Joining hands with a local farm, a team of 35 staff from a Guangdong church visited special children prior to the Holy Week.
Guangxiao Church in Guangzhou encouraged its believers to participate in online gatherings to contemplate the suffering and death of Christ, urging them to follow the spirit of Christ to love others.
The church’s pastoral staff and volunteers went to Guangzhou Huiling Farm last Sunday to visit people with intellectual disabilities scattered around all corners of the society.
In the charity activity titled, Warm Love in Holy Week, Walking with Affection, the church donated travel bags, umbrellas, drinking bottles, and health tea to the farm. They also purchased agricultural and sideline products from the farm, hoping this meager donation could bring warmth to these children and youth with special needs.
Established in April 2008, Huiling Farm is a social enterprise affiliated with Huiling Home for Persons with Mental Disabilities in Guangdong. Covering an area of about 2.3 hectares, the farm includes areas for vegetable and fruit planting, breeding, catering, accommodation, and entertainment.
It was the first to introduce "farm therapy" to provide services for people with mental disabilities, allowing them to regain physical and mental health.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
2021年3月28日，广州市基督教光孝堂教牧同工携义工队伍一行35人，与广州慧灵农场联谊举办圣周慈惠关怀活动，探访关心特殊儿童。
在2021年圣周期间，光孝堂鼓励信徒参加圣周线上默想会，一齐默想基督为世人的受难、受死；亦呼吁信徒秉承基督之爱，效法基督，活出爱的见证。
故有此次组织教牧同工与义工队伍前往广州慧灵农场，帮助那些散落在社会各个角落的智障人士。
本次圣周慈惠志愿者活动中，光孝堂向广州慧灵农场捐赠旅行包、雨伞、饮水壶、养生茶等礼物，亦积极购买农场的农（副）产品，希望这点微薄的爱心捐赠可以帮助更多特殊儿童、青年，为他们特别的生命带来更多温暖。
广州慧灵农场是广东慧灵智障人士扶助基金会下设的社会企业，始建于2008年4月，率先引入“农场疗法”为心智障碍人士提供服务——让心智障碍者通过“农疗”重获身心的健康。 农场占地约2.3公顷，内设蔬果种植区、养殖区、餐饮区、住宿区、娱乐区。
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情暖圣周，与爱同行——记2021年关怀智障青年慈善活动
Joining hands with a local farm, a team of 35 staff from a Guangdong church visited special children prior to the Holy Week.
Guangxiao Church in Guangzhou encouraged its believers to participate in online gatherings to contemplate the suffering and death of Christ, urging them to follow the spirit of Christ to love others.
The church’s pastoral staff and volunteers went to Guangzhou Huiling Farm last Sunday to visit people with intellectual disabilities scattered around all corners of the society.
In the charity activity titled, Warm Love in Holy Week, Walking with Affection, the church donated travel bags, umbrellas, drinking bottles, and health tea to the farm. They also purchased agricultural and sideline products from the farm, hoping this meager donation could bring warmth to these children and youth with special needs.
Established in April 2008, Huiling Farm is a social enterprise affiliated with Huiling Home for Persons with Mental Disabilities in Guangdong. Covering an area of about 2.3 hectares, the farm includes areas for vegetable and fruit planting, breeding, catering, accommodation, and entertainment.
It was the first to introduce "farm therapy" to provide services for people with mental disabilities, allowing them to regain physical and mental health.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Guangdong Church Launches Charity Activities for Youths with Intellectual Disabilities
