One church in China's eastern-coastal Fujian Province celebrated the birthday of senior believers.
On March 6, Fuhua Church in Fuqing, Fujian, had arranged a collective birthday party for the elderly members whose birthdays are in the first quarter of 2022, senior fellowship of the church reported.
The birthday party was expected since it was the first birthday gathering to happen in these two years after the outbreak of the pandemic.
When Rev. Yu Jianyun shared a sermon based on Psalms 90, mentioning that when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, there were 600,000 young people who were in their 20s, but not many of them left when arriving at Canaan after untold hardships. He said as life was short and fleeting, elderly Christians should always think about how they could value their limited lives and do their best to honor God and to benefit others. This obligation should be prioritized as a Christian.
In his speech, Rev. Shi Guiming reminded the elderly Christians to pay special attention to the growth and improvement of their spiritual lives and not to decrease their spiritual pursuit though they were getting older. He stated as Human beings are intelligent creatures, they should understand more instead of being dazed as they grew. He mentioned that it seemed that being old and confused was an irresistible natural law and there was nothing acceptable. It was declared that the lives of the elderly should also have wonderful implications, which were to serve the Lord Jesus wholeheartedly and to guide the younger generation to Christ. He encouraged the elderly Christians to regard this as their mission.
All directors guided by president Lin Rensheng were lined up to present their birthday congratulatory speech and the song Happy Birthday To You to the elderly members.
After the group photo, all of the members received birthday gifts.
- Translated by Jessie Cheong
3月6日，福建福清福华堂老人互爱会为生日在第一季度的会员们举行了集体庆生活动。
此次庆生活动是疫情暴发两年来的首次生日聚会，因此大家都期盼。
在当日的证道讲演中，俞建云牧师援引诗篇90章中的经文告诉大家：当年摩西率领以色列人出埃及时，队伍中仅20岁左右的年轻人有60万之众，当他们历经千辛万苦抵达迦南时，这些人已经所剩无几。人生苦短，转瞬即逝，因此，作为老年人，应该经常思考这样一个问题，即如何珍惜有限的生命，尽自己一生的努力去荣神益人。这乃是基督徒的无上义务。
施桂明牧师的讲演也同样精彩，他特别提到：老年基督徒需要格外注意属灵生命的增进与提高，切不可因为自己年事渐高而放松对灵性的追求。人是有智慧生命的动物，应该越老越明白，而不是放任自己越老越昏聩，似乎老糊涂是一种不可抗拒的自然规律，没什么不可原谅的。老年人的生命同样应该有精彩的内涵，那便是对主耶稣的尽心侍奉与对后辈的引领，让儿孙辈也能皈依至基督的光明大道来。他鼓励在座诸位老年信徒应将这一点看成是自己的使命。
接下来，林仁生会长率全体理事列队为会员们奉上了生日祝词辞，并为大家齐唱《祝你生日快乐》。
最后，在集体合影并领取礼品之后，诸位会员们笑逐颜开离开了会场。
福建福清福华堂老人互爱会为老年会员举行集体庆生活动
One church in China's eastern-coastal Fujian Province celebrated the birthday of senior believers.
On March 6, Fuhua Church in Fuqing, Fujian, had arranged a collective birthday party for the elderly members whose birthdays are in the first quarter of 2022, senior fellowship of the church reported.
The birthday party was expected since it was the first birthday gathering to happen in these two years after the outbreak of the pandemic.
When Rev. Yu Jianyun shared a sermon based on Psalms 90, mentioning that when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, there were 600,000 young people who were in their 20s, but not many of them left when arriving at Canaan after untold hardships. He said as life was short and fleeting, elderly Christians should always think about how they could value their limited lives and do their best to honor God and to benefit others. This obligation should be prioritized as a Christian.
In his speech, Rev. Shi Guiming reminded the elderly Christians to pay special attention to the growth and improvement of their spiritual lives and not to decrease their spiritual pursuit though they were getting older. He stated as Human beings are intelligent creatures, they should understand more instead of being dazed as they grew. He mentioned that it seemed that being old and confused was an irresistible natural law and there was nothing acceptable. It was declared that the lives of the elderly should also have wonderful implications, which were to serve the Lord Jesus wholeheartedly and to guide the younger generation to Christ. He encouraged the elderly Christians to regard this as their mission.
All directors guided by president Lin Rensheng were lined up to present their birthday congratulatory speech and the song Happy Birthday To You to the elderly members.
After the group photo, all of the members received birthday gifts.
- Translated by Jessie Cheong
Fujian Church Conducts Collective Birthday Party for Elderly Members
