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Children's Sunday
Children's Sunday is a Sunday set apart for blessing children and reflecting on the responsibility of passing the faith on to the next generation. It is also known as Flower Sunday. Korean churches usually observe it on the first Sunday of May, just before Korea's Children's Day.
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- Youth SundayChristian Life
Youth Sunday is a commemorative Sunday on which a church prays for its young adult generation and young adults themselves lead worship and events as an expression of their faith.
- Family SundayFeasts & Seasons
Family Sunday is a commemorative Sunday observed in Korean Protestant churches for reflecting on the meaning of the family and praying for families. It is usually held in May, which is observed in South Korea as "Family Month," although its date and name vary by denomination and congregation.
- Seniors' SundayChristian Life
Seniors' Sunday, also called Respect for the Aged Sunday, is a Sunday set apart to honor and bless the older members of a congregation and to reflect on life and faith in old age.
- Elementary DepartmentChristian Life
The elementary department is the division of a church school (Sunday school) responsible for children of elementary school age. Also called the children's department, it provides worship and Bible instruction suited to children's level of understanding.
- Talent MarketChristian Life
A talent market is an event held in the Sunday schools of Korean churches at which children spend "talents," a play currency earned through attendance, Scripture memorization, evangelism, and similar activities, on snacks or school supplies.
- Sunday SchoolChristian Life
Sunday school is an educational program in which a church teaches the Bible and the Christian faith to children and youth on Sunday. Today it is also known as church school.
- Billy SundayPeople
Billy Sunday (1862–1935) was an American revivalist and former professional baseball player. A Presbyterian minister, he is known for holding large-scale revival campaigns in major American cities in the early twentieth century and for his leading role in the temperance movement.
- Sunday School MovementHistory
The Sunday school movement was a church education movement that spread Sunday schools, which teach the Bible to children and adults on the Lord's Day. In Korea, the movement centered on the Korea Sunday School Association, organized in 1922.
- Emma RevellPeople
Emma Revell (1843–1903) was the wife of the American revivalist Dwight L. Moody. A Sunday school teacher, she is known for supporting her husband's ministry by handling its correspondence and finances.
- Acts 2:39–41Bible Verses
The verses that conclude Peter's sermon at Pentecost, proclaiming that the promise is "unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off" and reporting that three thousand were baptized that day. The passage is frequently cited in the debate over infant baptism and in discussions of the promise of the Holy Spirit.
- Exodus 20:8-11Bible Verses
The fourth of the Ten Commandments, which commands that the Sabbath be remembered and kept holy: after six days of labor, no work is to be done on the seventh day. Denominations differ on whether Christians should keep this commandment on Sunday, the Lord's Day, or on the Saturday Sabbath.
- Kindergarten DepartmentChristian Life
The kindergarten department is the division of a church school that serves preschool children of roughly four to six years of age, offering faith education centered on worship, play, and storytelling.
- Honoring ParentsChristian Life
Honoring parents is the biblical teaching that children are to respect and serve their parents. It is set forth in one of the Ten Commandments. In Korean churches, it is practiced through observances such as Parents' Sunday and memorial services.
- Helen Thompson SundayPeople
Helen Thompson Sunday (1868–1957) was an American evangelist. As the wife of the revivalist Billy Sunday, she organized his large-scale evangelistic campaigns, and after his death she became an evangelistic speaker in her own right.
- Vacation Bible SchoolChristian Life
Vacation Bible School is an educational event in which a church gathers children and youth for several days during the summer vacation for Bible teaching, singing, and recreational activities. It is also called Bible school or VBS.
- Eric LiddellPeople
Eric Liddell (1902–1945) was a Scottish athlete and missionary. At the 1924 Paris Olympics he declined to run in the 100 meters heats, which were held on a Sunday, and went on to win the gold medal in the 400 meters. He later served as a missionary in China and died in a Japanese internment camp.
- Florence MackenziePeople
Florence Mackenzie (1911–1984) was a Canadian nurse. In 1934 she married Eric Liddell, the Scottish missionary and Olympic gold medalist, in Tianjin, China, and served with him as a missionary in China.
- Paidion MissionInstitutions
Paidion Mission is a South Korean mission organization for children and the next generation, founded in 1975 by students at Chongshin University. Its principal work includes developing church school curricula, training teachers, and producing Vacation Bible School materials and children's worship albums.
- Colossians 3:21Bible Verses
Colossians 3:21 is a verse in the household code of Colossians that exhorts fathers not to provoke their children to anger. Paired with 3:20, which speaks of children's obedience, it sets limits on parental authority. It is frequently cited alongside Ephesians 6:4 in sermons on the family and in discussions of child discipline.