Idag hat jeg hørt en mann i menigheten vår Amazing Grace Lutheran Church, fortelle at han var en ekteskapsbryter og at han hadde mistet jobben sin i kirken for en god del år siden. dette fortalte han foran en gruppe på tredve medlemmer. Dette er et gjennombrudd i det å være åpen mot hverandre.
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Ole Jacob Groenvold
I vår menighet her i Hong Kong – Amazing Grace Lutheran Church har vi nå startet vår førti dagers faste og bønneperiode fram mot vår Menighets fødselsdag som skal feires 26 September – vi er da 53 år gamle.
Hvordan menigheten faster er opp til den enkelte. De fleste kutter ut et måltid dagelig eller ukentlig eller noen dager i uke og bruker tiden til å be.
Noen kutter ut et TV program de er spesielt glad i – og bruker den tiden istedet – ikke alle for eksempel folk med sukkersyke – kan faste.
Jeg har bestemt meg for å kutte ut et måltid hver dag. (Kanskje kan jeg bli litt tynnerer rundt midjen også? Ikke noe galt forsøke å slå to fluer en smekk.)
Men jeg er nå sulten – lunsh tid er over meg. Dette er faktisk et offer J
Ellers var jeg på et noe spesielt evangeliseringmøte i går kveld. Det ble arrangert av noen som kaller seg CBMC Interntional. (Connecting Business and Marketplace w. Christ.)
Evangeliseringsmøtet var i en stor restaurant – et stenkast fra kirken på universitetsområdet ved siden av oss.
Møtet begynte med noe korte taler – forsatte med god middag. (Mange retter.) En gammel venn hadde invitert oss og betalt for alle som satt på hennes bord. (Bord i en kinesisk sammenheng har altid 12 plasser – så hun hadde nok måtte betale mellom HKD 1000 og HKD 2000 for vårt bord.
Paralelt med middagen fortalte noen kjente forettningsfolk sine kristne vitnesbyrd. Flotte vitnesbyrd var det også. Ei dame på ca 60 år bestemte seg for å bli kristen og siden hun satt på vårt bord ba vi henne like godt til cellegruppa vår som vi skal ha i kveld.
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NMS webpages/hjemmesider: http://www.nms.no Development/Bistand: http://kinabistand.blogspot.com ChurchSupport/Budskap: http://kinabudskap.blogspot.com
Organisation and leadership/Bygging: http://kinabygging.blogspot.com Personal blog/personlig blog: http://kinainfo.blogspot.com and my Pilgrim blog: http://pilgrimchina.blogspot.com
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2010 New Students and New Semester
This year HBI will welcome 40 new students. Among them 10 are from Guangxi province and Hainan province, other 30 are from Hunan. Among Hunan students, 13 from Yiyang, 4 from Zhangjiajie, 3 from Changde, 2 from Hengyang, 2 from Xiangtan, 2 from Xiangxi, 1 from Loudi, 1 from Liuyang, 1 from Yongzhou and 1 from Yueyang.
In the coming semester, our school will have 90 students (50 male students and 40 female students). 12 teachers will on their duty teaching 32 courses. 2 teachers are in Hong Kong Lutharan Theological Seminary studying Old Testament and Christian Education, working on their Doctor degree.
The new semester will open on August 23. The first 2 weeks are Summer Camp.All of the students will gather at school for trainings on music instruments, worship, preaching and so on. New student are expected to enter into HBI fellowship during these 2 weeks.We hope through the activities of the Summer Camp, all the students can set right mood and attitude to begin or continue their theological study.
Graduation Ceremony on July 10, 2010 (Picture)
On July 10, HBI has Graduation Ceremony. 24 students finished their 3 years theological study and 5 students finished their 2 years Bible study. Most of them will go back to serve in their local churches.
Dr. Manfred Kohl from Overseas Council and Dr. Wilson W. Chew from China Graduate School of Theology joined the ceremony and both of them gave speech to encourage the graduate students to a "faithful, good and wise" servant of God, who always search the serving ability from God.
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Regards/vennlig hilsen Ole Jacob Groenvold/Jack/Cheung Nga Gok
Email: ojg@nms.no
Representative of The Norwegian Mission Society in China. (NMS China)
Mobile phone: +852 6287-1952
NMS webpages/hjemmesider: http://www.nms.no
Development/Bistand: http://kinabistand.blogspot.com
ChurchSupport/Budskap: http://kinabudskap.blogspot.com
Organisation and leadership/Bygging: http://kinabygging.blogspot.com
Personal blog/personlig blog: http://kinainfo.blogspot.com and
my Pilgrim blog: http://pilgrimchina.blogspot.com
Postal address: Amazing Grace Lutheran Church, To Yuen St.
Tai Hang Tung, Kln, Hong Kong S.A.R. China.
May God bless you today. Gud velsigne deg i dag.
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Kjære NMS venn og venn av kirken Kina
Her kommer tre bilder fra gjenreisningsgudtjenesten i den nye kirken ved Taohualun – (Ferskenblomsthøyden) i Yiyang Hunan Kina.
De kom nettopp med mail fra Rev. Wu Ziwei – Gloria.
Hun lover flere bilder seinere.
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Regards/vennlig hilsen Ole Jacob Groenvold/Jack/Cheung Nga Gok
Email: ojg@nms.no
Representative of The Norwegian Mission Society in China. (NMS China)
Mobile phone: +852 6287-1952
NMS webpages/hjemmesider: http://www.nms.no
Development/Bistand: http://kinabistand.blogspot.com
ChurchSupport/Budskap: http://kinabudskap.blogspot.com
Organisation and leadership/Bygging: http://kinabygging.blogspot.com
Personal blog/personlig blog: http://kinainfo.blogspot.com and
my Pilgrim blog: http://pilgrimchina.blogspot.com
Postal address: Amazing Grace Lutheran Church, To Yuen St.
Tai Hang Tung, Kln, Hong Kong S.A.R. China.
May God bless you today. Gud velsigne deg i dag.
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Gode nyheter – den 15/8 vil den nye kirken ved Taohualun innvies og taes i bruk.
Jeg har skrevet et gratulasjonsbrev til de sitert under.
Det vil bli oversatt og lest opp i kirken ved Taohualun – søndag 15/8 2010.
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To: Taohualun Congregation and Christians in Yiyang aria
Hong Kong Saturday the 7th of August 2010
A few days ago news about the Taohualun Church reached me. Through Gods grace and hard work by many in Yiyang and Hunan you are able to move into the new church building. Your restoration service will be held on the 15th of August this year.
This is indeed good news that must make you exceedingly joyful – I know it makes many people in Norway, The Norwegian Missionary Society including myself very joyful too. God has answered our prayers.
The “road” towards this new place of worship has been long and hard with many challenges, but you have overcome them all and on the 15th of August this year God will crown your efforts with glory!
May God keep on blessing the people in The Taohualun Church and Yiyang city in the future and may the new church serve as an inspiration for the Christians in Yiyang to keep on fulfilling the Great commission in the gospel of Matthew 28:18-20.
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, «All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
Yours in Christ
Ole Jacob Grønvold
NMS Representative in China
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Email: ojg@nms.no
Representative of The Norwegian Mission Society in China. (NMS China)
Mobile phone: +852 6287-1952
NMS webpages/hjemmesider: http://www.nms.no
and Pilgrim: http://pilgrimchina.blogspot.com
Development/Bistand: http://kinabistand.blogspot.com
ChurchSupport/Budskap: http://kinabudskap.blogspot.com
Organisation and leadership/Bygging: http://kinabygging.blogspot.com
Personal blog/personlig blog: http://kinainfo.blogspot.com
Postal address: Amazing Grace Lutheran Church, To Yuen St.
Tai Hang Tung, Kln, Hong Kong S.A.R. China.
May God bless you today. Gud velsigne deg i dag.
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