On Sunday, Haikou Road Church in Changchun, Jilin Province, held Easter services and baptism following the Good Friday Communion service. This was also the first baptism service of the year since in-person meetings were suspended due to COVID-19.
The Easter service at Haikou Road Church was divided into two sessions, and the first service was in the morning, which started at 7 am. The congregation and to-be-baptized brothers and sisters arrived early at the church, and the serving staff greeted the members who came to the service. The believers followed the entry procedure of scanning the health code and taking their temperatures and then were guided by the staff to enter the church in an orderly manner, following the choir leaders in praise, Bible reading, and praying.
Amidst the hymns raised by the choir, Senior Pastor Yan Peng ascended to the altar dressed in a vestment. Greeting the congregation for a happy Easter, Rev. Yan led the congregation in reciting the New Testament scriptures from Luke 20:19-23, with the theme “The Lord Christ is Risen” as the sermon.
After the sermon, more than 20 brothers and sisters knelt in front of the altar cross in the sanctuary to be baptized by him in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Easter worship and praise services followed the baptism service. Due to epidemic prevention concerns, the Easter services was divided into two sessions to separate the believers, each of whom received a "resurrection egg".
(The original article is published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Wylie Sun
2021年4月4日，吉林省长春海口路教会继受难日圣餐礼拜，再次迎来复活节聚会和洗礼。这也自疫情暂停线下实地聚会以来今年第一场圣洗礼拜。
复活节的海口路教堂聚会分为两场。上午，第一场聚会是晨曦礼拜，7点钟开始。会众和受洗的弟兄姊妹早早来到教堂，服侍的同工迎接前来聚会的肢体。信徒们按照程序扫码测温，然后在服侍同工的引导下有序入堂聚会，跟着领诗的同工赞美、读经、祷告。
在诗班高扬赞颂的赞美诗中，闫鹏主任牧师身着圣服登上圣台，他喜乐的问候亲爱的弟兄姊妹复活节快乐，带领会众诵读新约路加福音20章19-23节经文，以《主基督复活了》为主题，为主证道。
证道结束后，有20多位弟兄姊妹跪在圣殿的圣台十字架前，接受闫鹏牧师奉圣父圣子圣灵的名施洗。
圣洗礼拜结束后，海口路教会举行了复活节崇拜赞美聚会。出于防疫的考虑，复活节聚会分为两场，将聚会的信徒分流。在聚会中，大家兴高采烈的赞美恩主耶稣基督，并且每位信徒领到了一枚“复活彩蛋”。
（本文作者为福音时报特约撰稿人，感谢海口路教会夏姊妹等同工提供的照片。）
长春海口路教会举办洗礼
On Sunday, Haikou Road Church in Changchun, Jilin Province, held Easter services and baptism following the Good Friday Communion service. This was also the first baptism service of the year since in-person meetings were suspended due to COVID-19.
The Easter service at Haikou Road Church was divided into two sessions, and the first service was in the morning, which started at 7 am. The congregation and to-be-baptized brothers and sisters arrived early at the church, and the serving staff greeted the members who came to the service. The believers followed the entry procedure of scanning the health code and taking their temperatures and then were guided by the staff to enter the church in an orderly manner, following the choir leaders in praise, Bible reading, and praying.
Amidst the hymns raised by the choir, Senior Pastor Yan Peng ascended to the altar dressed in a vestment. Greeting the congregation for a happy Easter, Rev. Yan led the congregation in reciting the New Testament scriptures from Luke 20:19-23, with the theme “The Lord Christ is Risen” as the sermon.
After the sermon, more than 20 brothers and sisters knelt in front of the altar cross in the sanctuary to be baptized by him in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Easter worship and praise services followed the baptism service. Due to epidemic prevention concerns, the Easter services was divided into two sessions to separate the believers, each of whom received a "resurrection egg".
(The original article is published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Wylie Sun
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