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(c) The delegation of representatives for
The Committee donated the offering to the
consultation
Church of Indonesia to help develop women's
The Council delegated two representatives work.
to attend the Asian Ecumenical Course
during May 12 to June 12, 2000 in 3. Relationship with other religions
Indonesia, invited by the Christian
Conference of Asia. They are Ms. Lin Sau- It is the Council s practice to maintain good
kuen and Mr. Chan Chiu-yuen from Chung relationships with other religions through
Chi Theology Division, the Chinese communication and cooperation so as to
University of Hong Kong. enhance mutual understanding. Therefore,
the Church Unity and Relations Department
2. World Day of Prayer not only helps promote unity among Christian
churches (the Catholic Church, the Orthodox
The World Day of Prayer (HK) Committee is Church and the Protestant Church), the
responsible for the promotion of the Council also takes part in the Colloquium of
international movement. Ms. Sheree Wong Six Religious Leaders (Protestant Christian,
was the Chairperson of the Committee during Roman Catholicism, Buddhism, Islam, Taoism
the period of June 1999 to May 2000. Rev. and Confucianism) to actualize the mission of
Tam Wai-man is the Chairperson starting from the international ecumenical movement.
June 2000 to May 2001.
Events are listed as follows:
Every first Friday of March, more than 170
countries and 3.5 million Christians from all (a) The meetings of “The Colloquium for Six
over the world participate in the World Day of Religious Leaders"
Prayer - an ecumenical prayer movement.
Two meetings took place on November 11,
1999 at the Confucian Academy and on
The 2000 World Day of Prayer Service was held
May 25, 2000 at the Chinese Muslim
on March 3 at the China Congregational
Cultural & Fraternal Association
Church. The theme was “young Woman, respectively. Rev. Li Ping-kwong, Rt. Rev.
Stand Up”. The worship materials this year
Thomas Soo and Rev. Eric So represented
were prepared by the women of Indonesia and
the Council to attend.
revised to fit the local context by the working
group assigned by the Committee. The
(b) Chinese New Year Gathering
Committee invited Rev. Paul Ng to deliver the
message during the service. The music was The Chinese New Year Gathering was
provided by a Joint Church Women's Choir hosted by the Confucianists and took
from different churches, conducted by Mrs. place on February 24 with more than 100
Josephine Wong. Approximately 350 people in attendance. The Ist Vice-
participants of different nationalities attended Chairperson Rt. Rev. Thomas Soo gave a
the Service. speech on behalf of the Council. The
Lunar New Year Message was presented
with the theme of encouraging the public
In order to promote the Service, a Promotional
to g'ive attention to Chinese traditional
Meeting took place on January 7 to highlight
values including ethical behavior and
the importance of the Service.
family responsibility.
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