Volunteer Service Review
Love and happiness increase as much as we share. Shall we listen to vivid stories about volunteer services?
Habit of Speaking Beautiful Language
I heard the news that the students of ASEZ, the World Mission Society Church of God University Student Volunteer Group, would carry out the “No More Verbal Abuse” campaign. I never expected that such a topic would be used for…
Son Chae-eun from Daegu, South Korea
With the Spirit of Ownership
“Things have changed, but I’m fine because Father and Mother are always with me!” This is what I repeatedly say to myself these days to let go of negative emotions that pop up in my mind, spending much more time…
Sidney Rogers from Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.
Though Invisible
On the day of the cleanup, the sky was covered with clouds, contrary to the weather forecast that it would rain. I was worried that the cleanup might be interrupted by rain, but the clouds shaded off the burning sunlight…
Im Mi-ran from Incheon, South Korea
We Give Happiness
During the school holidays in 2019, our church student group members, along with our teacher who was in charge, planned to perform a volunteer service and visited a senior citizen center with a hope to create good memories and spend…
Park Chae-wun from Incheon, South Korea
On Earth Day
On April 22, 2018, since it was Earth Day, the ASEZ Church of God University Student Volunteer Group carried out a street cleanup in our efforts for a cleaner community. Early in the morning, about eighty volunteers gathered at Suitland…
Florencia Riquelme from Washington D.C., U.S.
Warm Wintering
When I heard that my Zion members would repair the roof and the wall of an old house of an elderly couple, I decided to participate in the demolition work for one day. On the morning of the volunteer, I…
On Nam-yeol from Wonju, South Korea
Loving and Learning
‘How can I spend my summer vacation meaningfully?’ Although each of us belonged to a different Zion, we’d been participating in the IWBA education together. In 2017, we all hoped to have a special experience during our summer vacation which…
Noh Min-a from Anyang, South Korea
A Fun Day like a Picnic
We went to a vineyard in Daebudo Island to help a farmer. It takes over an hour to Daebudo Island from Bucheon, so we left early in the morning to give the farmer as much help as possible. Very early…
Yun Mi-hyang from Bucheon, South Korea
The Fruit of Unity
Our Torrance Zion has been doing various kinds of voluntary works, keeping a good relationship with the City Hall of Torrance, since we held the global environmental cleanup movement for the first time in October, 2015. Recently, the City Hall…
Kotaro Uechi from Torrance, CA, U.S.
Having the Same Care for One Another
I’ve never been part of a dance group in my life. When I was asked if I wanted to partake in the dance for the elderly, I took this blessing with great gratitude. I was not good at it but…
Byron Reveles from Sunland, CA, U.S.
If We Work with One Mind
In the morning after a heavy snow warning was issued, I received a message that we were going to volunteer to remove the snow. When I got ready and arrived at Zion, it was already crowded with brothers and sisters,…
Im Mi-ran from Seoul, South Korea
The Church That Is Good at Volunteer Activities
On an autumn day, we had a cleanup at Yeongrang Beach in Sokcho. Our voluntary service was postponed a couple of times because of the typhoon and tidal waves, but that day, the weather was fresh with a cool breeze.…
Tak Jeong-sun from Sokcho, South Korea
Filling Emptiness Caused by the Absence of Mother with Care and Love
On a hot summer day, around fifty brothers and sisters from the Gangneung Zion volunteered to clean the place of a young man who has an intellectual disability. He was living alone since his mother had died. His home was…
Hong Sun-tae from Gangneung, South Korea
Like Planting a Tree
There is a tree-planting day in Australia. Australia puts a lot of efforts into planting and taking care of trees because its land is wide and has lots of plants and parks. Our Sydney Zion members decided to support the…
Ryu Mun-suk from Sydney, Australia
Young Adults’ Passion Cleans the World
On November 30, 2017, we held a cleanup with the slogan “Mother’s Street” behind the Quezon City City Hall. The volunteers were mostly young adults. Whenever we passed by, people asked us where we were from and what we were…
Sharina Aya Z. Gorospe from Quezon City, Philippines
Planting Tree Seedlings
The Canoas Zion planned to perform a voluntary service together with the Department of Environment of the Municipality of Canoas. Our job was to plant tree seedlings in a park. On the day of the event, we met early in…
Bruna Carvalho de Lima from Canoas, Brazil
Pleasant and Happy Volunteer Service
The Baltimore Church visited the Sunrise of Silver Spring, an assisted living facility, to cheer up senior citizens living there by performing various songs and dances at the end of the year. Many of the residents clapped, tapped their feet,…
Melissa Hutchins from Baltimore, MD, U.S.
People Who Make Differences
In April, 2016, there was a record-breaking rainfall in Houston. About 500 mm [19.7 in] of rain poured, which is the six-month amount of rain in Korea. In Greenspoint, located in North Houston, the water rose up to over 30…
Houston Church, TX, U.S.
Love & Unity
I heard the news that we would have a Worldwide Blood Drive to Give Life Through the Love of the Passover. Just in time, it was my class-free day, so I joined it. Since it was a good opportunity to…
Goh Na-young from Busan, South Korea
A Small Good Deed, Big Touching Waves
The day before our cleanup, there was a heavy rain. We were worried that it was going to continue raining and make it hard for us to carry out our cleanup. However, it stopped raining and the skies were very…
The Brasilia Church in Brazil