S.2.E.5. John Egger

It's Your Call podcast  talks with John Egger, who has recently returned from Korea, where he  served as an ecumenical Co-Worker in Mission with the Presbyterian  Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK).

John  is a lay person who considered ordained ministry in the United Church  while starting his career, but instead discovered a call that was  perhaps more "precarious," yet just as valid as a call to ordained  ministry.

As  a Co-Worker in Mission serving in Korea — a region with a long history  of missionaries from both the United Church and the Presbyterian Church —  some of John's work with the Korean church involved reworking  traditional missionary relationships and mindsets.

John  was excited about the opportunity to do something new in "mission,"  just as we are learning new ways to do church in a rapidly changing  context. John's service with the PROK was multi-faceted, yet soon he  discovered his primary call was to be present, connect with people, and  build relationships. These were valued roles in the PROK, a church  deeply committed to ecumenicism, human rights, and justice.

John  is back in Canada now, sharing what he has learned in Korea, and  continuing to be called to build connections and relationship between  Christians in Korea and Canada, and beyond. The work of mission, says  John, can be found all around us.

It's Your Call is a podcast from the Office of Vocation of The United Church of  Canada, hosted by Karen Medland and Andrew Richardson. It is available  on Google Podcasts, Spotify, Apple, and other podcast distributors.