A church in a mountainous area of Northeast China's Liaoning Province held an autumn harvest Thanksgiving event last Saturday, which begins with the Cold Dew of the 24 solar terms, and lasts until November.
On October 8th, believers in the Tiger Village Church of the Tanggangzi Town, Qianshan District, Anshan City sang hymns such as "Harvest Song" and "Bringing in the Sheaves".
Then, the 82-year-old preacher Sister Wang Furong who began to preach in Anshan after the re-gathering of the church in 1984 went to the platform. According to Acts 14:17, she witnessed with the title of "The Meaning of the Autumn Harvest Thanksgiving", sharing with the believers "the origin of Thanksgiving Day", “the content of Thanksgiving", and "Men's Destined Home".
After the sermon, an 81-year-old brother praised the Lord's grace and healing in the form of Tianjin bamboo clappers. He grew up in Sunday school as a child and followed his mother's faith in Lord for decades. He got gastric cancer in April this year. During his hospitalization, he kept reading the Bible, praying, and praising every day. He not only had a safe operation but also was recovering gradually. He testified to the Lord with his own illness.
After the choir performed the hymns, the Tiger Village Church began the 2022 Autumn Harvest Thanksgiving Ceremony. The pastors of the church and the believers in each group, fellowship, and meeting place presented twenty programs, such as dancing, chorus, and bamboo clappers.
Brother Bai Dianfu, 82 years old, from the church of Datun Town, took to the stage and played "Fellow Traveller" with a cucurbit flute.
Finally, Pastor Wu Shuai, other preachers, and deacons performed the play "Who Cares for the Lord’s Heart" which they wrote and directed by themselves. The play told a true story, in which some serving believers were originally passionate, later left the church and then no longer served, but in the end, confessed after the prayer of old preachers and returned to the church.
In today's praise meeting, two sisters received their calling. The church also distributed souvenirs to believers over 70 years old.
(The article is written by a special contributor of the Gospel Times in Anshan, Liaoning Province.)
- Translated by Oliver Zuo
上周六，一个中国东北辽宁省的山区的教堂举办秋收感恩节活动，这个活动在辽宁省各地教会从二十四节气的寒露季节开始，一直持续到11月份。
10月8日， 在鞍山市千山区汤岗子镇老虎屯教会，村里的信徒唱《秋成谢恩歌》、《收成归天家歌》等诗歌。
接着，今年82岁、从1984年教堂恢复聚会即开始传道的鞍山市老传道人王福荣姊妹登上圣台，根据使徒行传14章17篇的经文，以“秋收感恩的意义”为题证道，与信徒分享“感恩节的来历”、“感恩的内容”、“人的归宿”等四个方面。
讲道结束后，一位81岁的老弟兄，以天津快板的形式赞美主的恩典和医治。他小的时候在主日学里长大的，跟着母亲信主几十年。今年的4月份得了胃癌，他在住院期间，每天都坚持阅读圣经，坚持祷告、赞美，他不仅手术平安，而且现在身体已经在逐步的康复。他以自己的患病经历，为主作了见证。
在诗班献诗之后、老虎屯教会开始了2022年秋收感恩节献祭活动。教会的教牧同工和各个班组、团契、聚会点的信徒，献上舞蹈、合唱、快板等二十个节目。
今年82岁的大屯镇教会的白殿福老弟兄登台，演奏了葫芦丝《同路人》。
最后吴帅牧师、张玉胜弟兄等传道人、执事，表演自编、自导、自演的圣剧《谁体贴主的心》，表现一些服侍的肢体，起初是有热心、中间离开教会做自己的事情，不再服侍，到最后在老传道人的祈祷中，认罪悔改，又重新回归的教会的真实故事。
今天的赞美会中，还有两位姊妹接受呼召。教会还为70岁以上的老年肢体发放了纪念品。
（福音时报特约撰稿人于辽宁鞍山报道）
记辽宁鞍山老虎屯教会秋收感恩节
A church in a mountainous area of Northeast China's Liaoning Province held an autumn harvest Thanksgiving event last Saturday, which begins with the Cold Dew of the 24 solar terms, and lasts until November.
On October 8th, believers in the Tiger Village Church of the Tanggangzi Town, Qianshan District, Anshan City sang hymns such as "Harvest Song" and "Bringing in the Sheaves".
Then, the 82-year-old preacher Sister Wang Furong who began to preach in Anshan after the re-gathering of the church in 1984 went to the platform. According to Acts 14:17, she witnessed with the title of "The Meaning of the Autumn Harvest Thanksgiving", sharing with the believers "the origin of Thanksgiving Day", “the content of Thanksgiving", and "Men's Destined Home".
After the sermon, an 81-year-old brother praised the Lord's grace and healing in the form of Tianjin bamboo clappers. He grew up in Sunday school as a child and followed his mother's faith in Lord for decades. He got gastric cancer in April this year. During his hospitalization, he kept reading the Bible, praying, and praising every day. He not only had a safe operation but also was recovering gradually. He testified to the Lord with his own illness.
After the choir performed the hymns, the Tiger Village Church began the 2022 Autumn Harvest Thanksgiving Ceremony. The pastors of the church and the believers in each group, fellowship, and meeting place presented twenty programs, such as dancing, chorus, and bamboo clappers.
Brother Bai Dianfu, 82 years old, from the church of Datun Town, took to the stage and played "Fellow Traveller" with a cucurbit flute.
Finally, Pastor Wu Shuai, other preachers, and deacons performed the play "Who Cares for the Lord’s Heart" which they wrote and directed by themselves. The play told a true story, in which some serving believers were originally passionate, later left the church and then no longer served, but in the end, confessed after the prayer of old preachers and returned to the church.
In today's praise meeting, two sisters received their calling. The church also distributed souvenirs to believers over 70 years old.
(The article is written by a special contributor of the Gospel Times in Anshan, Liaoning Province.)
- Translated by Oliver Zuo
Autumn Harvest Thanksgiving in Tiger Village Church, Liaoning
