From June 22nd to 29th, the international EMS Mission Council met in Korea. After a few weeks of intense preparation and two days at
the airport most of the delegates had safely arrived.
The first days were filled with an exposure program in Seoul. The 24
delegates went to the Museum of War and Women's Rights, visited the
monuments of the uprisings for democracy on April 19, 1960 and May 18,
1980 in Seoul and Gwangju, and participated in the Monday prayer for
peaceful reunification on the Korean peninsula.
On Wednesday, the group went to Gwangju, where the Mission Council
was meeting until Sunday. While I was in charge of the program in Seoul
and was also allowed to lead the Monday prayer, the PCK - quite
ecumenical - took over the lead in Gwangju.
On Sunday, the delegates were sent to different PCK and PROK
congregations. For the first time during my 2.5 years in Korea I visited
a PCK worship service and I was able to experience that it does not differ from the PROK services at all. I guess, this could be called
ecumenical learning.
After the services, it was already time for departure. On
Sunday we accompanied some delegates to the airport at dawn and in the late
evening and on Monday we saw off the large group of German delegates.