Da Cliq: Bu Pyeong Methodist Church

Friday, September 26, 2008

Bu Pyeong Methodist Church - Part II

Yesterday was quite tiring however, we ended on high note!

The short message from the Senior Pastor was simple yet quite motivating. He spoke briefly about the history of Korea & Christianity in Korea (some part may deemed to be racists by someone who couldn't catch his jokes well :P). He doesn't speak Chinese, so have a translator. By the way he talks, you can imagine his talk or message will be a very interesting one!

After having lunch with the rest of the 26 crews of the CMCA, we went for a walk ourselves.

We went to Bupyeong Underground Market. It was about 2Km long in few directions. Though the shops inside looks very similar to Sarawak older plaza shops. Lots of mini lots in the long stretch. The stuffs are quite cheap. Mostly averages around AUD5-15 only! Those are women clothings & accessories. The phones look quite nice too, just not sure if it's usable elsewhere. I forgot to take photos, blinded by the goods there. :P Have a look at what others have taken.

Then we had the building tour of the church buildings. Simply AMAZING! We expected it to be a big church but no way as big as it is! The building is about 5 years old. Previously it was a site of a school. The church seats about 3600 inside the main hall. Other halls & rooms normally fits about 200-700. It has 2 levels of basement carparks for 600 cars as well. The location is ideally situation to Bus routes & Bupyeong station as well for those public transport users. If not mistaken, there're 12 pastors including interns. Volunteers/people who serves each week in excess of 300. Youth/young adults about 600 in memberships however constant attendants is about 300. Has over 100 small groups. By the way, their church building is very eco-friendly as well!

Enjoy some of the photos. All other photos will be available in my facebook photo album.