On the morning of July 12, 2020, the congregation in the Country Garden of Shunde District, Foshan City, came to the church with joy to participate in the first worship service after the pandemic.
At the door of the meeting point, there was an electronic thermometer. The congregations could accurately take their temperature as long as they put their hands into the infrared range.
Before entering the church, some sisters reminded everyone to clean their hands with hand sanitizer, and some held a spray bottle containing disinfectant to sterilize the soles of their shoes. After doing this, they were allowed into the church.
Due to the pandemic, there are two services on Sunday. The congregations are seated separately. There are signs on the seats telling people where to sit. The benches that used to accommodate four people now are for two people, and they have to wear masks all the time.
The first service started at 9:00 am. Sister Yang Lizheng, head of Country Garden Church, officiated the service. Xie Enze, a fellow worker, gave the sermon, “Don't give up meeting together". He pointed out in the sermon that the reason for gathering is to get close to God, to hear the Word, and to learn the truth. If one stops gathering, there is a loss of passion for the gospel, a loss of humility, and people follow their own evil desires and things of the world.
After the gathering, everyone left the church in an orderly manner. The sisters immediately disinfected the church's public facilities in preparation for the second worship.
The residential property owners, who are Christians, have been living in Country Garden since 1996, according to Sister Xia Yalian, the founder of the church. At first, as there was no church in Beijiao town, to which Country Garden belonged, believers took buses to the church in the nearby town Daliang. As the number of believers increased, they set up a meeting point in the Country Garden. After several relocations, the property company in 2009 offered them the third floor of the Garden Club where they currently gather for free. At present, the church has a full-time preacher, more than 200 believers and 80 volunteers.
- Translated by Sophia Chen
广东佛山碧桂园聚会点恢复聚会侧记
2020年7月12日上午，居住在顺德碧桂园小区内的弟兄姊妹怀着欣喜的心情，来到教会，参加疫情过后的第一场实地崇拜。
来到教会门口，一台电子测温仪映入眼帘，弟兄姊妹只要将手放到红外线测试范围内，即可准确测量人体当时的温度。进入教会之前，会有姊妹提醒大家用免洗洗手液清洁双手，并有姊妹手持装有消毒液的喷壶，帮大家给鞋底消毒。完成了这一系列工序之后，才能获准进入教会。
由于防疫的需要，原本每主日的一堂崇拜已改成两堂，大家分开就坐，座椅上贴有醒目的分隔标识，原本可以坐4人的长椅，现在改为坐两人，并全程佩戴口罩。
第一堂崇拜于9:00准时开始，由碧桂园教会负责人杨力争姊妹主礼，谢恩泽同工以《不可停止聚会》为题证道。谢恩泽同工在证道中指出：之所以要聚会，乃是为了亲近上帝；聆听圣言；得明真道。之所以会停止聚会，是因为丢失了起初的火热之心；丢失了应有的谦卑之心；随从了自己的私欲之心，随从了他人的属世之心。
聚会结束后，大家有序离场。姊妹们立刻对教会内的公共设施进行消毒处理，为第二场崇拜做好准备。
据碧桂园教会创始人夏亚莲老姊妹介绍，碧桂园内早在1996年就已有基督徒业主入住。起初，由于碧桂园所属的北滘镇没有教堂，大家就乘车到邻近的大良镇教堂参加崇拜。随着人数的不断增多，弟兄姊妹们便在碧桂园内成立了聚会点。经历了数次搬迁之后，物业公司于2009年将位于花园会所三楼的现今聚会场所提供给教会无偿使用。教会目前有专职传道人一名，信徒200余人，义工80人。
On the morning of July 12, 2020, the congregation in the Country Garden of Shunde District, Foshan City, came to the church with joy to participate in the first worship service after the pandemic.
At the door of the meeting point, there was an electronic thermometer. The congregations could accurately take their temperature as long as they put their hands into the infrared range.
Before entering the church, some sisters reminded everyone to clean their hands with hand sanitizer, and some held a spray bottle containing disinfectant to sterilize the soles of their shoes. After doing this, they were allowed into the church.
Due to the pandemic, there are two services on Sunday. The congregations are seated separately. There are signs on the seats telling people where to sit. The benches that used to accommodate four people now are for two people, and they have to wear masks all the time.
The first service started at 9:00 am. Sister Yang Lizheng, head of Country Garden Church, officiated the service. Xie Enze, a fellow worker, gave the sermon, “Don't give up meeting together". He pointed out in the sermon that the reason for gathering is to get close to God, to hear the Word, and to learn the truth. If one stops gathering, there is a loss of passion for the gospel, a loss of humility, and people follow their own evil desires and things of the world.
After the gathering, everyone left the church in an orderly manner. The sisters immediately disinfected the church's public facilities in preparation for the second worship.
The residential property owners, who are Christians, have been living in Country Garden since 1996, according to Sister Xia Yalian, the founder of the church. At first, as there was no church in Beijiao town, to which Country Garden belonged, believers took buses to the church in the nearby town Daliang. As the number of believers increased, they set up a meeting point in the Country Garden. After several relocations, the property company in 2009 offered them the third floor of the Garden Club where they currently gather for free. At present, the church has a full-time preacher, more than 200 believers and 80 volunteers.
- Translated by Sophia Chen
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