Chinese Symposium 粵語座談會

Dec 29th AM

點樣教會夠年輕?

Rev. Johnny Wong王乃基牧師
Dr./Rev. Joyce Chan 陳頌恩牧師/博士

怎樣的教會，能讓年輕人留下來、成長並投入？

本座談會介紹福樂神學院的研究《Growing Young》一書中帶出讓年青人愛上教會的六個核心元素：從放手讓年輕人參與和帶領、學習聆聽和理解新世代、一起跟隨耶穌、建立真誠溫暖的關係、讓年輕人和家庭成為教會生活的重要一份子，到陪伴年輕人走進社區、活出信仰，一起探索教會如何真正與下一代同行。

本座談會特別請到加拿大資深牧者王乃基牧師為對話伙伴，將從多世代、三文兩語的華人移民教會處境出發，思考：我們如何從「為年輕人做事」，走向「與年輕人一起建造教會」？

讓我們一起想像加國華人教會的未來——世代彼此同行、文化彼此連結，讓年輕人找到歸屬、承擔領導，並成為神國使命的踐行者。

English Symposium

Dec 29th PM

Spiritual discipline of Lament

Ms. Bonnie Ho

We know that we live in a broken world. We face and experience sin and its consequences every day in our families, relationships, workplaces, and society. This brokenness can weigh heavy on our hearts. But Jesus knows the grief we face. He Himself entered into this grief with us when He was on this earth. Jesus does not ask us to brush away this heaviness in our hearts, nor the sadness we feel. We are allowed to grieve over the brokenness we go through every day, and to lament. Lament is where we see sin as God does , facing it and its consequences honestly, while also coming face to face with Jesus, acknowledging that even in our heartbreak, He is present, He is in control, and in our darkness, He is the light. In this workshop, we will look at Scripture to see what lament is, how people in the Old and New Testaments lamented, and how we can lament today. We will also practice this spiritual discipline of lament together.