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。

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.

 (Translated by Felix Lee)

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。

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.

(Translated by Fandy Au & Daniel Chan)

If I were to sum up 2023 with one word, it would be growth.

It’s been an exciting year seeing this church grow in its desire to know God. This is reflected in an eagerness in our members to build each other up in their spiritual walks – exactly as the body should be working. This has been a great source of encouragement to me and I thank God for what he’s been doing in us.

I’m especially encouraged to see our young people grow in their faith and their enthusiasm to reach out, both to God and to others in the church. It’s a privilege to walk alongside them as they mature in their faith and lives and I pray that we can continue to grow together for many years to come.

I’ve continued my studies this year, auditing one paper per semester at Carey: prophets in semester one, and the Psalms and wisdom books in semester two. I’ve enjoyed learning from the Old Testament and it’s helped me see how Jesus’ ministry fits into the bigger picture of God’s story.

I want to encourage you to be proactive in being examples to the younger generations. I often quote 1 Timothy 4:12: “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” The same is true the other way round: as their elders, we also ought to be setting an example for them. The kind of church you want them to grow up in is the kind of church we need to be building up.

Looking ahead, my primary focus will still be on equipping our students and wider congregation members to be knowledgeable and skillful leaders who love God.  

May God bless you through and through.

Pastor Jonathan

如果我要用一個字去總結2023年，那就是成長。

這是令人感到興奮的一年，看到教會的會眾對認識神的渴望不斷地增長，這反映在我們的會眾在屬靈路上熱心地互相建立 – 這正是教會應有的運作。這對我來說是一個極大的鼓勵，我感謝神為著祂在我們當中所做的一切。

看到我們的年輕人在信仰上的成長和他們積極地尋求神以及在教會熱情地與其他會友相交，我深受鼓舞。在他們屬靈和生命的成長路上我有幸與他們並肩同行，我祈禱在未來的日子我們仍然可以共同成長。

今年我繼續在克里神學院學習，每個學期旁聽一科：第一學期先知書，第二學期詩篇和智慧書。我很喜歡學習舊約聖經，它幫助我看到耶穌的事工如何融入上帝故事的大局中。

我想鼓勵你們積極主動地成為年輕一代的榜樣。我經常引用提摩太前書4章12節的經文：“不可叫人小看你年輕， 總要在言語、 行為、 愛心、 信心、 清潔上， 都作信徒的榜樣。”反過來也是一樣：作為他們的長輩，我們同樣也要為他們作榜樣。我們希望他們在什麼樣的教會成長，我們就要建立這樣的教會。

展望未來，我關注的重點仍然是裝備我們的學生和廣大的會眾，使他們成為愛神並且是知識淵博和有才能的領袖。

願神不斷地祝福你 。

周之悅傳道

(勞健華姊妹翻譯)

Gabrielle Ip

Last year covid had dramatically changed the ministry to a soft approach with much prayer and online support, but this year the caring ministry is back with a more hands on approach.

This year’s two key focuses are welcoming newcomers and caring for the local community. 

There has been an increasing number of attendees in the English Congregation from a range of ages and family stages. Hence there has been a focus on increasing the number of greeters to cater for this growth. We continue to look for more greeters to create a welcoming and friendly environment to newcomers. Furthermore, we are looking to integrate newcomers into the church more easily by inviting them into small groups and to church events. We are also exploring how we can create a setting for all family stages to comfortably attend, especially for young families.

The breakfast team also play a big part into welcoming on Sunday mornings. The team has really stepped up and done a superb job serving heartwarming meals to uplifting servers on Sunday morning and creating a lively atmosphere to help wake up attendees with coffee and tea. 

A trial health care day was undertaken earlier this year. The health day was a high-level check on general health such as blood glucose levels, BMI and blood pressure. Many brothers and sisters from the medical field that volunteered, supported that day. There is still more effort required for caring for the local community, so please pray for this area within the ministry.

Lastly with the growing congregation, pastoral care is an appeal to provide unity and compassion for those that are facing physical and spiritual challenges. Let us lift this to God to provide strength and His answer.

Leader: Jonathan Chow, Ka Yiu Li, Esmond Leung

Members: 28

The Worship band has had a consistent year thus far. We have been blessed with the amount of members in this team which has led to less overcommitment from individual members. This year, we have welcomed Lexi Wong as a singer. It’s been encouraging to also see various members starting to try out different instruments/areas of service within the team. As usual, we will continue to welcome people who are interested in serving in the worship team.

The panel team has been going well. For member changes, Grace Park has left us to embark on her journey overseas, but we welcome Raphael Lee as a new member to the team. We continue to pair up an older and a newer member together on Sundays but recently Raphael and William have stepped up to the challenge to panel together as newer members. We are also learning and trying a new presentation tool.

The band is currently going through a leadership change and Pastor Jonathan has generously taken on the role of Worship Team Coordinator with Ka Yiu staying on in the interim until anyone steps up into this role of leadership. 

The key challenges the band is currently facing are grasping the full meaning of worship, leading the congregation into Spirit-led worship and the unity of the band. With Monday practices being only required by rostered band members, this has detracted us from being aware of each other’s practical and spiritual needs. We will try to organise a band meet up to evaluate on this rhythm of practice and also will organise an end of year event to celebrate the year past. 

We believe that as a worship team, our worship to God comes first whereas music, sound and visuals come second. 

Please continue to put this team in your prayers as we are looking to raise up a new coordinator to lead the worship team.

Caleb Liu

This year in Equip was mainly delivered by Sidney and I as we sought once again to equip our brothers and sisters with further study of God’s words and related aspects of living out our faith. We were able to cover the following topics this year:

• BibleProject classroom series – we finished a year-long series examining the Old Testament as a whole, including the origin of the OT and how it was written, how to interpret biblical narrative and poetry, and how to understand the OT in a more well-rounded way.
• Lectio Divina (meditative Bible reading) – inspired by a sermon that touched on the practice of lectio divina, we completed a short course on how to practise lectio divina effectively.

We hope that in the coming year we are able to connect with believers of all levels and help them continue to grow in their journey with God.

Leader: Sidney Leong

Members: 45 – 50

Connect 4 is the collective name of all the English Ministry Fellowship Groups which gather on Friday nights at church. We strive to experience and respond to God’s love together through building deeper relationships with God and each other, through our fellowship activities.

Connect 4 is represented by 4 groups: ‘TFG’, ‘PassionFruits’, ‘FlaminGO!’ and Youth Fellowship. ‘Agrape’ has disbanded and their members have joined the different fellowship groups in leading or member roles. We have now included the high school youth as part of our Friday night ministry. The theme of “Connect” is still core to our overall mission – to create connections between ourselves, generations, cultures, the church and to God.  

Building connections with the youth has been a primary goal for the past year. We have recently held a successful youth camp where both generations connected very well. We are looking to continue the momentum into the next year by organising more combined nights with each other.

Leadership development has been another focus for our ministry. The leaders of each group convene every 6 weeks to go through “Leadership Essentials” training. This provides a space for leaders to be filled by the Bible, and given space to share and encourage each other as leaders. We are looking forward to another year of spiritual growth and seeing God work in all areas of our ministry!

The past year has been a fruitful one for TFG with a few new members joining. At TFG, we have continued to focus on sharing our daily life struggles and life experiences with each other while supporting each other in our spiritual growth through the sharing. We have recently started a new Prayer Board activity to help encourage us to share our struggles and to help pray for each other throughout the week as well as a way to remind ourselves of our prayers that are answered.

We have enjoyed having more combined activities with the other fellowships over the past year and pray that we will be able to use these connections to serve God in new and exciting ways.

TFG’s focus for the coming year is to continue to foster an environment for sharing and spiritual growth with specific focus on Spiritual Struggles, Sharing how we experience God through our week and Spiritual Disciplines.

Leaders: Tony and Christine

Recently, we reviewed and reflected on the past 8 months of 2023. We started the year with a homegroup potluck dinner, catching up with each other. Throughout the year, our fellowship gatherings took forms in short topical discussions, sharing, home group, games night, worship and prayer. We also took part in activities combined with the other fellowship groups and wider church activities such as the Easter Station. Many of our group members went travelling during this time and we thank God for the safe journeys and enjoyable experiences.

As a group, we share our ups and downs, reach out when needed and strive to encourage one another in our spiritual journeys. We share our spiritual goals, study scriptures and pray for each other. We continue to pray for God’s wisdom and guidance in our group, growing our bond with one another and deepening our relationships with Him.

Leaders: Sean Peh & Sabrina Lau

FlaminGO! is a group of young adults who meet every Friday. Our group is named after the spiritual fire of God and our desire to go(!) share His love.

This year we have welcomed a few new faces to our group, it is truly a blessing to grow and fellowship together with some fresh voices in the mix.

A highlight this year has been watching and discussing The Chosen, an online series based on Jesus’ life, together as a fellowship.

Some of the things we would appreciate prayers for include

• God’s continuous wisdom and guidance for direction as a fellowship
• For us to be able to keep each other accountable on our spiritual habits
• Perseverance in our spiritual disciplines and faith journey

For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them – Matthew 18:20

Lambert Lee / Pastor Derek

中信堂的基督教教育，不單看重聖經的研讀，亦鼓勵弟兄姊妹同樣在神學及實踐課題上學習。

在聖經的研讀上，我們除了由本堂的導師教導新舊約書卷外，近年亦大量借助中神提供的 「延SUN之道」主日學錄影教材，開闊了課程的種類。在本堂導師按學生程度協調下，課程如「耶穌生平」及「舊約神學淺說」大大加深了我們對聖經的認識。

神學科課程方面，有「使徒信經」及對重要教義如「三一神」的探討，亦包括有關宣道會信仰的課程。實踐科則包括對中信堂願景「教會大家庭」及「使命為日常」的思考討論，亦有按需要的一般教會服侍訓練如「小組組長訓練」及「作個聆聽者」。

為了讓慕道者認識耶穌，我們開辦了「啟發課程」及福音查經班，亦經常以「三福」作佈道訓練。為了讓初信者成長，我們相信一對一的栽培最為有效，能幫助初信者健康成長，追隨基督。我們亦在團契中的推動屬靈操練，並盼望在將來有全教會弟兄姊妹都參與的門徒培育。

啟發課程
Sharon Kwong

「然而，人未曾信他，怎能求他呢？未曾聽見他，怎能信他呢？沒有傳道的，怎能聽見呢？」(羅馬書十章十四節)

今年舉行的啟發課程是用中文系列並以廣東話播出，配合了中國文化的元素，讓參加者更能體會當中的背景意義。這個課程是用探討生命，人生意意和信仰作出主導，主要的對象是未信主和初信徒，提供平台讓同學們環繞以上範圍，自由分享及提出問題。今次課堂有八位同學參加，希望大家一起學習，認識福音，建立緊密的關係。

挪亞團契

團長：莫王粵霞，逢星期二上午十時至十一時三十分在教會聚會

週會內容有禱告、信息分享、詩歌、見證分享、專題講座、福音粵曲、查經、健康資訊、福音影片、節日和生日慶祝；運動、讚美操、益智遊戲和旅行等。 

今年有九位長者加入團契，其中有兩位決志信主；兩位接受灑水禮；另一位接受浸禮。此外，有三位團友主懷安息。

藉此致謝弟兄姊妹們的辛勞，他們為聚會預備影音器材、接送長者、帶領活動、領唱、茶點招待、探訪和有需要幫助日常生活的長者。 

感謝陳頌銘牧師帶領團契和查考耶穌生平(1)，讓團友認識耶穌和祂的救贖恩典。

「每早晨，這都是新的；你的誠實極其廣大！」(耶利米哀歌3:23)

溫柔組

聯絡人：Julia Lee，每月第三週在網上聚會 

小組的特色： 

• 有組員一家很多年前回流原居地(美國)和一位經常週遊四方的組員，仍然在Whatsapp group 保持聯繫，彼此代禱
• 6個家庭的孩子年齡相距甚遠，有些已工作多年，有些在海外進修，有些剛開始大學階段，最年輕的仍在中學求學。由此，你可猜想組員的年歲都不會是年輕一族
• 除了去年9月才參加的一對夫婦，和另一個參加了3年的家庭，其餘的都在這組裡超過10年了，彼此都建立了很好的關係

回顧： 

• 由封城開始，小組轉為在 Zoom 聚會，到現在仍然維持在 Zoom 
• 去年年底，我們的隊長 (對組長親切的稱呼) 因健康問題，需要休息，所以小組暫沒有正式的組長
• 但組員都願意繼續每月輪流帶查經和彼此分享代禱，沒有停止聚會 

展望：

• 因還沒有正式的組長，求神在組員中興起一或兩位組長(co-leadership)來帶領小組
• 繼續透過研讀聖經，組員能彼此建立，在信仰上往下扎根，向上結果 (以賽亞書37:31b)
• 組員能建立更密切關係，彼此扶持分擔憂慮，恆切儆醒地一起禱告和為他人代禱

喜樂組

組長：Ben Cheng，每隔三週在教會聚會

過去一年，喜樂組的組員方面沒有太大的變化。遺憾的是梁榮耀弟兄的逝世，讓人深感痛惜。希望大家能在私禱中記念梁家以及Athy，求神賜下安慰。 

今年，小組繼續查考「讓群體發光」這本書。在「彼此激勵的群體」和「慷慨的群體」的課文中，我們進行了開放和深入的討論。期望每位組員在屬靈操練上都能身體力行。 

對於小組的未來，我們的組員都願意配合教會的需要，熱烈歡迎新朋友的加入，一同過著互相守望的團契生活。

良善組

組長：Stephen Liu/Irene Liu，每月最後一週在教會聚會

特色：二十多年前是新人組，現在睿化成收成組。所有組員已洗禮，多人在教會不同的崗位上有事奉，榮耀歸於神。

回顧：近年查考屬靈書籍靈命有長進。組員增加了，改用分組形式去討論，彼此多了分享。

展望：組員不同的經驗和經歷可帶動其他組員，互相發揮，把學習的道理行出來。

和平組

組長：Shirley Tsang，每三週在家中聚會

Peace Fellowship spent most of the year studying a book called Transformational Discipleship by Eric Geiger/Michael Kelley. We enjoyed the book very much as we yearn for spiritual growth within Christ, wanting to live a life that is transformed by the Holy Spirit.

Our group then moved on to Bible study – dived into the book of Philippians and Ephesians. The word of God is full of wisdom. Pray that whichever book we choose next, God will speak to us all and continue to grow in Him day by day.

During Easter, we had fun preparing for the church’s Easter event together. We came up with the idea and work as a team to make it happened – designing, printing, translation, set up the video at church… it was great team work !!

In the last few months, we have decided to gather every 3 weeks on Saturdays. Most of the time we enjoyed lunch or dinner together depends on what time we gather for that week. Other than regular fellowships, our dear brother/sister Ken and Sharon generously open up their home for more social gatherings like hot pot dinners. We want to follow Christ’s example – praying and supporting each other in Christ.

This is my commandment; love each other just as I have loved you. John 15:12

信實組

組長：Raymond Lee，隔週在家中/教會聚會

過去一年各國的關口重開，信實組有好多弟兄姊妹都趁有時間回到自己國家去到探望親人，也有親人到紐西蘭去探望他們。 因此我們都是斷斷續續的聚會。

我們今年開始了馬太福音的查經。每三個星期一次的查經，分別由多位弟兄姊妹帶領分享 。他們分享神的話語時，令我們能從不同的角度去睇馬太福音， 當中帶領查經的弟兄姊妹特別覺得得益最深，因為在預備中，需要深入研究經文和倚靠聖靈的引領。

在往後的日子，我們會一起去尋求神的話語。

同心組

Committee: Elaine Lui, Catherine Yu, Anne Sung and Bobo Leung
小組的特色：成人小組 (40歲以上)

1. 我們每個月第三個星期天下午兩點都有聚會，以查考聖經為主要內容。今年我們選用了查經書 “合神心意的生命” 來配合我們的年度同心目標。

2. 每個家庭輪流在書中選擇一篇主題，然後預備及帶領組員硏讀文章及聖經經文。今年我們更特別勉勵大家每日靈修並分享得著。

回顧：本年的出席人數都很穩定，平均每次有17名組員。2023年一月開始靈修分享，同時亦鼓勵組員參加教會活動和參與教會事奉

2023年度我們的同心目標：投入教會，投入事奉，投入使命

投入教會：今年大家都積極參與崇拜及教會所舉辦的活動如教會聚餐，復活walk-through等。 

投入事奉：今年我們有更多的團友參與兒童主日學侍奉。因應教會的新朋友增加，組員們都願意以開放的態度迎接合適的新朋友加入同心組。

投入使命：組員們都十分響應教會舉辦的Food Bank行動。希望在10月份我們有機會到Food Bank參與食物整理，服務人群。

展望：希望更多組員參加每日靈修分享，如有機會希望可以安排一些活動，讓我們去到社區關心有需要嘅人。

合一組

組長：Richard Leung, 每月第四個星期日在教會聚會

Our fellowship is made up of 5 core families: Vivian/Richard; Kitty/Ben; Bernie/Billy; Michelle/John; and Sara/Fred. Coincidentally, each family has exactly 2 children. So altogether, we are 10 adults and 10 children.  

For the last few years, Sharon and Ken have been mentoring us on our journey of building healthy Christian families. This year, God has called them to serve in other ministries. Although we are sad to say goodbye (although we still see them every Sunday), we are very grateful for their time with us, and wish Sharon and Ken well in their other ministries in CACC. 

This year, we have chosen to study the book “The Good And Beautiful God” as a group. Each month we discover more about the God that Jesus knows, and in that process, we fall more and more in love with Him. Although the focus of the book is on our personal relationship with God, we inevitably drift towards talking about the main thing we all have in common … kids! Our kids range from 3 to 12 years of age, and give us plenty to talk about while we enjoy some takeaway lunch after every 4th Sunday Service of the month and before we start our book discussion. 

Looking forward, we hope to welcome more families with young children to our fellowship, to share the joys (and frustrations) of Christ-centered parenthood.

同行組

組長：吳君賢姊妹(Ella Ng)，每週五在教會聚會

凡靠著他，心裡相信他，就必得著永生。 – 約翰福音 3:16   

回顧過去一年，首先感謝神賜給我們的團契豐盛的恩典和明確的引領；也感謝每一位弟兄姐妹的參與和支持，作為我們團契大家庭的力量泉源！

隨著疫情逐漸緩解，我們的團契也已恢復正常運作。我們能夠再次舉辦面對面活動，體驗實體聚會的喜悅，這確實是神對我們的恩賜。同時，我們也會因應成員的情況，彈性運用實體和網上的混合模式，以保持更靈活的聯繫。

我們的團契仍然保持每週五的聚會，並使用粵語進行。我們的小組成員主要是80/90後的職青，目前共有五位成員。在過去的一段時間裡，我們曾有新朋友加入，同時也有一些人因各種原因參與後不久就離開了。儘管人事不斷變動，我們仍然衷心感謝神，因為祂賜予我們堅定的信心和持續的帶領。這些經歷使我們變得更加堅強與團結。在這個團契裡，我們不僅僅是參與者，更像是一個大家庭，我們彼此分享著信仰的旅程。

在過去的一年中，我們的活動內容非常豐富，包括聖經研讀、靈修、遊戲、分享和禱告，還有一些特別的慶祝活動和聚餐等。透過這些多元活動，我們不僅加強了團契成員間的參與度，同時也更深入地培養了彼此之間的交流和關愛。

在小組中，我們通過祈禱與上帝聯繫，一起查經討論共同分享神的話語，並為彼此提供靈性上的指導和安慰。我們還鼓勵成員參與決策過程，分享意見和建議，激發每個人的潛力和優勢，促進創新，增強團隊成員之間的合作、互動和信任。這使團契成員更加融洽地參與其中，並得以彼此扶持和勉勵。

最近，我們根據成員的需求，改選用「靈命日糧」作為淺白易明的查經資料，並嘗試了新的形式，以促進輪流帶領靈修活動，幫助彼此更容易理解神的話語，增強成員的力量，並使互動更加密切。透過這樣的經歷，我們從主身上體驗到喜樂、盼望、神的恩典和信實！這不僅使我們更加深刻地理解了神的話語和旨意，也豐富了我們在屬靈上的體驗，更見證了神的榮耀和恩典在我們的團契中的彰顯。

遊戲和聚餐成為了我們團隊中重要的元素，它們不僅增添了歡樂和歡笑，還增進了成員之間更緊密的互動和友誼。透過遊戲，我們能夠放鬆身心，釋放壓力，同時培養團隊合作的精神。聚餐提供了一個輕鬆愉快的環境，讓我們共享美食、交流心得，加強團隊成員之間的情感連結和友誼。這些活動不僅提供了歡樂的時刻，也讓我們感謝「耶和華以勒」，並在團契中建立了寶貴的回憶，增進了我們的凝聚力和歸屬感。

展望未來，我們深信藉著上帝的恩典，我們將繼續學習如何在信仰中更深地仰賴主。求主繼續賜下祂的恩典，看顧並引領我們的團契。在主的愛中，我們將彼此守護和扶持，共同成長，謙卑順服，並成為信仰旅程中互相支持的夥伴。讓我們走在神為我們預備的道路上，與祂更加親近，並在屬靈的旅程中建立更堅固的基石。同時，求神揀選合適的新成員加入我們，讓我們能夠分享更多神的愛和恩典！願我們的團契繼續在神的引領下成長，讓一切榮耀都歸於我們的主耶穌基督。阿們！

「凡事謙虛、溫柔、忍耐，用愛心互相寬容」(以弗所書4:2) 使我們能夠遵從聖靈的引導，學習建立充滿愛與和諧的團契。

週四大家庭

聯絡人：Cherie幹事及李傳道，每週四在教會聚會

特色: 

以輕鬆愉快查經，暢所欲言。各人背景年齡大不同，但無阻在主內一起敬拜、聽神的話、分享見證，並在神的愛裡分享祂所賜的食物。

回顧: 

對聖經有長進，在追求神的話語中，帶來不同的觀點與領受。又一起吃午餐，各人精心製作，做的開心，吃的更開心。 

展望: 

讓我們時刻對準上帝，謙卑順服，真摯坦誠，並在敬拜和學習裡把基督的愛活出來。

DBS 小組

組長 : Rebecca Lau

每月第二及第四星期的週三晚上於網上聚會 

我們小組特色是以DBS Discovery Bible Study形式進行開組, 以DBS進行小組是想達到承傳, 傳承主愛, 透過示範帶領, 再由其他組員作帶領, 讓各組員能具體掌握如何以DBS作為靈修及或傳福音, 一起去學習神話語。

我們於2023年6月14日首次開組, 回顧過去也許未有定時聚在一起, 一同享受查經的樂趣。

我們展望大家均在神的話語𥚃，彼此提醒、建立，有更深入的分享, 好讓我們的生命都得著和改變, 互相代禱，彼此支持, 在主內一起成長，盼望各人均嘗試並具體掌握到如何以DBS進行靈修開組。

當更多弟兄姊妹在團契小組中互相關顧，關顧部就可以專注去照顧有特別需要的肢體及其家人。感謝上帝使用關顧部員和眾弟兄姊妹，今年每逢有人患病，或是家庭問題，或是被主接去，都有足夠人手，盡心盡力去陪伴同行，關心代禱。週六的禱告會亦如常的每週聚集分享分擔禱告，今年除了輪流為各事工小組同工代禱外，每月首週加上了主題禱告，如為到弟兄姊妹的屬靈成長禱告等。

健樂坊 (Enrich Gym)

聯絡人：Sharon Kwong

健樂坊今年的重點工作是舉辦一連六個「佳偶？成」婚姻講座，我們有八對夫婦和未婚人士參加，目標是重新認識婚姻的意義，在信仰基礎上，明白如何在婚姻關係中，處理衝突，學習溝通技巧和培養親密關係，讓婚姻關係不斷成長， 彰顯神的榮耀，帶來給家庭和他人的祝福！

另外，我們也協辨了「社會服務工作職業發展」講座，為有興趣人士提供這項工作的入職渠道，大約有十八人參與。希望不久將來，我們可以舉行一些相關的研討會，為弟兄姊妹和本地社羣提供適切的幫助和服務。

健腦俱樂部(HBH)

聯絡人：Julia Lee，聚會時間：逢星期三10至12時 (學校假期休息)

1. 成立過程：
2. 2021年8月— 政府的長者局 (Office for Seniors) 「長者友好基金」(Seniors Age Friendly Fund) 開放申請，讓各非牟利機構發展對社區長者有貢獻的項目。因此緣故，李俊傑傳道、社工Mandy Ho 和 Julia Lee 都想設計一些社區活動來幫助長者預防認知能力下降、或延緩腦退化症患者病情的惡化。雖然申請這基金未能成功，但轉折中卻在2022年3月成功申請到獎券社區基金和豪域區議會的資助，因此可以成立HBH 
3. 2022年4-5月—成立工作小組，除了以上3位成員，加入了Dr. Cannis Tse(提供專業知識)、林爽(教育顧問)、Christine Wong、 John Chee和Cindy Wai(東浸) 
4. 2022年6-7月—在東區各華人教會和社區宣傳招募義工，有13位完成由Mandy和 Cannis負責的訓練（共4次） 
5. 2022年8月10日—舉行第一次聚會，有13位參加者，都是從各教會和社區宣傳得知HBH的成立
6. 2023年8月9日—一週年紀念，共舉辦43次，最低出席人數7人，最高出席人數32人，這年裡共有71人報名參加。但義工由一開始的13位變只剩下6位。
7. 目標和特色：  
8. HBH期望透過「腦健康」活動，加強社區連繫，推廣社區對「腦健康」的關注，加強對患有腦退化症的長者的包容和體諒
9. 參加者稱為「腦友記」，義工稱為「同行者」。腦友記人數不斷加增，都是因為已參加的腦友記和同行者不斷大力推介吸引而來的。其中有班腦友記「粉絲」 從第一次聚會到如今，仍興致勃勃地每週來玩桌遊，他們的名句是：「最好日日都喺星期三！」
10. 活動進行時只用廣東話，讓腦友記有親切感：如果使用兩種語言，患有腦退化症的腦友記可能會有混淆感覺
11. 每週的活動包括運動 (強健身體)、集體遊戲 (建立友誼) 和桌遊(動腦筋記規則、思考製勝策略、彼此交流、等等)
12. 使用桌遊的主要原因，是桌遊對長者的認知能力有保護的作用，因桌遊設計多樣化，變數繁多，要不斷思考部署，這會提高他們的「認知儲備」 (cognitive reserve)，而有研究發現若「認知儲備」較多，長遠可能有助減慢認知能力衰退和延緩腦退化症的惡化。 
13. 展望：
14. 感謝神，賜我們一個滿有熱誠的工作小組，常常得到Mandy 和 Cannis的鼓勵和建議，其他成員就盡用他們的恩賜彼此配搭來帶領HBH，求神讓我們在以後的日子能將HBH的功用發揮得更好
15. 期望能繼續維繫現有的同行者不至流失，讓他們在陪伴腦友記的同時，個人亦會有得著及成長
16. 需要招募更多同行者以配合不斷加增的腦友記，已計劃在9月尾10月初的學校假期間進行第二次訓練，由Mandy負責。求神賜我們願意學習玩各種桌遊的同行者，當受訓後能教導玩法和陪伴腦友記一起玩，祝福社群
17. HBH成立時有一個願景，能發展一個桌遊圖書館，希望在來年可以做到這點
18. 有一兩位腦友記因參加HBH而成為挪亞團成員，亦有來參加崇拜的，祈求神讓我們的言行能為主耶穌作見證，能帶領更多人相信祂，得到救恩

HBH – Seniors Healthy Brain Hub (Cantonese) 

Meeting Time: Every Wednesday 10 am-12 noon (during the term)

Contact person: Julia Lee

1. Setting up process
2. August 2021 – Office for Seniors announced that the Seniors Age Friendly Fund was open for application to any non-profit organisations that could develop projects benefiting seniors in the community. This inspired Pastor Derek, Mandy Ho (Social Worker) and Julia Lee to design some community activities to help prevent the decline of cognitive ability among seniors, or slow down the decline in memory and thinking of those diagnosed with mild to moderate dementia. Although our application was unsuccessful, we managed to received funds from the Lottery Community grant and some funds from Howick Local Board in March 2022. Thus HBH could be set up.   
3. April to May, 2022 – A working group was being set up. Dr. Cannis Tse (provides expertise about dementia), Song Lam (Education Advisor), Christine Wong and John Chee (from CACC) and Cindy Wai (from PCBC) joined the above 3 members. 
4. June to July, 2022 – We recruited volunteers through promoting in the community and the Chinese churches in East Auckland. 13 volunteers completed the 4 trainings led by Mandy and Cannis.  
5. 10 August 2022 – 13 participants turned up for our first meeting. Again we promoted this in the community and the Chinese churches in East Auckland.
6. 9 August 2023 – This was our first anniversary. We had 43 meetings and 71 people did sign up during the past year. The lowest weekly attendance was 7 while the highest was 32. However, we only have 6 volunteers left.
7. Aim and Special Features
8. Through brain health activities, HBH aims to build strong community relationships, promote the awareness of brain health, and increase our inclusiveness and consideration for seniors with dementia
9. The participants are called 「腦友記」(literal translation is “brain friends”) and the volunteers are called 「同行者」(meaning we “brain” alongside them in this journey). The number of participants increased steadily as the current members recommended HBH highly to their friends. We have some “fans” who came on the very first week and still continue to come every week looking forward to playing the board games enthusiastically. They keep saying, “It would be so good if it’s Wednesday every day!”
10. We only use Cantonese during the activities to make participants feel welcomed. Also, it will not create confusion for those with dementia if two different languages are used.  
11. The weekly activities include exercises to maintain physical stamina, group games to develop friendship and board games to stimulate the brain through learning the rules, thinking of winning strategies and encouraging communication, etc.
12. The main reason for playing board games is because this can help to maintain the cognitive ability of the seniors. Board games are very diverse in their design and learning various games needs the participants to keep using their brain. This contributes to raising their cognitive reserve. Studies have found that the more cognitive reserve we have, it may help to slow down the loss of cognitive ability and prevent the rapid decline in memory and thinking of those diagnosed with mild to moderate dementia in the long run.
13. Looking ahead
14. Thank God for providing us with a passionate working group. Mandy and Cannis regularly encouraged us and gave us suggestions. All other members worked in unity and used all their gifts to lead HBH. Pray that God will enable us to truly fulfil the aims of HBH
15. Pray that we can develop a stronger relationship with the current volunteers and encourage them to continue in their serving. We hope that they will gain more knowledge and have personal growth 
16. We need to recruit more volunteers to serve the growing number of participants. During the upcoming term break, Mandy will provide 2 weeks of training. Pray that God will provide us with volunteers who are willing to learn to play board games and will be able to teach the participants how to play and play alongside them after the training.
17. One of the visions of HBH is to develop a board games library. We hope that we can do this in the coming year
18. Through participating in HBH, a few participants also joined Noah Fellowship and some attended the Sunday service too. Pray that God will enable us to witness for Christ in our words and deeds so that more people will believe in Jesus and receive His saving grace. 

Up & Grow is our Sunday morning worship for pre-teens (Y5-Y8) and gives them a space to worship and learn about Jesus in a fun and engaging way. We teach important biblical truths and combine it with encouraging the children to explore what it means that God wants to have a personal relationship with them.

This year we’ve grown and have on average 12-13 children each week. This is a significant number and we are actively looking for more people to serve in this area.

I want to especially acknowledge our teachers and helpers for their dedication to serving in this ministry: Tommy, Richard, Andy, Michelle, Ying Ying and Wendy. Their perseverance has allowed us to push through the many challenges and lets us continue to serve children in this space.

Up & Grow 是專為進入青少年期之前的孩子（ 5 至 8 年級）而設的周日上午的崇拜。我們期望他們透過這個平台，以有趣且能投入的方式去認識耶穌。我們不但教導重要的聖經真理，而且鼓勵孩子去探索上帝是如何渴望與他們建立關係。

今年我們的人數增長了，平均每周有 12-13 個孩子。針對這需要，我們正在積極尋找更多的義工在其中擔任服事。

我要特別感謝我們的老師和義工。Tommy, Richard, Andy, Michelle, Ying Ying 和 Wendy 一直投身於這個事工。他們的堅持使我們能夠克服許多挑戰，並讓我們繼續服事這個年齡層的孩子。

（Candice Choi, Daniel Choi翻譯)

Milk Tea (青年主日學)

Milk Tea is our Sunday morning programme for Y9-Y13 students. This year has seen a lot more stability and we have transitioned this group more firmly into the Sunday school space, exploring a variety of topics together – key spiritual disciplines, practical issues relating faith to everyday life, and the Gospel of Mark.

We believe solid biblical truths are a key pillar of our faith and there is a need for a clear understanding of who Jesus is and the message of the gospel. Each Sunday after our worship service, we have this time to equip our young people with the knowledge and skills to foster a robust and resilient faith.

Our numbers continue to grow and we now average more than 16 students each week. With more and more students heading to university, we are continuing to look at options for reorganising this space.

I want to thank Michael, Shirley, Gabby for their continuous commitment and dedication to creating a fun, nurturing space for our youth. This year, Gabby has stepped down from her role, but we are excited that several new people have put their hands up and are looking to perhaps step into this area.

Please be praying for this ministry!

「Milk Tea」是專為 9 至 13 年級的學生所提供的周日上午課程。今年由於出席人數更加穩定，所以我們更加肯定地將這個小組轉移至主日學時段，並讓孩子們一起探索各種主題——培養屬靈上關鍵的紀律、在日常生活上實踐信仰，並閱讀馬太福音。

我們相信堅固的聖經真理是信仰的關鍵支柱。孩子們需要清楚地認識耶穌和福音的信息。每個主日崇拜結束後，我們都會利用這段時間裝備年輕人，讓他們明白聖經的真理和實踐，從而培養他們堅定而有活力的信仰。

我們的人數持續增長，現在每周平均有超過 16 名學生。隨著越來越多的學生進入大學，我們正考慮如何重組這個小組。

我要感謝 Michael, Shirley 和 Gabby 持續的委身和奉獻。他們為我們的年輕人創造了一個有趣且獲得培育的空間。今年，Gabby 逐步退出她的角色，但很高興有幾位新人站出來並希望進入這項事奉。

請為這個事工禱告！ （Candice Choi, Daniel Choi翻譯)

Youth Fellowship (青年團契)

Our Youth Fellowship meets every Friday evening and provides a vibrant space for youth and university students to meet and journey together as they grow in faith and knowledge of Jesus as our personal Lord and Saviour. 

This year, the group has been led by Michael and Ps Jonathan. As with many of our church groups, we have had a lot of new members and the group has grown to 14 members on average each week. Although there have been many challenges, we are grateful for the relationships that have developed and the way we have been able to encourage and support our young people.

Our main focus this year was to connect the younger generation with the English-speaking adults. We created opportunities for the adult fellowships to interact with the youth through combined events such as games nights, worship nights or simply leading a discussion. All of this culminated in our Youth Camp which really brought our relationships to a new level.

Thank you to all the fellowship leaders for supporting our initiatives, and especially to the camp leaders who sacrificed a lot to make it possible: Lexi, Wes, Celeste, James, Jo, Elim, Shirley and Sidney.

Heading into 2024, we are looking at options to restructure the group to ensure that even with the increase in numbers we are able to provide care and support to every young person who joins. Please pray for us!

Youth Fellowship (青年團契)

我們的青年團契設在每週五的晚上，為青少年和大學生提供了一個充滿活力的平台，讓他們可以聚會並同行，在信仰中一起成長，更認識耶穌是如何成為我們個人的生命之主和救主。

今年，該小組由 Michael 和 Jonathan 傳道帶領。像教會的許多團契一樣，我們加添了很多新成員，平均每週增加到 14 人。儘管面臨許多挑戰，我們感恩彼此之間已經建立了關係，因而能夠鼓勵和支持這些年輕人。

我們今年的重點——是將年輕一代與說英語的成年人聯繫起來。通過遊戲之夜、崇拜之夜或只是帶領討論等綜合活動，我們為成人團契與年青人之間的互動創造了機會。這一切在我們的青年營中達到頂峰。營會確實將我們的關係提升到了新的高度。

感謝所有團契領袖支持我們的倡議，特別感謝為達成以上目標而作出無比犧牲的營地領袖：Lexi, Wes, Celeste, James, Jo, Elim, Shirley 和 Sidney。

進入 2024 年，我們正在考慮重組團契的方案，以確保即使人數增加，也能夠為每一位加入的年輕人提供關懷和支持。請為我們祈禱！

（Candice Choi, Daniel Choi翻譯)

感謝天父讓一班弟兄姐妹願意在建堂小組中服侍，其中有Stephen Tsang, Jacky Leung, Michelle Chan, Tony Fan, Billy Ho, Raymond Cheng 及 Ben Mak. 他們各有專長，在建堂的事能夠互相配搭。

感謝天父讓一切初步檢測能夠順利完成，可以開始準備新堂的初稿。祈求上主能幫助建築師團隊能夠有聰明智慧去完成。

求主讓教會有同心，為建堂工程不斷禱告，去尋求主的心意，亦為教會能夠有足夠的金錢去支持擴堂計劃。

求主讓教會能夠盡量利用現有的有限空間，去支持日漸增多的事工，各人能夠互相體諒，看別人的需要比自己更多。亦可以在週間多利用教會去支持社區的需要。

Thank God that we have a team of brothers and sisters willing to serve in the construction group, including Stephen Tsang, Jacky Leung, Michelle Chan, Tony Fan, Billy Ho, Raymond Cheng and Ben Mak. They all have their own expertise and can complement each other in the building project for our church.

Thank God for allowing all the necessary preliminary tests to be completed smoothly, and we can start preparing the first draft of the project. Pray that the Lord can help the architect team to complete it with wisdom.

Ask the Lord to let the Church congregation all have the same heart, keep praying for the construction project; seek the Lord’s will, and also have enough money for the Church to support the expansion plan.

Ask the Lord to let the church make full use of the existing limited space to support the increasing ministries . Everyone can understand each other and see more of others’ needs than themselves. We can also use the Church spaces to support the needs of the community during the week.

We would like to use this chance to appreciate everyone who has participated in bridging between the two languages in CACC in the past year. As we grow as one church and have more interactions between different generations, there are more opportunities to use your language gifts to serve each other, on stage or off stage. This could also be a great place to be trained for future outreach or mission work to different ethnic groups. Please contact us if you want to be part of the team.

Interpreters: Joyce Leung, KaYiu Li, Lambert Lee, Julia Lee, Stephen Tsang

Translators: Anna Tam, Candice Choi, Daniel Choi, Daniel Chan, Fandy Au, Felix Lee, Julia Lee, Kathy Lao, Lewis Chow, Michelle Cheung

Our overall operational expenses (i.e. for CACC and CACC Trust collectively) has increased by 34% compared to last year. Although a large increase, this was still 8% less than what we had budgeted for. 

全年平均營運支出(即中信堂及中信堂信託基金的總支出)跟去年比較增加了34%。增長是比較大，但仍然是比預算少8%。

A breakdown of our operational expenses is set out below:

以下是營運支出的分配:

Key drivers for the above figures are as follows:

1. Both General and Ministry expenses were significantly higher compared to last year’s actuals as 2021-2022 was heavily impacted by COVID for the first half of the church financial year. This meant a lot of church activities could not take place hence spending was artificially lower than normal.
2. Decrease in Pastoral expense compared against budget was the biggest driver for spending below budget. This was due to not being able to hire an English Lead Pastor (which was included in the budget).

上述支出數據的主要因素 :

1. 一般支出及事工支出跟2021-2022實際比較明顯高出很多，因為2021-2022首6個月的財政年度受到疫情嚴重影響，很多教會活動未能進行，以至支出低於正常水平。
2. 教牧薪津的減少是支出低於預算的最大因素。原因是仍未能聘請到英語主任牧師(去年預算已包括這項)。

We are expecting the coming year to remain tough from a financial perspective, but we remain confident that God will supply our every need. 

The key call outs in expenditure are as follows:

• We are continuing to look to recruit an English Lead pastor as that remains an area of need. We remain faithful that God will provide the suitable candidate in His time.
• We have included some budget for a leadership retreat and youth camp for the coming year.
• There are some large capital expenditures ($113K) anticipated for this coming year. This includes continuing the initial preparatory work for our building expansion, as well as upgrades to our ventilation system to better improve air flow. Although these are large sums, these activities represent an investment by the church to better support the increasing number of congregants attending church and using the facilities.

預計來年的財政狀況仍是艱難的，但我們仍然相信上帝會供應我們一切所需的。

主要支出如下 :

• 要繼續招聘英語主任牧師，因教會需要一位帶領的牧者。我們仍然相信上帝會在祂的時間裡，為我們預備合適的牧者。
• 預算費用給來年的領袖退修會及青年營
• 預計來年會有一筆大額資本支出($11.3萬)，這包括繼續進行擴堂的初步評估工作費用，以及將大堂通風系統升級以改善空氣流通。雖然這兩項是很大的支出，但教會人數不斷增長，這些投資可以改善場地的使用。

Apart from the above, there are no other material anticipated changes in our operational and capital expenditure.

除以上各項開支，預計營運及資本支出不會有其他重大變化。