{"id":6027,"date":"2023-03-01T13:40:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T02:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?page_id=6027"},"modified":"2024-09-01T16:35:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T06:35:40","slug":"ministry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?page_id=6027","title":{"rendered":"Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6027\" class=\"elementor elementor-6027\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43ebc07 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"43ebc07\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a77106a\" data-id=\"a77106a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d55315 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4d55315\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51a82aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"51a82aa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9723068\" data-id=\"9723068\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73ae8da elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73ae8da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From the Minister's Desk<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-337d85b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"337d85b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b><u>May 2023<\/u><\/b><\/h3><h3><b>Greetings &amp; Thanks<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>I give many thanks first to God and all church members and the church council. Words cannot express how delighted, excited, and thankful I am to have continued this call given by God and the opportunity Leighmoor has given me. I sincerely appreciate that the Leighmoor congregation is a faith community that is spiritually mature, emotionally encouraging, generously supportive, and truly worshipping.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Connecting to Jesus<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I would like to focus on connecting to Jesus and others so that all the church members can be whole-hearted people and spirit-filled Christians living from a deep sense of worthiness and strong sense of love and belonging in Jesus and Faith Communities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Educational Ministry&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>New long-term curriculum will be based on the life-long Christian Education that can help the transformation of the whole congregation. In addition, it can contribute to reshaping faith and lifestyle.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ministry Vision &amp; Life-long Discipleship<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I am interested in the formation and transformation of our Leighmoor church in terms of five essential factors of church, 1) worship and liturgy, 2) teaching and training, 3) preaching and mission, 4) Christian relationships and fellowship, and 5) serving and doing for lifelong faith growth, development, and various faith experiences. I aim for these to be achieved within every age group in our church. I hope it can be balanced, intercultural, and intergenerational regarding faith growth and life-long discipleship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My unchangeable vision is to be a good shepherd that loves Jesus, genuinely caring for God\u2019s people, spreading the Gospel in both faith and life, and making disciples from the beginning until the very end regarding ministry. I hope and pray everything will be used for the Glory of God, Leighmoor Church, and related ministries along with the guidance of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that I can be God\u2019s instrument for bringing along spiritual restoration and revival to us and our church. I pray that God\u2019s love, grace, and salvation will be fully upon all our church members, wider communities, and the world. And I kindly would like to ask for the continuous support and prayer for not only the ministry to be abundant with God\u2019s love &amp; blessings, but also for the church to be family-like, a beautiful community under God\u2019s protection.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks indeed! May God\u2019s abundant blessings be upon you always.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-771623c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"771623c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other Messages<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68e4e8d tpg-wrapper-align-left meta-visibility-show title_position_default title_hover_border_default title-default img_hover_animation_default meta_position_default tpg-is-author-icon-show author-image-visibility-icon grid-hover-overlay-type-always tpg-el-box-border-enable tpg-border-bottom-disable elementor-widget elementor-widget-tpg-grid-layout\" data-id=\"68e4e8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tpg-grid-layout.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-el-main-wrapper clearfix grid-layout1-main \"\n\t\t\t id=\"rt-tpg-container-2039604407\"\n\t\t\t data-layout=\"grid-layout1\"\n\t\t\t data-grid-style=\"tpg-full-height\"\n\t\t\t data-sc-id=\"elementor\"\n\t\t\t data-el-settings=''\n\t\t\t data-el-query=''\n\t\t\t data-el-path=''\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='tpg-header-wrapper '>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div data-title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"rt-row rt-content-loader grid-layout1 grid-behaviour tpg-full-height grid_layout_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rt-col-md-4 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-grid-item post-9626 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-minister\"        data-id=\"9626\">\n    <div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder \">\n        <div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"rt-img-holder tpg-el-image-wrap has-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"9626\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=9626\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/heeyoung.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t class=\"rt-img-responsive\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t width=\"615\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t height=\"444\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"Journey of Gratitude\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay grid-hover-content\"><\/div>\n\t\t                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"9626\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=9626\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Journey of gratitude<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"post-meta-tags rt-el-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='author '>\n\n\t\t\t\t<i class='fa fa-user '><\/i><span class='author-prefix'>By<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/author\/leighmoor-master\">Leighmoor.Master<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"tpg-excerpt tpg-el-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"tpg-excerpt-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRev Heeyoung Lim invites us to step into her shoes as she shares her Journey of Gratitude and Blessings, and her new beginning as a UCA Minister of the Word...                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-4 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-grid-item post-8421 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-minister\"        data-id=\"8421\">\n    <div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder \">\n        <div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"rt-img-holder tpg-el-image-wrap has-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"8421\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=8421\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/easter-message-2023-768x402.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t class=\"rt-img-responsive lazyload\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t width=\"768\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t height=\"402\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"Easter Message 2023\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; 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Thanks I give many thanks first to God and all church members and the church council. Words cannot express how delighted, excited, and thankful I am to have continued this call given by God and the opportunity Leighmoor has given me. I sincerely appreciate that the Leighmoor congregation is a faith community that is spiritually mature, emotionally encouraging, generously supportive, and truly worshipping.&nbsp; Connecting to Jesus I would like to focus on connecting to Jesus and others so that all the church members can be whole-hearted people and spirit-filled Christians living from a deep sense of worthiness and strong sense of love and belonging in Jesus and Faith Communities.&nbsp; Educational Ministry&nbsp; New long-term curriculum will be based on the life-long Christian Education that can help the transformation of the whole congregation. In addition, it can contribute to reshaping faith and lifestyle. Ministry Vision &amp; Life-long Discipleship I am interested in the formation and transformation of our Leighmoor church in terms of five essential factors of church, 1) worship and liturgy, 2) teaching and training, 3) preaching and mission, 4) Christian relationships and fellowship, and 5) serving and doing for lifelong faith growth, development, and various faith experiences. I aim for these to be achieved within every age group in our church. I hope it can be balanced, intercultural, and intergenerational regarding faith growth and life-long discipleship.&nbsp; My unchangeable vision is to be a good shepherd that loves Jesus, genuinely caring for God\u2019s people, spreading the Gospel in both faith and life, and making disciples from the beginning until the very end regarding ministry. I hope and pray everything will be used for the Glory of God, Leighmoor Church, and related ministries along with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I hope that I can be God\u2019s instrument for bringing along spiritual restoration and revival to us and our church. I pray that God\u2019s love, grace, and salvation will be fully upon all our church members, wider communities, and the world. And I kindly would like to ask for the continuous support and prayer for not only the ministry to be abundant with God\u2019s love &amp; blessings, but also for the church to be family-like, a beautiful community under God\u2019s protection. Many thanks indeed! May God\u2019s abundant blessings be upon you always. 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