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Christian Citizenship Movement and made it a part of took part in the service. The service was bilingual.
the church’youth fellowship, and asked all churches The donation collected was given to the United
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to observe a Christian Citizenship Movement Week. Christian Hospital.
4. The Council acted as joint sponsors with the Roman
Catholic Church for a joint meeting in expounding the
Bible and Prayer together on Jan 18, 1966 at the City
Hall during the Unity Week. Under the auspices of
the Council, the Local Consultation on “Confessing 1966-1967

the Faith in Asia To-day”was held on November 3, 1. During the year, HK became an Ecumenical
1965, at the Chinese Methodist Church. Fifty-three Conference Center for South East Asia. Ecumenical
local church leaders participated in the consultation. Church leaders from all round the world came to
The United Service of Prayer for Christian Unity was attend EACC Conference in HK. The first Faith and
held on Monday; Jan 24, 1966 at 8:00pm, about 400 Order Conference sponsored by the EACC was held in
people attended the service. Chinese Methodist Church, Kowloon. 125 church
5. The Christian Family Life Committee held another leaders represented Councils and the WCC partici­
consultation at North Point Methodist Church on pated in this important conference. The Council as the
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“The Christian View of Sex and Marriage” There host made local arrangements.

were about 60 participants and the study book used 2. The Council also appointed delegates to the

was ‘‘Two Together”Two delegates were appointed to Ecumenical Conferences in Japan and in Singapore,
.
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attend the Asian Church Women’ Conference in the Fourth World Institute on Christian Education in
Toyko. Three committee members were sent to attend Africa.
the conference as leaders. 3. During the year, two applications for membership were
6. The Ecumenical Scholarship Exchange Committee received: German-speaking Evangelical Lutheran
made available six types of scholarship. Rev. James Church in HK and the English Methodist Church
Pan of the Chinese Methodist Church was granted an Hong Kong District.
Ecumenical Scholarship for post graduate study in the 4. The HKCC executive meeting agreed to the merger of
field of theology in New College, Edinburgh. the HK Christian Welfare and Relief Council and the
7. Highlights of this year included the very fine HK World Service, and suggested a new name “The
.
participation of many local churches in the program HK Christian Service”
of Labour Sunday, with the exchange of pulpits by 5. The Council in response to the EACC appeal for the
ministers and lay-people speaking on this subject. relief program encouraged local churches to support
There were also a series of meetings featuring visiting the work and raised HK$2, 654.90 for Vietnam.
persons from Africa, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, England 6. The Council now purchased four floors in the
and the USA. Metropole Building, Peking Road, then known as the
8. An All HK Christian Youth Meeting was held in June HK Christian Center and moved its office into the
1965 at the Chinese Methodist Church, Kowloon. Center on March 1,1967.
After the worship, an open discussion on ‘‘Life of 7. A Leadership Training Institute of four sessions was
Youth in Asia Today”was held. Over 300 young given by the Christian Education Committee in

people from different denominations attended. September, 1966, under the leadership of Dr. R.C.
9. After a long search for alternatives, the Christian Miller of Yale. The average attendance was eighty.
Center Committee decided to purchase four floors, Training sessions on a department basis were made on
with 2,832 usable sq. ft. of space on each floor, in a fine February and March, 1967. About 350 people attended
building now being created at the corner of Peking these sessions.
Road and Hanhow Road, Kowloon. Four Christian 8. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity was again the
agencies wished to occupy space in the Christian occasion for fellowship between Roman Catholic and
Center: the HKCC; the HK Christian Welfare and Protestant churches. The Council and the Roman
Relief Council; the AVEC and the CCLC. Catholic Church joint-sponsored a Bible Exposition
10. In mid-1965, the site for the United Christian Hospital held on Jan 16, 1967 at the City Hall. There were two
was decided. It was a hill in North Kowloon speakers, one from the RCC, other from the Prostestant
earmarked by the HK Government as a free grant and Church.
the site formation was scheduled for completion in 9. Special family services of Family Sunday were held in
1967. A Planning Team included Dr. Paterson, Miss many churches. The Christian Family Life Committee
Chan Wing Han, Dr. Ding Lik Kiu, Mr. John S. sponsored another consultation on Family Life. 72
MacKeith and the Planning Officer as members. representatives representing 13 denominations met on
Three sub-committees were being formed. May 11,1966 at the North Point Methodist Church.
11. World Day of Prayer of 1966 took place on Feb 25 in 10. The Council appointed a delegate to participate in the
the City Hall, one thousand women and a few men Youth Consultation and Training Institute in

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