Breakfast Speakers

Each month at the WBE Breakfast we have an inspirational speaker. Thank you to all of our speakers!  Our speaker for December 2008 was:

Eugene Cho 
Can We Change the World?
 

When Eugene Cho asks this question, it sounds not the slightest bit trite. Every ounce of the fabric of his being believes it to be true, and his life is the greatest example of that. With each new organization that he starts – Seattle’s Quest Church, the Q Café, and most recently, the non-profit One Day’s Wages – Eugene’s focus is on creating positive change in the world, and, as he declares, we can do it, too.

Although Eugene and his wife are donating a year’s worth of salary to fund the start of One Day’s Wages, an organization dedicated to the fight against global poverty, you need not be afraid -- he’s not going to ask you to do the same! His invitation is much simpler than that: to start on a journey of giving in a way that is meaningful to you, whether that be to help a friend, a neighbor, or someone you’ve never met before. As human beings, we all have compassion and generosity within us, Eugene affirms, and it is ours to distribute through the way in which we treat others. It can be as small as a greeting, and yet it can impact someone forever. 
 

Biographical information about Eugene Cho:

Eugene Cho was born in Seoul, Korea and moved to San Francisco with his family when he was six years old. Growing up as a foreigner in a new land gave him first-hand experience of loneliness and marginalization, and it was a powerful influence on his life.

Eugene is the founding & lead pastor of Seattle’s Quest Church and the executive director of Q Café. He has been featured in the Seattle Times and the P.I. Currently, much of his heart and passion is invested in launching One Day’s Wages, a non-profit/non-religious grassroots humanitarian organization with the vision of joining others to fight extreme global poverty.

A graduate of the University of California at Davis and the Princeton Theological Seminary, Eugene lives in Seattle, where he and his wife of eleven years, Minhee, are raising their three children. You can learn more about Eugene and his work at http://eugenecho.wordpress.com and http://onedayswages.wordpress.com.