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University Student Volunteer Group [ASEZ] Launched a Campaign for World Environmental Day

June 5 is World Environmental Day. The Church of God University Student Volunteer Group [ASEZ] launched a campaign, “The Cost,” for World Environmental Day. This campaign aims to raise awareness of the serious consequence that the earth and mankind must pay for daily consumption. Synthetic fibers, which are commonly used as clothing materials, emit 5.5 kg more greenhouse gas than natural fiber per T-shirt, accelerating climate change. Textile dyeing plants use 20,000 chemical substances, and the industrial water discharged at this time accounts for 20 percent of the world"s industrial water pollution. Microplastics and fibers released by a single domestic wash of a T-shirt threaten the marine ecosystem. It takes at least over 200 years for a shirt to decompose…

Jun 5, 2021

Ascension Day & Day of Pentecost 2021

When the Israelites were freed from Egypt in ancient times, they crossed the Red Sea through the mighty power of God. Forty days after the crossing of the Red Sea, God commanded Moses to come up to Mount Sinai and showed him His will. Ten days later from then, Moses went up Mount Sinai again to receive the stone tablet of the Ten Commandments. The work of Moses is a shadow of the work of Jesus. Jesus showed Himself to His disciples for forty days after His resurrection, and on the fortieth day, he went up to Heaven from Mount of Olives. Watching Jesus’ resurrection and ascension with their own eyes, the disciples were greatly moved and dedicated themselves to…

May 23, 2021

The Church of God Holds ‘Happy Webinar for Workers’

The non-contact era arrived by the outbreak of COVID-19. Direct meetings and gatherings have decreased, and communication barriers have been raised. Although the number of people who are neglected in society is likely to increase, it does not necessarily mean that there is no way to gather together. Thanks to online communication tools, we can communicate even without contact, being less constrained by time and space. The Church of God held the “Happy Webinar for Workers” to bring happy energy to families, neighbors, friends, and coworkers. The word webinar is a blend of web and seminar. This webinar is an online version of the “Happy Seminar for Workers” that was launched in 2018. The “Happy Webinar for Workers” was held…

South Korea

May 19, 2021

The Church of God University Student Volunteer Group, ASEZ, Take Part in the Wildfire Recovery Efforts in Rep. of South Africa

ASEZ members in Cape Town, Rep. of South Africa, conducted wildfire recovery efforts. On April 18, a fire broke out at Table Mountain in Rep. of South Africa, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The fire was put out in four days amid strong winds, but 600 hectares of forest were burned, and nearby eleven structures, including six buildings of University of Cape Town [UCT], were damaged. The Church of God members are moving out the crates filled with material, lining up in a long line at UCT Library that has been damaged from a wildfire. On April 29, when the firefighting was completed to some extent, ASEZ members took part in recovery efforts for the damaged…

South Africa

Apr 29, 2021

Cleanup Movement for Earth Day

Every year, April 22 is Earth Day. This year, the Church of God members all around the world carried out environmental cleanups in each country to raise environmental awareness. About fifty members of the Church of God cleaned the streets in Kamana and Khaimah, Arequipa, Peru. Taking every preventive measure against COVID-19, they picked up trash on the streets and removed illegal advertise on the walls and utility poles. On hearing this news, the district office of Khaimah provided cleaning tools and protective equipment for the coronavirus. The head of district Khaimah took part in the cleanup and delivered a certificate of appreciation to the church. In the U.S., the Church of God University Student Volunteer Group, ASEZ, helped out.…

Apr 22, 2021

The Sacred Assemblies 2021 of the Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the Day of Resurrection

As COVID-19 enters its second year, the sense of alienation and despair each individual feels due to isolation has worsened. However, hope is bound to bloom in the midst of trials just as spring comes after a cold winter. The Passover, which is celebrated every year, contains hope and promise like spring sunlight: the forgiveness of sins, salvation, and eternal life. The Sacred Assembly of the Passover was held in 175 countries around the world on March 27 (the 14th day of the first month by the sacred calendar) at evening. The members of the Church of God all around the world celebrated the Passover online at home with their family members or individually while strictly adhering to COVID-19 prevention…

Apr 4, 2021

Mongolia Church Association Holds an Online Bible Seminar

Due to the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Mongolia issued a powerful ban on gathering of people and lockdown from February of the last year. Following the government’s COVID-19 guidelines, the members of the Church of God have been doing activities in contact-free manner such as keeping online worship services and providing online education. Furthermore, the members have been steadily giving a helping hand to their neighbors suffering from difficulties caused by COVID-19 pandemic by donating face masks, groceries, and snacks to them. After the freezing winter had passed, Mongolia Church Association held an online Bible seminar in preparation for the Passover, on February 28 when a feeling of spring began to spread. Since it was the first…

Mongolia

Mar 15, 2021

Sharing Love With Neighbors in Celebration of the New Year

In the midst of the current situation, people may really long for love and affection from their families and neighbors. The Church of God donated 4,000 food packages to 200 public offices all over Korea to help out neighbors in need between February 4 and February 8. They also pasted a message of hope, “There are many people on your side. So let’s overcome the current crisis together,” on the wholeheartedly prepared food. Each food package was filled with eighteen kinds of food such as canned tuna, bottles of sesame oil, pan frying powder, and convenience food like mushroom porridge, beef bone soup, beef and rice soup, and pork and kimchi stew. They will be delivered to the elderly living…

South Korea

Feb 4, 2021

Snow Removal Services in Korea

In the midst of surprise snowstorms in majority of places in Korea, the cold wave from the Arctic added salt to the wound on January 6. As the layers of snow stacked up and froze, there were a series of damages, including heavy traffic congestion on people’s way to and from work, freezing and bursting of water meters, and cold related illnesses. In Chungnam Province and some areas of Jeonbuk Province, much damage was done on crops and livestock. The heavy snowfall on Hallasan Mountain caused the thickness of the layers of snow to be 136.3 cm [53.7 inches] at its highest as of January 9 in Jejudo Province where cold wave warning was issued in 57 years; a majority…

South Korea

Jan 7, 2021

New Jerusalem Cultural Content Awards 2020

The New Jerusalem Cultural Content Awards Ceremony is a consolidated awards ceremony comprising the following categories: Melchizedek Literary Contest, Elohim Video Festival, Bible Seminar Presentation Content Contest, and Preaching Content Idea Contest. With the COVID-19 striking across the world in 2020, the awards ceremony was omitted; instead, the award certificates and gifts were delivered to the winners through their churches. Each contest was held between March and September. As non-face-to-face activities such as taking classes online and working from home became more frequent recently, there was a rising demand for online platforms and content. So the members all over the world showed great interest in producing gospel content. All the participants created content, following the COVID-19 prevention guidelines. As for…

Dec 19, 2020

ASEZ WAO Carried Out Regular Volunteer Services

Due to prolonged COVID-19 crisis, there is growing concern not only over social problems such as depression, lethargy, and financial difficulties but also over environmental pollution caused by the increased use of face masks and disposables. The members of ASEZ WAO, the Church of God Young Adult Worker Volunteer Group, set out to carry out its regular volunteer service to encourage their neighbors with Mother’s love and improve the environmental condition of the earth. Since November 2020, about 7,300 man-days (as of December 18) have volunteered in 19 countries, including Korea, U.S., U.K., India, Japan, Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, and the Rep. of South Africa. They also carried out the “Mother’s Forest” campaign in U.S., U.K., Thailand, Chinese Taipei, and Peru.…

Dec 18, 2020

ASEZ the Church of God University Student Volunteer Group Holds the “No More Verbal Abuse” Campaign

The United Nations declared October 2 as the International Day of Non-Violence in 2007. On this day, wishing for a peaceful world without violence, ASEZ the Church of God University Student Volunteer Group held the “No More Verbal Abuse” Campaign across the globe. For ten days from October 2 to 11, this campaign was conducted under the slogan, “Words are more powerful than a sword,” in order to inform the seriousness of verbal violence and lead a correct language culture. According to a school violence survey conducted in 2019 among over one million elementary, middle and high school students in Korea, verbal violence was reported as the most common type of violence. In the same year, the most common type…

Oct 2, 2020

Sharing Love With Neighbors, Looking Forward to Chuseok

A Korean saying, “Not more or not less, but just like Chuseok,” does not relate well to us in the present time anymore. Due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, it became difficult to meet even family members, and the worsening economic situation has calmed the social atmosphere. On top of that, many disaster victims had not been relieved from the hardships caused by the rain and typhoons that hit Korea during the summer. Hoping that no neighbor would be left out to spend the national holiday in loneliness, especially during somewhat cold autumn of the year, the Church of God set out to share love with their neighbors, looking forward to Chuseok. On September 23, the Church of God began…

South Korea

Sep 23, 2020

The Sacred Assemblies of the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles 2020

The autumn feasts, which the people of Zion who are promised through the feasts of God had been waiting for, began on September 18. From the Feast of Trumpets to the Day of Atonement, that is, from the first to the tenth day of the seventh month by the sacred calendar, as well as during the Feast of Tabernacles which was held from the fifteenth to the twenty-second day of the seventh month by the sacred calendar, the Church of God members in 175 countries kept worship services onsite or online, depending on the situation of COVID-19 in each country. The Feast of Trumpets–the Day of Atonement: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near” Origins of the Feast of…

Sep 18, 2020

Relief Efforts for Floods in Cheorwon, Namwon, Gokseong, and Gwangju, Korea

This summer, the rainy season lasted for over fifty days. The Korea Meteorological Administration [KMA] said it was the longest on record ever since it started its official observation. During this year’s rainy season (June 1 to August 15), the average cumulative precipitation in Korea was 920 millimeters, which is nearly twice the amount of average yearly precipitation. As a result, more than 1,000 landslides occurred, houses and shopping centers were flooded, resulting in small and large damages across the country, and 18 cities and counties were designated as special disaster zones. Frequently, livestock was killed or lost due to torrents caused by heavy rains, and farmers who were about to ship their crops were also severely affected. Following God’s…

South Korea

Aug 7, 2020

Donation and Service Relays to Combat COVID-19

As the coronavirus situation prolonged, the Church of God members around the world carried out donation and service relays, hoping that everyone would ride out this global crisis. On July 8, members in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, donated 5,000 disposable masks and 5,000 handmade fabric masks to the Mongolian Ministry of Health. The members, who often make their own clothes, skillfully made the masks. Earlier on June 30, members from Los Angeles, CA, and Honolulu, HI, U.S., delivered 300 handmade masks to the officials of Guided Missile Destroyers of U.S. Navy. Members working for the United Nations Headquarters in New York, U.S., (as the members of the New Windsor Church) also held an online seminar on making masks through videoconferencing. Not only…

Jul 8, 2020

ASEZ the Church of God University Student Volunteer Group Launched a Cheering Campaign

With the prolonged corona situation, more and more people complain of lethargy and depression due to restricted activity and anxiety about the risk of infection. When concern and sincere help for one another are in need, ASEZ the Church of God University Student Volunteer Group launched a cheering campaign to deliver hope and courage with handwritten letters and gift sets to people who are weary of COVID-19. As of May 12, starting from April 1, about two thousand ASEZ members from various universities in Korea such as Korea University, Hongik University, Pusan National University, Gwangju Health University, and Daegu Haany University participated in the campaign by sincerely writing letters with the messages, “I hope the situation will stabilize quickly and…

May 12, 2020

The Passover, the Covenant of Life, Shines More Brightly in the Midst of Disasters

God is sincere and His covenant is unchanging. While the whole world was in chaos because of the pandemic of COVID-19, the Passover approached. The Passover, which contains God’s promise of the forgiveness of sins, salvation, and eternal life, was demanded more desperately than ever before, as the number of confirmed cases and deaths increased day after day and shutdown and lockdown measures were taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic in every corner of the world. The Head Office of the World Mission Society Church of God announced online worship services so that the Church members could keep the Passover at their homes, and produced and released online worship videos in about fifty languages. On April 7 in…

Apr 7, 2020

Work Mission Regular Gathering for the Second Half of 2019

To practice the words of Christ, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” in their workplaces, the Church of God young adult workers established the Work Mission by region and by occupation, actively carrying out the mission work and volunteer services. The Work Mission Regular Gathering for the Second Half of 2019 held at the New Jerusalem Pangyo Temple on September 8 was for young adults from many Work Missions in Korea to strengthen their faith through the words of the Bible and confirm the gospel vision through various programs such as case presentations and talks. At the worship service, the first part of the event, Mother repeatedly complimented the young adults on displaying God’s glory through their constant good deeds despite…

South Korea

Sep 8, 2019

Healing Seminar for Workers Was Held in Three Cities of Korea and Ulaanbaatar of Mongolia

“Sunday passes and Monday comes despite our wish.” From the Empathy Talk at the Healing Seminar for Workers held in the Seobuk Church, Cheonan, Korea In a survey, “What makes you tired in your workplace?” a witty answer made everybody laugh. It showed how workers feel; they are tired and always feel they need more time to rest. The Healing Seminar for Workers was held to provide busy workers with a breathing space in Jejudo Island the biggest tourist attraction in Korea, Seongnam, and Cheonan on September 1. It was also held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on the 15th and received a great response from citizens. The Healing Seminar for Workers, which was held at the Orah Church in Jejudo, the…

Sep 1, 2019