我們在天上的父 : 願我們復興願這城平安願教會合一願天國彰顯

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1 2017 年 9-10 月號第 353 期 2017

2 我們在天上的父 : 願我們復興願這城平安願教會合一願天國彰顯 lit@methodist.org.hk 本刊經文引自和合本修訂版, 版權屬香港聖經公會所有, 蒙允准使用 8500

3 編輯室吳思源劉少芳女士冼永權先生 ( 香港堂 )

4 每期特寫本會海外宣教 ( 一 ) 認識體驗 1. 講壇信息 2. 外派差遣員分享 3. 宣教差傳之夜 / 月 4. 短期體驗團 a. b. ( 二 ) 教育訓練 1. 祈禱資料 2. 訓練課程 3. 主日學課程 a. b. 4

5 每期特寫余恩明牧師 ( 三 ) 外部連結差傳機構介紹 ( 四 ) 長遠發展 1. 專職同工 2. 成立宣教差傳部 3. 各堂經常費定額撥宣差款 4. 中期宣教 / 定點宣教 5

6 每期特寫海外宣教委員會屬下柬埔寨宣教事工小組供稿 S21 Killing Field Glory Methodist Church Dail Community Water of Life Rainbow Bridge Happy Land 6

7 每期特寫余卓權 S Happy Land 7

8 每期特寫 Happy Land 陳燕容

每期特寫Elaine Chin Sook Tin Methodist International Church T he mission trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia was one of the most humbling experiences of my spiritual journey so far.

Weeks prior to the trip our leaders had emotionally prepared us with the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 1970s that killed 150 million people.

For the following 6 days we served mainly through children and youth ministries we carried out English classes for different age groups in Glory Methodist Church, visited orphans in Happy Land and

9 每期特寫Elaine Chin Sook Tin Methodist International Church T he mission trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia was one of the most humbling experiences of my spiritual journey so far. Our trip started with a 1-day visit to the notorious Killing Fields and S-21 Genocide Museum, both hell on earth". Weeks prior to the trip our leaders had emotionally prepared us with the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 1970s that killed 150 million people. This helped us have more compassion towards people whom we were about to encounter, for the sufferings their country has endured and its hard time recovering. For the following 6 days we served mainly through children and youth ministries we carried out English classes for different age groups in Glory Methodist Church, visited orphans in Happy Land and also orphans with HIV in Rainbow Bridge who have contracted HIV through their infected mothers. A lot of us were moved to tears when we heard stories of babies found in bins, HIV toddlers who longed for a hug and human touch before they passed on, and HIV-positive teenagers who yearned for long-lasting relationships and affection just like you and I. But some incredible survival stories were equally stirring under the nurture of the orphanages, we were told how one HIV-positive teenager is now well and strong and serving as a transporter in the orphanage, how one rape victim is now in the safe hands of the orphanage, and how one baby with brain infection is now growing healthier day after day. Time and again I was reminded that "the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."(deuteronomy 31:6) We also spent great time with teenage girls from the Water of Life Girls' Hostel, home to 22 girls housed in a warm family environment and are now receiving education in high schools and universities. At night we had fellowship with teenage boys and girls from the same Hostel, sharing our testimonies and enjoying each other's company. A jolly teenager shared how he was still a roaming street kid till the age of 12 before he was sent to Water of Life, and how much he treasures time with his Hostel's "brothers" playing soccer and attending university together. Another cheery girl shared her life as a medical student and an English tutor, as well as her dedication every Sunday after church to cross the river for outreach work. For me, these confident, fine young teenagers are such great testimonies of precious lives transformed by God. God empowers and "if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. (2 Corinthians 5:17) It is heartbreaking to see how some young men were made redundant in their skilled jobs in garment factory and restaurant, and have to garbage-pick while waiting for the next job. It is also very worrying to learn how 3 teenage sisters are staying alone in shambles around the garbage hill and are in such great vulnerability to predators. Perhaps these homeless people and garbage pickers could only find little comfort from what little food and brief words of encouragement we offered. But we know that it is not the plentiful that God comforts, but those who mourn and are meek (Matthew 5:4-5). The poor and the sick are all made in the image and likeness of God, just like you and I. I left Cambodia with a heavy heart remembering those in poverty and desperation. But I also felt spiritually uplifted: never had I witnessed so many walking testimonies of transformed lives, within such short 7-days window of a trip. May I always challenge myself to serve locally and also globally, to continue serving the needy as best as I can. 9

10 每期特寫海外宣教委員會屬下海外宣教推廣教育小組供稿 10

11 每期特寫不熟識的鈴聲不熟識的頌經聲心存感恩的崇拜聲同心合意的讚美聲鴨鴨 tiger 黃嘉怡 11

12 每期特寫 Moken You will not be regretted. Noah KarenKachin 陳志興 12

13 每期特寫 Moken We treat, God heals 薛家明黃妙霞 13

14 每期特寫 Apee 14

15 每期特寫 15

16 每期特寫我在監獄裏, 你們來看我 18 16

17 每期特寫黎永業 17

18 每期特寫 36 岑潮晉 recall recall 鄺月梅 18

19 每期特寫第四屆監獄義工訓練班 Tyburn Hill William Morgen Holy ClubCastle Prison New Gate Prison 40 吳梓毅 19

20 每期特寫胡新宇袁佩珊鄧清麟 20

21 每期特寫潘潔生楊倩影張耀棠 21

22 會長的話林崇智牧師22

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24 會長行蹤2017 年 12 月 2018 年 1 月

25 言論自由葉菁華義務教士社關點滴25 Yash Ghai, Freedom of Expression, in Human Rights in Hong Kong, ed. Raymond Wacks (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992), Tyrio ( ) lawlaydream/photos/a / /?type=3&theater

26 李景雄牧師26

27 梁慧玲海宣點滴27 humble flexible impotent omnipotent passive arrogance 11

28 特稿速遞 (Ponte Sant' Angelo Methodist Church, Rome) Reformation From Conflict to Communion Joint Declaration on Justification (World Methodist Council World Communion of Reformed Churches

29 葉菁華義務教士 6 7 ( 19) 3 29

30 Trent Chiara Lubich 6 2 Focolare Movement Ms. Chiara Lubich 1. 看不到基督教內有清晰的合一傾向 ; 2. 不同教會傳統和宗派有不同的遠象, 大家沒有對談的清晰目標 ; 3. 在倫理問題上有新的分歧, 如人類生命婚姻性別等議題上 ; 4. 福音派和五旬宗教會非常大的增長及教會的五旬宗化 30