COSMOPOLITAN UNITED CHURCH
Monday, February 08, 2010
Love Grows Here!
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Welcome to Cosmopolitan United Church The United Methodist Church...
Who are we?
United Methodists come in all sizes, shapes, colors, dispositions, outlooks and life stories, but share a unique history and faith perspective. Our members speak many languages and live in many countries.
No matter how or where they serve Jesus Christ, United Methodists do God’s work in a unique structure—referred to as “the connection." This concept has been central to Methodism from its beginning. Connectionalism comes to life through our clergy appointment system, our mission and outreach, and through our collective giving. We live out our call to mission and ministry by engaging in ministry with the poor, combating diseases of poverty by improving health globally, creating new places for new people and renewing existing congregations, and developing principled Christian leaders. No one congregation can do all these ministries, but together—through the power of our connection—we can make a tremendous difference. -umc.org _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Meet our pastor!...
Rev. Dr. Kye Ile Hong
 His ministry vision:
In the Northern Illinois Conference, the Rev. Dr. Kye Ile Hong comes to Cosmopolitan United Church from the Korean Central UMC in Prospect Heights, IL. He previously served Salem Korean UMC in Schaumburg, IL.
In other regions and annual conferences, Pastor Hong had served the Buffalo Korean UMC in Buffalo, NY, where he reached out to the University of Buffalo’s graduate students and established a campus ministry for foreign students. He also served the Peoria Korean UMC in Peoria, IL, with an outreach ministry in Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL.
In Korea, prior to his immigration to the U.S., Pastor Hong served churches in Seoul. He was a military chaplain in the South Korea Army.
Pastor Hong received theological educations in the U.S. and Korea.: Bachelor and Masters of Theology in Seoul Methodist Theological Seminary and Doctor of Ministry at Garrett Theological Evangelical Seminary in Evanston, IL.
Pastor Hong belongs to a family of pastors. His father and three younger brothers are all pastors.
He will be joined in Cosmopolitan by his wife, Jin Hee, a dietitian, a graduate of Yonsei University in Seoul. They have two daughters: Grace Hong Yoon, administrative analyst for the City of Long Beach, California, who is married to Sam Yoon, a youth pastor of Irvine Baptist Church in Irvine, California; and Selah Hong, a recent graduate from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and currently teaches in Urbana.
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 JANUARY Sermon Topics... January 3
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January 31
Full text versions of each sunday's sermon are now available for download. CLICK HERE to read full sermons.
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 Weekly Announcements and Reminders...NEWSLETTER REVIVAL:
We are excited to be bringing back The Cosmopolitan Chimes, our church newsletter. This Bimonthly newsletter hits the church news stands for it's first come-back issue at January/February 2010. The communications committee is looking for anyone who would like to write for our newsletter which will be available to local members, out-of-town members, family and friends. Maybe you can share a little something about something that you feel could benefit others... a health tip, an economic perspective, a movie review, a music review, or an inspirational or devotional story or poem. We aim to cultivate growth, support and nurishment to others Mind... Body... and Soul. We also hope to share our publication with local churches in our cluster as well with our brother and sisters from the other College of Clergy churches.
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