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1. The Joint Ecumenical special donation for U nity
Communion Service and Sunday.
Breakfast Fellowship for the
Clergy B. Declaration on Church Unity

T he S ervice w as held on January
(Please refer to p.83)
23, 1997 at C heung Lo C hurch,
C C C . M ore than 200 clergy and
co-w orkers from the P rotestant C. The Seminar on Church Unity
and C atholic C hurches
In regard to the 1997 issue, it is now
participated. T he Rt. R ev.
even m ore desirable to enhance church
T hom as Soo w as the preacher. A
unity. A sem inar on church unity w as
representative from the C atholic
held to explore the p o ssibility o f unity
C hurch w as one o f the Scripture
am ong different denom inations,
readers, and six representatives
through sharing betw een m em ber
from different denom inations,
churches and C atholic churches. T he
together w ith the service leader,
m eeting took place on D ecem ber 5,
distributed the C om m union
1996 at L utheran T heological
elem ents. It proved to be a very
Sem inary w ith D r. N icholas T ai as
successful event and the spirit o f
coordinator and the chairperson o f the
unity w as enhanced. The
m eeting. F or details, please refer to
breakfast fellow ship after the
the “M essage” 1997 Jan/ Feb issue.
service also provided an annual
opportunity for strengthening our
D. The holding of Essay Competition
relationships. on “Mutual Recognition of Order”
2. Christian Unity Worship T he ecum enical m ovem ent on unity
Service prom otes not only “spiritual u n ity ” but
also “visible u nity” in recognition o f
T he service w as held at K ow loon
m em bership, com m union liturgy and
C entral C orps, the Salvation A rm y
doctrinal issues. In order to encourage
on January 18, 1997. P rotestants
C hristians’ concern about church unity,
from different denom inations
the C om m ittee initiated the essay
jo in ed w ith C atholics to w orship
com petition w ith R ev. L ee C hing-chee,
together w ith one heart. R ev.
the H ong K ong C ouncil o f the C hurch
Josephine T so w as the preacher.
o f C hrist in C hina, R ev. Dr. A ndrew
3. Issuance of a Joint Statement N g, T sung T sin M ission, and T he Rt.
R ev. T hom as Soo, S heng K ung H ui as
A Joint S tatem ent w as issued by m em bers o f the team o f judges.
the C om m ittee and the C atholic A w ards w ill b e offered to w inners as
C hurch and w as presented during encouragem ent.
the W eek o f Prayer.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER (HK)
4. Encouragement for the holding
of Unity Sunday COMMITTEE
T he C om m ittee provided w ritten
prayers and urged m inisters o f E very first F riday o f M arch, m ore than 170
different denom inations to countries and 3.5 m illion C hristians from
exchange pulpits to deepen our all over the w orld participate in the W orld
m utual, understanding and m ake D ay o f P rayer - as ecum enical prayer
v isible the concept o f unity. In m ovem ent.
addition, the C om m ittee also
encouraged churches to take up a T he 1997 W orld D ay o f P rayer Service w as

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