HIM Christmas Celebration

It's Christmas soon!  

We warmly invite you to celebrate Christmas, the birthday of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ this coming Sunday, December 25th with us.

Our HIM Christmas celebration will be right after the regular worship service, which starts 12:30pm.

To start into our Christmas celebration we are planning to have a special international Christmas potluck. To make it special we want to share only homemade food. If you are able to prepare and bring food that you eat at home in your country for Christmas, it's even better!

We will also have a gift exchange. So please bring a small wrapped gift worth not more than 3000-5000 Won on that day. Buying something or wrapping something that you have at home doesn't matter.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact Pastor Son (010-3526-5017) or Dominic (010-3093-0660)

New HIM leadership

With the start of the new church year there were some changes in the HIM leadership. Dominic Bothello, who took care of us HIMers from the beginning of 2011, handed over his leadership position to Pastor Dahm Son.

Looking back, we thank Dominic a lot for his willingness to be our pastor and shepherd, when HIM was in a difficult situation without a leader. We are grateful for his welcoming heart, his willingness to lead by humbly serving us, and for the time he took for each one of us. We are more than happy to have him and his family still with us, as he will continue to serve HIM.

From left: Pastor Son, Dominic Bothello, Deacon Jang and Deaconess Baek

We also welcome Deacon Jang and new finance accountant Deaconess Baek, who will replace Deacon Cho and Deaconess Kim.

We wish Pastor Son and the new leadership God's blessing in their service with HIM and lots of wisdom and sensitivity to handle our colorful and diverse international crowd :)

End of HIM church year

As the church year has ended, we have to say goodbye again to Korean staff members, who have served faithfully in HIM during the last year. We are sad to lose them, as they will be serving in different areas of Hosanna Church next year.

Deacon Cho was responsible for HIM from the Korean church side. Deaconess Kim was in charge of our finances.

Pastor Andres also joined us last year. He will be leaving to serve in the Indonesian and Vietnamese services.

We really appreciate their service in HIM and wish them God's blessing and all the best for their future.

Thanksgiving

This coming Sunday, November 20th, we want to celebrate Thanksgiving together. After the service we will have a short Thanksgiving sharing time as well as a Thanksgiving meal together.

All food and drinks will be provided by Hosanna Church, so just come, meet nice people, eat and enjoy :)

Hosanna Church International Sports Day

This coming Sunday, October 23rd, there will be the International Sports Day of all foreign services of Hosanna Church. It is from 2pm to 5pm and will be held in the park opposite of Hosanna Church in MyeongJi.

It is a sports event, where participants from the International, the Russian, the Indonesian, the Chinese and the Vietnamese Services will take part and compete with each other. It it also a time of fellowship and fun, to meet new people and to make friends.

We will play all kinds of games, there will be a soccer tournament for men, dogde ball for ladies as well as Team Rope Skipping, Three Legged Race, Tug Of War etc.

Right after the HIM English Worship Service (that will be around 1.40pm) there will be shuttle buses, which bring us all together from the Hadan church building to the Hosanna Church building in MyeongJi.

Following the sports event, there will be a Buffet dinner from 5.00pm to 6.00pm. A shuttle bus service to Hadan subway station after the Buffet dinner will be provided.

Come and join us! Bring friends along! If you have any questions, talk to Dominic (010-3093-0660)

HIM hike at Children's Park

This coming Monday, the 3rd of October, we are going to have a little hike at Children's Park. We are planning to enjoy a nice and easy going walk through the Children's Park and Gumin's Forest. After having lunch together, everyone who is up for more will have the chance to hike up to the Godang Peak.

We are going to meet at at 10.00am at Seomyeon Subway Station, Exit 13 from where we will take a bus together to get to Children's Park. Please bring some water and something to eat for lunch.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to call KyungAh (010-3032-3211) or Thomas (010-3023-5029).

Bored at Chuseok?

If you don't have anything to do around Chuseok and you feel lonely and bored, we got something for you:
Some of us will have a get together on Tuesday, September 13th at Songdo beach and Amnam park by the sea side from 11am to around 5pm.

If you are interested in joining us, give a call to Dominic (010-3093-0660). We are looking forward to hearing from you!

HIM India Trip

 

5 friends from HIM visited India for 2 weeks this August. We visited projects run by Christian friends in various places in the North. The aim of the trip was to encourage one another and raise awareness of the wonderful work being done by our Indian family in Christ.

Women's Café

Dear Ladies, please note that due to the holiday season there won't be Women's Cafe during August.

You are most welcome to join us when we start again on the 7th of September.

Summer retreat review

Last weekend the HIM group held its annual summer retreat. Once again it was a Friday-Saturday event. This year we went to Jinhae, staying at a local church there, next to the STX shipyards. 

After settling in on Friday afternoon some people took a walk to a nearby island at low tide, played Danny’s trivia contest in teams, and went on a scavenger hunt.  Dominic also led the group in focusing on the word "retreat" – looking back over the last year at our challenges and blessings. At dinnertime the second wave of people arrived. We had another short praise & devotions session, and Kyunga passed around some small group discussion questions.  Some people went out again for some fresh air, and others went to "bed" (or shall we say "floor"?). 

On Saturday we took a short ferry ride to an island beach getaway. Many had fun swimming, playing soccer with umbrellas, and enjoying a nice barbecue lunch. We finally packed up and returned to Busan and enjoyed pizza for dinner. 

It was a successful and enjoyable trip. There was no rain, illness, or serious injuries. Best of all, we could enjoy a meaningful time of fellowship together in the Lord.

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