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Give thanks and let us build the future together

Give thanks and let us build the future together

Written by Editor1

2023.06.10/11

From the Pastor’s Desk:Rev. Collins Kung

Dear brothers and sisters of RCAC,

February 2, 1991 was a turning point in my life. With the feeling of reluctance, I said goodbye to my grandparents, parents, younger brothers and sisters and I immigrated from Hong Kong to Vancouver with my wife and her family.

On the day we arrived, a good friend of my wife happened to come to Vancouver from Toronto to visit her fiancé. We contacted her and arranged to meet up to worship on Sunday, February 3. Her fiancé picked us up and we came to Richmond Chinese Alliance Church. Looking back on this incident is amazing, none of us had visited RCAC before, it was just because her fiancé said that he wanted to listen to Rev. David Ng’s preaching, and Rev. David Ng was the senior pastor of RCAC at that time. RCAC became the first church I worshiped in Canada. From that day on, my wife and I stayed in this church family until today. I firmly believe that this is God’s leading. I also believe that every brother and sister who comes to RCAC has their own story and God’s guidance.

This year, RCAC celebrated its 46th anniversary. Although we lack a senior pastor, and the pastor of the English Ministries has also left; the entire pastoral team was willing to go the extra mile. The elders work closely with the pastoral team to keep the ministries of the church going. I am especially thankful for the following things:

  • As the covid-19 pandemic subsides and social life returns to normal, most fellowships have resumed in-person gatherings.
  • Since March this year, God has led Brother Frank Law to join our staff team as a part-time custodian. The cleanliness of the church has gradually improved.
  • Since May, God has prepared sister Phoebe Yeung to be our part-time co-worker to assist the development of AYAYA ministries.
  • We currently have three seminary interns, helping them to obtain internship opportunities in RCAC and training workers for the Kingdom of God.
  • With the increase of group members and the attendance has stabilised, Samuel small group has officially become a fellowship,
  • In terms of children’s ministries, the VBS will be resumed this year, hoping to reach more unchurch families.
  • The Tsawwassen Ministry remains stable, the Cantonese Bible studies will begin in September.
  • The Mandarin Alpha Course ended this past Thursday, and the Cantonese Alpha Course began smoothly on Monday this week.
  • The church is planning to hold evangelistic meetings and arrange short-term mission trips in the fourth quarter of this year.
  • We are now planning to resume summer camp in 2024.

We are so exciting for all the above thanksgiving items…

Brothers and sisters, as a member of the RCAC family, what do you have to be thankful for the RCAC?

The development and promotion of various ministries depends on the joint participation of brothers and sisters. Let us be thankful and join hands to hands to build the future together.

Your servant in Christ,
Pastor Collins Kung

教牧心聲

齊來感恩，共建未來

Written by Editor1

2023.06.10/11

親愛的列宣家弟兄姊妹：

一九九一年二月二日是我人生的轉捩點，我帶著依依不捨的心情與我的祖父母、父母親、及弟妹道別，我和太太(師母)並她的家人從香港一起移民來到溫哥華。

到步當日，剛好師母的好朋友從多倫多來到溫哥華探望她的未婚夫，我們聯絡上她並相約在二月三日星期日到教會崇拜，她未婚夫就來接載我們，來到列治文華人宣道會崇拜。回想這事真是奇妙，我們四個人從未踏足過列宣家，只因她未婚夫說想要聽吳主光牧師講道，而吳牧師就是當時列宣家的主任牧師。就這樣，列宣家便成為我第一間在加拿大敬拜的教會。從那天起，我和師母就留在這個大家庭，直到今日。我深信這是神的帶領。我亦相信每一個弟兄姊妹來到列宣家，都有他們的故事，都有神的帶領。

今年列宣家已進入第四十六週年，雖然現在我們還未有主任牧師，英文部牧者亦離了職。然而，整個教牧團隊都願意多走一里路。長老們和教牧團隊緊密合作，讓教會事工繼續推進。我特別為以下事情感恩：

  • 隨著covid-19疫程減退，社會生活復常，大部分團契已回復實體聚會。
  • 從今年三月開始，神帶領羅向輝(Frank)弟兄加入我們的事奉團隊，成為部分時間堂務同工，教會的整潔漸漸改善。
  • 從五月開始，神預備了李楊敏賢(Phoebe)姊妹成為我們的部分時間同工，協助AYAYA事工的發展。
  • 我們現有三位神學院實習生，幫助他們在列宣家獲得實習機會，栽培神國工人。
  • 我們的撒母耳少年小組，隨著人數加增及出席穩定，現已正式升格為團契。
  • 兒童事工方面，今年復辦VBS暑期聖經班，盼望能接觸更多未信主的家庭。
  • Tsawwassen 事工維持穩定，從9月會開展粵語查經。
  • 國語啟發課程本週完結，粵語啟發課程本週順利開展。
  • 教會正在籌劃在今年第四季舉辦佈道會及安排短宣旅程。
  • 我們現正計劃2024年會復辦夏令會。

以上的感恩事項實在令人興奮…

弟兄姊妹，作為列宣家的成員，你又有甚麼事情為列宣家感恩?

各項事工的發展及推動，有賴各弟兄姊妹共同參與。讓我們齊來感恩之餘，一起攜手，共建未來。

主僕
龔敏光牧師

教牧心聲

家訊(2023.06.10/11)

Written by Editor1

家事報告：

  1. 歡迎您與我們一起敬拜神！若閣下第一次參加本堂崇拜，請向司事索取「來賓咭」，填妥後交回司事員，以便本會繼續與您聯絡。
  2. 粵語祈禱會：逢週二8-9pm 在Zoom平台進行。Zoom ID及密碼將電郵給長執及團契再轉發給各會眾，6月14日為資訊科技部祈禱。
  3. 本年度(2022年7月至2023年6月)差傳預算為205,000元，至今奉獻收到204,652.69元，尚餘347.31元達標。感謝弟兄姊妹的支持，請切切為宣教事工禱告，如欲經濟上支持事工，請於奉獻封上註明「差傳」。
  4. 國語事工歡迎鞏富賢弟兄和劉振榮姊妹，兩位神學生成為本會實習生。實習期將會從是2023年6月1日至2024年4月30日。
  5. 【週六粵崇愛宴】定於6月24日崇拜後下午1時於體育館舉行，現正接受報名。崇拜後請到司事枱報名，餐費每位10元。6月17日截止。
  6. 本會關懷部於6月15日(星期四)晚上8時進行電話關懷。
  7. 【迎新會】本會關懷部將於6月25日星期日下午6至8時在本會體育館舉行實體迎新會。歡迎由本年3月至6月的新朋友及家人參加。屆時關懷部的同工負責預訂日式和風便當餐和送上甜點。餐費每位$10，新朋友免費。晚會內容豐富有詩歌、遊戲、贈送禮物、彼此認識，介紹教會等等。請在WhatsApp上與關懷部長老黃華興聯繫604-537-6101，6月21日截止報名。盼望有你參與共同實踐基督信仰。報名時請注明你的日式便當選項A. 牛肉便當B. 雞肉便當C. 素食便當。
  8. 【成人教育部2023年第三季(7-9月)成人聖經課程(粵語)】繼續於ZOOM網上平台教授，上課時間上午9:00-10:00，以方便弟兄姊妹上課後能參加實體崇拜或參與崇拜事奉。報名截止日期為6月25日。請點擊以下連結報名https://bit.ly/431YEZD。
  9. 聯合宣教大會(JMC) – 2023年7月28-30日(星期五至日)假大溫哥華聖道堂舉行，詳情及登記報名，請登入https://english.ccaca.org/jmc/jmc/點擊“〈聯合宣教大會〉按此報名”。列宣報告版、大堂及團契室均有張貼大會海報，大家可以掃瞄海報上的「二維碼」進入登記。
  10. 傳道部第二十屆啟發課程(粵語)已於6月5日開課至7月24日止(逢週一)，合共八次聚會。請大家為嘉賓、組長及事奉團隊禱告。任何查詢，請與辦公室聯絡。
  11. 兒童事工暑期活動
  • 暑期聖經班(VBS)(8月21-25日)－只接受列宣家及未認識教會的孩子參加。現開始接受報名，請登入以下連結報名https://tinyurl.com/3p4tnbdp，晨鳥優惠已於5月21日結束。
  • 查詢請聯絡關潔玲傳道(karen.quan@rcac.ca)。
  1. 歡迎及接納下列肢體加入本會為會友：高家裕(Gary)、吳惠儀(Anna)。

肢體及牧者消息與代禱：

  1. 二零二三年六月十七及十八日崇拜講員：周力行牧師(週六國語、週六及主日粵語)、陳榮基牧師(週六青崇)、潘啟華傳道(主日英語)。
  2. 身體不適肢體：李慕慈、鄧陳有、劉黃玉蓮、高唐瑞英、 陳張惠姬、關廣、廖余秀潔、陳傑亨。每週二粵語祈禱會我們將更具體為他們代禱。
  3. 劉展權牧師(Rev. Mark Liu)於6月15至28日休假。
  4. 財務秘書何李愉君(Katharine)姊妹於6月13至18日休假。

宣教/機構消息:

  1. 2023聯合宣教大會(JMC) 定於7月28-30日(星期五、六、日)假大溫哥華聖道堂舉行。分別以英、粵及國三種語言進行。主題：「到遠方」，講員：Damien Lee 牧師(英語)，鮑維均牧師(粵語)，董家驊牧師(國語)。大會設兒童事工。鼓勵大家積極參與，請登入https://english.ccaca.org/jmc/jmc/瀏覽詳情及報名，7月1 日截止。此外，大會將於7 月27 日(星期四)晚上7:30-9:30假本會舉行「世界華人宣道會團契－宣教之夜」(CAWF Mission Night)，邀請大家預留時間出席。

週六國語、週六及主日粵語及AYAYA週六崇拜
講員：Mark Peters牧師
講題：跟隨神的帶領(Following Where God Leads)

講題預告:
2023年主題：進深靈命、擴闊視野
5-6月主題：建立教會、踐信於行(以斯拉記研讀)

  • 6.17/18 工程完竣、大工告成(拉6:1-22)
  • 6.24/25 神藉以斯拉建立其子民 (拉7:11-28)

7-9月主題：認識神的視野、配合祂的計劃 (創世記選讀)

  • 7.01/02 (聖餐) 創造之受託與安息日 (創1:26-2:3)
  • 7.08/09 審判中神憐憫與信實的呈現 (創9:1-17)
  • 7.15/16 亞伯拉罕蒙召 (創12:1-8)
  • 7.22/23 選擇神應許之路 (創13:1-18)

教會行事年曆

  • 6.10-11       教會46週年堂慶
  • 6.5-7.24      啟發課程(粵語)
  • 6.15            電話關懷
  • 6.17/18       父親節崇拜
  • 6.18            長議會會議#6
  • 6.24            週六崇拜愛宴
  • 6.25            迎新會
  • 7.01            加拿大國慶日
  • 7.01/02      成人聖經班第三季課程
  • 7.01/02      感恩節浸禮開始報名
  • 7-10-8.18   兒童日營#1-#6
  • 7.16            長議會會議#7
  • 7.25-27       加/美華聯會會議
  • 7.27          「世界華人宣道會團契」－宣教之夜
  • 7.28-30       聯合宣教大會
家訊

Finding Joy in Christ

Written by Editor1

June 3/4, 2023

From the Pastor’s Desk – Pastor Alex Poon

Dear brothers and sisters of RCAC,

Happy and joyful, joyful, and happy – we use these words interchangeably, don’t we?

But they’re not the same. Joy is something deeper than happiness. Happiness comes and goes with favorable happenings. Joy is deeper and does not depend on our happenings. Joy is a heart posture, rooted deeply beyond events and experiences, but felt in our soul.

Where does joy come from? “Rejoice in the Lord” (Philippians 3:1) the Apostle Paul writes from his jail cell in Rome. He’s writing his letter to the church of Philippi he helped start.

“Rejoice in the Lord”, Paul has exhorted the same message before, so he writes, “To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.”

We do need constant reminders to find our joy. To find our joy in Christ.

If I was to ask you, “Are you happy?” What would you want to tell me? Perhaps you would say, “No, I’m not! How could I be?”, “I am busy with work, the rise of prices is making me worry, my children aren’t listening, my parents are ill, and I’m not sure when my next day of rest will be.” These are all deeply upsetting circumstances. I pray for your comfort and peace to arrive soon. Know that Paul would resonate with all your feelings – he is after all, sitting in his jail cell, wrongly accused, waiting to see if he will live past this foreseeable future.

What is his pastoral exhortation then? It’s found in verse 8, “Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.”

Knowing Christ leads to joy, joy that is beyond happiness.

Knowing Christ Jesus deeply, in such a way that experiences him in our distressing times will lead to joy, a joy that binds up fear.

It seems like an impossible task – of knowing Christ this deeply – but it is not. For this is our invitation. This is the trajectory to which we strive. This is the aim, the goal of the long and possible journey.

Do you know Christ?

Do you know how he sees you? Do you know how he looks upon your life’s circumstances today? Do you know his compassion, his ever near presence, his ability to save you in all the ways you need to be saved? Do you know him as Redeemer that he would free you from any sin that we have let ourselves be bound to? Do you know Christ as the Son of God who adopted you into his family? Do you know you can trust and delight in the Father because you have Christ who restored your relationship? Do you know that Christ is light, who can drive out the dark? Do you know Christ is the one by whom all things were made, and he bothered making you? Did you know that you can come to him for his embrace when all seems to go wrong? Did you know you have Jesus who sees you with eyes of love and longs to show you the power of his resurrection life which puts death and sin and evil and Satan in their defeated places?

This is tangible and practical joy we gain from the surpassing worth of knowing Jesus Christ our Lord. A joy that helps us stand each day.

Your servant in Christ,
Pastor Alex Poon

教牧心聲

在基督裡找到喜樂

Written by Editor1

2023.06.03/04

親愛的列宣家弟兄姊妹：

快樂和喜樂－這兩個詞語，我們是否會互相交替使用嗎？

但它們的詞意是不一樣的。喜樂比快樂有更深的層次。快樂與否會因為一些事情所致。喜樂是更深層次的，並不取決於周圍發生的事情。喜樂是內心的表現，深深地植根於我們的靈魂，不受事情和經歷所限制。

喜樂從何而來？“靠主喜樂”（腓立比書 3:1），是使徒保羅在羅馬的監獄裡寫的。他寫信給由他建立的腓立比教會。

“靠主喜樂”，保羅之前曾發出過同樣勸勉的信息，所以他說，“我寫這些話給你們，在我並不困難，對你們卻是妥當的。”

我們確實需要不住的提醒才能找到我們的喜樂。在基督裡找到我們的喜樂。

如果我問你，“你快樂嗎？” 你想告訴我什麼？ 也許你會說：“我並不快樂！我怎會快樂？”，“我忙碌工作，物價上漲令我憂心，孩子不聽話，父母生病，我都不知道我甚麼時候可以休息。”這些都是令人深感不安的環境。我祈禱祢的安慰與平安早日到來。保羅有著你同樣的感受，當時他正因為被巫告收監，前途未卜，能否活著還未知道。

那麼保羅的勸勉是什麼？ 第 8 節說：“我把萬事都拋棄了，看作廢物，為了要得著基督。”

認識基督會帶來喜樂，超越一般的快樂。

深入地認識基督耶穌，以至在困苦的日子裡經歷祂，祂帶給我們喜樂，這種喜樂會驅走恐懼。

如此深入地認識基督似乎是一項不可能的任務，事實並非如此，因為這是給我們的邀請。這是一個漫長而且是有可能的旅程，我們要努力朝向目標竭力追求。

你認識基督嗎？

你知道祂怎麼看你嗎？祂如何看待你今天的生活？基督滿有憐憫，祂無處不在，祂大有能力拯救你脫離罪的綑綁，祂是救贖主，祂是上帝的兒子，祂接受你成為祂的兒女，你可以信靠天父並以天父為樂，因為基督修復了你們的關係。基督是光，驅走黑暗。祂創造天地萬物，創造了你，當你感到疲倦缺乏力量，你可以來到祂的懷抱裡，你有耶穌，祂愛祢，祂看顧你，祂渴望向你展示祂復活生命的大能，這復活的生命打倒死亡、罪惡、邪惡和撒但的攻擊。

我以認識我主基督耶穌為至寶，我滿有喜樂，這喜樂讓我每天得力。

主僕
潘啟華傳道

教牧心聲

家訊(2023.06.03/04)

Written by Editor1

家事報告：

  1. 歡迎您與我們一起敬拜神！若閣下第一次參加本堂崇拜，請向司事索取「來賓咭」，填妥後交回司事員，以便本會繼續與您聯絡。
  2. 粵語祈禱會：逢週二8-9pm 在Zoom平台進行。Zoom ID及密碼將電郵給長執及團契再轉發給各會眾，6月7日為團契部及大衛團祈禱。
  3. 本年度(2022年7月至2023年6月)差傳預算為205,000元，至今奉獻收到199,552.69元，尚餘5,447.31元才達標。事工得以發展有賴弟兄姊妹的支持，請切切為宣教事工禱告，如欲經濟上支持事工，請於奉獻封上註明「差傳」。
  4. 【週六粵崇愛宴】定於6月24日崇拜後下午1時於本會體育館舉行，下週開始接受報名，餐費每位10元。
  5. 【成人教育部2023年第三季(7-9月)成人聖經課程(粵語)】繼續於ZOOM網上平台教授，上課時間上午9:00-10:00，以方便弟兄姊妹上課後能參加實體崇拜或參與崇拜事奉。報名截止日期為6月25日。請點擊以下連結報名https://bit.ly/431YEZD。
  6. 5月21日長議會通過「撒母耳少年組」正式成立為「撒母耳少年團契」。團契逢週六下午4:00於201室聚會。
  7. 聯合宣教大會(JMC) – 2023年7月28-30日(星期五至日)假大溫哥華聖道堂舉行，詳情及登記報名，請登入https://english.ccaca.org/jmc/jmc/點擊“〈聯合宣教大會〉按此報名”。列宣報告版、大堂及團契室均有張貼大會海報，大家可以掃瞄海報上的「二維碼」進入登記。
  8. 暑期實習生(7-8月)。兒童事工部仍然需要1名高中學生，申請詳情，請聯絡關潔玲傳道(karen.quan@rcac.ca)；另一名專責普通話外展事工(ESL)，申請詳情，請聯絡劉展權牧師(mark.liu@rcac.ca)。
  9. 傳道部第二十屆啟發課程(粵語)即將於下週一6月5日開課至7月24日(逢週一)，合共八次聚會。感謝主！我們有25位嘉賓參加，請大家為嘉賓、組長及事奉團隊禱告。任何查詢，請與辦公室聯絡。
  10. 啟發課程(國語)將於下週四6月8日結束。請大家繼續嘉賓禱告，為組長及事奉團隊祈禱。查詢請聯絡國語事工長老楊劉宜家(Katherine)姊妹或劉展權牧師。
  11. 兒童事工暑期活動
  • 暑期聖經班(VBS)(8月21-25日)－只接受列宣家及未認識教會的孩子參加。現開始接受報名，請登入以下連結報名https://tinyurl.com/3p4tnbdp，晨鳥優惠已於5月21日結束。
  • 查詢請聯絡關潔玲傳道(karen.quan@rcac.ca)。

肢體及牧者消息與代禱：

  1. 二零二三年六月十及十一日崇拜講員：Mark Peters牧師(週六國語、週六粵語、週六青崇、主日粵語及主日英語)。
  2. 身體不適肢體：李慕慈、鄧陳有、劉黃玉蓮、高唐瑞英、 陳張惠姬、關廣、         廖余秀潔、陳傑亨。每週二粵語祈禱會我們將更具體為他們代禱。

宣教/機構消息:

  1. 2023聯合宣教大會(JMC) 定於7月28-30日(星期五、六、日)假大溫哥華聖道堂舉行。分別以英、粵及國三種語言進行。主題：「到遠方」，講員：Damien Lee 牧師(英語)，鮑維均牧師(粵語)，董家驊牧師(國語)。大會設兒童事工。鼓勵大家積極參與，請登入https://english.ccaca.org/jmc/jmc/瀏覽詳情及報名，7月1 日截止。此外，大會將於7 月27 日(星期四)晚上7:30-9:30假本會舉行「世界華人宣道會團契－宣教之夜」(CAWF Mission Night)，邀請大家預留時間出席。

週六國語崇拜
講員：劉展權牧師
講題：忠於主的托付

  • 回應主的話 (1-2)
  • 敢於承擔 (3-5)
  • 尊主為大 (6-17)

週六及主日粵語崇拜
講員：龔敏光牧師
講題：重建聖殿，重建人心－上帝給我們加油！

  • 神使人回轉悔改
  • 神使人勇敢剛強

AYAYA 週六青崇
講員：劉展權牧師
講題：不卑不亢，尊主為大

引言：以色列人在面對建聖殿的時候，看到當地的政府諸多阻撓。但是以色列人為我們設立了好的榜樣。透過以斯拉的描述，讓我們一起來學習在世界上以尊主為大的心來展現我們的身分。

講題預告:
2023年主題：進深靈命、擴闊視野
5-6月主題：建立教會、踐信於行(以斯拉記研讀)

  • 6.10/11 (中文崇拜) 教會46週年堂慶 (太19:16-26)
  • 6.11 (英語崇拜) 教會46週年堂慶  (路8:1-15)
  • 6.17/18 工程完竣、大工告成(拉6:1-22)
  • 6.24/25 神藉以斯拉建立其子民 (拉7:11-28)

7-9月主題：認識神的視野、配合祂的計劃 (創世記選讀)

  • 7.01/02 (聖餐) 創造之受託與安息日 (創1:26-2:3)
  • 7.08/09 審判中神憐憫與信實的呈現 (創9:1-17)
  • 7.15/16 亞伯拉罕蒙召 (創12:1-8)

教會行事年曆

  • 6.10-11      教會46週年堂慶
  • 6.5-7.24     啟發課程(粵語)
  • 6.15            電話關懷
  • 6.17/18      父親節崇拜
  • 6.18            長議會會議#6
  • 6.24            週六崇拜愛宴
  • 6.25            迎新會
  • 7.01            加拿大國慶日
  • 7.01/02      成人聖經班第三季課程
  • 7.01/02      感恩節浸禮開始報名
  • 7-10-8.18   兒童日營#1-#6
  • 7.16            長議會會議#7
  • 7.25-27       加/美華聯會會議
  • 7.27          「世界華人宣道會團契」－宣教之夜
  • 7.28-30       聯合宣教大會
家訊

Learn to give thanks on the ordinary days of life

Written by Editor1

2023.05.27/28

From the Pastor’s Desk: Pastor Jeanie Auyeung

Dear brothers and sisters of RCAC,

Psalm 103:1-2 Bless the LORD, O my soul; bless his holy name, all that is in me. Bless

the LORD, O my soul; forget not all his goodness. (New Bible translation)

The poet David repeatedly spoke to his own heart, reminding himself not to forget God’s

grace!

During the fellowship gathering of the past week, we offered thanksgiving to God through music and hymns. Our time is filled with joy when we give thanks to God.
The church’s annual year-end thanksgiving meeting also encourages brothers and sisters to count the blessings that God has bestowed on us over the past year, but we often hear people say that there is nothing special to be grateful for. In fact, we often have the wrong idea that we need to be grateful only when something special or important happens.

The Bible teaches us to give thanks in everything. “Everything” includes all things big and small. Not just the things that we think are good, which includes bad times, and also to give thanks for things that we may have taken for granted.

Some years ago, a family brought their two children to church to attend VBS. The two

daughters accepted Christ at VBS and they prayed to thank our Heavenly Father for dinner. The father got angry and scolded the child for not thanking him. But rather thanking God because the father was the one who provided their living. Later on, the parents also believed in the Lord and they was finally knew to pray and thank our Heavenly Father before meals.

Many times, we take things for granted we don’t realize, and don’t think of it as being

God’s grace. When I visited patients in the hospital, I deeply felt that being

able to eat and taste the delicious food is not an ability that we will always have. We often don’t know how to thank God and treasure something until we lose it.

I once saw an interesting news item — a 4-week-old little squirrel in the UK was

seriously injured by an owl attack in 2019. A wildlife rescue

organization discovered her and entrusted her to the Harrison family, who was experienced in caring for squirrels. They gave the little squirrel a cute name “Bella” and took good care of her until she recovered. In the spring of 2010, the squirrel recovered well and they released her into the wild. Usually, squirrels who have just left home for a week will return home. But after they have returned to the wild, they will no longer approach humans. Unexpectedly, one day, a familiar little figure was sitting at the front door of the Harrison’s home. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Bella! Later, Bella went home to visit them without fail for the next 8 years after she

was released into the wild. She even went home when she was pregnant. After giving birth to 3 cute baby squirrels and when they grew stronger, they returned to the woods together.

This heart-warming story reminds us that even a squirrel never forgot the kindness of those who took care of her. How can we, who have received the Lord’s love so freely, forget the Lord’s kindness? Let us learn from David and count the Lord’s grace one by one. God’s grace is truly innumerable to us, to our family, and to the church. Because of all the grace bestowed by God, we must offer thanks and praise to Him from the bottom of our hearts!

Your servant in Christ,
Pastor Jeanie Auyeung

教牧心聲

學習在平凡中謝恩

Written by Editor1

2023.05.27/28

親愛的列宣家弟兄姊妹：

詩103:1-2“我的心哪！你要稱頌耶和華；在我裡面的一切，都要稱頌他的聖名。我的心哪！你要稱頌耶和華；不可忘記他的一切恩惠。”(聖經新譯本)

詩人大衛重複地對自己的心說話，提醒自己不要忘記神的恩典！

在過去一週的團契聚會中，我們以感恩為主題，藉著詩歌一同向神獻上感恩。教會每年的年終感恩會也鼓勵弟兄姊妹數算神在過去一年內向我們所施的恩典，但常聽到人說沒有甚麼很特別需要感恩的事情可以分享。其實，我們常有錯覺，以為有特別或大事發生才要感恩。

聖經教導我們要“凡事謝恩”。“凡事”包括了所有的大小事情，也包括了我們認為好與不好的所有事情，更是包括了我們認為是理所當然的事。

一個家庭多年前曾把兩個孩子帶到教會，參加暑期兒童聖經班。兩女兒在兒童聖經班信了主，回家吃飯時禱告多謝天父。作父親的很生氣，罵孩子不多謝他，卻多謝天父。後來，他夫婦倆也信了主，知道吃飯時禱告多謝天父。

許多時候，我們對於一些習以為常的事情認為是理所當然，不曉得，也不覺得是神的恩典。在醫院探病時，深深感到：原來，能吃飯、能嘗到食物的美味，不是必然的。我們往往在失去時再復得，才能感受到，才懂得感謝神。

曾看到一則有趣的新聞 － 英國一隻只有4週大的小松鼠，於2019年被貓頭鷹攻擊受了重傷，野生動物救援組織發現後，將牠託付給照護松鼠經驗豐富的哈里森一家。他們替小松鼠取了個可愛的名字「貝拉」，並細心照顧直到牠康復。2010年春天，松鼠已恢復健康，他們便將牠帶到野外放生，回歸大自然。一般來說，剛「離家」一星期的松鼠們都還會不時回家走走，但不久後就回歸野性，不再接近人類。沒想到有一天，一個熟悉的小小身影端坐在哈里森家前門，仔細一看，居然是貝拉！其後，貝拉竟然在野外放生後接著的8年，從沒間斷地回家「探親」。生孩子時更「回娘家」待產。生了3隻可愛的小松鼠寶寶、等到孩子們都長得強壯後，才一起重返樹林。

這溫馨故事提醒我們，連松鼠也會不忘恩，我們這白白蒙受主恩主愛的人，豈可忘記主恩？我們要學習大衛，逐一數算主恩。神的恩典在我們個人、家庭、教會身上實在實在難以盡數，因著神所賜的一切恩惠，我們要從心底向神獻上感恩讚美！

主僕
歐陽鑽玲傳道

教牧心聲

家訊(2023.05.27/28)

Written by Editor1

家事報告：

  1. 歡迎您與我們一起敬拜神！若閣下第一次參加本堂崇拜，請向司事索取「來賓咭」，填妥後交回司事員，以便本會繼續與您聯絡。
  2. 粵語祈禱會：逢週二8-9pm 在Zoom平台進行。Zoom ID及密碼將電郵給長執及團契再轉發給各會眾，5月30日為英語事工祈禱。
  3. 為籌備本會46週年堂慶，AYAYA攝製隊將會於本週末各崇拜時段攝錄禮堂內台上的敬拜過程。崇拜結束後，歡迎弟兄姊妹接受攝製隊簡單的錄影訪問，分享你們對列宣家的祝福。
  4. 本會團契部邀請Brenda Tam 姊妹於5月28日(本主日)2:30-4:00pm 於200室舉辦「搵工」座談會，盼望透過姊妹的分享，可以提供一些靈感和資源幫助大家成功找到工作，尤其是新移居加國人士。
  5. 聯合宣教大會(JMC) – 2023年7月28-30日(星期五至日)假大溫哥華聖道堂舉行，詳情及登記報名，請登入https://english.ccaca.org/jmc/jmc/點擊“〈聯合宣教大會〉按此報名”。列宣報告版、大堂及團契室均有張貼大會海報，大家可以掃瞄海報上的「二維碼」進入登記。
  6. 暑期實習生(7-8月)。兒童事工部仍然需要1名高中學生，申請詳情，請聯絡關潔玲傳道(karen.quan@rcac.ca)；另一名專責普通話外展事工(ESL)，申請詳情，請聯絡劉展權牧師(mark.liu@rcac.ca)。
  7. 教會46週年堂慶 －我們將於2023年6月10及11日慶祝堂慶，歡迎大家以創意藝術與會眾一同慶祝。主題可以有關教會週年堂慶、教會大家庭等等。作品規格：20”x30” 可以張貼在發泡板上，包括一簡短的描述或標題。創意藝術作品將展示在教會大樓的走廊。5月31日截止。
  8. 傳道部第二十屆啟發課程(粵語)定於6月5至7月24日(逢週一)晚7:30時實體聚會(包括簡便晚餐)，合共八次聚會。課程開始接受報名，本年度我們盼望可以有40位嘉賓參加課程，我們已收到14位嘉賓報名，仍然有26位嘉賓等待大家去邀請，請大家為邀請嘉賓及事工的籌備禱告。任何查詢，請與辦公室聯絡。
  9. 啟發課程(國語)已完成6堂，尚餘2堂。請大家繼續嘉賓禱告，為組長及事奉團隊祈禱。查詢請聯絡國語事工長老楊劉宜家(Katherine)姊妹或劉展權牧師。
  10. 兒童事工暑期活動
  • 兒童日營(7月10至8月18日)－服侍對象是列宣家及未認識教會的在職父母的孩子。現開始接受登記，請登入以下連結登記https://shorturl.at/fptuJ。名額有限，每週最多20位。5月28日截止登記。
  • 暑期聖經班(VBS)(8月21-25日)－只接受列宣家及未認識教會的孩子參加。現開始接受報名，請登入以下連結報名https://tinyurl.com/3p4tnbdp，晨鳥優惠已於5月21日結束。
  • 查詢請聯絡關潔玲傳道(karen.quan@rcac.ca)。
  1. 下週末6月3及4日聖餐崇拜，教會為大家預備聖餐餅/杯，歡迎留在Zoom平台敬拜的弟兄姊妹返回教會領取，崇拜時一起領受聖餐。

肢體及牧者消息與代禱：

  1. 二零二三年六月三及四日崇拜講員：劉展權牧師(週六國語、週六青崇)、龔敏光牧師(週六及主日粵語)、陳謙亮牧師(主日英語)。
  2. 身體不適肢體：李慕慈、鄧陳有、劉黃玉蓮、高唐瑞英、 陳張惠姬、關廣、          廖余秀潔、陳傑亨。每週二粵語祈禱會我們將更具體為他們代禱。

宣教/機構消息:

  1. 2023聯合宣教大會(JMC) 定於7月28-30日(星期五、六、日)假大溫哥華聖道堂舉行。分別以英、粵及國三種語言進行。主題：「到遠方」，講員：Damien Lee 牧師(英語)，鮑維均牧師(粵語)，董家驊牧師(國語)。大會設兒童事工。鼓勵大家積極參與，請登入https://english.ccaca.org/jmc/jmc/瀏覽詳情及報名，7月1 日截止。此外，大會將於7 月27 日(星期四)晚上7:30-9:30假本會舉行「世界華人宣道會團契－宣教之夜」(CAWF Mission Night)，邀請大家預留時間出席。

週六國語、週六及主日粵語崇拜
講員：周力行牧師
講題：建殿：黑暗中持守

  1. 暮光漸濃 (1-24a)
  • 插手 (1-3)
  • 擾亂 (4)
  • 賄賂 (5)
  • 抹黑 (6-22)
  • 強迫 (23-24a)
  1. 光將現 (24b)
  • 大利烏王 (24b)

AYAYA 週六青崇
講員：陳榮基牧師
講題：叛逆和邪惡的城

引言：以色列的敵人上奏亞達薛西王，形容耶路撒冷是一個叛逆和邪惡的城。上帝選民敬拜上帝的聖城，真是個叛逆和邪惡的地方嗎？

講題預告:
2023年主題：進深靈命、擴闊視野
5-6月主題：建立教會、踐信於行(以斯拉記研讀)

  • 6.03/04    (聖餐)   再興聖殿之工 (拉5:1-17)
  • 6.10/11     教會46週年堂慶 (待定)
  • 6.17/18     工程完竣、大工告成  (拉6:1-22)
  • 6.24/25     神藉以斯拉建立其子民 (拉7:11-28)

7-9月主題：認識神的視野、配合祂的計劃 (創世記選讀)

  • 7.01/02     (聖餐) 創造之受託與安息日 (創1:26-2:3)
  • 7.08/09     審判中神憐憫與信實的呈現 (創9:1-17)
  • 7.15/16     亞伯拉罕蒙召 (創12:1-8)

教會行事年曆

  • 6.10-11      教會46週年堂慶
  • 6.5-7.24     啟發課程(粵語)
  • 6.15           電話關懷
  • 6.17/18      父親節崇拜
  • 6.18           長議會會議#6
  • 6.24           週六崇拜愛宴
  • 6.25           迎新會
  • 7.01           加拿大國慶日
  • 7.01/02      成人聖經班第三季課程
  • 7.01/02      感恩節浸禮開始報名
  • 7-10-8.18   兒童日營#1-#6
  • 7.16            長議會會議#7
  • 7.25-27      加/美華聯會會議
  • 7.27          「世界華人宣道會團契」－宣教之夜
  • 7.28-30       聯合宣教大會
家訊

We participate and cooperate in God’s work

Written by Editor1

2023.05.20/21

From the Pastor’s Desk:Rev. Francis Chan

Dear brothers and sisters of RCAC,

The first AYAYA Youth Worship was held on January 12, 2019, in Room 200. At that time, there were less than 30 participants. The main attendees were members of John Fellowship, their mentors, and a few members of David Fellowship. The mentors had three children and a serving couple had one child. In order to take care of the four children, Auntie Winnie began the joyful journey of AYAYA KIDS. Due to the lack of serving people, we could only have worship twice a month. Thanks to their love for our young people, brothers and sisters regularly attending our Saturday and Sunday Cantonese worships would join us from time to time to show their support.  After a year, brothers and sisters got used to serving in AYAYA, and their sense of belonging to AYAYA had also grown. Our numbers continued to increase. We gathered on the second and fourth Saturday evenings. On the fourth Saturday before the service, we would have dinner together. We called it AYAYA HAPPY MEAL. Several adorable brothers and sisters who loved our young people would cook delicious dinners for us. This is a beautiful memory cherished by all of us who have participated in the HAPPY MEALs.

Encouraged by the senior pastor at the time, we started to have worship every Saturday evening in January 2020. To be honest, I was a little nervous at that time. Going from worshiping twice a month to worshiping every week more than doubled the demands on manpower and worship preparation. Thanks be to God, our co-workers were full of anticipation and with commitment, they took on the new arrangement. That is how we started having worship every Saturday evening. At that time, our average attendance had reached over 50 people, with over 80 people at the most.

However, good times did not last. COVID-19 arrived unexpectedly and disrupted our plans. Physical worship every week turned into online worship. In the new normal, every hymn was recorded by the worship teams at home, and every sermon was recorded by the pastors at home, then edited by our gifted editors, and finally played on YouTube. Without noticing, we did our worship online for 18 months.

On September 18, 2021, we resumed physical worship. Unexpectedly, more than 90 brothers and sisters signed up to participate. Because of this, we had to move to the sanctuary. From that time on, our numbers continued to increase, mainly due to the arrival of many new young families and young people from Hong Kong. From the beginning of 2023 until now, AYAYA Worship, AYAYA KIDS, and AYAYA TEENS, have an average weekly attendance of 220 people. As the number of congregants increases, so do the needs within our congregation, and the need for manpower. At the moment, we are still adjusting. We are thankful to God because we are facing happy problems. We are thankful to God because He loves and trusts the RCAC Family when He gives us brothers, sisters, and seekers of the faith in abundance. In our thankfulness, do we see the work that God is doing among us? Are we willing to participate in God’s work, and to work with him?

Your servant in Christ,
Pastor Francis Chan

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