Since September 1999, they have been teaching English and leading worship and Bible studies as United Church of Canada people working in partnership with the United Church of Christ in Japan. The early missionaries set up private schools to provide education and Christian teachings, especially for girls. One hundred and twenty years later, the missionaries' legacy is evident here at Iai School and other Christian schools all over Japan. At Iai, each day begins with a prayer at the teachers' meeting. Then the entire school congregates for morning worship at chapel.
Christian teachers take turns leading the worship.
On Mondays, ministers from the local churches lead longer worship services. On Wednesdays, a group of students also takes their turn leading worship. As Won works at the school, he cannot help but think of his grandmother. Some 85 years ago, at a time when girls were not educated in Korea, Won's grandmother was recruited by a missionary to attend a Christian high school. Consequently, all of her family became Christians, thereby setting a new course for generations to come.