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Do The Christian Citizenship Sunday was observed on 9th July,
1967 by many churches. Speakers of the Day have put their
emphasis on the Christian responsibility to our society.
The lesson learned from the recent disturbances has challenged
we Christians to be more concerned for the needs of our
community.

A United Service was held on 10th July, 1967 at 8:00 p.m.
at the Chinese Methodist Church, Hong Kong for the purpose
of promoting the Christian Citizenship Movement in the Church
and especially among the youth.

The Sheng Kung Hui (Anglican Church) also had joint
services with the Homan Catholic Church during Christian .
Citizenship Week in July, and the study materials were made
available for use in other churches.

Note: This Committee is being united with the Social Concern
Committee of the HKCS to form the new "Social Action
Committee” of the HKCC.

2. Christian Education Committee

The Christian Education Committee has thought of its task
as being largely the training of those who lead in the Church,
especially in the Sunday School and other aspects of the Christian
Education programme. The emphasis is shifting, however, to the
training of lay people in the Church, whether they lead in church-
planned programmes, or witness in their own particular situations,
living as Christians in today's world.
The activities of the Committee during the year have included
the following:

(1) Leadership Training Hallies - A different pattern than that
which has been used in previous years has been tried for
training leaders.

Four rallies were held for teachers of primary and junior
children (6 - 11 years of age) in the church school. These
were held on Sunday afternoons, in February, May, September,
and November. A devotional period started each rally; two
lectures followed (or, alternately, a filmstrip followed by
discussion); finally, a workshop period allowed the participants
to try out certain activities, such as the use of puppets,
drawing stick-figures, making a frieze etc.

Four other rallies were held for teachers of kindergarten
children, whether in the church school, or in week-day
kindergartens. The group attending these rallies was very
large (from 350 - 400 each time) and included a number with
no relation to Protestant churches. This group has organized,
and plans to adopt a constitution and carry on indefinitely,
while maintaining some relationship to the Christian Education
Committee. The dates and the general pattern of these
kindergarten rallies was comparable to the primary - junior
rallies. At each rally some useful mimeographed or printed
material was put into the hands of the teachers; suitable
music, patterns for Christmas decorations etc.

(2) Church Workers’ Hetreat - Church workers were invited to
gather on a Saturday afternoon in November to hear reports of
the meetings in Nairobi, and to try to relate some of the
discussions which took place there to the Hong Kong situation.

(3) W.C.C.E. Pictures and Picture Books - This project, which had
been carried on for more than a year, was still a part of the
thinking of the Committee in 1967-68. The Committee had
ordered from the W.C.C.E. 350 sets of teaching pictures.
These were all distributed to churches and schools in Hong
Kong. At the same time the Committee received from the W.C.C.E.