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The Department provided The 1998 World Day of Prayer
written prayers and urged Service was held on March 6 at St.
ministers of different Mary's Church (Anglican). The
denominations to exchange theme was "Who is My Neighbor?"
pulpits to deepen our mutual The worship materials this year were
understanding and make visible prepared by the women of the
the concept of unity. In Malagasy Republic and revised to fit
addition, the Department also the local context by the working
encouraged churches to take up group assigned by the Committee.
a special donation for Unity The Committee invited Rev. D「. LO
Sunday. Lung-kwong to deliver the message
during the service. The music was
2. Spiritual Experience Sharing provided by a joint women's choir
from different churches, conducted
The Sharing took place on by Mrs. Josephine WONG. This
November 15, 1997 at Lutheran year there was also a special
Theological Seminary. Archbishop sharing delivered by Ms. Mary
Nikitas Lulias from the Orthodox CHEUNG. Approximately 350
Church, Fr. Giles CHONG from the participants of different nationalities
Catholic Church and Mr. HO Po- were reminded of how to respond to
sang from the Protestant Church God's calling through this
were invited to share and to lead in meaningful worship.
experiential exercises. In addition,
Rev. Patrick CHAN was also invited In order to promote the Service, a
to lead the meditation. Promotional Meeting took place on
Approximately 80 people attended January 9 to highlight the
the meeting. importance of the Service.

3. Essay Competition The Committee donated the offering
to the Church of the Malagasy
The judging of the essay Republic to help develop women's
competition took place in December work.
1997. Dr. KWOK Hung-piu was
given the award with his essay II. Christian Mission and Social Concern
entitled "Faith and Order Movement Department
and Bilateral Dialogue on
Ecumenics in Recent Years". The This Department involved the former
essay was published in "Message" in Christian Mission Committee, Social
the March and April issues. Concern Committee, Women's
Committee and Youth Committee.
World Day of Prayer (HK) Activities included the following:
Committee
1. New Immigrants
Every first Friday of March, more
than 170 countries and 3.5 million Starting from 1995 the daily quota for
Christians from all over the world immigrants from the mainland to
participate in the World Day of Hong Kong has been 150 persons a
Prayer - as ecumenical prayer day. The new arrivals face many
movement. hurdles such as unfamiliar

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