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World Day of Prayer

The W orld Day o f Prayer this year w ith its
theme "L ove in A c tio n ” was held on March 4, 1977.
The C oun cil’s com m ittee sponsored fo u r w orship
services. They were held at the C atholic Center Chapel,
K ow loon U nion Church, Chung Chi College Chapel,
and the Gascoigne Road M ethodist Church. The 3
p.m. main service held at the M ethodist Church was
attended by over three hundred persons fro m various
denom inations. The Rev. K. K. Yung o f Hop Y at
Church Hong Kong delivered the sermon. The offering
received at the services am ounted to nearly
H K $ 1,340.00. It was given to an agricultural project
in India, channeled through the W orld Council o f
Churches.
Joint Committee on Development

This com m ittee is form ed by representatives from
our Christian Council and the Roman C atholic Diocese
o f Hong Kong. We are grateful fo r the keen interest
and support o f this ecumenical venture given by
Bishop G ilb e rt Baker and Bishop John Baptist Wu.

The Commission on Society, Developm ent and
Peace (SO D EPAX), fo r w hich the jo in t com m ittee is
a local representative, has launched a three-year w o rld -
wide ecumenical project e n titled "T he Churches and
the Search fo r a Just and Sustainable S ocie ty." In
response to this our jo in t com m ittee conducted a
Seminar on the theme "Social Progress and Econom ic
D evelopm ent" on November 27, 1976. There were

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