A Liaoning church held a Sunday service to mark the annual Father’s Day which fell on the third Sunday of this June.
After a period of suspension of in-person gatherings, Dalian Fengshou Road Church resumed its services under the normalization of pandemic prevention and control.
It is reported that the church’s activities, including morning prayers, gatherings on weekdays, Bible studies, and Sunday services, have resumed in strict accordance with pandemic prevention requirements, with online ones held simultaneously. The church also controls the number of worshippers, which is two-thirds lower than the one before the outbreak of COVID-19.
The first service started at 7:30 in the morning. Believers entered the sanctuary after their information was registered, temperatures and health codes were checked. With masks, they sat one seat apart to praise, pray and listen to the sermon.
After the greetings, Rev. Wan Shifu, who was dressed in a white holy robe, led the congregation in reading Luke 15: 11-32. In the sermon, he shared the story of a prodigal son who repented and was forgiven by his father. Though loved by his father, he ran away from home but finally came back. The father said to his other son who was unhappy, "He was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found." The pastor urged believers on Father's Day not to forget that the heavenly Father forgave them through Jesus' death, encouraging them not only to confess their sins but also to repent.
After the sermon, four female seekers walked to the holy altar, praying to accept Jesus and become Christians.
The congregation sang the hymn The Most Beautiful Blessing in My Life, welcoming them back with applause.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
在历经一段时间的暂停聚会后，最近得以复堂的辽宁大连丰收路教会进入了常态化疫情防控的聚会阶段。
据悉，此次恢复聚会有两个显著特点：第一、教会内包括晨祷、周间、查经以及主日聚会等在内的各项活动，，线上也同步恢复；第二、严格控制聚会人数。目前每场次的聚会人数比疫情之前减少了约三分之二。
6月20日，是礼拜日，也是一年一度的父亲节。
丰收堂的第一场聚会于上午7:30分开始。信徒们经过测温、扫码、登记之后进入主堂，按照间隔、佩戴口罩坐好，敬拜、赞美、祷告听道。
万世福牧师身着洁白的圣衣登上圣台，问候大家，带领会众诵读路加福音15章11-32节经文，分6个小题目宣讲了主耶稣告诉我们的一位父亲爱自己却离家出走、“死而复活，失而又得”的浪子，浪子认罪悔改蒙父饶恕的见证，劝勉信徒在父亲节不要忘记我们的天父饶恕我们、主耶稣舍命救赎我们的恩典，既要认罪，更要悔改。
万世福牧师证道结束后，面向会堂呼召。有四位姊妹走到圣台前，跟着牧师做了信主耶稣基督的决志祷告，成为基督徒。
会众一同高唱《这一生最美的祝福》，并以掌声欢迎她们归来。
（本文作者为福音时报特约撰稿人。）
http://www.gospeltimes.cn/article/index/id/56722
大连丰收路教会父亲节宣讲“浪子的比喻”
A Liaoning church held a Sunday service to mark the annual Father’s Day which fell on the third Sunday of this June.
After a period of suspension of in-person gatherings, Dalian Fengshou Road Church resumed its services under the normalization of pandemic prevention and control.
It is reported that the church’s activities, including morning prayers, gatherings on weekdays, Bible studies, and Sunday services, have resumed in strict accordance with pandemic prevention requirements, with online ones held simultaneously. The church also controls the number of worshippers, which is two-thirds lower than the one before the outbreak of COVID-19.
The first service started at 7:30 in the morning. Believers entered the sanctuary after their information was registered, temperatures and health codes were checked. With masks, they sat one seat apart to praise, pray and listen to the sermon.
After the greetings, Rev. Wan Shifu, who was dressed in a white holy robe, led the congregation in reading Luke 15: 11-32. In the sermon, he shared the story of a prodigal son who repented and was forgiven by his father. Though loved by his father, he ran away from home but finally came back. The father said to his other son who was unhappy, "He was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found." The pastor urged believers on Father's Day not to forget that the heavenly Father forgave them through Jesus' death, encouraging them not only to confess their sins but also to repent.
After the sermon, four female seekers walked to the holy altar, praying to accept Jesus and become Christians.
The congregation sang the hymn The Most Beautiful Blessing in My Life, welcoming them back with applause.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Liaoning Church Preaches 'Parable of the Prodigal Son' on Father's Day
