Rev. Ha Na Park

minister in The United Church of Canada

co-lead minister at Broad View United, Victoria, BC

Let's be L. E. D. | love and equity driven

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Animate
L.E.D. projects

Friendship Kitchen (2017)
Queer and Faithful Conference (2019)
Korean Rainbow United (2021-to the present)
INTER-VIEW: Inter-Spiritual & Queering (2022, now!)

I initiate, co-organize, and co-animate L.E.D (love & equity-driven) projects with church members, communities and friends - queer folks and allies together.

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Call to Change

Susie taught me 'decolonizing' is the key in many things, even for my own struggles.

(Photo) With Susie McPherson-Derendy, the Keeper of the Learning Circle at Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, MB.

"Knowing that an intercultural church is the vision for the whole church, regardless of the creation of an indigenous/intercultural gathering as the body for connection, support, and leadership, we call upon the Regional Council, Executive, committees and leaders to decolonize the governance and leadership as a way to become an intercultural church."

The full text of Call to Change is available HERE

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Inter-Spiritual & Queering

“Multi-coloured wisdom of God”

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Ephesians 3:10

I hope to co-create and co-facilitate a warm and supportive space where we can bring ourselves, as the whole package: Faith, spiritual interest, queerness, culture, race, ethnicity, migration journey, leaving no part of ourselves in exile.

Join us with an open heart and holy curiosity towards learning from each other.

Please visit INTER-VIEW on this website.

(Photo) Matty's birthday @ Broad View United

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Wonder
with Wider Church

2018-2022

General Council Executive, member
General Secretary Supervision Committee, member
Anti-Racism Common Table

Embracing diversity is not the same as domesticating differences and new voices under the existing models and rules. It is the thoughtful intention to listen to these voices, to reimagine the new norms of belonging and full participation of all peoples in the United Church. I am eager to serve our church.

I feel called — It is a blessing to be hopeful and excited for our future and want to share myself: my identity, theology and passion.

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Learn in Circles

Conferences | classes | theological centres

panelist | “Breaking Intersectional Stereotyping”, Breaking the Shackles of Racism Conference, hosted by Islamic Social Services Association of Manitoba | Sept 31, 2021

teaching experiences |

co-facilitation of the Learning Circle, Theology of Creation and Humanity (Sept 18, 2019) & Church Missiology (Sept 21, 2018), at Centre for Christian Studies

guest speaker for the Learning Circle of Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre (April 26, 2021)

guest speaker for a Marriage and Family Therapy graduate program class, 2018

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The High Hope of Double Rainbows

Rev. Jordan Cantwell, the past moderator of The United Church of Canada, invited me to share the sermon with St. Martin’s United Church on June 6th, 2021.

Please watch at 15 mins 25 secs. The written full script is available HERE

The Prairie Statement of the Great Rainbow Commission

(A paraphrase of Matthew 28:16-20):

Now, the Rainbow ones met on the virtual mountain, Zoom, where the vast distance across the Canadian prairies and the wide ocean that connects Korea and Canada was no longer a geographical obstacle, but a new bridge to their Rainbow conversation. Jesus was with them, adding richly-hued, daunting, dazzling colour to their hearts, and said to them, “All relations in heaven and on earth are my body. Go, therefore, and make Rainbow ones of all relations, baptizing them in the name of love, equity and the hospitality of God’s kin_dom overflowing on earth, and teaching them different Biblical hermeneutics and movements against homophobic/heterosexist readings and interpretations. No more stigmatization and discrimination! Teach everyone to obey the call of radical love and interdependence. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

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