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for the Protestants? The theme for this year was "Striving towards a
vision for the next millenium". A sermon outline
- If you agree that the Council should accept the based on passages from Acts, chapters 11-13 and a
invitation by the government and organize prayer were prepared by Rev. CHU Wing-sang and
elections, is your congregation willing to serve as sent to the congregations.
polling station?
III.Human Resources Development
- If you agree that the Council should accept the Department
invitation by the government and organize
elections, will your congregation act as polling Ms. KO Siu-wah is the Department Head and Mr. Philip
station in a "mock election" for the Legislative LAM is responsible for the relevant issues of the
Council to serve as a reference to the Protestant Department.
members of the Election Committee?
Various activities organized by the Department are as
E. Stories of the Poor follows:

During the past year. 16 stories from different A. Project Nehemiah
sectors of Hong Kong were collected. They are about
people who face social exclusion because of poverty Project Nehemiah is a project that concerns the
and other problems. Among them are elderly, churches’ need in Mainland China. Through this
unemployed, new immigrants and a single parent project. Christians in Hong Kong are encouraged to
family. A book with their stories and pictures will be give donations to help rebuild churches in rural
published shortly. Also under preparation is set of areas. As of May 1999. there were 74 churches
material for use in schools and church youth rebuilt under the assistance of this project.
fellowships. Eddie NG Chi-wai, a psychology
graduate and a member of the Methodist Church, Over the past year, HK$853.110 was received and
has been in charge of the project. Its aim is to the following churches were supported:
deepen the understanding of church members and
the public regarding the plight of the poor in our RMB
midst. The project is funded by the 1. Jing H ong C hurch, X ishuangbana, Yunnan 3 0 0 ,0 0 0
CWM/Nethersole Fund. 2. Ge Zhi Ba C h u rch , Lancang C o u n ty, 2 2 ,00 0
Yunnan
F. Research on faith and life of young Christians 3. Zhang Jia W an C h u rch , X ishuangbana, 10,000
Yunnan
What are young Christians thinking about 4. Hu Song Zhai C hurch, C angyuan C ounty. 5 0 ,0 0 0
themselves, their faith, their church and Yunnan
involvement in society? In order to obtain answers 5. Simao C hurch, Yunnan 5 0 ,00 0
to these questions, several leaders responsible for 6. Jingzhou C hurch, Hunan 100,00 0
youth work in the different denominations initiated 7. W anrong C hurch. Shanxi 100,0 0 0
a survey. The survey will ask about the level of 8. Xuanhan C hurch. Sichuang 6 0 ,0 0 0
religious commitment, the views about the church 9. Jin Si M eeting Point, Guangxi 5 0 ,0 0 0
and the value system of young Christians. The 10. Nan M u M eeting P o in t, Guangxi 3 0 ,00 0
Department of Applied Social Studies of the City 11. D ongm en M eeting P o in t, Fujian 7 0 ,00 0
University of Hong Kong has been commissioned to 12. Jin Q i C hurch, Jiangxi 8 0 ,0 0 0
carry out the survey. It is the first time a survey of
this magnitude has been undertaken among young Project Nehemiah Walkathon: This year the
Christians from all Protestant denominations. The Walkathon took place at the Peak Galleria on
Department is grateful to Dr. Dennis S.W. WONG November 21, 1998.
for his efforts to carry out the survey.
Starting from June 1999. Dr. CHAN Kim-kwong will
G. Hong Kong Sunday take responsibility for this project.

Hong Kong Sunday was observed on July 4, 1999.

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