More than 300 members from the Shandong CC&TSPM and the Shandong Theological Seminary attended a national flag-raising ceremony on the National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims.
It has been a usual practice for the staff of the Shandong CC&TSPM and Shandong Theological Seminary to participate in the flag-raising ceremonies, which are held on December 14. By participating the staff receive “patriotic education,” according to CCC&TSPM.
Rev. Gao Ming, chairman of the provincial TSPM, said that the seventh National Memorial Day demonstrated the firm stand of Chinese people against aggressive wars and toward maintaining world peace.
Citing Psalm 90:12, Gao exhorted seminary students to be grateful for the hard-won peace and to study hard to be equipped to become pastoral workers required by the new era.
每周一举行升旗仪式,牧长同工于国旗下进行爱国主义教育,已经成为山东省基督教两会和山东神学院的惯例。
2020年12月14日,山东省基督教两会全体班子成员和教职员工及神学院师生共300多人,于神学院院内举行了国家公祭日升国旗仪式。
在进行了庄严的升旗仪式后,省基督教三自爱国运动委员会主席高明牧师进行了国旗下讲话。
高牧师指出,今年12月13日是第七个南京大屠杀死难者国家公祭日,公祭日的设立戳穿了日本右翼试图歪曲、抹杀历史的企图,增强了现代人对国家遭受战争灾难历史的记忆,表明了中国人民反对侵略战争、维护世界和平的坚定立场。
高牧师强调,只有牢记历史、以史为鉴,才能共同珍爱和平、维护和平,做和平的倡导者与捍卫者。
高牧师要求各位教职员工要正确认识和铭记历史,清楚当今国情和教会面临的形势,明确肩负的历史使命,贯彻党和政府宗教政策方针,做好本职工作;以实际行动拥护中国共产党的领导,积极践行社会主义核心价值观,自觉抵御反华势力的渗透,为宗教和顺、民族团结与社会稳定贡献积极力量。
高牧师以《诗篇》90篇12节的经文,劝勉各位神学生要为来之不易的和平生活心存感恩,珍惜光阴,积极学习装备,努力成长为满足新时代教会需要的教牧人员。
山东省基督教两会举行国家公祭日升国旗仪式
More than 300 members from the Shandong CC&TSPM and the Shandong Theological Seminary attended a national flag-raising ceremony on the National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims.
It has been a usual practice for the staff of the Shandong CC&TSPM and Shandong Theological Seminary to participate in the flag-raising ceremonies, which are held on December 14. By participating the staff receive “patriotic education,” according to CCC&TSPM.
Rev. Gao Ming, chairman of the provincial TSPM, said that the seventh National Memorial Day demonstrated the firm stand of Chinese people against aggressive wars and toward maintaining world peace.
Citing Psalm 90:12, Gao exhorted seminary students to be grateful for the hard-won peace and to study hard to be equipped to become pastoral workers required by the new era.
Shandong CC&TSPM Raises Flag on National Memorial Day