The Nanjing Vineyard Sign Language Fellowship’s Christmas celebration was held in a restaurant in Qinhuai District on December 25.
Deaf believers came to prepare for the Christmas celebration, carrying their own vegetables and other food.
After the prayer by Teacher Chen Lirong who has graduated from the special education seminar of Heilongjiang Theological Seminary and is currently engaged full time in the deaf fellowship of a Nanjing church, this Christmas celebration officially started.
All the performances proceeded in an orderly manner and the drama which every member was looking forward to finally began. The performers showed several scenes of the Nativity: the Israelites all went to be registered, Mary conceived a child through the Holy Spirit, Jesus was born in a manger, angels reported the good news to shepherds, wise men worshipped Jesus, and so on.
The silent sign language dialogue with vivid emotional expression could also show every member's heartfelt joy for the birth of the Lord Jesus.
During lunch, they exchanged their recent life and faith experiences in sign language, and several members constantly asked sign language teachers for more daily expressions as well as vocabularies about the Bible.
- Translated by Stephen Huang
12月25日，南京葡萄园手语团契的圣诞团契活动在秦淮区的一家餐馆里举行。
聋人弟兄姊妹拎着自家奉献的蔬菜等食材，前来预备圣诞团契庆祝活动。
在陈丽荣老师的祷告中，葡萄园手语团契的圣诞节庆祝团契活动正式拉开了序幕。
在安排好出场顺序后，大家最为期待的圣剧表演也终于开始。在弟兄姊妹演绎下，民众报名上册，马利亚受圣灵感孕，耶稣在马槽降生、天使向牧羊人报喜、博士朝拜等记载了耶稣降生的故事再次生动的展现在大家的面前。
借着无声的手语对白以及大家生动的情绪表达，同样展示出每一位弟兄姊妹对于主耶稣降生世间而发自内心的喜悦。
在享用午餐期间，大家用手语交流着近期生活与信仰中的经历，几位听人弟兄姊妹不断向聋人老师们请教更多日常以及圣经中的手语表述词汇。
餐后，在陈老师的主持带领下，大家依次分享畅谈了自己对于圣诞节的认识与感受。
南京葡萄园手语团契庆圣诞活动小记
The Nanjing Vineyard Sign Language Fellowship’s Christmas celebration was held in a restaurant in Qinhuai District on December 25.
Deaf believers came to prepare for the Christmas celebration, carrying their own vegetables and other food.
After the prayer by Teacher Chen Lirong who has graduated from the special education seminar of Heilongjiang Theological Seminary and is currently engaged full time in the deaf fellowship of a Nanjing church, this Christmas celebration officially started.
All the performances proceeded in an orderly manner and the drama which every member was looking forward to finally began. The performers showed several scenes of the Nativity: the Israelites all went to be registered, Mary conceived a child through the Holy Spirit, Jesus was born in a manger, angels reported the good news to shepherds, wise men worshipped Jesus, and so on.
The silent sign language dialogue with vivid emotional expression could also show every member's heartfelt joy for the birth of the Lord Jesus.
During lunch, they exchanged their recent life and faith experiences in sign language, and several members constantly asked sign language teachers for more daily expressions as well as vocabularies about the Bible.
- Translated by Stephen Huang
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