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X. WORK OF STANDING COMMITTEES

1. Christian Education Committee

The main task of the Committee during the year was the train­
ing of Sunday School teachers and Youth work leaders, as well as
the furthering of the Christian Education program in the churches.
A ctivities during the year included the following:

Leadership Training Insb.itufre An institute of four sessions was
held in September under the challenging leadership of Dr. Rand-
olph Crump M iller of Yale. The average attendance was Eighty.
C ertificates were given to those who attended a ll the sessions.
Plans are made for training sessions on a departmental basis
for 1967. The fir s t 3 sessions were held on February 25, 26 and
March 5. About 350 people attended these sessions.

Pastors' Retreat On July 5th, thirty-two pastors and church workers
participated in a one- day retreat to consider the place of Christian
Education in the church., and the role of the pastor in this program.

Filmstrip An American-made film strip entitled "How Persons Learn"
was revised to increase its su itability for use by an Asian group.
The script was rewritten in Chinese, and pictures taken to replace
the original ones. The film strip is to be reproduced in quantity,
and w ill be available for sale.

Pictures and Picture Books In 1965 the Committee received from
the World Council of Christian Education, 350 sets of teaching
pictures, 10,000 copies of an illustrated booklet of New Test­
ament stories in Chinese, as well as books in English. In 1966,
using paper furnished by the W.C.C.E., on which the pictures
were already printed, the Committee printed 10,000 copies of a
coioparable booklet of Old Testament stories. Funds for the print-
ing were supplied by the W.C.C.E..
By the end of 1966 a ll sets of the pictures had been given
out, and many of the b k le t s had been distributed. The balance
w ill be distributed in 1967.

Conferences (l) Miss Angela Chao of the North Point Methodist
Church an appointed Hong Kong delegate participated, in the Christ­
ian kindergarten Conference held in Japan, in November.
(2) In June leaders of the E.A.C.C. and W.C.C.E. met in Hong
Kong to. discuss the formation of a Christian Education Committee
under the E.A.C.C. and the relationship of Christian Education
programs and projects in Asia, to each of these organizations.
Mr. Calvin Ngai and Miss Mildred Proctor were invited to attend
the sessions.
(3) In November the E.A.C.C. held a series of consultations in
Hong Kong. Dr. Timothy Y.H. Chow was appointed to attend the
Ecumenical Strategy Consultation November 6 - 13.
(4) The W.C.C.E. quadrennial convention is to be held in Nairobi
Kenya, in July 1967, Hong Kong- Delegates have been named to that
convention.

2. Christian Citizenship Movement Committee

Because of the rapid growth i n population, In industrialization
and in urbanization, i t can not be doubted that there has been a
general deterioration of marality among the people of Hong Kong.
This has caused great concern among some Christian leaders for the
li f e and work o f the people whom the churches have been called to
serve. For this reason, the Christian Citizenship Movement Committee
was organized in 1956. The objectives of this Committee are:

1. to promote the study of social problems and of the rele-
vance o f the Christian fa ith and influence towards their
solution.
2. to strengthen the sense of responsib ilit y in the common
li f e of our city.