mayor of paramus

yesterday was an interesting day. in the morning i preached at a homeless ministry in harlem. then in the evening i attended the paramus council meeting where the mayor recognized our church. because our senior pastor wasn't available, i went in place of him.

haddon robinson

haddon robinson just led a preaching seminar at our church. he also preached at our sunday services. he is known as the great professor of preaching. it was so strange to see him preaching to our em congregation. we had so much fun hosting him & spending time w/him. he has a great sense of humor & he has a way of speaking words that made people feel so personally encouraged & blessed.

he is turning 80 soon. when we drove by the george washington bridge, he said that the bridge opened the year he was born. he really inspired me to want to live a faithful & meaningful life. he has personally taught many great preachers (chuck swindoll, erwin lutzer, joe stowell, tony evans, etc). he served as a chaplain to the dallas cowboys in the 70s back when tom landry was the coach. he lived such an exciting life of serving the Lord.

he grew up in harlem. as a teenager, he & his cousin went to church in order to play in a church basketball league. they both became christians. his cousin went on to become the pastor of riverside church in ny. & he went on to become haddon robinson.

article in the korean newspaper

www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?page=1&branch=NY&source=NY&category=&art_id=1155804

the korean daily has an article covering the pulse opening worship service. they gave a brief summary of my sermon. but they got some of my personal bio information wrong. they called me "jundosa" & said that i was the leader of the youth ministry at pilgrim church.

the pulse opening celebration service

our church (pilgrim) has partnered w/siloam church to start a new english ministry in queens, ny. this new ministry is called "the pulse". we are hoping & praying that God will do an awesome work through this ministry.

baptism (2011.2.6)

we were blessed to have two baptisms last sunday.
more pics at: www.flickr.com/photos/pilgrimnj/sets/72157626012912614/

University in Pyeongyang, North Korea

last weekend i had the privilege of sitting in a small breakfast meeting w/dr. james kim, the president of yanbian university of science and technology & pyeoungyang university of science and technology. i previously knew a couple that has been teaching at yanbian university for many years. and they speak very highly about the school & everyone involved w/the school's leadership. dr. james kim is a fascinating person. he is a korean-american who raised money & started these two universities. though there are some controversial opinions about him and his latest project, he is an amazing person w/an amazing story.

dave's wedding

my brother got married on dec 4. everything went well. it was a blessing to see our extended family come together to support him. gideon had a chance to be one of the ring boys in the ceremony.