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understand the life o f the local people. T his They w ere M s. T ung K am -seung, social w orker
w ould help prom ote concern in H ong K ong for o f the C hinese Y .M .C .A . and Rev. C hau K w ok-
needy countries and provide an avenue for cheong, pastor o f the M a O n Shan T sung T sin
sharing resources. C hurch. T he sem inar focused on the local social
developm ent and life o f youth and theological
T he first country visited w as B angladesh. T he reflection on the problem s o f the poor.
team w as w elcom e by the C hristian C om m ission
for D evelopm ent in B angladesh (CCD B). T he 14
The World Day of Prayer (HK)
participants, led by Rev. W ong K in-nam and
Committee
Staff M iss Lily Lau, visited som e developm ent
centres that serve rural areas. T he tour visited
the follow ing from July 25 - A ugust 1， 1994: Every first Friday o f M arch, m ore th an 170
countries and 3.5 m illion C hristians from all over
a. Rural Development Program the w orld participate in the W orld D ay o f Prayer —
an ecum enical prayer m ovem ent.
T he tour w as accom panied by the staff o f the
CCD B and visited 3 local developm ent centres,
the co-operative society and the ham let that The m ovem ent w as initiated by w om en but now has
join ed the developm ent program . T he villagers rapidly changed as the years have passed. It has
extended a w arm w elcom e and gave reports on brought closer relationships and deepened m utual
understanding betw een people o f different genders,
their service and training.
races, cultures and backgrounds.

b. Fishing Development Programs T he 1994 W orld D ay o f Prayer Service w as held on
T he tour visited along the coast o f the South- M arch 4 ， 1994 at T suen W an G race L utheran
C hurch. T he them e w as "Go, See and Act". T he
E ast Province and C ox's B azaar. T he focal
point w as the com m unity-based C alam ity w orship m aterials this year w ere prepared by
P reparedness and R ehabilitation Program s. w om en in Palestine w ho geographically are
T hese program s w ere set up specifically to surrounded by Europe, A sia and A frica. Palestine
provide service to the areas dam aged by the is also hom e to the three m onotheistic faiths,
tidal w aves and typhoons. nam ely Judaism , C hristianity and Islam . T he
Palestinian w om en m ade a declaration to C hristians
c. Headquarters of CCDB all over the w orld that despite the fact that they are
living in a place full o f struggle for pow er, they
T he headquarters are located in the capital city
of D haka, and the tour w as received by Dr. still seek peace and justice in order to build a free
Susanta A dhikari, G eneral Secretary. He nation.
inform ed the group that C CD B serves about ten T he C om m ittee invited Rev. Lo L ung-kw ong,
M inister-in-charge o f the C hinese M ethodist
thousand groups and about two thousand co­
C hurch, to deliver the m essage during the Service.
operative societies, directly im proving the lives
o f fifty thousand fam ilies. T he m usic w as provided by a fifty-person jo in t
choir from tw elve different churches, conducted by
M s. Au Y eung Tung-yee. A pproxim ately 250
T he participants found the study tour very
inform ative and inspiring and it w as participants of different nationalities enjoyed the
Service. It w as a m eeting that encouraged the
suggested that future tours be sponsored by the
C ouncil. im portance o f m utual concern and revealed the
urgency of w orking for the K ingdom o f God.
2- A ttendance at International C onference
T he offering w as donated to the "Project
Two m em bers o f the Y outh C om m ittee attended N chcm iah" o f the C ouncil to support the
the R ural Y outh Program in K andy, Sri L anka reconstruction o f churches in M ainland C hina.
sponsored by the C hristian C onference o f Asia.

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