On August 23, 2020, the Lvhua Jie Church in Anshan, China’s northeastern Liaoning Province, held its first in-person service since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
Before the church reopened, they renovated the church building, making it more convenient for Christians to gather. They painted the exterior of the church, installed an elevator, redecorated the pulpit, and the main windows and doors have a completely new look. On both sides at the front of the sanctuary, they installed two electronic display screens that have a clearer projection.
On this Sunday, the Church had two services in the morning and evening as usual, and there were two shifts of pandemic prevention workers. As there were more Christians in the morning, they used all four floors of the church for the service.
In the morning, volunteers from the church were responsible for scanning everyone’s QR health code, ensuring that everyone was wearing a mask and taking care of other details at the entrance of the church. There are generally fewer people in the evening service, so only the second floor of the church was open.
After having their health codes scanned at the entrance of the church, the attendees went through the designated line at the main entrance of the church to have their temperatures taken, ID card and registration information checked. If everything was OK, then they could enter the church.
Since we are still fighting against the pandemic, the seats in the venue were marked, with only two people in each pew. Two rows of seats in the front and back of attendees were empty.
The choir has also changed its location and format. Instead of sitting in the same place after singing hymns on the right side of the pulpit, they sang in front of the pulpit and then exited.
Elder Shi Aijun preached a sermon in the two services with the title of "The Mission and Responsibility of Christians under the pandemic".
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. (Romans 12:14)
Elder Shi said that under the pandemic, Christians must pray. No matter what environment we face, we must know that our main mission and responsibility is praying.
As Christians, we must be wary of praying for the country and the people. Our God sits firmly on top and we can be like Him. We can still enjoy the peace that God gives us when everyone else is in a panic. Also, we should empathize with those who are facing disasters, and pray for the health and safety of the country’s people.
Today, with the rapid development of science and technology, some countries and people take risk to study what should not be studied and destroy what should not be destroyed and even commit crimes. As the royal priesthood of God, we must repent from our sins, and be the watchmen and supplicants for our own country and people, and even the king.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
辽宁鞍山绿化街教会喜迎疫情后首次复堂礼拜
2020年8月23日，辽宁鞍山绿化街教会基自疫情以来第一次做礼拜。
在教会未开放的日子里，绿化街教会对教堂做了更方便基督徒来聚会的整修：教堂外观被粉刷一新，还加装了电梯，主要的门窗焕然一新，证道的讲坛也重新装修布置，并在两侧添加了两块电子屏，较之前的投影更加的清晰。
本次复堂，绿教会仍然是早晚两场证道，因此防范疫情的工作人员分为两班。早场来的基督徒较多，教堂四层楼全部开放接待。
早场由侍奉人员在教堂门口负责健康二维码扫码，口罩佩戴等相关工作以及督导。晚场聚会一般人比较少，只需开放二楼会场。
基督徒们在教堂门口扫码后，通过警戒线拉好的通道来到教堂主楼大门进行体感测温，人工测温，身份证及个人相关信息登记，通过后方能进入教堂。
由于仍然在抗疫期间，所以在会场的座位上都做了标记，每个长椅只安排坐两人，前后两排的位置也都错落开来。
本次唱诗班的位置和形式也较之前有所改变，由原本在讲坛右侧献诗后原地落座，改到了在讲坛前面献诗，随后退场。
两场聚会都是由史爱军长老证道，证道题目为:《疫情期间基督徒的使命和担当》。
经文是逼迫你们的，要给他们祝福；只要祝福，不可咒诅。 (罗12：14)
疫情时期基督徒都要有使命和担当，那我们基督徒最主要的使命是什么——祷告。我们无论面对什么样的环境我们都要晓得我们的使命和责任是祷告。
我们做为基督徒，要警醒为国家为人民为众人祷告。我们的神是稳坐其上的神，我们要效法耶和华神也要稳坐其上，在其他人都慌乱的时候我们仍能得享神赐我们的平安，所以我们有责任为所有在灾祸和苦难中的人，与他们感同身受，为国家为人民的健康平安祷告。
科技高速发展的今天，有很多人类不该研究的不该破坏的东西，仍有国家和人冒着罪恶还要去做。我们做为神君尊的祭司，我们要认罪悔改，履行我们祭司的责任为我们自己的国家和人民乃至君王做守望者为他们代求祝谢。
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On August 23, 2020, the Lvhua Jie Church in Anshan, China’s northeastern Liaoning Province, held its first in-person service since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
Before the church reopened, they renovated the church building, making it more convenient for Christians to gather. They painted the exterior of the church, installed an elevator, redecorated the pulpit, and the main windows and doors have a completely new look. On both sides at the front of the sanctuary, they installed two electronic display screens that have a clearer projection.
On this Sunday, the Church had two services in the morning and evening as usual, and there were two shifts of pandemic prevention workers. As there were more Christians in the morning, they used all four floors of the church for the service.
In the morning, volunteers from the church were responsible for scanning everyone’s QR health code, ensuring that everyone was wearing a mask and taking care of other details at the entrance of the church. There are generally fewer people in the evening service, so only the second floor of the church was open.
After having their health codes scanned at the entrance of the church, the attendees went through the designated line at the main entrance of the church to have their temperatures taken, ID card and registration information checked. If everything was OK, then they could enter the church.
Since we are still fighting against the pandemic, the seats in the venue were marked, with only two people in each pew. Two rows of seats in the front and back of attendees were empty.
The choir has also changed its location and format. Instead of sitting in the same place after singing hymns on the right side of the pulpit, they sang in front of the pulpit and then exited.
Elder Shi Aijun preached a sermon in the two services with the title of "The Mission and Responsibility of Christians under the pandemic".
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. (Romans 12:14)
Elder Shi said that under the pandemic, Christians must pray. No matter what environment we face, we must know that our main mission and responsibility is praying.
As Christians, we must be wary of praying for the country and the people. Our God sits firmly on top and we can be like Him. We can still enjoy the peace that God gives us when everyone else is in a panic. Also, we should empathize with those who are facing disasters, and pray for the health and safety of the country’s people.
Today, with the rapid development of science and technology, some countries and people take risk to study what should not be studied and destroy what should not be destroyed and even commit crimes. As the royal priesthood of God, we must repent from our sins, and be the watchmen and supplicants for our own country and people, and even the king.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Liaoning Church Reopens since COVID-19 Outbreak
