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The first Sunday of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
was given to a pulpit exchangee Having completed its work, the
Joint Committee dissolved after making a recommendation that a
new Joint Planning Committee be appointed for 1971.

Ecumenical Library Committee

The Ecumenical Library Committee has not been very active
this year. A steno-librarian, Miss Patrician Chan was appointed.
Steps will be taken to have the library more fully used than
it is at the moment. Suggestions have been made that the library
should be available for night reading, conversation and refresh-
ment in the afternoon.

Committee on Missionary Orientation and Language Study

In the fall of 1969 an Orientation Program was held by this
Committee at the Shum Oi Church in Shek Kip Mei for newly arrived
missionaries. The program consisted of a presentation regarding
Chinese Ways of Thinking and a panel discussion on the subject of
relations between missionaries and Chinese, plus two films on
Hong Kong. The Committee is planning a Missionary Fellowship
Night for a broader group of missionaries in June, 1970.

A number of areas are open for future discussion including
the consideration of the role of missionaries in Hong Kong today.

DIVISION FOR EDUCATION AND C O M MUNICATION

The Division for Education and Communication is concerned
with the equipping of Church members for their part in the
'dhurches task. The main committees in this division are Christian
Education, which until now is mainly concerned with training
church members, and the Audio Visual Evangelism Committee which
provides material for educational use. Both committees have
reference to the wider community as well as the Church. Education
must be concerned with the development of the mental, physical
and spiritual capacities of all people throughout the community,
and the Audio Visual Evangelism Committee must be concerned with
the impact of mass media on everyone’ understanding of life.
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Christian Education Committee

The Committee held nine meetings between April 1, 1969 and
March 31, 1970. The average attendance was 8.

In April 1969, two members of the Committee - the Rev. David
C. P. Lew and Miss Mildred Proctor - participated in a consultation
set up by the East Asia Christian Conference's Committee on
Christian Education and Lay Training. The consultation was in
Perth, Australia.

Lay Training - A Local Consultation on Lay Training sponsored by
the Christian Education Committee of the Council was held on 13th
October, 1969 from 4:30 - 10:00 p.m. at the Conference Room of
the Chinese Christian Churches Union. 33 representatives from
our member churches/organizations participated in the Consultation
and the findings of the discussion (in Chinese) has been sent to
the churches and the participants for their reference.

Leadership Training - The Leadership Training Team has continued
to function. During the year the Committee had sent mobile teams
to the local churches at their request, to help the leaders at
the point of their need.

Christian Education Sunday - The Committee requested the Executive
Committee of the Council to recognize a Christian Education Sunday,
on the fourth Sunday of September. The request was granted, and