Pastor Blog

Korean-speaking Congregation (KSC) is hosting a “Mission Rally” during passion week, from 3/29-31. As both congregations are going on a mission trip together, we decided to make it a joint rally for Friday and Saturday nights, so all ESC members can participate. The speaker for this rally is missionary

We are changing our mission field. We have been going to Nicaragua for the last 10 years, and served this one church faithfully. But the pastor of that church has indefinitely left the field, and even though we were told that he had been planning for this, this was sudden

Daniel Fast starts from next Sunday. It is our annual partial fast, which we do for 21 days to reorient our relationship with food and media, and seek deeper intimacy with God. It involves eating only vegetables and water, abstaining from meat, dairy, sugary food, caffein, and media for 21

Many church growth experts are pointing out key trends for future churches, and they even say any churches that don’t accept it will see a decline. Lewis Center for Church Leadership has released a main church trend for 2024 and these were the two main things that were mentioned:

Burnout is becoming more common. A study done in the US said around the world, three out of 4 workers said they’re burned out. There are three major symptoms of burnout: Exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy. In other words, you feel constantly tired, you keep questioning the motive of others,

I cleaned up my email inbox this week. It just dawned on me, my inbox was full of emails I didn’t need to read. Funny thing is, I've been trying hard to organize these emails while all I had to do was to unsubscribe from them. It