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Christian Family L ife Sunday May l6th (3rd Sunday)

Christian Citizenship Sunday July 11th (2nd Sunday)

Christian Literature Sunday Sept. 19th (3rd Sunday)

World Wide Holy Communion Sunday Oct. 3rd (1st Sunday)

Medical Sunday Oct. 17th (3rd Sunday)

Bible Sunday Dec. 12th (2nd Sunday)

It is good to know that many churches have observed the Sundays
as suggested.

Informal discussion with local church leaders From time to time,
the Committee has invited small group ox church leaders who are in
"policy-making" positions to explore p o s s ib ilitie s of a greater unity
among churches by closer co-operation. In th eir discussions widely-
d ifferin g opinions were fre e ly expressed, but a ll helpful in pre-
paring us for one-ness as we respond to His Call and conmit ourselves
in His Mission.

6. Ecumenical Scholarship Exchange Committee

During the year the following types o f Scholarships were
available: ( l ) Theological Scholarships and Fellowships; (2)
Theological Scholarships fo r the Laity; (3) Special Theological
Scholarships fo r Women; (4) Professional and Technical Scholarships;
(5) Ecumenical Scholarship Exchange Scholarship; (6) East Asia
Christian Churches Scholarships.

The above Scholarships, designed to strengthen the common l i f e
and ecumaiical consciousness of the churches through a church-to-
church exchange o f students, were available in a variety of countries,
such as Austria, France, Germany Greece, Ita ly , the Netherlands, the
Scandinavian Countries, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the
United States, as w ell as in special cases in Asia and Africa.

Young men and women who are preparing fo r fu ll-tim e Christian
service and have completed a ll or most of th eir basic theological
study; candidates fo r the ministry and pastors, persons preparing
fo r other forms of fu ll-tim e employment in the church or related
organizations, i f they meet the necessary qu alification s, are a ll
e lig ib le to apply fo r any one of the stated scholarships.

During the year an Ecumenical Scholarship was granted to Mr.
Chan Kwok Keung fo r post graduate study in the fie ld of education
in USA. The above scholarships are s t i l l available fo r the Academic
year 1966-' 67. Those people who are interested should apply now.

7. Industrial Committee

I t is d iffic u lt to evaluate the work o f the Industrial Committee
over the past year without a great deal o f uneasiness. The Committee
it s e lf, given the structures, personalities, and situation of the
churches in Hong Kong, has been able to make only slow progress in
facing the challenge of th is great industrial complex and its
thousands o f workers. With p it ifu lly few exceptions the churches
have chosen to rely on antiquated methods in a new age. They have
chosen to ignore the industrial worker except as an object of
ch arily. As fa r as evangelism goes i t is fe lt apparently that i f
the workers are not responding to the Gospel i t is th eir fau lt not
the church’ s.

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