구주 대망 2002년 첫 주일 예배를 드리게 됨을 감사합니다. 첫 주일 예배에 나아온 여러분들과 함께 “선행, 사랑, 격려”의 해에 펼쳐갈 꿈을 다시금 나누기를 원합니다. 새해에는 선교 부분이 상당한 약진을 하고 있습니다. 물론 지난 한 해 동안 새로워진 영역이 많았습니다. 그러나 선교위원회의 발전은 괄목할 만했습니다. 우선 매월 선교후원자 기도회를 통해서 많은 사람들의 마음을 하나로 묶어내었습니다. 그리고 불모지와 같은 자료들을 정리해서 체계 있는 계획을 세워갈 기초를 마련한 점을 여러분과 함께 감사드리고 싶습니다.
이렇게 마음을 합한 노력의 결과가 새해에는 가시화되고 있습니다. 우선 울산교회 출신 자체 선교사 총 6명(가정)이 2002년에 후원 및 파송이 되는 큰 역사가 가능하게 되었습니다. 이미 사역하고 있는 허대실(고신대 선교언어학과 휴학중) 형제를 단기선교사로 후원하기로 했으며 평신도 신학원을 졸업하고 성가대와 가브리엘 중창단에서 봉사하던 이경희 자매를 일본 단기 선교사로 파송하게 됩니다. 그리고 장기선교사로는 교단세계선교부를 통해서 홍수희 선교사가 인도네시아로 지난 12월에 파송되고 2월에는 고현철/김은희 목사님 가정이 중국 상해로 파송받게 될 것입니다. 그리고 인터콥을 통해서 평신도 선교사로서 신종문/최수 희 형제 가정이 중국 내 우이구르에, 서영찬/박혜정 형제 가정이 타직스 탄으로 각각 파송 받게 될 것입니다.
그리고 협력 후원선교사로서 아제르바이잔으로 김현숙 자매가 예수전도단을 통해서, 터키에 이미 사역하고 있는 김만규 선교사와 인도에서 사역하게될 김두평 선교사를 교단 세계선교부를 통해서, 그리고 인도네시아에서 사역하게될 김현 선교사를 세계번역선교회를 통해서 각각 후원하게 됩니다. 또 선교위원회에서는 1,2월중에는 선교훈련학교를, 2월 중에는 선교사 환영예배를 계획하고 5월에는 작년에 이어서 올해도 선교사부모초청주일 행사를 7, 8월에는 선교사자녀(MK)세미나와 선교사 자녀 위로회가 각각 계획되어 있습니다. 그리고 여름 방학을 이용한 청년학생들의 선교지 탐방과 어른들이 참여하게될 종족입양을 위한 선교 지 탐방 계획 등이 잡혀 있습니다.
정말 지난해에는 여러분들이 이 귀한 사명을 잘 감당해주셔서 선교후원은 여러분이 작정한 선교헌금으로 약 80%가 충당되는 놀라운 결과가 있었습니다. 지난해에 이어서 올해에도 열심히 부르짖고 그리고 넘치도록 후원하는 놀라운 손길을 통해서 하나님이 기뻐하시는 많은 일들이 속속 히 이루어지기를 바랍니다.
I give thanks as we offer the first Sunday worship service in the longed-for year of our Lord 2002. Together with all of you who have gathered for this first Sunday service, I wish to share once again the dreams we will unfold during this year of “Good Deeds, Love, and Encouragement.” In this new year, our mission ministry is taking significant strides forward. To be sure, many areas experienced renewal over the past year. Yet the progress made by the Mission Committee was truly remarkable. First of all, through the monthly prayer meetings for mission supporters, many hearts were knit together as one. Moreover, I wish to give thanks together with all of you for laying the groundwork to establish systematic plans by organizing resources from what was once an uncultivated ground.
The fruit of these united, heartfelt efforts is becoming visible in this new year. Above all, a wonderful work has been made possible: a total of six missionaries (or missionary families) raised from within Ulsan Church will be supported and sent out in 2002. We have decided to support Brother Dae-sil Heo (currently taking a leave of absence from the Department of Missional Linguistics at Kosin University) as a short-term missionary in his ongoing ministry, and Sister Kyounghee Lee—who graduated from the Lay Theology Institute and has faithfully served in the choir and the Gabriel Ensemble—will be sent to Japan as a short-term missionary. For long-term mission work through our denomination’s world mission board, Missionary Soo-hee Hong was sent out to Indonesia this past December, and in February Pastor Hyun-chul Ko and Kim Eun-hee's family will be commissioned to Shanghai, China. Furthermore, through InterCP, Brother Jong-moon Shin and Choi Soo-hee's family will be sent to the Uyghur people in China, and Brother Young-chan Seo and Park Hye-jeong's family to Tajikistan as lay missionary families.
In addition, as partner missionaries, Sister Hyun-sook Kim will be supported in Azerbaijan through YWAM; Missionary Man-gyu Kim, who is already ministering in Turkey, and Missionary Doo-pyung Kim, who will serve in India, will be supported through our denomination’s world mission board; and Missionary Hyun Kim, who will serve in Indonesia, will be supported through Wycliffe Bible Translators (GBT). Furthermore, the Mission Committee is planning a Mission Training School during January and February, a welcoming service for missionaries in February, Missionary Parents Invitation Sunday in May—following last year’s blessing—and a Missionary Kids (MK) Seminar as well as an MK Comfort Gathering in July and August. In addition, vision trips to mission fields for youth and young adults during the summer break, as well as field visits for adults to adopt unreached people groups, are currently being organized.
Truly, during the past year, you carried out this precious calling so faithfully that an astounding 80% of our mission support was covered by your designated mission offerings. Continuing from last year, I earnestly hope that in this coming year, through your passionate prayers and overflowing hands of support, many works that bring delight to God will be brought to fruition one after another.
Ek dank God terwyl ons die eerste Sondagerediens in die langverwagte jaar van ons Here 2002 vier. Saam met almal wat vir hierdie eerste Sondagdiens bymekaargekom het, wil ek weereens die drome deel wat ons gedurende hierdie jaar van “Goeie Dade, Liefde en Bemoediging” gaan uitleef. In die nuwe jaar maak ons sendingbediening merkwaardige vordering. Weliswaar was daar die afgelope jaar baie terreine wat vernuwe is. Tog was die vooruitgang van die Sendingkomitee waarlik merkwaardig. Eerstens is baie harte deur die maandelikse gebedsbyeenkomste vir sendingondersteuners as een saamgebind. Boonop wil ek saam met u dankbaarheid betuig vir die grondslag wat gelê is om sistematiese planne op te stel deur inligting uit wat voorheen braakland was, te orden.
Die vrug van hierdie eensgesinde toewyding word in die nuwe jaar sigbaar. Bo alles is ’n wonderlike werk moontlik gemaak: altesaam ses sendelinge (of sendelinggesinne) wat uit Ulsan Gemeente self voortgekom het, sal in 2002 ondersteun en uitgestuur word. Ons het besluit om broer Dae-sil Heo (wat tans sy studies in die Departement Sendinglinguistiek aan die Kosin Universiteit onderbreek het) as korttermynsendeling in sy huidige bediening te ondersteun, en suster Kyounghee Lee—wat aan die Teologiese Instituut vir Lidmate gegradueer het en getrou in die koor en die Gabriël-ensemble gedien het—sal as korttermynsendeling na Japan gestuur word. Wat langtermynsendelinge betref, is sendeling Soo-hee Hong verlede Desember deur ons denominasie se wêreldsendingraad na Indonesië gestuur, en in Februarie sal leraar Hyun-chul Ko en Kim Eun-hee se gesin na Sjanghai, China, uitgevaardig word. Voorts sal broer Jong-moon Shin en Choi Soo-hee se gesin deur InterCP na die Oeigoere in China, en broer Young-chan Seo en Park Hye-jeong se gesin na Tadjikistan as lidmaatsendelinggesinne gestuur word.
Daarbenewens sal ons as meewerkende vennote vir suster Hyun-sook Kim in Azerbeidjan deur Jeug met ’n Sending (YWAM) ondersteun; sendeling Man-gyu Kim, wat reeds in Turkye dien, en sendeling Doo-pyung Kim, wat in Indië gaan werk, deur die denominasionele wêreldsendingraad; en sendeling Hyun Kim, wat in Indonesië sal arbei, deur Wycliffe Bybelvertalers (GBT). Verder beplan die Sendingkomitee ’n Sendingopleidingskool gedurende Januarie en Februarie, ’n verwelkomingsdiens vir sendelinge in Februarie, ’n Sendelingouers-uitnodigingsondag in Mei—in navolging van verlede jaar—en ’n seminaar sowel as ’n troosbyeenkoms vir sendelingkinders (MK's) in Julie en Augustus. Daarby word sendingreise vir die jeug en studente gedurende die somervakansie beplan, asook besoeke vir volwassenes ter voorbereiding van die aanvaarding van onbereikte bevolkingsgroepe.
Waarlik, gedurende die afgelope jaar het u hierdie kosbare roeping so getrou gedra dat ongeveer 80% van ons sendingondersteuning gedek is uit die sendingoffers wat u onderneem het. In voortsetting van verlede jaar hoop ek van harte dat daar ook in hierdie jaar, deur u aanhoudende uitroepe in gebed en u oorvloedige ondersteunende hande, talle dinge wat die Here behaag, die een na die ander tot stand sal kom.