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The purpose of this project is to help the Deep Springs KMC find effective ways of leaving spiritual legacies to the next generation through reforming the current
household church worship. Leaving spiritual legacy is the great mission of churches given by God (Deut. 6:4-9, Shema). The Deep Springs KMC created a special family
integrated worship time called the 'Household Church Worship' in order to leave spiritual legacies. The first generation hopes that both generations would share their
love and faith by worshipping together, and resolve the intergenerational conflicts caused by the language barrier and cultural differences. In this atmosphere, the
first generation parents believe that they would pass their spiritual legacies down to the next generation. However, there are some negative aspects in the current
household church worship because the first generation and the senior pastor created the worship service without listening to the thoughts, and experiences of the second
generation. The second generation, who is familiar with English, had to sing hymns in Korean and hear the senior pastor's Korean sermon. It prevented the second
generation from participating in the worship and from receiving spiritual legacies of the first generation. Therefore, the Deep Springs KMC needs to reform the current
household church worship. Through deep discussions about the current household church worship, the Lay Advisory Committee (LAC) and I found that the time of praising
and preaching should be reformed. First, the LAC members and I reformed the praising time by singing a hymn and a CCM song which the second generation prefers, and by
preparing the sheet music of hymns and CCM songs in both languages. Second, the preaching time was reformed by having a five-minute sermon of a pastor, a five-minute
testimony of a layperson and a time of sharing participants' stories of faith in their own language. The reformed household church worship showed the image of the
'household of God.' (Eph. 2:19), and gave both generations opportunities to take care of each other's soul, to resolve the intergenerational conflicts, and notably
for the first generation to leave spiritual legacies effectively to the next generation.
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