ILLUMINATION 2022-23: Ricky Poon

Photo credit: Melissa "Mimi" Nolledo

"So that's been the name of the [Eugene-Springfield Christian] church for a long time. And when I became pastor, there was a Chinese song, a hymn that seemed to be always in my mind. That song has to do with, you know, I have to kind of think of it in the Chinese and then translate it for you. In Mandarin Chinese, it's zhǔ, the Lord, zhùfú, giving of blessings. Yǔ chūnyǔ. It's like the spring rain. So when I became the pastor, you know, I kind of made that the theme song of the church because, you know, God's blessing coming down like a spring rain seemed to just fit…"