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T urnipseed w as asked to act as G eneral H ong K ong St. John's C athedral. T here w ere
Secretary until another G eneral Secretary w as also services held in the Salvation A rm y
found. Service C hurches, the Svvatow B aptist
3. T he churches in H ong K ong once again C hurch, and the A rm ed Services C hurch. T he
helped to raised nearly H K $40,000 to enable total offering w as H K $2,165.00. 90% of the
the Council to function through the A G M offering w as given to the Sum aga G irls
1974 and to allow tim e to develop a m ore V ocational T raining C enter in Sri Lanka.
perm anent solution to the financial crisis. 6. The Library w as m oved to the C CLC on the
4. Rev. A lan C han becam e A cting G eneral 2nd floor of the C hristian Center. T here w ere
Secretary effective from January 1, 1973 to altogether 1,508 books, including 1,035
A G M 1974. volum es in E nglish.
5. O n M ay 14, 1973, a special G eneral M eeting 7. T he Joint C om m ittee for D evelopm ent m et
w as convened and the revised constitution and m any tim es seeking com m on concerns o f both
by-law s o f the C ouncil w ere unanim ously the Rom an C atholic C hurch and the H K CC.
approved in the m eeting. 8. T he U nited C hristian H ospital w as officially
6. T he C ouncil raised funds for the Sum aga opened by H is E xcellency Sir M urray
G irls V ocational T rain ing Schools in Sri M acLchose, the G overnor o f H ong K ong on
Lanka. D ecem ber 6, 1973.

1973-1974 1974-1975

1- T he new structure o f the H K CC created the 1. To participate in the w orld-w ide churches'
D ivision o f C hristian M ission. In O ctober concern about fam ine, the C ouncil designated
1973, a com m ittee of nine m et for the first Good Friday, M arch 28, 1975, as a day of
tim e. T here w ere four bodies operating under fasting and m editation. Besides collecting
the D ivision: Scholarship, E ducation, Y outh olTerings from w orship services, m any
and Students, and Industrial M ission. churches sponsored "fam ine lunches" to raise
2. T he U nit on Y outh and Students participated funds. M ost churches and C hristian service
in two Y outh E cum enical M eetings during the agencies sent their collections to the H K CC
W eek o f Prayer for U nity, one for fund-raising w hich w ere then forw arded to B angladesh and
for V ietnam , and the other an International A frica through the W CC.
Ecum enical W ork C am p in K orea w ith four 2. T he C hurch U nity C om m ittee initiated and
youths. Tw o A sian Study T ours to V ietnam prom oted a m onthly gathering o f a group of
and T hailand w ere organized for 31 youths C hinese clergym en to discuss a variety of
and students. topics. T he participants took turns to arrange
3. T he Special C om m ittees of the Council the program .
included C hurch U nity C om m ittee, W orld 3. T his year, a variety o f activities took place
D ay o f Prayer, E cum enical Library Com m ittee during the W eek o f Prayer, January 18-25,
and Joint C om m ittee for D evelopm ent. 1975: Pulpit Exchange w as held on U nity
T he W eek o f Prayer took place from January Sunday, January 19; six churches in Tsucn
15 to February 1, 1974. A ctivities included W an held a jo in t w orship service at St. Peter's
pulpit exchange; a fellow ship dinner at the C hurch on U nity Sunday; B ishop G ilbert
C hinese M ethodist C hurch, K ow loon; an B aker invited clergy and m inisters o f all
E nglish service at Y M C A , Salisbuiy Road; denom inations to participate in the Holy
and two E cum enical Y outh C oncerts. A lso a C om m union follow ed by a breakfast
devotional pam phlet w ith m editation and fellow ship on T hursday m orning, January 13,
prayer m aterials for w orship service w as 1975. T he highlight of the w eek centered on
prepared. the M usical W orship Service held on Friday
5. T he services for W orld D ay o f Prayer w ere evening at the C hinese M ethodist C hurch,
held both in K ow loon M ethodist C hurch and Kowloon.
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