[January 2013] Greetings from GS
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Dear brothers and sisters of the global church - Warmest New Year's Greetings from NCCK!
Here we are in 2013 - the year when the WCC 10th General Assembly will take place in Busan! As plans are made and preparations become more detailed, we are excited about the opportunity to have the ecumenical community from around the world share our Korean homeland, its beauties, its music and stories, its history.
This week, the end of January, a team is here from Geneva for some concentrated joint Assembly planning.
It is the custom of NCCK to hold a New Year's Worship service at the beginning of each calendar year. And during this time of Jan., Christians of different branches of the family of the Church celebrate this Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
“What Does the Lord Require of You?” was the question raised by that service, held jointly by the Catholic Church, Orthodox Church and Protestant member churches of NCCK, on Jan 18, in the Catholic Church Daegu.
As we held these events in Korea this year, we have been asking some important questions about what we hold in common as Christians, and how we respect our diversities. It has been important for us to stress the fact that we are committed to knowing God on our various pathways. Members of the ecumenical family experience and know the God of Life in different ways, and God’s call comes to followers in different ways, but we are all called to bear witness to God's love and strive to bring God’s peace and justice to the world. As we proceed to Busan, this becomes more clear to us in Korea. When the Assembly comes, we will know the tremendous diversity of the Family of God.
Brothers and sisters, let us in our various ways continue to be God's salt and light to our communities.
Kim Young Ju, GS
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