church, and when we were already serving two American churches then. My thoughts were, ‘Why now?’ ‘Why us?’ But after 17 years of living in the U.S. during which God has molded me in His loving hands, I could only confess that Jesus is the master of my life. Thus, although I couldn’t comprehend God’s plan back then, I decided to obey and surrender to Him, and serve the Vermont Korean Church. And God indeed changed my thoughts at the church, and He once again made me realize through this Mission u. Frankly, I had given up on the problems of injustice, evil, and all sorts of discrimination on this earth because I thought they were out of our control and could not be solved by our own. Yet, the speaker at Mission u encouraged me to pray for these things to end with faith, with a strong “Amen!” During when we recited the Lord’s Prayer, which I have had recited for countless times: "May Your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven," my heart burned with fire as I was proclaiming my belief with an “Amen,” for God’s justice to be done on earth. I pray that New England Conference KUMw Network as well as all the NNKUMw members would reunite and put our strengths together to make small but big miracles, so that we could be leapers leaping over and beyond the walls of despair, injustice, and discrimination. (Written by EnJung Kim, New England Conference KUMw Network, Vermont KUMC) |
북가주 연회 한인여선교회연합회 선교학교
북가주 연회 한인여선교회 선교학교를 마치며…….. (글: 최영화 권사, 북가주 연회 선교학교 교장, 버클리열린교회)
Wrapping the Cal-Nevada Conference KUMw Network Mission u Like last year, we held our Mission u via Zoom due to the pandemic. Thanks to the active promotion by our Cal-Nevada KUMw committee members and the encouragement from our local network church leaders, 83 people registered and more than 70 attended the event. I thank Myungrae Kim Lee for her passionate lecture as well as the small group leaders. I would also like to thank Rev. GyuHyun Kim of BKUMC for giving the opening sermon and performing the baptismal service. Our Spiritual Growth Study was done under the title "Displaying God's Family Community.” The subject of the book was on Luke 4:18, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and the recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor… Unlike the rest of the world, our calling is to live a life witnessing and testifying justice, equality, and peace not just within the church community but to the world. As we live on earth, we must live a life pleasing to God since we have been created in His image and set free from sin by God’s grace. We have been blessed and sanctified by God's grace as His creation, hence we shall move forward to the future of reconciliation, prosperity, and transformation. As Jesus’ witness in this current life, we must empathize, serve, go and reach out to the world as laywomen to open our ears and empathize. Having clothed with the love of God and received His mercy of good deeds, righteousness, and sanctification, we must practice God’s love and live accordingly as new creation through true repentance. A life as God's disciple is to have the community become one through faith and to extend and expand the grace of justice and good deeds beyond the church and into the world, leading the whole world into salvation. The current environmental changes we are facing now is our mission in need of action. As the climate continues to rise, desertification is happening, and all creatures are threatened by worsening environmental pollution. Environmental hormones are harming and altering the ecosystem, creating various diseases. Water pollution, air pollution, fine dust, waste, plastic, lack of food due to rising temperatures, etc... Our California is experiencing difficulties due to the fires and COVID. Through this Mission u, Speaker Myungrae Kim Lee urged us to take the initiative in creating green churches, starting with our local network church KUMw members. By observing Environmental Sundays and regularly holding environmental seminars, and learning more on how we could preserve this land that God has given us beautifully and abundantly, we must do our best in creating a beautiful community between and within mankind and nature. I would like to thank Speaker Myungrae Lee for giving a comforting and hopeful lecture to us, Cal-Nevada KUMw Network members, during this period of hardship. (Written by Younghwa Choi, Cal-Nevada Conference Mission u dean, BKUMC)
2021년 북가주 연회 한인여선교회연합회 선교학교 공동기도문 수국꽃 소그룹
2021 Cal-Nevada Conference KUMw Network Mission u Hydrangea Small Group Joint Prayer Father God, we sincerely repent before You, our Creator. We well know of Your amazing love––You have created us in Your image, sent Jesus to died on the cross for our sins, resurrected and led us to the path of life. Yet how can our hearts be so stubborn and love-drought? Now, the world is groaning with fear and death due to the coronavirus, with racial conflicts deepening among societies. Help us abandon the inherent prejudice and discrimination and take on the heart of Jesus. We are all children of God because we all have been created in His image. Oh, how we looked down on people because of their skin with prejudice, regarding immigrants from poorer countries as ‘looking/acting according to their underdeveloped background’ etc… how our hearts were filled with so much arrogance! Forgive us, God. We pray in Jesus’ name, Amen. Peony Small Group Oxalis Small Group Cosmos Small Group Loving and merciful God Father, thank you for washing us––who deserved eternal death due to the Fall of Adam––with the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross, and giving us eternal life. Yet, we repent that the greed and lust in our hearts kept us silent and indifferent instead of caring for the pain of our neighbors due to our envy, jealousy, and hate towards them. We confess that the prejudice in our hearts had discriminated against black people and covertly tried to take superiority over them. We repent that we have disobeyed Your Word, and pray for the division, racism, and hate issues that are happening right now. Violet Small Group Father God, |
남가주 연회 한인여선교회연합회 선교학교
남가주연회 한인여선교회연합회 선교학교를 마치고 (글: 박상진 집사, 남가주 연회 한인여선교회연합회, 온타리오교회)
Wrapping the Cal-Pacific Conference KUMw Network Mission u… Starting the second Saturday of July, this year’s Mission u was held over four sessions via Zoom. Usually, churches would gather every year, but due to the pandemic this year, we gathered on Zoom for the first time. Rev. Moon Young Lee spoke under the theme of "Displaying God's Family Community" and we were greatly blessed by the lecture. We also had group discussions on in-depth topics every week. 'Who is our family?' 'Who is God's family?' 'Why does UMC have infant baptism?” "Do you believe everyone has intrinsic value?" "Do you believe God loves everyone?" We had a weekly debate on different topics and a class president was elected to present. I was able to think deeply to myself upon hearing an opinion that ‘It is wrong for us to judge people with preconceptions, because everyone is created in the image of God.’ Through baptism, we became a family of faith through the grace of God and welcomed a new brother and sister in Christ. God has commanded us, "Love your neighbor as yourself," and He loves everyone the same. ‘Have I been living by this command?’ I asked myself and couldn't raise my face due to embarrassment. I think that, by getting rid of the prejudiced notions, eyes of judgment, and the sinful mind that still exist in me, will I be able to accept everyone as a family of God regardless of race. Someone in our group pointed out that we are all perpetrators in our hearts. When I heard that, I remembered God’s word that, not only the sinful action but everything that was done in the heart and mind was a sin. The thought of disdaining other races, the thought of self-superiority... I engraved deeply on my heart that I should abandon these crooked minds and admit that whether white, black, and yellow, we were all created the same. And I realized that God's law should be applied first and foremost before manners, morality, and ethics. The oldest traditions in the Methodist moral testimony are the rules of holy life, the textbook says. In 1973, when a small group asked John Wesley to guide them in their faith, Wesley suggested three rules. "Do no harm. Do good. And stay in love with God." Wesley was specific. Every week at the end of each meeting, "Questions for Reflection" trained us to think and find answers by asking ourselves. I would like to introduce St. Patrick's poem in the textbook, "The Cry of the Deer.” I arise today through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, I believe that God the Creator is with me today. This faith gives me the strength to live through the day. And I am grateful and proud to be a member of the United Methodist Church. (Written by Sangjin Park, Cal-Pacific Conference KUMw Network, Ontario Church) |
내가하는 환경선교 - 커피샴프 만들기
만들기 한달정도 사용했는데 그 효과는 정말 좋아요. 커피는 날짜가 지난것도 상관없습니다. (글: 쥴리아 주 권사, 뉴욕 연회 한인여선교회연합회, 후러싱제일교회)
My Practice of Environmental Mission in Life: Making & Using Coffee Shampoo To make coffee shampoo: I use a teaspoon of sea salt when mixing the ingredients. It makes the hair healthier. If you have a scar on your scalp, salt can irritate it. So in that case, don't add salt. Try to make eco-friendly shampoo using ingredients at home and stay healthy! (Written By Julia Joo, NY Conference KUMw Network, FUMC in Flushing) |
환경선교 공모전
1. 가정, 교회, 지역사회에서 지구를 살리는 방법
(기간) 9월1일 – 10월31일 (2세 영어권) 최우수상 1명 $500, 우수상 1명 $300, 가작 2명 $100
Title: KUMw that Saves the Earth The growing climate crisis is threatening the entire world. It is predicted that mankind will face an unfortunate future if current habits of consumption and wasting won’t change. Hence, starting in 2021, NNKUMw started an environmental mission project called "Making Green Churches" in order to preserve and revive God’s creation. To promote the importance of environmental mission work, we would like to hold a contest with the following information. Please submit an article containing the following three contents:
(Duration) September 1st – October 31 (Winner Notification) Individual notice & November NNKUMw Newsletter |
제5회 학당 안내 "한국의 미국여선교사와 한인여선교회 역사"
등록비는 $20로 Zelle (Bank account: nnkumw93@gmail.com) or Check는 Pay to NNKUMW, 보내는 주소: Eunsoon Song 2 Henlopen Ct, Newark, DE 19711로 보내주시기 바랍니다. 감사합니다.
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책소개
2023년 독서프로그램 추천 도서 15권 사회참여를 위한 “회복적 정의를 어떻게 배울 것인가”, “협력의 역설”, “글로벌 그린 뉴 딜”, 지도력 개발을 위한 “언택트 시대의 마음택트 리더십”, “신경 끈기의 기술”, “영적 지도력”, (글: 임성혜 권사, 전국연합회 독서프로그램 위원장, 뉴욕한인교회)
책 소개 (글: 이경신 장로, 전국연합회 독서프로그램 위원, 와싱톤한인교회)
2023 Reading Program Book List (15 Titles) Our 15 Reading Program committee members are currently previewing the 2023 Reading Program books recommended to UMW members in 5 categories. The 15 titles are: Books for (1) Spiritual Growth: “In Search of Spiritual Excellence,” “Have I Really Encountered God,” “Until Unity,” for(2)Education for Mission: “The Church, Meeting the Refugees,” “Phoebe: A Story,” “A Better World Met on the Verge of the World,” for (3)Social Action: “The Restorative Justice Ritual,” “Collaborating with the Enemy,” “The Global Green New Deal,” (4)for Leadership Development: “Contact Leadership in the Untact Age,” “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k,” “Spiritual Leadership,” We are planning to briefly introduce these books to you every month from now on. (Written by Sunghea Rhim, Reading Program Committee Coordinator of NNKUMw, NY KMC & Ins.)
Title: Until Unity The author urges that we must not forget the purpose of Jesus’ coming to this world, that he died on the cross in order to unite us into one through restoration in God. Pointing out how Jesus so earnestly prayed to Father God for the unity of his disciples in his final words of prayer to them in John 17, Chan claims that Christians must strive for unity, not division. He says that it is our task to acknowledge each other’s differences, and abandon the selfishness deep inside our hearts even if it is religious—to hold onto the essence and deal with other non-essential things through mutual understanding, yielding, and cooperation in the love of Jesus. Because dividing and separating are Satan's favorite moves, the author emphasizes that we should be careful not to cause division in our actions and words. In current times in which divisions are so prevalent, I believe this is a good book for us, for it would awaken us how to speak and act as Christian believers. (Written by Kay S Rhee, Reading Program Committee Member of NNKUMw, Washington KUMC) |
“선교적 유산헌금”
한인여선교회전국연합회의선교적 유산을 이어 주세요!
(글:김명래 총무, 한인여선교회전국연합회)
Please help continue the Mission Legacy of NNKUMw! How to pay: Check Pay to NNKUMw |
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