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3. The Youth Committee organized a Youth Consultation in
1979-1980 November 1980, with a special emphasis on social
1. During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, a seminar and a
joint service were organized by the Roman Catholic Ecumenical responsibility. The Committee also envisaged the formation of
different groups of youth from many churches for exploration on
Commission and the Unity Comimttee. The R.C. Bishop and issues of concern in the coming year.
our chairperson Bishop Baker also issued a joint pastoral letter.

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2. The World Day of Prayer Committee organized three services, 4. The Women’ Work Committee continued to convene

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professional women’ luncheons, publish “Church Women”
morning, afternoon and evening on the same day, at St .
Joseph’Church, China Congregational Church and the Central bi-monthly news bulletin, and support the international

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movement of the Least Coins. A prayer circle booklet was
Hall of the Salvation Army. translated into Chinese. Two delegates were sent to attend the
3. The HKCC again launched an annual fund raising campaign, “CCA Consultation on Women and Theology” .
more than HK$350,000 poured into our office, and the money 5. The Prayer for Unity Committee held seven districts
was sent to Kampuchea via the WCC's CICARWS.
4. The Women's Work Committee published a bimonthly bulletin gatherings. The World Day of Prayer was held in three services
“Church Women”； officers for the Women Evangelists and the offering collected was used for hunger relief work in
East Africa.
Fellowship were formally appointed. The Committee also held a 6. The Five Loaves and Two Fish Campaign this year was actively
Chinese New Year Tea Party for Christian Women, hosted
quarterly luncheon meetings for Christian professional women. participated by member churches and schools as well as by
5. The Youth Work Com mittee sponsored a “Youth many evangelical bodies. The total receipt was about four

Representative Conference”in June, 1980 and in November, a hundred thousand dollars and all of which was used for relief
work in East Africa and among Afghan refugees on the Pakistan
“Christian Youth Mission Workshop'
6. Because of the reopening of the churches in Mainland China, 7. border.
1981 was designed a UN Year of Disabled Persons. The
many churchmen from the West had been visiting China via Council's response included the realization of a joint committee
HK. As a result, we received more visitors than ever before. of disabled people for the promotion of their rights.
Increasingly, our staff members were also asked to participate
8. The Chinese Christian Church Delegation visited HK Christian
in church conferences overseas.
7. During the year, we continued to participate in the twice-a-year Churches in 1981.
meeting between leaders of major religious faiths in HK and
joined in the issuing of a Chinese New Year statement.
8. In observance of the International Year of the Child, the Council
sponsored a rally at the City Hall Theatre in April with the 1981-1982
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theme: “Children—Our Hope and Our Responsibility” 1. During the Week of Prayer, and ecumenical communion service
9. The Division of Mission sponsored four seminars between April and fellowship breakfast for church workers was held at St.

and September: Mission Trends of the Church in HK ; The John’Cathedral. An ecumenical service in English also took
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Stance of Christian Church Towards the Problem of Chinese place. The World Day of Prayer services were held on March 5
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Immigrants”，“he Church and the Gospel for the Poor and in three churches in Kowloon, and HK.
“Reflections on the Church and Student Ministry.”Also，a 2. The Council organized an 18 member delegation to visit

series of six half-day seminars on "Stimulating Personal Growth churches in Shanghai, Nanking, Peking and Canton, and were

in Young People”were conducted. received most warmly by the church leaders there. At the same
10. The Consultation on the Mission of the Church in Hong Kong in time, a total of more than two thousand publications were sent

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the 80’was held from Nov. 5-8 at the Church of Christ in to Nanking, Shanghai and Peking.
China Sham Oi Church. 3. The Council gathered more than 50 church leaders and workers
to reflect on the draft of the New Constitution in China,
particularly clauses relevant to religious activities. The result of
the discussion was then sent to the Secretariat of the People’
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1980-1981 Congress via the New China News Agency in Hong Kong.

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1. A lay training program geared at helping local congregations and 4. The year’ campaign of the Five Loaves and Two fish
consisted of a number of evening courses were conducted in Movement was Bangladash. A sum close to HK$250,000 was
Wongtaisin, Shumshuipo, Hunghom and Mongkok for 150 lay also raised for the flood victims in Szechuan. In May,
people from thirty local congregations. In order to facilitate HK$50,000 out of the emergency funds was sent to the flood
cooperation and mutual support among pastors, victims in Tsing Yuen.
attempt was made to bring church workers together through 5. Last year, the major common concern for leaders of the six

pastors’monthly fellowship meetings. major religions in HK was “Moral Education in Schools.”
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2. “he Faith and Life”series made its first appearance: there 6. A Monthly HK Christian Council News-letter in Chinese came

were also innovative retreat and camps for secondary students. into being and was mailed together with “Message” .
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