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School Year Opening Worship 2023

“When I entered high school to study Arts, I was anxious about whether I could do it well in school. Hearing God’s word at this School Year Opening Worship, I was encouraged. Learning that our senior students were devoted to both their studies and their life of faith, I got confident to do the same.” Moon Chae-young, a Freshman at Gyeongnam High School of the Arts, Jinju, Korea “Today’s event was a guide to teach me how to wisely help my child with God’s love as a parent of a high school senior.” Park Jeong-ah, a Parent from Gimcheon, Korea The School Year Opening Worship, which was planned for the first time this year, was held at the Okcheon Go&Come…

Korea

Feb 26, 2023

ASEZ Global Sharing and Volunteering for Winter 2023

As the borders that were tightly closed due to COVID-19 were opened one by one, the global activities of ASEZ, the World Mission Society Church of God University Student Volunteer Group, regained vitality. On vacation, ASEZ members in Korea flew to 28 countries, including the Philippines, Malaysia, India, the U.K., Belgium, Peru, Argentina, and Uganda, from January 11 and provided customized volunteer services for three weeks and extended partnership. Even during the pandemic, ASEZ members in Korea had actively worked online and offline through the Seminar on Human Rights Day and the Environment Day Campaign and so on. This winter, they directly communicated with overseas members and visited government agencies, organizations, and universities of each country to build a cooperative…

Jan 31, 2023

Sharing Love With Neighbors for the New Year

The Church of God in Korea donated 4,720 micro-fibre blankets to 220 government offices from January 9 to 18, just before the Lunar New Year holiday. The members of each region visited their government office, hoping that just as a blanket covers the body from cold weather, it would comfort the neighbors who were exhausted from the severe cold waves and the economic hardship caused by the aftermath of COVID-19. The blankets were donated to city halls, ward offices, and administrative welfare centers nationwide to be delivered to neighbors in need of helping hands, such as single senior citizens living alone, adolescent-headed families, single parent families, multicultural families, and families with disabilities. Local government officials thanked the Church of God…

Korea

Jan 18, 2023

The Church of God Honored With Brazil’s Legislative Merit Medal

In December, 2022, the World Mission Society Church of God received the Medal of Legislative Merit, the highest honor awarded by the National Congress of Brazil. This medal was presented to members of the Church in recognition of their continued volunteer activities for their neighbors and communities throughout Brazil over the past decade. The highest honor of the National Congress, being nominated by the Chamber of Deputies and party leaders The Legislative Merit Medal, created in 1983, is awarded to individuals, institutions or organizations that have contributed to Brazil and rendered services worthy of praise from the Brazilian people. This medal is the most prestigious award in the private sector. Every year, political parties in Brazil nominate candidates—each party can…

Brazil, Peru

Dec 7, 2022

Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Feast of Tabernacles 2022

In the Bible, there are seven feasts in three times that God commanded us to keep. The feasts include the Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Day of Resurrection, the Feast of Pentecost, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles. The seven feasts are grouped into three times, and each feast has its own origin and prophetic meaning. Today, there is no church except the World Mission Society Church of God (hereinafter the Church of God) that keeps the feasts of God according to the Bible. The Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles, the last three of the seven feasts in three times, were celebrated from September…

Oct 17, 2022

The 3rd Student Webinar, ‘Family, the Source of Happiness’

On October 2 when the beauty of autumn was everywhere, the 3rd Student Webinar, “Family, the Source of Happiness,” was held in the New Jerusalem Imae Temple to enlighten the value of family and the happiness of being together with family to the students, our future generations. About 1,000 people, including students and their friends, parents, and instructors in charge of the student groups in the church, visited the Imae Temple. More than 3,750 people from all over the country, too, participated in the webinar through the live stream on YouTube. Before the event started, side events attracted the students: a photo zone, a calligraphy zone, and a panel exhibition introducing the activities of the Church of God and the…

Korea

Oct 2, 2022

ASEZ WAO’s Challenge of Using Public Transportation

ASEZ WAO, World Mission Society Church of God Young Adult Worker Volunteer Group conducted the “Challenge of Using Public Transportation” in order to reduce air pollutants and carbon emissions for three weeks between September 5 and September 23 in celebration of “International Day of Clean Air for blue skies” (September 7; hereinafter Day of Clean Air) and “Car Free Day” (September 22). “Day of Clean Air” is the first official UN day proposed by Korea and adopted by the UN in order to make known the importance of protecting the atmospheric environment and raising awareness and interest in climate change. “World Car-Free Day” was established with the goal of improving problems such as air pollution and noise pollution by reducing…

Sep 23, 2022

Donating the Disaster Relief Aid for Recovering From Tonga Volcano Eruption

In January, 2022, a submarine volcano erupted near the Island of Hunga Tonga and covered the whole country of Tonga with volcanic ashes. Shock waves from the explosion caused three tsunami waves, which damaged or destroyed about 470 households. The residents who lost their homes overnight could no longer use the rain water as drinking water due to the thick layer of volcanic ashes. Furthermore, due to the prolonged El Nino phenomenon, severe droughts occurred, which worsened the situation. On September 20, World Mission Society Church of God donated 83,000 TOP (about 40,000 USD) to Tonga government to help the victims who were suffering great damage from the volcanic eruption. Around 10 a.m., about 30 people, including Tonga government officials…

Tonga

Sep 20, 2022

Student Camp for the Second Half of 2022

Face-to-face classes are being held at schools as the step-by-step daily recovery (with COVID-19) has begun in 2022. Students are glad to see their friends again at school, but they have difficulty adapting to changed school hours and complying with school regulations. Parents are worried about their children's concentration problem and relationship with their friends. The Church of God held the student camp during school break to help students prepare for a new semester in good health and make their vacation a time for learning and growth. The student camps were held at each local church in the Philippines, the U.S., Canada, and Peru from the middle of July to the end of August. Student camp returns with a variety…

Aug 31, 2022

The 1st Student Chamber Orchestra Concert

Adolescence is a period when the youth have many dreams for the future and worries as well. On August 21, the Church of God held the 1st Student Chamber Orchestra to cheer the teenagers who were trying to adapt to the class in school after the COVID-19 pandemic and to recharge them with strength to move forward. The Church of God has held cultural events such as the student orchestra tour under the slogan, "Beautiful Resonance Between You and Me," and character education to cultivate the emotions of the youth and stabilize their mental health. More than 1,100 people, including not only students who brought their friends to make a good memory in a new semester but also parents and…

Korea

Aug 21, 2022

The 1st ASEZ WAO Environment Forum

ASEZ WAO, World Mission Society Church of God Young Adult Worker Volunteer Group, has been taking the lead in encouraging workers to participate in protecting the environment through “Green Workplace” project. On July 10, they held an environment forum to search for the measures that workers can take in order to improve the environmental conditions; they listened to the experts’ advice on climate crisis which brings about direct and indirect impacts on the environment and society. More than 1,100 people, including the young adult worker members in the metropolitan areas and citizens who are interested in environmental issues, attended the 1st ASEZ WAO Environment Forum held at the New Jerusalem Imae Temple. The event was broadcast live on YouTube, and…

South Korea

Jul 10, 2022

Preaching Festival Awards Ceremony, the First Half of 2022

As the COVID-19 pandemic was easing out and daily life was being restored, the members of the Church of God became busy. They diligently preached the gospel of the kingdom, the news of salvation, to all their loved family, acquaintances, and neighbors, whom they had not met for a long while. In the month of June, the Church of God was filled with the heat of the gospel, hotter than the heat of early summer. On July 3, Preaching Festival Awards Ceremony for the First Half of 2022 was held at Okcheon Go&Come Training Institute. It was organized to settle the gospel results of the first half of 2022, during which gracious gospel results were reaped through the two preaching…

South Korea

Jul 3, 2022

Special Lecture for ASEZ by Vice Minister of Environment, Ecuador

Environmental pollution and climate crisis are the biggest issues of the international community in the 21st century. On May 5, in the seminar room of the New Jerusalem Pangyo Temple in Korea, a special event was prepared for university students who are interested in global environmental issues and government officials who are promoting national policies for environmental conservation. This is the "Special Lecture by the Ecuadorian Vice Minister of Environment" held by ASEZ, the university student volunteer group of the Church of God. More than 700 university students from ASEZ in the metropolitan area, and officials from the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador participated in the lecture. Ecuador’s Vice Minister of Environment, Bianca Dager Jervis, who stood at the podium,…

South Korea

May 5, 2022

Sacred Assemblies of the Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the Day of Resurrection 2022

The Church of God has been carrying out various volunteer services for neighbors in the global village, based on the love of Christ. Christ’s love and salvation are contained in the seven feasts in three times, which start with the Passover every year. The Sacred Assembly of the Passover 2022 was celebrated in the Churches of God throughout the world on the evening of April 15 (the 14th day of the first month according to the sacred calendar). With the COVID-19-related restrictions being gradually eased and amid rising expectations for restoration to normal life, the church members participated in the feast, hoping that all people would receive God’s blessings by keeping the feast, as they had passed through a long…

Apr 15, 2022

ASEZ Honored With UNCCD Executive Secretary Award

The World Mission Society Church of God University Student Volunteer Group [ASEZ] was awarded the UNCCD Executive Secretary Award on June 17. ASEZ took part in the virtual choir competition to mark the 10 Years of Changwon Initiative, and received the highest award. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification [UNCCD] is a convention signed by the international community on June 17, 1994, aiming to prevent desertification caused by indiscriminate development, and to help the areas affected by desertification. In this Convention, 194 countries have joined, and its secretariat is located in Bonn, Germany. In 2011, the UNCCD COP 10 was held in Changwon, Republic of Korea (hereinafter referred to as Korea), and it adopted the Changwon Initiative which contains…

South Korea

Jun 17, 2022

Ascension Day Service & Sacred Assembly of the Day of Pentecost 2022

The members of the early Church, who had witnessed the resurrection and ascension of Jesus, delivered the truth of life and the hope of salvation to all people, being deeply moved and filled with the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. The book of Acts records that 3,000 to 5,000 people were added to the number of disciples at that time (Ac 2:41; 4:4). The members of the Church of God all around the world attended the Ascension Day Service (May 26) and the Sacred Assembly of the Day of Pentecost (June 5), hoping that the blessings of the Holy Spirit would be poured out in a more powerful way to lead all people to salvation in this age.…

Jun 5, 2022

Messiah Orchestra Concert for the Passover 2022

Just like a flower announces spring that has come after a long winter, a special event was held to present comfort and hope to the people around the world, exhausted from the long pandemic. On March 27, which was fifteen days before the Passover, the "Messiah Orchestra Concert for the Passover 2022" was held at the Okcheon Go&Come Training Institute. The concert was broadcast live to 64 countries as a video conference program through the outside broadcast van. The Church of God interpreters provided simultaneous interpretations in 28 languages including English, Spanish, German, French, Hungarian, Chinese, Hindi, Vietnamese, Telugu, etc, so that it can help audience enjoy the performances. The event was held twice at 11 a.m. and at 5…

South Korea

Mar 27, 2022

Online Summer Student Camp 2021

It has been a year and six months since the coronavirus pandemic was proclaimed. In the prolonged contact-free era, not only adults but also teenagers are suffering from uncertainty. As the path of communication has narrowed significantly due to school closures and social distancing, quite many students complain about anxiety, sense of deprivation, and depression, and there is a raised concern that people are losing the ability to communicate and empathy, and that they will have difficulties in building relationships with other people. The Church of God held an online summer camp for middle and high school students, following the online winter camp. The camp helped the students feel stable emotionally and presented the correct direction of life to them.…

Aug 1, 2021

The Church of God Holds the 3rd Bible Webinar

A time like a gift to comfort the hearts of those who are weary in life has come. On November 21, the Church of God held a Bible webinar. In a time when individuals feel isolated and alienated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Church of God communicates with neighbors through various online events such as “Happy Webinar for Workers.” The Bible webinar was held for the third time this year at the Okcheon Go&Come Training Institute in Korea by filming the event and broadcasting it in real time. The Church of God members all over the world watched the webinar with their family and friends while adhering to preventive measures. A total of about 4,000 people in Korea accessed…

South Korea

Nov 21, 2021

ASEZ and ASEZ WAO Honored With Green World Award and Green Apple Award

ASEZ, the Church of God University Student Volunteer Group, and ASEZ WAO, the Church of God Young Adult Worker Volunteer Group won the Green World Award and the Green Apple Award in succession. These two awards are the international environmental awards organized by the Green Organisation—an international environmental nonprofit organization in the United Kingdom. Established in 1994, these awards annually recognize and reward outstanding environmental practices globally, spanning both private and public sectors. The evaluation process considers nine criteria, including environmental benefits, innovation, and sustainability of the activity. The Green World Award, an extension of the Green Apple Award, is particularly esteemed, reserved for organizations that excel across all criteria. Due to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the…

U.K.

Nov 15, 2021