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“Courage from God” by Gyeom Kwak

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This year’s worship team has done a fantastic job filling the immense shoes of the prior worship team, which looked almost impossible to fill.

This week was a special week for the students and the teachers. From Wednesday to Friday, due to the chapel, students had shorter class periods, and not only that, but SEW was held each day in the evenings. 

Each day, chapel and evening sermons were preached by several different local guest speakers; however, on the last evening, Leadership Development students shared their testimonies. All sermons were equally impactful, but especially when Leadership Development students shared their personal experiences of the true God working in their lives, many students were strongly impacted, as it was more relatable to them. 

Often, each year SEW or MEW is led by seniors, and every year, people worry, ‘Who is going to lead the worship or fill that spot for the instrument once he (or she) graduates?’ But miraculously, each year, there is always someone willing to step up and take that spot. 

Many new faces were to be seen on the stage, especially the lead singers: this year, as it was with Nate and Sabrina last year and as it was with Caleb from the year before that, Ellen Jeon (12), Jaden Lee (11), Joseph Yim (12), Sharon Baek (12) all did a fantastic job with leading the worship. For some of them, it was their first time leading the worship. 

When Jaden was asked to share his experience leading the worship with such a big crowd for the first time, with excitement he answered: “When I first heard that I will be leading the worship, I was worried at first, but the moment I was up on the stage, God gave me all the courage and strength I needed to lead the worship.” 

It is truly amazing to see how God provides for the people when they are in need. I personally hope that everyone took away something from the SEW that they can hold on to in their lives and encounter their “AHA” moment, turning to Christ if they haven’t already.

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