THE KUKMIN DAILY

Sewol Ferry, 3 Years: The Church Was There

3-1. Accompaniment in Service… As Friends Giving Solace, As Errand-Runners

Keepers of the Site in the South

This Easter Sunday, April 16, is also the third anniversary of the Sewol Ferry Disaster. The Korean churches have been voluntary instruments of solace, hope, healing, and restoration in the midst of the inescapable shock, sadness, and anger caused by the disaster. We look back now on the 1,000 some days of service by churches and believers who have continued their ministry until the sunken ferry Sewol was lifted out of the sea and brought up on land, and who are persevering until the bereaved families and the families of the nine still missing open up their hearts to the support.


*On April 7, a Protestant prayer corner was set up in front of the North Gate of Mokpo New Port in Yudal-dong, Mokpo, South Jeolla-do, where the salvaged Sewol is located. Photo provided by Sewol Ferry Gwangju Citizen Mourners.


*On April 11, church members in South Jeolla-do hold a Passion Week communion service together with families of the missing victims, in front of the North Gate of Mokpo New Port.


(top photo) *A public sculpture at Paengmok Port, Jindo island, symbolizes yearning for the return of the missing victims of the Sewol ferry disaster. Kukmin Daily DB.

Reporters Jaechan Park & Jang Chang-Il (jeep@kmib.co.kr), with Yeara Ahn-Park (yap@kmib.co.kr)


Full Story in Korean:
[세월호 3년, 교회가 있었다] 위로자로, 심부름꾼으로… 그 섬김의 동행: (上) 남도교회 현장 지킴이들