Volunteer Service Review
Love and happiness increase as much as we share. Shall we listen to vivid stories about volunteer services?
Better Is Two than One, Three than Two
You can often see trash and graffiti in many streets of Recife, Brazil. Regular cleanups were needed, but it was more urgent to change the way people think about the environment. That’s why we visited a TV station before the cleanup. The broadcasting company viewed our event positively that it…
The Recife Church in Brazil
Volunteer Service = Joy² + Thankfulness²
I heard the news that the college students of our church were to do a street cleanup in the afternoon on a weekday. I eagerly wanted to participate, but I had a job without flexibility. The opportunity came to me who had been envious; young adult workers, too, decided to…
Park Su-bin from Seoul, Korea
The Most Beautiful Mind, Devotaion For Life
A few months ago, some members from the Lima Church in Peru donated noodles, rice, sugar, oil, and water to volunteer fire fighters. When we asked what kind of food they needed, they answered with excitement, “We all like noodles because it’s easy and simple to cook.” Fire fighters were…
Elton Wilson Zelaya from Lima, Peru
Helping Ginger Harvest
When it was still early in the morning, I went to Zion in a hurry because we planned to go to the city of Andong and help harvest gingers. Gingers are one of the essential ingredients of kimchi and are good for hot tea to prevent catching a cold during…
Choi Yun-hee from Daegu, Korea
Working Together Voluntarily
We, the members from the Cape Town Zion and the Bellville Zion, rolled up their sleeves to clean the streets in the downtown of Cape Town. When we went there, the downtown looked clean but there were lots of weeds and trash right outside of the downtown. The members made…
Park Eun-gyeong from Cape Town, Rep. of South Africa
The Reason for Donating Blood
Before becoming a high school student, there was something I wanted to do most. It was blood donation. I wanted the souvenirs I could get after the blood donation, and liked the fact that donating blood once is acknowledged as four hours of volunteer service at school. After I became…
Park Min-ji from Seoul, Korea
The Park Cleaned and Beautified by the Church of God
There are two small children’s parks near the church. One of them was almost abandoned. The rides and the exercise facilities at the park were too old to use, and the dense shrubs didn’t allow people to even look inside it. The residents were reluctant to go to the park.…
The Seogu Church in Gwangju, Korea
With Burning Fervor despite Rain and Wind
We keep hearing news about voluntary services actively carried out throughout the world in obedience to the teachings of Heavenly Father and Mother. To participate in them, the members of the Kaohsiung Church in Taiwan conducted a cleanup around Kaohsiung train station. The station located in the center of Kaohsiung…
The Kaohsiung Church in Taiwan
Corn Ripening with the Farmer’s Sweat
At the end of June when the sun blazed down and the heat persisted, the members of the Wonju Zion went to a tomato farm and a corn field located in Sillim-myeon to help with weed removal. To make things smooth, they made two teams, and I got in the…
Shin Hae-yeong from Wonju, Korea
Make Even the Hidden Place Shine Bright
Streets in Taiwan are very clean since the public order is highly regarded. Due to thorough management, people are forbidden to drink beverages including water after passing the subway ticket gates. If they violate the law, they are charged with a fine of about NTD 7,500 [USD 245]. The ASEZ…
Kim Bo-ra from Gyeongsan, Korea
If We Deliver the Love of Mother
A special event was held in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. More than a hundred members from the Church of God gathered to clean up street for the first time. They divided teams; the male adults gathered the trash with big brooms, and the young adults, the students, and the…
Jo Su-bin from Incheon, Korea
Even with a Little Act
The International University Student Bible Academy [IUBA] is an education program of the Church of God, through which college students go abroad and enlarge their experience during their school break. I, too, joyfully volunteered for it, wanting to have a meaningful school break. I went to Jakarta in Indonesia. Among…
Lee Jeong-yeon from Bucheon, Korea
Getting Rid of the Old Yeast
Last Sunday, I volunteered to paint a school located near our church with the brothers and sisters from the 5th Lima Church in Peru. This time, my husband and my son were also able to join it. My family hadn’t had much time to get together with the excuse of…
Luz Angela Benites Carpio from Lima, Peru
With Beautiful Hearts Together
Members from the Cape Town Church and the Bellville Church gathered together for a blood drive. Through previous meetings, we made a thorough preparation for pickets, refreshments, and recreation for the blood donors who would be waiting for their turns. When the event day came, we got even busier getting…
Churches in Cape Town and Bellville, Rep. of South Africa
Three Percent of Salt That Will Purify the World
Not long ago, we conducted a street cleanup in Junggwan-eup, Gijang, Busan. The day before we were supposed to do the cleanup, it started to rain at night, and it didn’t stop until the next morning. We were worried about the bad weather, but thankfully the rain stopped at 9…
Kim Suk-gyeong from Busan, Korea
Motive for Voluntary Services
One foggy morning, the members from Santiago and La Florida, Chile, gathered to participate in the blood drive despite the cold weather. The hospital was very crowded with more than 400 volunteers. So, some of us had to move to a different place to be able to donate blood. People…
Jose David Ancamil Rocha from Santiago, Chile
Power of Unity: Many a Mickle Makes a Muckle
The members of the Church of God in Cape Town carried out a cleanup campaign. We were organized into four groups to meticulously clean up each allocated area. When the time to finish the cleanup came, all the members gathered. A truck went around the cleaned up areas to collect…
The Church of God in Cape Town, South Africa
Where Life Sprouts
To preserve the environment, 28,000 trees were planted throughout the Gunpowder Valley watershed in Maryland. However, the trees need to be continually monitored and maintained for the first three to five years of their life. So, our Baltimore Zion members partnered with the local conservancy organization to help maintain the…
Melissa Hutchins from Baltimore, MD, U.S.
Change of Thoughts
Every week, I cleaned the street nearby my college with the ASEZ club members. But at some point, I found myself cleaning the same place because it went back to its previous state within a few days after we cleaned up. I even thought, ‘Does someone dump garbage intentionally?’ Seeing…
Busan, Korea, Lee Seok-jun
Let’s Reduce Plastics!
The environmental pollution caused by the use of plastics is coming to the fore as a global issue. The Indian Government is making every effort to reduce plastics, proclaiming the policy of prohibiting plastics. To support that, the members from the Church of God in Pune, India, and the ASEZ…
Incheon, Korea, Hyeon Yeong-gyeong