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Christmas this year passes calmly and reverently instead of joy and celebration due to the pandemic period brought by Corona 19, but paradoxically, it resembled the first day of Christmas when Jesus Christ first came to this earth.
Yoido Full Gospel Church (Pastor Young-Hoon Lee) offered a Christmas service offline for the first time in history on the 25th. Pastor Young-Hoon Lee said at the morning service, “I think Christmas This year, offered through non-face-to-face online worship, is close to Christmas 1. Jesus was born in a quiet, lonely, lonely, lonely environment and was laid in a manger, he said.
He added: “The world is suffering from the unexpected spread of Corona 19, but the suffering is just a tunnel.” He encouraged: “After a bit of resistance and going through the tunnel, we will face a bright light and blessing tomorrow.”
He also spoke a word of encouragement that the Korean church should restore the essence of the church and assume the role of light and salt in the world. Pastor Lee said, “Let us take care of the difficult and suffering neighbors around us in celebration of the Christmas of Jesus, who came to this earth as an example of sacrifice and service.” “Corona 19 serves the underprivileged and makes divided Korea one with the love of Christ. I hope to overcome this and create a great Korea. “
On this day, at the site of the Christmas celebration that was held at Yeouido Daeseongjeon Full Gospel Church in Seoul, only the required staff of less than 20 people attended the remote worship service and abided by the rules of quarantine. All the choir seats were empty except for the accompaniment of musical instruments, and the singing was replaced by a video of a Christmas worship service that took place on the same day last year. Today, the image of the eulogy in the video of the choir members filling up the choir seats so much that it is unimaginable has become unknown. On the grand sanctuary screen where the worship service is broadcast live, members of each family go online and worship. The saints who gathered in front of the screen clapped and sang praises together.
Before the worship service, the church members seemed bored by the guide’s words that they could not enter the chapel in the square in front of the church. Some of the saints walked away and looked at the church building with repentance.
Kim Mo (67), a member of this church, said he came from Seodaemun. Mr. Kim said, “I came to know that I can worship at the affiliated temple, but it is unfortunate and I am sorry I was unable to enter.”
At Pastor Lee’s request, the members gathered at the online service prayed together for the medical staff and small business owners suffering from Corona 19, and for the end and recovery of Corona 19.
Reporter Lim Bo-hyuk [email protected]
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