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Church Unity and Relations Com m ittee

Rev. Leung S hau-san,Lysta is the C om m ittee iv. Joint Statement
C h a irp e rso n . E xe cu tive s ta ff is Ms. Kung K a-w ai. A Joint Statement was issued by the Committee, HK
Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-kwong is the Executive staff of the Catholic Diocesan Ecumenical Commission, and Orthodox
ministries and administration of the Prayer Room in Hong Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and South East Asia.
Kong International Airport and of the coordination of the
Council’s programs with other religions in Hong Kong. B. Women’s Ministry Working Group
Rev. Leung Shau-shan, Lysta is the consultant and
A. The Movement of Church Unity
Ms. Wu Suk-man is the Convenor of the working group.
(January 18-25, 2010)
The group aims to promote partnership among churches
The theme of the Week of Prayer was “You are the
and organizations, to exchange experiences and to be
witness of these things”. Major events were:
concerned with all issues about wom en. The working
i. Joint Ecumenical Communion Service group prepared the annual event which was scheduled to
The S e rv ic e w as held on J a n u a ry 21 at St. be held on October 30, 2010, named as 'Yeah! Sure Win'.
John's Cathedral. Lieut-Colonel Samuel Pho, Officer
C. World Day of Prayer
C om m anding of the Salvation Arm y Hong Kong and
Macau Command, was the preacher. Approximately 280 The World Day of Prayer (Hong Kong) Committee
is responsible for the promotion of this ecumenical prayer
participants attended the service.
m ovement in Hong Kong. Ms. Cheng Chor-wah is the
Chairperson for June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011 term. In
Hong Kong, the Worship service took place on March 13,
2010 at Chinese Methodist Church with the theme "Let
Everything That Has Breath Praise God". The worship
m aterials were prepared by the wom en of Cam eroon
and revised by the w orking group assigned by the
Committee. The Committee invited the Rev. Dr. Li Ping-
kwong, form er President of the Hong Kong M ethodist
Church, to deliver the message during the Service.
The Committee donated the offering to the Church
Joint Ecumenical Communion Service held at St. John's Cathedral of Cameroon to develop women's work.

ii. Prayer for Christian Unity
A w orship service w as held on Janu ary 16 at
St. A ndrew 's C atholic C hurch. There were over 500
participants joining the service to pray for church unity. 16
choir groups from different denominations performed for
the Prayer Meeting.

iii. Pulpit Exchange
M in is te rs o f d iffe re n t d e n o m in a tio n s w e re
e nco urag ed to e xchange p ulpits on Ja nu ary 24 to
deepen m utual understanding and m ake visible the
concept of unity. Joint Church Women's Choir

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