Churches Announce Memorial Activities on Tomb Sweeping Day

在清明节即将到来之际，基于疫情防控现状，同时为向故去的肢体献上追思，浙江、福建、广东等多地的基督教会纷纷发布通告，安排清明期间追思礼拜相关事项。

据福建泉州泉南及浮桥基督教堂官方公众号消息，由于当地基督徒陵园因疫情暂未开放，因此计划将安排市区各教会教牧代表统一为弟兄姊妹已故亲友举行集体追思礼拜，献花及敬献花圈；

据福建福州市罗源基督教会消息，该堂向信徒发布了追思礼拜流程，帮助信徒按照基督教方式向逝去亲友寄托哀思；

据广东省佛山市禅城区基督教会消息，该堂将不组织清明集体扫墓活动，信徒可自行安排开展扫墓追思活动；

据浙江省杭州市基督教会思澄堂消息，该堂清明期间将暂停扫墓活动。

Churches in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong issued notices to arrange for memorial services on the upcoming Qingming Festival. 

Quannan and Fuqiao churches in Quanzhou, Fujian Province said that the pastoral representatives of the local churches will conduct collective memorial services for the deceased believers, relatives and friends, and lay flowers and wreaths in their memory on this year's Tomb Sweeping Day that falls on April 4, as local Christian cemeteries have not yet opened due to COVID-19.

Luoyuan Church in Fuzhou, Fujian, has released the memorial service process to its believers, helping them pay their respect to the deceased relatives and friends in Christian style. 

Chancheng District Church in Foshan City, Guangdong Province, announced that believers could carry out memorial activities such as tomb sweeping by themselves, as it would not result in mass activities.

Sicheng Church in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, will suspend tomb-sweeping activities during that special day.

(The original article is published by Gospel Times)

- Translated by Abigail Wu