Church Staff
Our Pastor is Rev. Hyoungkyu Park. Pastor Hyoungkyu Park was born and raised in South Korea. He graduated from Seoul Theological University in Korea. Then, he served in the army for two and half years. He has served a local church ministry since 2007. Then, he came to the United States to pursue his Master of Divinity at the Drew Theological School in New Jersey. After graduation, he served ‘Korean Methodist Church & Institute’ in Manhattan as an associate pastor. He was in charge of Young-Adult and Campus ministry. After commissioning in the New York Annual Conference, he was appointed to ‘First United Methodist Church in Flushing’ as an associate pastor.
Pastor Park was married to Julia in 2015. She is a pianist, working at Juilliard Pre-College. They have a son, Jake. The Park family enjoys music, and Jake loves to dance.
Before coming to the United States, he spent a year as a short-term missionary in the Kingdom of Eswatini in Africa, where a half of the country's population was an HIV positive person. He realized an unequal social structure in the world. It became the moment that he changed his outlook on the world. These experiences have shaped and continuously been shaping him to pursue Christians' social justice and to embrace the marginalized.
Pastor Park is very happy to serve the churches of Grace United Methodist Church in Lindenhurst and Simpson United Methodist Church in Amityville..
Administrative Assistant : Mrs. Wendy Salvo
Musician: Mr. Sid Cherry
Pastor Park was married to Julia in 2015. She is a pianist, working at Juilliard Pre-College. They have a son, Jake. The Park family enjoys music, and Jake loves to dance.
Before coming to the United States, he spent a year as a short-term missionary in the Kingdom of Eswatini in Africa, where a half of the country's population was an HIV positive person. He realized an unequal social structure in the world. It became the moment that he changed his outlook on the world. These experiences have shaped and continuously been shaping him to pursue Christians' social justice and to embrace the marginalized.
Pastor Park is very happy to serve the churches of Grace United Methodist Church in Lindenhurst and Simpson United Methodist Church in Amityville..
Administrative Assistant : Mrs. Wendy Salvo
Musician: Mr. Sid Cherry