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materials for use in their own programmes. Saturday, Easter, Ascension Day, Unity
Sunday, Bible Sunday, Health Sunday,
4. RADIO AND TELEVISION MINISTRIES Education Sunday and Remembrance Sunday)
The Council continued to support religious are conducted by people drawn from the major
broadcasting in Hong Kong through supplying English speaking churches on a rota basis and
Rev. Wendell Karsen to the Religious normally aired on RTHK ⑷ on the designated
Broadcasting and Television Advisory days at 11:00 a.m. when they replace the usual
Com m ittee (English) to serve as its Sunday Service broadcast.
Coordinator/Producer, and through supplying
recording facilities in the Communication (B) Television Programmes
Centre. Rev. Karsen is responsible for obtaining 1. Christmas Telecast - a one hour special
speakers, scheduling rotas, overseeing telecast of a Christmas service taped live at
arrangements and producing many of the local English speaking congregation on a rota
programmes listed below. Although the basis and transmitted on Christmas Day. The
broadcasts are done in English, surveys show 1991 telecast was taped at the Kowloon Union
that the great majority of listeners are Chinese Church.
who speak English as a second language. 2. Easter Telecast - a one hour special telecast
(A) Radio Programmes of an Easter service taped live at local English
1. Morning Prayers—a 13.5 minute Monday speaking congregations on a rota basis and
through Friday programme of prayers, transmitted on Easter Day. The 1992 telecast
scripture, reflection and hymns conducted by a was taped at St. Mary's Chapel, Kowloon.
rota of clergy and laypersons from the various
English speaking churches and aired over
RTHK (4) Mondays through Fridays at 9:45 a.m. OTHER EVENTS
The follow ing events should also be
2- Thought for the Week—a weekly early
m orning five m inute program m e of mentioned:
commentary on life from a Christian 1. A Seminar on "Christian Education”
organized by the HKCC and the Federal
perspective conducted by people drawn from
the major English speaking churches and aired Publishing Company was held on April 25,1992
over RTHK (3) on Sunday mornings at 7:30 a.m. at the Salisbury YMCA. More than 60 principles
and religious education teachers attended,
3. Sunday Service—a one hour weekly worship r e p r e s e n t i n g 2 6 s c h o o l s a n d 1 1
service broadcast live from local English denominations/organizations. The Rev.
speaking congregations on a rota basis and Wendell Karsen was the keynote speaker. Book
aired over RTHK ⑷ on Sunday mornings at One and Book Three of the "Faith and Life”
11:00 a.m. series which had been recently revised were
introduced and promoted. Ten thousand copies
4. Sunday Magazine—a 15 minute weekly of the student’s edition of the Good News
religious news programme in a magazine Bibles were ready for schools to order, a project
format utilizing materials from ecumenical jointly coordinated by the Hong Kong Bible
news publications and live interviews Society and the Council.
conducted by Ciaran Kane and Corrine Aldis.
Now it is presented by Robert Gillion and 2. Church leaders and Bible Scholars were
Sue Mullins. The programme is aired over invited by the Council to meet with Rev. Dr.
RTHK ⑷ 〇n Sunday evenings at 10:45 p.m. David Dungan, Associate Editor of the "New
Catholic Bible Commentary" on May 19. The
5. Special Broadcasts—55 minutes specials purpose of the meeting was to suggest
(usually studio produced) that are done to mark potential contributors and ideas to make the
important Christian festivals as well as special commentary more useful to Asian pastors.
days observed by the Christian community
(such as Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Holy 3. After consulting our legal advisor, the
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