On the morning of February 12th, the Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox, a Shanxi church held a Spring Festival thanksgiving worship service virtually.
According to tradition, on the first day of the first lunar month, the thanksgiving services took place personally each year at the Yaodu District Church in Linfen. At the beginning of this year, due to the sporadic cases of COVID-19 in some areas of the country, the church continued to undergo the "two suspension and one postponement," which referred to "closing religious activity places, suspending collective religious activities and postponing the opening of religious colleges."
Presiding over the virtual worship service, Elder Xie Chunlan led the congregation to sing The Old Year Past, The New Year Comes, one hymn of the Chinese New Hymnal, after proclaiming the Apostles' Creed, and read Ephesians 1:3.
Pastor Huang Hailin gave a sermon entitled "Blessing," based on this scripture. The three perspectives of blessings were spiritual, heavenly, and in Christ. Combining with the previous year's extraordinary experience, he said that only God's children could inherit the spiritual gifts from heaven in Christ. Because of the death and bloodshed of the Lord Jesus, Christians can enjoy the rich blessings of God.
Later, Elder Chen Li delivered a New Year speech on behalf of the district CC&TSPM (Christian Council & Three-Self Patriotic Movement) to greet everyone.
After singing the hymn, Trusting in the Lord, Elder Chen gave the benediction prayer.
(The original article is published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
2月12日清晨，时值牛年新春佳节，临汾尧都区城中心的基督教城区堂, 举行了网上春节感恩崇拜.
按照惯例，每年的正月初一，都要举行感恩崇拜。今年年初，随着国内部分地区零星散发疫情，继续执行“双暂停一延迟”。
网络崇拜由谢春兰长老主礼，首先以使徒信经宣信，歌诗新编赞美诗181首《新岁初临歌》，宣读证道经文以弗所书1章3节，黄海林牧师做了题为《福气》的证道。从属灵的福气、天上的福气和基督里的福气三个角度进行分享，结合过去一年不平凡的经历，数算了在基督的属灵福气，以及从天上而来的福气，只有属神的儿女才可承受。因着主耶稣的舍命流血，神的儿女得享在基督里各种丰富的福气。
陈丽长老代表区两会发表了热情洋溢的新年致辞，她向各位肢体亲切问安
最后歌诗新编赞美诗286首《靠主有福歌》,陈丽长老的祝福祷告
http://www.gospeltimes.cn/article/index/id/55323
山西临汾尧都区基督教会举办网络春节感恩崇拜
On the morning of February 12th, the Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox, a Shanxi church held a Spring Festival thanksgiving worship service virtually.
According to tradition, on the first day of the first lunar month, the thanksgiving services took place personally each year at the Yaodu District Church in Linfen. At the beginning of this year, due to the sporadic cases of COVID-19 in some areas of the country, the church continued to undergo the "two suspension and one postponement," which referred to "closing religious activity places, suspending collective religious activities and postponing the opening of religious colleges."
Presiding over the virtual worship service, Elder Xie Chunlan led the congregation to sing The Old Year Past, The New Year Comes, one hymn of the Chinese New Hymnal, after proclaiming the Apostles' Creed, and read Ephesians 1:3.
Pastor Huang Hailin gave a sermon entitled "Blessing," based on this scripture. The three perspectives of blessings were spiritual, heavenly, and in Christ. Combining with the previous year's extraordinary experience, he said that only God's children could inherit the spiritual gifts from heaven in Christ. Because of the death and bloodshed of the Lord Jesus, Christians can enjoy the rich blessings of God.
Later, Elder Chen Li delivered a New Year speech on behalf of the district CC&TSPM (Christian Council & Three-Self Patriotic Movement) to greet everyone.
After singing the hymn, Trusting in the Lord, Elder Chen gave the benediction prayer.
(The original article is published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
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