The preparation for celebrating God’s faithfulness to CPC over the past 130 years is well underway. The online registration for the 130th anniversary service and the ticket sale for the anniversary dinner on June 11th open today. Please register as well as buy tickets for you, your family and friends early.
We have much to be thankful to God throughout the history of CPC. Yet as we look ahead, the future does present a challenging time for us with the lack of pastoral resources. There are currently four vacancies within the English and the Cantonese ministry. In addition, our Moderator, Rev Chris Chan, will retire from his role at the end of this year.
How may we be thankful to God when there has not been any successful recruitment of pastors or the new Moderator so far? What would the Lord like our whole congregation to learn and to experience in this time of need?
God has provided for CPC time and time again for the past 130 years. There is a recent example of God’s faithfulness to us while we were looking for a suitable venue to hold our anniversary service. The committee made numerous enquiries to all the schools which were known to us; but in the end, none of them were suitable for various reasons. Just when we were at our wit’s end, God opened a door for us. One of our committee members attended a meeting with other Chinese churches and the person sitting next to her introduced the current venue in their conversation.
Let us be thankful to God because God alone is our salvation and our refuge. God’s provision is certain and always timely. May the Lord be glorified as we prepare for the church anniversary.
感謝神對雪梨華人長老會過去130年的信實，慶祝活動已經開始進行了。將在6月11日舉行的週年感恩崇拜的網上報名登記和感恩晚宴的門票今天開始預訂了。請盡早為自己、家人和朋友登記和購買門票。
在長老會的歷史中，我們有很多感謝神的地方。當我們向前展望時，未來是頗具挑戰性的，因為我們缺乏教牧的資源。目前，英語和粵語事工中有四個職位空缺。加上我們的會正、陳靈光牧師將在今年年底退去他的職位。
當未能成功招聘到合適的牧者或新的會正時，我們應該如何對神懷著感恩的心呢？主希望我們所有會眾在這個缺乏的時期中學習和體驗到什麼呢？
而在過去的130年裡，神一次又一次地充足供應我們教會。最近在尋找週年感恩崇拜場地的事情上，神顯現了祂的信實。負責的委員會詢問了所有我們所認識的學校，但最後基於各種原因，那些場地都不合適。正當我們束手無策之際，神為我們打開了一扇門。我們其中一位成員與其他華人教會開會時，坐在她旁邊的人在談話中向她介紹了我們目前選擇的場地。
讓我們感謝神，因為祂是我們的拯救和避難所。神的供應是確實的，總是及時的。當我們為教會週年作準備時，願榮耀都歸與主。
