On the week of June 2 and June 9, Hanmaum church will raise up new YeaBee Mokjas and Mokyeos(Titles given to soon to be Mokjas and Mokyeos). This will be the day to celebrate because we are finally bearing a fruit grown from many prayers and sacrifice to God. This will be the day of tears and joy because it will make us remember all of the touching stories told and untold. This will be the day to be thankful. We should be grateful for their commitment to devote themselves to God and the church. It will be the most precious gift that can be offered to the church and to God. This will be the day to dance in joy! God is pleased so we should be pleased as well.

  On June 2, the brother Chong, Hae Jun and the sister Chong, Sun Wha and the brother Son, ByungWook(Michael) and the sister Yeo, JiMin(Jamie) will be ordained as YeaBee Mokja and Mokyeo. Chong, Hae Jun and Chong, Sun Wha will be the third Mokja and Mokyeo ordained from the Glory Mokjang. They have been a part of Hanmaum family for many years, and they have grown in their faith and love in our community. Their unexaggerated devotion over the years was really precious. Many years have passed for them to be raised as Mokja and Mokyeo. But we are already passed the point where the church is not waiting for them to be Mokja and Mokyeo but instead, they are waiting for the church to be ready. Sometime in the past, our church was in urgent need of good, dedicated teachers. They came to the rescue and offered wise and appropriate help. You may not have noticed it, but I know it and God knows it too.

 Son, ByungWook(Michael) was the 1 st fruit of the single Mokjang. God has blessed him through the 1 st season of “Living Life” that I have offered in 2013 after I became a pastor. Then he left for St Louise, grew as a Mokja, and came back to Hanmaum church. I am really thankful to God to see how God is leading him as the leader of the English ministry. With the blessing God has poured on the English ministry, he is now ready to start Mokjang for English speaking brothers and sisters this summer. This will be the 1 st English speaking Mokjang that Son, ByungWook(Michael) and Yeo, JiMin(Jamie) will be serving in our church.

  YeaBee Mokja and Mokyeo will start the process of being Mokja and MokYeo. They will go through spiritual training and exercises to prepare their hearts for a new Mokjang. They can choose to have separate meetings in their new Mokjang, but since they are still in the transitional period, this new Mokjang is still considered as an interim. After this transitional period, their new Mokjang will become official after we officially appoint them “Mokja” and “Mokyeo” by removing “YeaBea” from their title as soon as September.

  When it comes to devotions and commitment, YeaBee Mokja/Mokyeo should bear equal weight as other Mokjas/Mokyeos in our church. We will respect them equally as well. They will be invited to attend the Cho-Won meeting (meeting among Mokjas/Mokyeos), and we will call them Mokja and Mokyeo.

  I praise God for allowing us this thankful and joyful day to introduce the new Mokjas and Mokyeos.

Pastor Choi