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6. Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-kwong attended the 12th 1. The Movement of Church Unity
Chinese Church M inistry Conference at W enzhou,
Zhejiang from March 22-27, 2006 and delivered a pre- (a) Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (January
sentation entitled: "The Business Environm ent of 18-25, 2006)
China and Theological Challenges to the Church in
China.”
The theme of Week of Prayer was “Where two or
three are gathered in my name, I am in the midst of
7. Elder Luk Kam-chun and Rev. Dr. Chan Kim- them ”Major events were:
.
kwong visited the Pastoral Training Center at Zhaotong,
Yunnan, from April 14-18, 2006. (i) The Joint Ecumenical Communion Service was
held on January 19 at the Sham shuipo Tsung Tsin
8. The Committee held a Luncheon Workshop on
Church with Bishop Tai Ho-fai as the preacher.
Pastoral Training Ministry in China at Li Hall, St John’
s
Cathedral, SKH on May 19, 2006. M ajor Chan Hi- (ii) A Joint Statement was issued by the Commit-
wai and Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-kwong shared their expe- tee and the HK C atholic D iocesan E cum enical
riences of Training Ministries in China. More than 30 Commission.
pastoral workers from member churches and organi-
zations of the Council attended this Workshop.
(iii) M inisters of different denom inations were
encouraged to exchange pulpits on January 22 to
9. Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-kwong attended the Inter-
deepen mutual understanding and make visible the
national Conference on Missions from the Global South concept of unity.
at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, from May 27 to
June 1, 2006 and delivered an interim report on re- (iv) A “Hymn & Praise Gathering”was held on
search of mission activities of the Churches in Hong January 15 at St. P atrick’M ass Centre. A Christian
s
Kong and China. Unity W orship Service was held on January 21 at
Mother of Good Counsel Church.
10. Major Chan Hi-wai and Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-
kwong gave lessons at the Hebei Pastoral Training
(b) Visitation to the Church/Denomination
Center, and visited churches at Baoding, Shijiazhuang
and Tangshan of Hebei Province from June 12-19,
s
A visit was organized to St. John’Cathedral,
2006.
SKH, the Chinese M ethodist Church and Orthodox
M etropolitanate of Hong Kong and South East Asia
11. Rev. Lue Lee-buh and Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-
kwong led a team of 16 members from the Sheng Kung on O ctob er 2005, M arch 2006 and July 2006
respectively.
Hui East Kowloon Diocese for a learning/fellowship
visit to the Church of Hainan Province from June 28
(c) Airport Ministry
to July 1, 2006.
The Ministry was funded by “CW M /Nethersole
Fund”rom February l4 , 2 0 0 5 . 14 clergy and co-work-
f
D. Church Unity and Relations ers from member churches joined the Project.
Committee
(d) Women's Ministry Working Group
The Committee is chaired by Rev. Wu Ping-kit.
Executive staff Ms. Louisa Wai Kwok-pik is respon- Rev. Wu Ping-kit, Chair of the Committee, serves
sible for the relevant works of the Committee. as the consultant, and Ms. Jade Lau Chui-ping leads
the group.
The Group aims to promote the partnership be-
tween churches and organizations, to exchange expe-
riences and to be concerned with all issues about
women.
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