The New Jerusalem Pangyo Temple: Difference between revisions

===Seminars===

*• A '''seminar for international students''' was held in the seminar room at the Pangyo Temple with the theme of “Our Mother” (July 23, 2017). Korean students prepared this event to encourage international students, studying far away from their home countries. International students from 43 countries, including the U.K., Colombia, Ghana, Romania, Mongolia, and Vietnam, looked around the exhibition and participated in the seminar with the theme of mothers’ love. They also learned how to wear hanbok (traditional Korean clothes), played traditional Korean games, and took Hangeul (Korean language) classes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://english.watv.org/news/content.asp?idx=49126&page=6&back=all |title=2017 'Our Mother' Seminar For Foreign Students |website=English WATV |publisher= |date=July 23, 2017 |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.joongboo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=1182026 |title=Church of God Invite Foreign Students for Traditional Culture Experience  |website=Joongboo Ilbo |publisher= |date=July 25, 2017 |quote= }}</ref>

*The '''2018 Arise & Shine Global Bible Seminar''' was held on November 1, 2018. Members who work in various fields such as education, medical care, and electronic engineering in the U.S., Spain, Peru, the Philippines, Mexico, and South Africa testified about [[God the Mother]] in the Bible through their expertise.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://english.watv.org/news/content.asp?idx=51667&page=3&back=all |title=Arise & Shine 2018 Global Bible Seminar |website=English WATV |publisher= |date= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.shinailbo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=1115521 |title=Church of God Held Arise & Shine Global Bible Seminar 2018 |website=Shina Ilbo |publisher= |date=November 1, 2018 |quote= }}</ref>

===Raising Awareness About Issues Impacting the International Community===

*The '''2017 ASEZ Global Forum for the Implementation of [https://sdgs.un.org/goals UN SDGs]''' was held at the Pangyo Temple on December 7, 2017. This event was hosted by Church of God University Student Volunteer Group [ASEZ]. More than 3,000 university student members in Korea, international students, embassy officials, university professors, and journalists participated and sought after the role of university students to implement the SDGs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://english.watv.org/news/content.asp?idx=49137&page=5&back=all |title=ASEZ Global Forum 2017 on the Implementation of UN SDGs |website=English WATV |publisher= |date= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ndnnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=163074 |title=3,000 Attended ASEZ Global Forum 2017 on the Implementation of UN SDGs |website=NDN News |publisher= |date=December 7, 2017 |quote= }}</ref>

*The '''2018 ASEZ Climate Change Response Conference''' was held in the seminar room under the subject, “Climate Change Response and the Role of Universities” (November 22, 2018). [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duberl%C3%AD_Rodr%C3%ADguez Duberlí Rodríguez Tineo], the Supreme Court Judge of the Judicial Power of Peru, gave a lecture to conference participants. ASEZ members from the United States, South Africa, and Peru shared about climate disasters that occurred in their countries and the activities citizens can do to increase environmental awareness.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://watv.org/asez-talk-concert-2018/ |title=ASEZ Talk Concert on Confronting Climate Change 2018 |website=WATV.org |publisher= |date= |quote= }}</ref>

===Volunteer Service===

*The members of the Pangyo Temple visited [https://www.seongnam.go.kr/main.do Seongnam City Hall], Bundang-gu Office, and Baekhyeon-dong Administrative Welfare Center to deliver 80 bags of healthy groceries to help their neighbors in need before the Lunar New Year (February 4, 2021).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jmagazine.joins.com/monthly/view/332914 |title=Delivering 4000 Set of Groceries to 200 Vulnerable Members of Society from Seoul to Jeju |website=JoongAng Magazine |publisher= |date=January 17, 2021 |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.shinailbo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=1375674 |title=Church of God, Share Love with Neighbor Nationwide for the New Year |website=Shina Ilbo |publisher= |date=February 8, 2021 |quote= }}</ref>

*The members of the Pangyo Temple delivered 100 gift sets to the Bundang-gu Office as part of the event, '''Sharing Love With Neighbors During Chuseok''' (which is traditional Korean feast) (September 19, 2017).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kgnews.co.kr/news/article.html?no=494663 |title=Church of God Share Love with Neighbor for a "Generous Chuseok" |website=Kyeonggi Ilbo |publisher= |date=September 24, 2017 |quote= }}</ref>

===Educational Support and Intercultural Communication===

*'''Character Education for the Youth''' was held at the Pangyo Temple (July 16, 2017 and August 27, 2019). Middle and high school students from Gyeonggi Province attended and learned about good character, etiquette, service, etc.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://english.watv.org/news/content.asp?idx=49124&page=6&back=all |title=2017 Summer Youth Character Education |website=English WATV |publisher= |date= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.joongboo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=1382083 |title=Church of God New Jerusalem Pangyo Temple Held a Special Lecture, Nurturing Future Generation Youth Competency with Character Education |website=Joongboo Ilbo |publisher=  |date=August 27, 2019 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref>

*A special initiative of the '''“Our Mother” Writing & Photo Exhibition''' that attracted over 600,000 visitors was held (May 19, 2017). The exhibition was originally scheduled to end on July 23; however, it was extended until September 3 thanks to the support of local citizens.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kyeongin.com/main/view.php?key=20170523010007632 |title=[Celebrating '600,000 Viewers' of New Jerusalem Pangyo Temple's Special Exhibition] Delivering 'Mother's Love' Dashing Across 56 Regions |website=Kyeongin Ilbo |publisher= |date= May 24, 2017 |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kyeonggi.com/news/articleView.html?mod=news&act=articleView&idxno=1379002 |title=Seongnam Pangyo Church of God's "Out Mother" Writing and Photo Exhibition is Held Until September 3rd |website=Kyeonggi Ilbo |publisher= |date= July 30, 2017 |quote= }}</ref>