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Communication  and                                Christian).  Participants  include  Protestant,  Catholic  and
                                                            Orthodox  Churches  and  organizations  in  Hong  Kong.  This
          Message Committee                                 year's  Committee  Chairperson  is  Rev.  Desmond  Cox  of
                                                            St. John’s Cathedral.
                                                                 The  Committee  also  produced  a  series  of  Special
         Rev.  Dr. Chan Hin-cheung is the Committee Chairperson,
                                                            Sunday  radio  broadcasts  on  the following  themes:  German
         and Ms Kung Ka-wai is the Executive Staff.
                                                            National  Day by the German-speaking  Evangelical  Lutheran
                                                            Congregation  in  HK, AIDS  Sunday  by St.  John's  Cathedral
                                                            HIV  Education  Centre,  International  Women's  Day,  Palm
          1. Chinese Publication                            Sunday, Environment Sunday by Christians for Eco-Concerns,
                                                            Asia  Communication  Sunday  by  World  Association  for
            《Message》
                                                            Christian Communication, and Sea Sunday by the Mission to
               In  the  year  of
                                                            Seafarers.
          2008-2009,  Message
          published  7  issues  on                          English Publications
          a bi-monthly basis with                                Rev.  Judy  Chan  is the  Editor of  “News  and  Views”.
          different themes:                                 It is  one  of the  major  English  publications  of the  Council,
                                                            giving  a  quarterly  report on  news  of the  Council  and  the
          No of Issue         Theme                         Hong Kong Church.
         #288 (Sept-Oct 2008)  : Reflection on Church-
                              sponsored Schools             Special Sundays
          #289 (Nov-Dec 2008)   :Financial Tsunami
          #290 (Jan-Feb 2009)   :Core Value and Church Ideology  To Promote Church  Unity Through Witness
          #291  (Mar-Apr 2009)  :Preaching the Resurrection   and  Prayer
                              Message during hardship
          #292 (May-Jun 2009)  :Visit to Council of Churches in   Unity  Sunday,  World  Day  of  Prayer  and  World
                              Shanghai and Beijing          Communion Sunday
          #293 (Jul-Aug 2009)   :Global Warming
                                                            To Promote Christian Concern on Special
          #294 (Sept-Oct 2009)  :Review of Mission Consultation of
                              Hong Kong Church              Issues
           《 e-news》                                             Social Concern Sunday, Christian Family Sunday, Asia
                                                            Sunday,  Environment  Sunday,  Communications  Sunday,
              In order to effectively publicize the ministries and new
                                                            Hong  Kong  Sunday,  Education  Sunday  and  World AIDS
          developments  of the  Council,  the  Committee  successfully
                                                            Sunday
          launched  the  bi-weekly e-news.  The  e-news captures the
          latest ministries and  activities,  newsworthy world  news,  hot   Others
          issues in the Christian sector, social issues etc. The Council
                                                                 Women's Sunday, Labor Sunday, Sea Sunday, Elderly
          sends  the  e-news  to  all  churches  in  Hong  Kong,  related
                                                            Sunday, Health Sunday, Youth Sunday and Bible Sunday
          Christian  organizations,  media  and  individual  subscribers
          via email on a bi-weekly basis.
                                                             Conclusion
          2.  Chinese Broadcasting
              Mr. Ng Sze-yuen is the Chairperson of the Committee.   Thank  you  for  your  trust  and  support,  so  that  we
          Ms.  Miann  Chan  is responsible for the two weekly Chinese   have the opportunity to serve in the ministry of ecumenism.
          radio Religious Programs broadcast on RTHK.       Thank  you,  Lord,  who  prepares  HKCC  with  a  group  of
                                                            enthusiastic Executive Committee members, volunteers and
          English Ministries                                loyal staff members. With all they have contributed, we wish
                                                            God will bless them in return.
          English Broadcasting
                                                                 Psalm  127:1  "If the  Lord  is  not helping the  builders,
              Four Christian  radio programs in  English are aired on   then  the  building  of a  house  is to  no  purpose:  if the  Lord
          RTHK-4  and  RTHK-3  each  week.  Rev.  Judy  Chan  serves   does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for
          as  Program  Producer  and  Ms.  Yan  Cheng  is  Program   nothing."  If it  is  not with  God's  protection  and  guidance,  if
          Coordinator.  The  programs are:  Sunday Service,  Minutes   what we  have  done  is  not originated  from  God  and  gives
          That Matter, Reflections and Thought for the Week.
                                                             Him  praise,  then  what  we  have  done  is  nothing.  Let  us
              These  programs  are  supported  by  the  ecumenical   present what we  have  done for our  Lord  and  ask for  His
          Christian  community  under the  auspices  of the  Religious   acceptance.  Lord,  please strengthen the tasks in our hands
          Broadcasting  and Television Advisory Committee  (English/  and what our hands do, please strengthen, Amen!
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