This March marks the seventh year of my service at CACC. Brothers and sisters have asked me why they didn’t feel I am resting more during my sabbath. Despite all these years, I am still not good at resting, as God has commanded us to rest. (Now it is after midnight and I’m still writing this report.) Therefore God has given me some small ailments so I must face up to it.

My greatest improvement in serving this year is to focus most of my time in serving small groups. Weekday Church-family Gathering on Thursdays, Bible study class on Fridays, and Sunday School are on my menu every week. Studying the word of God is still my favourite part of serving, and interactive learning with brothers and sisters brings me great joy.

At the end of last year I expressed to the Excom my wish to reduce administrative tasks and focus more on shepherding; this July I officially stepped down as Excom chairman. Change sometimes comes slowly. May God call his servant with the right leadership and administrative skills to lead the church, and may Him give us enough patience to wait.

As for me, I hope in the next year I can serve more faithfully according to the gifts given to me. May God continue to use me.

今年三月，我踏進了在中信堂服侍的第七年。常常有弟兄姊妹問我，安息年為何不覺得我真的多了休息？回顧多年事奉學習得最差的功課，就是上帝要我們停下來的休息（我寫這年報的時間已過了午夜）。上帝唯有給我身體一個警號，讓我不得不面對。

今年牧職上最大的進步便是將大部份時間用在小組教導。週四大家庭，週五查經班，週日主日學，成為了每週的常菜。讀上帝的話仍是我最喜愛的服侍，而能夠和弟兄姊妹有互動地學習，帶給我很大的喜樂。

上年底我向執委會表達想減少行政，專注在牧養的工作；剛剛在七月份正式放下執委會主席的職務。改變，有時候是挺緩慢的。求上帝帶領更有領導及行政恩賜的人去帶領教會，又願我們有足夠耐心等候上帝。

而我，展望來年，更能夠按上帝給我的恩賜專心服侍。求上帝繼續使用。

Four years ago, I was but an inexperienced and unqualified young adult with nothing but a passion and call to minister to young people. Fast forward to now, God has graciously led me to completing a theological degree and given me this precious opportunity to serve, learn and grow within my home church.

My responsibilities are primarily high school aged youth, although during my time here they have been expanded to include both younger children and the English-speaking congregation to some degree. While I treasure the experience gained in these areas, my sense of call has remained with the youth, and I continue to cherish the opportunity to walk alongside them in their faith journeys.

As our young people grow, opportunities arise to nurture their spiritual lives in different ways. There is a saying, “it takes a village to raise a child.” My prayer is that we will be reminded as a church that discipling young people takes more than a few leaders; it asks all of us to reach out, connect and share our experiences and wisdom.

Moving into full-time ministry next year, I hope to dedicate a significant portion of my time to equipping our congregations, leaders and even the students to be leaders themselves.

Blessings!

Pastor Jonathan

四年前，我只是一個沒有經驗、沒有神學訓練的青成，除了感到被呼召去服事年青人和對他們有一股熱誠之外，我甚麼都沒有。到現在，靠着上帝的恩典，我完成了一個神學學位，祂又賜給我這個寶貴的機會，能在母會中服事、學習和成長。

我主要服侍中學生，但服務對象已經擴展到包括一部分較年輕的孩子和英語會眾。 雖然我珍惜在這些領域獲得的經驗，但我的呼召仍然是服侍年青人，我繼續珍視與他們在信仰中並肩同行的機會。

隨著年青人的成長，將會有不同培養他們靈命成長的機會。有一句古話說：「養育一個孩子長大成人，需要一整個村莊的努力。」我的禱告是，作為一個教會，我們會明白，引導年青人不僅是幾個領袖的責任；我們需要所有的人共同努力，分享我們的經驗和智慧。

我將在明年正式開始全職事奉，我希望用大部分時間裝備會眾、教會領袖和學生們，使他們都能成為領袖。

祝福大家！

周之悅傳道

Rethinking Gospel Kids

Due to changing circumstances in Hong Kong, many people have emigrated to New Zealand. They brought with them the hope of a new life as they joined our church.

These new families also brought new thoughts for us. How do we prepare our kids to welcome new friends and help them integrate into CACC? How do we build a Christ-centred group with love that embraces and accommodates our differences?

Thanks to the Lord, these thoughts have deepened my understanding of Gospel Kids. When we are in the love of Jesus Christ, we do not merely help kids learn about God’s word and deepen their understanding of the Gospel. We need to open our eyes and spread the Gospel to every newcomer.

May God bless us with spiritual eyes so that we understand His will. May He grant us wisdom, so that we can build a loving faith community using different methods.

Gospel Kids的再思

由於香港社會的轉變，不少新移民到埗。他們帶著開展新生活的期待，投入教會生活。

新移民家庭的參與，也為我們帶來一些思考。怎樣預備教會的孩子接觸及接待新朋友，幫助他們融入中信家？我們怎樣在基督裡建立相愛的群體，彼此接納和包容大家的不同？

感謝主的引導，這些思考都深化我對Gospel Kids的理解。原來，我們在主耶穌基督的愛裡，不僅透過學習主的話語，深化孩子對福音的認識。同時，神開濶我們的眼界，讓我們知道，福音並非停留在某個個體，而要傳遞到每一個新朋友的生命。

求主賜我們屬靈的眼睛，明白主的心意，又賜我們智慧，能以不同的方式建立愛的信仰群體。

The sermons this year have covered the books of “1 Peter”; and “Jude” :

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

(1 Peter 2 : 9) (NIV)

“But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit. keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.”

(Jude 20, 21) (NIV)

These two scriptures remind us of once again how to cherish our honorable status as children of God in the last days. In addition, the spiritual path is like sailing against the current. If we do not advance, we will retreat. Therefore, we must be holy, thirst for spiritual milk, build ourselves in God’s words, lay a solid foundation in our belief, and keep ourselves in God’s mighty hands until we meet the Lord.

In the service of the Noah Fellowship, I lead the elders in Bible study; teach them how to learn from Lord Jesus’s deeds; how to follow Jesus and learn from Christ; how to follow Jesus’s examples; encourage further understanding of the relationship between the Lord Jesus’s death/resurrection and us; encourage the elders to believe and accept Christ as soon as possible so that they may gain salvation, and have the assurance of eternal life.

The home visits/caring and intercessions have always been major tasks for me and my wife. Every time I visit someone, I can feel the presence of God and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It further familiarizes me with brothers and sisters in a way that we may encourage and support each other.

今年在講壇的服侍， 完成了 “彼得前書” 與 “猶大書” 兩卷書 :

「然而你們是蒙揀選的族類，是君尊的祭司，是聖潔的王國，是屬神的子民，為要叫你們宣揚衪的美德– 衪召你們離開黑暗進入衪奇妙的光明 。」 ( 彼得前書 2 : 9 ) (環球聖經譯本 )

「但是你們呢，親愛的啊，要在你們至聖的信仰上建立自己，在聖靈裡禱告，保守自己在神的愛裡，仰望我們主耶穌基督的憐憫，直到永生。」 ( 猶大書 20, 21 ) ( 環球聖經譯本 )

這兩段經文再次提醒我們，在末世應當如何好好珍惜我們是神兒女這個尊貴的身份。此外屬靈的道路有如逆水行舟，不進則退，所以我們務要聖潔，渴慕靈奶，在神的話語裡建造自己，打穩根基，保守自己常在神大能的手中，直到見主面。

在挪亞團契的服侍上，帶領長者查考聖經，認識主耶穌一生的事跡，學習跟隨耶穌，學習基督，有樣學樣，又要明白主耶穌的死與復活與我們的關係，鼓勵未信的長者，早日接受基督，得著救恩，有永生的把握。

此外探訪關顧，代禱的服侍，一直是我與師母倆人的負擔。每次探訪與關顧，好感受到神的同在與聖靈的引導，藉此加深對弟兄姊妹的認識，彼此互相鼓勵和扶持。