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churches for exploration on issues of concern. Chinese and many have joined the movement.

The Youth Committee is committed to serving all A fellowship of women evangelists has been
young Christian people in their search for the fulfil­ formally instituted in March and is now open for
ment of Christian mission. membership application.

Women’s work Last November, Ms Yuk Tak-fun and Ms Kwok Pui-
lan were sent by the Committee for a Christian
The W o m e n ’s Committee has the responsibility of Conference of Asia Consultation on women and
broadening the perspective of church women, and theology.
of promoting fellowship and witness. For this
reason, we convened professional w o m e n ’s In order to promote w o m e n ’s social involvement, a
luncheons, published a bi-monthly news bulletin, seminar on hospital voluntary work was organized
and supported the international Movement of the in June at the United Christian Hospital. More than
Least Coin. A prayer cycle has been translated into eighty participated.

C oncrete M anifestations of Christian U nity

Jo in t w orship services congregations. The concern for family has been
singled out as priority and a May Sunday was
It has become an important annual tradition for the designated accordingly.
churches to celebrate jointly the Week of Prayer for
Christian Unity and the World Day's Prayer. The Five Loaves and Tw o Fish cam paign
Council's role is to convene church representatives
to organize these events and to pray together for the For many years, the Council has been sponsoring a
unity and renewal of the church and reconciliation campaign during the Lent Season to call Christians
among the human family. to a renewed understanding of sharing within the
human community. The campaign this year was
Last year, around the theme "One Spirit, Many actively participated in by member churches and
Gifts, One B o d y " ， p a s to rs gathered for communion schools as well as by many evangelical bodies. As of
breakfast at the Hong Kong Methodist Church and June 1981, our total receipt has gone beyond three
churches met in seven district gatherings for prayer hundred fifty thousand dollars, all of which will go
for unity. towards the World Council of churches’elief work
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in East Africa and among Afghan refugees on the
World Day of Prayer was held in March on the Pakistan border.
theme “The Earth is the L o rd ’s ' with a lithany
created by a group of American Indian women. Support effort for the campaign was given by our
Three services were held in an Anglican, Church of Research Secretary who compiled a full information
Christ in China and Methodist congregation with the and promotion kit and staff of the Communications
offerings going towards hunger relief work in East Department who put together slides and cassette
Africa. recordings of the situations.
In addition, the Council encourages churches to
celebrate together specific areas of concern such as International Y ear o f D isabled Persons
Social Concern, Labour, Asia, Communications, and
Education. We did this by providing suitable 1981 has been designed a UN Year of Disabled
educational and promotional material for local Persons. The Council's response included enabling