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Y Stories in December

December 1^st

Garak Social Welfare Center: The Happy Planners’ Balloon Art Exhibition

At Garak Social Welfare Center, the first balloon art exhibition of the Happy Planners, a housewife volunteer club, was held. About 100 people visited the exhibition.

December 10^th

World Fellowship Department: Children’s Christmas Party

World Fellowship Department invited about 60 kids who are from multicultural families, who have migration experience, who have disabilities and who are from low-income families. Children had a joyful time doing recreation, watching magic show, and making their own Christmas cards.

December 10^th

Women Resources Development Center: Christmas Worship and End-of-the-year Awards

Women Resources Development Center had a Christmas worship and end-of-the-year awards with 840 members at Youngrak Church. 4 Children were granted a scholarship at the awards. They had a time to close the year with Nanta performance and a magic show.

December 12^th

Lifelong Physical Education Department: Education to Prevent Falling Down

Lifelong Physical Education Department provided an education to prevent falling down in daily life, and taught how to maintain a balanced posture.

December 14^th

Bongcheon Social Welfare Center: Food Therapy to Encourage Positive Interaction between Parent and Child

At Bongcheon Social Welfare Center, parents and their children had a great time together making rice balls and faces of their family members with various ingredients.

December 15^th

Volunteer Center: Volunteers’ Year-End Party

Volunteer Center invited about 90 Seoul Y volunteers and had a worship and awards. At the party, they had a recreation time and enjoyed the celebrating performances of Seoul Y clubs.

December 17^th

Gangnam Youth Center: Club Union Volunteer- Carrying Briquette, Carrying Love

Gangnam Youth Center’s 70 members of youth clubs volunteered carrying briquettes to 40 households of senior citizens who live alone in Flower Village at Jangji-dong.

December 17^th

Bongcheon: Multicultural Families’ Year-End Party

100 people from multicultural families were invited to the year-end party held at Bongcheon Social Welfare Center. It was a meaningful time for them to get together by performing in front of other families, having delicious dinner together and having a joyful recreation time.

89th Anniversary Worship & Christmas Gathering of directors and members

Celebrating the 89^th Anniversary

On December 9^th, Seoul YWCA, founded in 1922, had a worship and Christmas gathering of directors and members celebrating its 89^th anniversary.

The Foundation Day started with giving thanks to God for being with Seoul YWCA for the past 89 years. Before the sermon, Seoul Y’s Directors Choir wearing in red, green and white gave a Christmas harmony which brightened up the mood. After the preach of Rev. Kim, Sangbok on the subject of “Let it be to me according to your word”, the offerings of the day were donated to support IT voluntary service in Tanzania.

There was a commendation ceremony after the worship. Seoul Y cited directors and members who had worked hard for the year 2011, and awarded departments which had struggled to increase membership. Introducing directors from the past to the present, Seoul Y could realize that there are so many good people who have loved Seoul Y for a long time. At the end of the first part, everyone stood up and shouted the mission statement in unison, and sang the YWCA song together.

In the afternoon, the hall was full of laughter, applause and Christmas atmosphere. Kim, Jeongtaek, the artistic director of SBS, was invited and fascinated the audience, playing some familiar songs in a way that perfectly fits the winter moods.

We thank God for keeping and being with Seoul Y for 89 years, and we also thank all of our members who always pray for Seoul Y.