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5. In the fall of 1969，an Orientation Program was holding discussions on “Some Fundamental Problems
arranged by the Committee on Missionary Orienta­ of Church Union.MThe first discussion dealt with the

tion and Language Study for newly arrived Episcopacy”，and then in other discussion, con­
missionaries at the Shum Oi Church. The program sideration was given to some of the practical
consisted of a presentation of Chinese ways of implication of church union. The Council also
thinking and a discussion on the subject of relations participated with the representatives of the Roman
between missionaries and Chinese. Catholic Church and the English speaking Ministers
6. The Christian Education Committee sent two Group to plan the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
delegates to attend a consultation on Christian held on 18th to 25th January.
Education and Lay Training in Perth in April 1969. A 7. A Joint Committee on Development was formed
Lay Consultation on Lay Training sponsored by the between HKCC and the Roman Catholic Church in
Christian Education Committee was held in October HK after the Asian Ecumenical Conference on
1969 at the Chinese Christian Churches Union, 33 Development in Toyko, July 1970. T he committee’
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representatives participated in the training. The first initial thinking pointed to ‘ducation f〇 r
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Christian Education Sunday was set on the fourth develo pm en t’，‘h e p ro m otio n of social ju stic e ’and

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Sunday of September. HK Kindergarten Teachers’ economic development . The Missionary Affairs

Association held three rallies in this year with an Committee sponsored two evening fellowships
attendance of well over 300 each time. missionaries of churches related to the Council.
7. The United Christian Hospital was now progressing 8. On May 26, the Christian Education Committee set up
speedily towards the time when consultation could a Consultation to consider Christian Education Needs
finally begin. If everything went smoothly and in Hong Kong. At the request of the Committee, the
construction proceed without delays, opening of the HKCC designated the 4th Sunday in September as
hospital would occur in September 1972. Christian Education Sunday.
8. A consultation on “Youth & Marriage”sponsored by 9. April 2, 1971 marked the achieving of another

the Family Life Committee was held at the Ward milestone for the Christian Hospital with the laying of
Memorial Methodist Church, 125 people representing the formation stone by the HK Governor, Sir David
15 denominations participated in the consultation. Trench.
9. The service of WDP was held on the first Friday in 10. During the year, HKCC made three appeals to

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March at the St. John’Cathedral, over 700 people Christian churches and schools to give financial
attended. This year the ICWDP just sent out material support for Biafra, Lao and East Pakistan, the total
and suggestions but did not arrange service. So the collection was 65,396.55.
service for the Whole of S.E. Asia was prepared and 11. During the year, the EACC Youth Consultation on
printed in HK and the translation and printing was Development was held in HK at the Morrison House
done by the CCLC.
during July 2-10, 1970. 64 delegates and consultants
from the E. Asian countries and other parts of the
world participated in the Consultation. The Youth
Committee of the HKCC formed a local arrangement
committee to give assistance in all local
1970-1971 arrangements.
12. During the year, the Christian Family Life Committee
1. The first contract of the Hospital building was signed. held 4 meetings to discuss family problems in HK. The
It was expected that the Hospital would be completed committee also sponsored another consultation on
by the end of 1972. C h ristia n P a re n ts in th e 70s，on 5th M ay, 1971 a t the
2. A second consultation on the Mission of the Church Chinese Methodist Church, Kowloon.
in HK was held at Morrison House, on 4th-5th 13. Once again, a bilingual service of W D P was held
January, 1971 an d w as attended b y 70 church leaders. 5th March, 1971 at 3:00 p.m. in the Chinese Methodist
Many suggestions for action were made. Church, Kowloon. Almost 700 atten d ed . Eight people
3. During the year, the Council appointed to o k p a rt in lead ing th e w orship, no sp eak er (for the
representatives to 10 Ecumenical Conferences which last 3 years), as they represented different countries
held in HK, Japan, Djakarta, Bangkok, Geneva and
Peru. and denominations, the unity of this world-wide day of
4. The Council together with the HKCS sent a total of prayer was emphasised. The offering of HK$1,0 0 0 was
given to the Community Chest of HK. It had been
HK$86,981.76 through WCC to help relieve the decided that HK should participate in the proposed
suffering in East Pakistan and Biafra. 1/10 schem e w hereby 1/10 of th e offering from each
5. During the year, about 200 church leaders from five WDP serv ice sho uld be given to w ards th e expenses of
continents visited HK.
6. The Church Unity Committee of the Council had been the International Committee and kept 1/10 for local
leadership training.

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