Hagiya Shares Pastoral Letter on Gambling

by Greg Nelson
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10/16/2012

Voters in Oregon are being asked to approve constitutional changes and changes in law to allow the first private casino in the state.

The United Methodist Church has a long standing position of opposing gambling and the harm it can inflict on communities and families.

Image of Pastoral LetterAs voters prepare to mark the ballots they will receive in the mail next week, Bishop Grant Hagiya has written a pastoral letter on the subject of gambling. In it he shares his concern for the predatory nature of Casinos saying, “They make huge profits for owners from the gambling losses of our most susceptible neighbors.”

Bishop Hagiya urges church members to “help your churches and your communities take a serious look at the whole picture of the effects of gambling and the introduction of private casinos to Oregon, which could impact our communities for decades to come.”

Note: On October 16 Casino proponents announced they would suspend their $5+ million advertising campaign. Read more on OregonLive.

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Comments

1. Steve Sprecher wrote on 10/17/2012 9:56:34 PM
Thanks to Bishop Hagiya for such a clear statement. Please note that although the casino supporters have suspended their campaign, the issues are still on the ballot and could pass. Vigilance is still needed.
2. chae s. sone wrote on 10/25/2012 10:46:10 PM
How to rescue our church from the hijackers ?? ?? ?? ??11/11(??): 2012? ?? ???? ????. I am proposing to the church conference at this time to pass a resolution to audit the financial mismanagement of the church since Rev. Won Tae Cha’s appointment to Rev. Chul Woo Chang’s ministry to correct the irregularities. ?????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????? ???????????? ?????? ??????? ???? ???????? ??? ??, ???????? ??? ?????? ???? ??????? ???? ????????? ?? a quarter century????? ?????? ?????????? ??? ??? ?????? ??? Please see the attached files. Yours in Christ, .Chae S. Sone ??????? ?? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???? ???????. ?? 25 ?? (Columbia University) ??? ? ?????? ???? Korean Methodist Church and Institute ???? ?? ??? ??????? ??? ?? ?? ???? 1.Major??? ??? ??? ??????? ?? ??– Embezzlements ? ??.- ??? ??? mismanagements ? ????? ???? ?????? 2, ??? ???? ??? ??? ???? ???? ???????????? ??????? ? ??????? ??? ?????? ???? ?????? NY State Supreme Court, Nassau County ?? ????? ??????? ??? ?? ???????? ??????? ?????????? ????? ??? ?? ??? ???????? 3. ????? ?? ??? ??, MBA, ?? MD, ??MD ????, Columbia faculties ?? ?? affidavits ??? ????? ???????? ????? ??? ???? ?? ?? ?? ????????? ???? ?????? ???????? ???? ?? ??? ???. ?????????? ??????????? ????? ????????? 4.$ 2millon ??? antique ??? ??????????,??? ?? ??? $ 2millon ???, ??? antique ??? ??????. 1932s ?? ??? ????, IK Tae Ahn?roomed in the church dormitory. ??? ???? ??????? ?? ??? ???? ??????? (????????????? ???????????) ? ?? ??? ??? ?? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???? ?? ????????? Korean Church bathtub lawsuit ? ?? ??? ?? Mr. Pyun Sun Whan ? ???, “?? bathtub ? 200 ? Dollars??? ???” ??? ??? COURT ????? ???, ??? ???? ? ?? ??? ??? ???? ??? ????? ???? The legal owner is Korean Methodist Church and Institute, ? ?? ?????? ???? ??? ???? ????? ?? ?? ?? ??? ? ??? ??? ?????, ??????? ???? ??? ??? ?? ???? ???? ??? ????? ? ??? ??? ??? ?? ???? ??? ???!! 6. Attorney Gen Nathan Courtney ?? ?????COURT PAPER?CHECK ???? 7. ???? ??????? ????????three court case papers ? open forum ?? ??????? ????????? ?? ??? ???????? ???????? ????? ??? principle ? ??? 8. ?????? ??????? ??? ??? ?? ????????? ????? ?????, ????? ????? ???? ????? ????? our bishop Jeremiah J. Park missed the good chance to do his duty, by negatively fostering Koreans for UMC. 9. An independent audit of the church finances since Rev. Won Tae Cha’s time to date would clearly direct the right moral course for the church and we should demonstrate the moral principles to our children as Christians through the audit. Remember 8th commandment, “Thou shalt not steal.” 10. Rev. Chul Woo Chang tried to upside down Christian justice to make a crooked Korean justice and he tried to make his Editorial Board of Sammul publish the fake lawsuit stories by Ms. Kwang Hee Kim to further damage the innocent victims. Why Korean Christians are so un-Christian? (5, 9) It is a short history of the deviant cruel Korean ministry for a quarter century. 11. During a court session, Judge F. Dana Winslow warned their attorney Morton Povman If you bring this mass murder case again, you loose your license practice law in the State.” Remember, Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one can go to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6. REFERENCES; READ MORE ON WEBSITE BY GOOGLING 1. Gospel according to Rev. Won Tae Cha 2. Gospel according to Rev. Chul Woo Chang 3. How to clean up Korean Methodist Church and Institute scandals 4. gospel according to fake M.D. Young Kim CUNY Sophie Davis 5. Gospel according to fake Columbia MBA Steve H. Park 6. ???? | Facebookwww.facebook.com/kyunghyangshinmun?filter 7. REV. CAROL COX’S WAY FOR KOREAN CHURCH 8 . Gospel according to Bishop Jeremiah J. Park KUMC 9. MEMBERS, SAMMUL EDITORIAL BOARD. Rev. Chul Woo Chang organized it to let Ms. Kwang Hee Kim wrote a fake article in April issue of Sammul, 90th anniversary of the founding of the church, criminalizing our family, me, my beloved wife and son possibly in defense of Rev. Cha group’s lawsuits against our family, the embezzlement and the stolen bathtub. The editors criminally motivated to literally cover up Rev. Won Tae Cha’s anti Christian ministry. That is the poor young souls of the Editorial board were criminally joined liars, demonstrating the traditional corrupt nature of this church; Rev. Paul Chul woo Chang, Philip Kim, Columbia faculty.,Chul Woo Chung, Brookhaven National Laboratory. Hojoon Jon, Chief editor, Joong Hyon Cho, Young Nan Ha, assistant pastor., These brilliant young committee members seem to be morally colorblind and unable to see the right from the wrong even though they are professed Christians.