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February 8, 2020
¡°The United Methodist Church, The Power of Unity!¡±
I went to Columbus yesterday. Every year,
there is Multicultural Luncheon Event Worship, and this year it was at
Columbus, Georgia. The first year was in Savannah, the second year at Macon,
the third year at Cordell, and this year at Saint Peter United Methodist Church
in Columbus. I departed early in the morning because it takes about four hours
from Savannah to Columbus.
This
year, Mr. Kyung Jin Ryoo went with me on his busy schedule. Georgia is a really
large state. After a long drive, we arrived at the Saint Peter United Methodist
Church and the church was in a small town. There were few buildings like our
church. There was a worship building and a building with a kitchen and
classrooms. Last year at Cordell, many Hispanic congregations attended and this
year, many African American congregations attended.
To be
honest, the distance was so far from here to Columbus, so I didn't want to
attend this year. However, as we know, there is only one Korean Church in the
South Georgia Conference, so I attended. Bishop Lawson Bryan and his wife also
attended. Bishop Lawson Bryan still retained the good impression of the
Dedication Service in our church.
I feel
a lot through this Multicultural Luncheon Event Worship Service. Our United
Methodist Church respects diversity. And our denomination emphasizes unity in
diversity. We are different from each other in skin color. We speak in
different languages. But we believe in one God, serve only one Lord and are led
by the Holy Spirit.
There
will be a day when our church will hold this event. As the United Methodist
members, we are praying together for the General Conference on May. In times of
crisis, we must show the power of unity more and more.
In
the last two weeks of the sermon I preached about the wisdom of God. We need to
obey the guidance of the Holy Spirit through the wisdom of God. We are
Methodists. I am very proud of my denomination. We experienced the grace and
love of the cross. We know the joy of salvation and we live in the grace of
God. In God¡¯s grace and love, we have to build our United
Methodist Church.