CYP DTS Home Coming Day

From December 18 to 20, 2025, CYP DTS Homecoming Day was held at Jeju University of the Nations under the theme Refill and Refeel.
Graduates from past CYP DTS courses were invited to gather, worship God together, and share fellowship as a community.

As we met with DTS graduates and listened to their stories, we often heard honest confessions about how intensely they were living after DTS.
Many shared that at some point, ministry and daily life had shifted from serving with God’s heart to simply doing things because they had to.
The passion and posture they had learned during DTS felt as though it had been buried beneath busyness.

Because of this, the graduates expressed a longing to once again remember the times when they deeply encountered God during DTS, and to reconnect with the relationships that had shaped and grown them. As we listened to these requests, we realized that this gathering was not only something they needed, but something we needed as well. That realization led us to prepare Homecoming Day.

As the staff gathered in prayer to prepare for the event, God gave us a single word that summarized His heart. That word was “again.”

A time to remember again the God they encountered during DTS, who is still actively at work in their lives. A time to give thanks and lift God high for what He has done.
And a time to champion the graduates so they could rise again and be restored.

Through this process, God also examined our own hearts as we prepared the event. He asked us, “Are you truly interested in their lives in order to champion them?”

We realized that not only the graduates, but we ourselves had begun preparing this gathering out of obligation rather than from God’s heart. We also recognized that we were preparing with pressure to do well, focusing on outcomes rather than on love.

In that moment, God reminded us that regardless of who we are or what we do, our lives are ultimately about laying ourselves down, making Jesus our Lord, and continually offering ourselves to become more like Him.

At the same time, God made it clear that He does not ask us to walk this journey alone. He is the One who gives us a community to walk together.

Although it was our first time hosting this event and there were many areas we felt short, we could see God’s faithful hand leading us through every step, throughout the preparation and every moment of the event. Moreover, we clearly saw that God Himself guided the circumstances of those who attended.

Graduates who hesitated to come because of work schedules, financial concerns, or personal struggles experienced God opening the way according to their needs and situations. Hallelujah! Once again, we experienced that God is the One who fills us.

True to its theme, this Homecoming Day became a time where all of us remembered God once again and were refilled by Him.

We were reminded that gathering together to worship God and give thanks for what He has done is our greatest joy and strength.

“See, I am doing a new thing; now it springs up, do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
… the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise.” ㅡ Isaiah 43:19-21

ㅡHyeonseung Kim, CYP DTS

CYP Homecoming Day Reflection

Refill & Refeel — Re-centering My Life on God

Hello, my name is Mo Gaeun, and I am a graduate of the second CYP DTS.

When I first heard that CYP DTS Homecoming Day was being held, I definitely had a desire in my heart to participate. However, with personal schedules and the busyness of daily life, I kept postponing my decision. There were so many things to do, and my life was full—but I had no real space to stand before God and reflect on my heart. Then, when I received a message from one of the staff, it felt as if God Himself was asking me a question:

“Where is the center of your life right now?”

As I reflected, I realized that although I confessed that I worship God, I had not truly placed Him at the center of my life. I was faithfully serving at church and on the worship team, yet ministry had gradually become more of a task than a joy, and my relationship with God was slowly drying up. This CYP DTS Homecoming Day became for me a time of Refill & Refeel that God graciously allowed.

During the first worship service at the Thursday gathering, we proclaimed Psalm 24:7:
“Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.”
Through this, I realized that I had been closing the door of my heart, trapped by my own weaknesses and circumstances. As we jumped and praised together, I deeply experienced the presence of the Holy Spirit, and I could feel my worries and anxieties being washed away. In that moment, I once again confessed that I cannot live without God and laid my life down before Him.

We also gathered and worshiped again in the same place where we had once held our Night of Dedication during our DTS. Being there gave me time to reflect on the confession I had made before God back then and to compare it with my present life. Although I had declared that I would live a life filled with Jesus, I had to admit that this confession had grown faint in my daily reality. I made a renewed decision to place God back at the center of my life. Listening to the staff’s message and meditating on the image of the risen Jesus preparing breakfast and waiting for His disciples, I felt deeply comforted and grateful, realizing that Jesus is still waiting for me and inviting me to walk with Him.

During the final worship service, as we shared communion together, I was able to meditate more deeply on Jesus’ love and grace. Sensing God’s heart for this community—how He loves it and continues to build it up—I was overwhelmed with gratitude. With tears, I recommitted myself to returning to my daily life determined to live in God once again.

Walking along the Bukchon beach with CYP members and in small groups, we shared about life after DTS, the areas where our lives had fallen apart, and our prayer requests. Through these conversations, I realized again the need to restore the most foundational practices of faith—being grounded in the Word and in prayer. As we shared fellowship, though we had taken the CYP DTS at different times and came from different backgrounds, we could share life together naturally as one in God. I was deeply grateful to be part of this community.

Though it was only a short two nights and three days, this CYP DTS Homecoming Day became a time when my dry heart was refilled and my intimacy with God was restored. Every moment felt like a gift to me. I am deeply thankful to the CYP staff who prepared and served this precious time, and I give all glory to God who always leads me on good paths and walks with me.