At the Kipling Center in Colorado, Kim Keumju Wonjangnim shares candidly about the enthusiastic involvement of members in center activities.

DYL: Can you tell us about the members at the Kipling center?

Kim Wonjangnim: Many members at the Kipling Center have been coming for a long time. Also, we recently combined the Kipling and Lakewood Centers, and that empowered the members to encourage each other more and reach out to the community together.

DYL: What outreach activities are you involved in?

Kim WJN: We’re currently offering classes at six outreach locations, including a dental office, senior centers, a school, and an apartment community for the underprivileged. We take the most pride in our desire to contribute to the world around us.

My assistant manager, Brian Korbelik Sabumnim, also says, “Action is the most powerful tool for my growth,” and that’s what the members and instructors here do—we take action together and grow together.



DYL: That’s great! What other activities do you have going on?

Kim WJN: Some of our members teach classes at the center. Eleanornim and Lyndennim teach Dahnmudo classes, and on Sundays, other members teach taichi and yoga. We also have a professional drummer leading a drum circle.

Sunghwanim, another outreach activist, has a class for seniors. One of  the people in her class had to sit in a chair to do training at first, because she had trouble sitting on the floor. But now, only two months later, she’s able to do all of the exercises without a chair!

DYL: Wow~ So everyone at your center takes after you, right?

Kim WJN: (Smiles.) I see everyone’s potential for growth, and I hope to nurture everyone with the same unconditional, profound love I’ve experienced myself from Mother Earth.