Abide with me

This week anthem is "Abide with me", a famouse hymn arrangement.

Here is the text.

Abide with me, fast falls the eventide;
the darkness deepens: Lord, with me abide!
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
help of the helpless, O, abide with me.

I need thy presence every passing hour;
what but thy grace can foil the tempter's powers?
who like thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.

Hold thou my cross before my closing eyes; shine through the gloom and point me to the skies:
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me, abide with me.

New semester, new rehesrsal schedules for the choirs

I know you all are very anxious when our choirs start. We will start rehearsals on Wed. 27th.

As usual, the youth hand bell will start at 5:00 on Wed. Please, come at 4:40 to set the tables and bells. The chimers also will start that day with Ms. Sarah at the yellow door room at 5:00 on Wed. The children's choir will be at 6:15 in the chapel!

The chancel choir's rehearsal will be 7:15 at the Sanctuary as normal. On Thursday at5:30, the adult handbell will meet at the sanctuary.

The Youth choir will meet on August 24th, 4:30 in the Sanctuary. Please bring your instruments if you play any.

I am very excited to start a new semester with all those choirs. I am already planning for Christmas music.

If you or your children are interested in joining any of the choirs, please contact me!! I am a nice person. ^^ Don't hesitate to talk about it.

Looking forward to seeing y'all soon! YEAH!

How to praise?

I will start a new Sunday school class at my office from August 24th with a book "Let us praise" by Judson Cornwell. I read when I was trained in a missionary group in Korea. The missionary group does mission through "worship and praise". Jason was there as a staff for several years but I was only for two years. I learned and experienced many things in new and variety ways. It was amazing how God works through the worship and praise service among the people. Every time before the service, there is a prayer meeting for the service for an hour. And there is a staff prayer meeting everyday for two hours. I honestly lost my voice because of the prayers and ended up couldn't sing anymore. However, God used the team to save, heal, and touch countless people through the worship. I believe that God still presents in our worship and praise especially works through the music. The music makes soften people's hearts to open to the Lord directly. Most of all, our God needs to be praised! In this book, the author tells many different ways to praise God. If you are interested in, please contact me or buy a book and come to the class on 24th between the services. Let's Praise the Lord!!

Give me Jesus,

Here is our anthem this week. I am totally agree "you can have all this world, but give me Jesus!" Let's testify it.

In the morning when I rise, in the morning when I rise, give me Jesus!

And when I am alone, and when I am alone, give me Jesus!

Give me Jesus, give me Jesus!

You can have all this world, but give me Jesus!

And when I come to die, and when I come to die, give me Jesus.

And when the trumpet sounds, when the trumpet sounds, give me Jesus!

Give me Jesus, give me Jesus!

You can have all this world, but give me JESUS!!

Let us talents and tongues employ

This Sunday is the first Sunday of August! We will have a communion service.

I have chosen Jamaican folk melody based anthem, "Let us talents and tongues employ."

Here is the text. Enjoy!

1. Let us talents and tongues employ, reaching out with a shout of joy:

bread is broken, the wine is poured, Christ is spoken and seen and heard.

Refrain:

Jesus lives again earth can breathe again pass the word around: loaves abound!

2. Christ is able to make us one, at the table he sets the tone.

Teaching people to live to bless, love in word and indeed express.

3. Jesus calls us in, sends us out. Bearing fruit in a world of doubt, gives us love to tell,

bread to share: God Immanuel every where.

Your Grace is enough for me!

My family and I have been looking for two things lately; house and a pet. I can tell you that to find both of them is not easy at all. Both of them are very important to be chosen because after we choose to be with, we need to be with it at least for several years. I have been worn out to look both! and started complaining and being whinny. How come someone has everything not me. I know all things has started again from "comparison". Honestly, I have had a pretty good life so far. I have wonderful super parents, family, husband, kids, and been given so much to enjoy. How can I be so whinny with those matter? On the way to work, there was a song from His radio "Your grace is enough for me". How about that! His endless love, grace, and Himself! All from Him is enough for me. I decided not to be whinny anymore instead, I will look to the Cross to remind myself how blessed I am from Jesus!! His grace and love.

'Ohana means...

My Summer Vacation in “Hawaiian way”
It is almost at the end of our summer break. I couldn’t go to any “vacation” with my family this summer. However, we have watched many movies at our home theatre. Because I envy one of choir members who went to Hawaii for her family vacation, I would like to share a movie which has a background of Hawaii. I especially would like to share a Hawaiian word, ‘ohana’. Here is a defination from Wikipedia. ‘Ohana means family in an extended sense of the term including blood-related, adoptive or intentional. It emphasizes that family and friends are bound together and members must cooperate and remember one another. If you have seen the movie, you would say what means and particular phrase after the characters say the word. ‘Ohana means family. Family means nobody get left behind or forgotten. It amazes me how they determine “family” itself. And the added following phrase has made me think a little bit deeper. We call ourselves “family in Christ”. However, I sometimes make definition the family as only blood-related or even smaller only my direct family, among Korean, or only RHUMC. Also, I even didn’t think about someone get left behind or forgotten among even small family. So, first, I decided to contact my family members to find out anyone gets left behind through phone calls and e-mail. As you know, most of my relatives are in Korea. It is not easy to contact them. However, I found couple of my cousins who have felt left behind. Second, I have started searching for anyone in our church family who get left behind or forgotten? And realized that if you want to find out who get left behind or forgotten, you should know them pretty well. So, I have started looking within church family whom I know well enough. I think I found what my vacation will be. I will send letters, cards, e-mail, or phone calls to find out who are missing in my ‘Ohana. Do you want to try it with me? Aloha! (Its original means affection, love, peace, compassion, and mercy in Hawaiian language.)