Jiangsu Church Hosts Collective Memorial Service

11月10日下午，宫巷堂举行了2021年度集体追思礼拜，众多弟兄姐妹与逝者家属共同追思主内已归天家的亲人。此次活动被追思者共有十三位，与会人员约八十人。

追思礼拜中，由亚拿团契侍奉同工献诗《有一福地歌》。巩世明老师证道，证道题为《追思与盼望》，教导众人明白在主里追思的意义和在基督里的盼望。

之后进入追思环节。张玉兰姐妹先作已归天家者的个人行述，随后由到场家属表达对自己亲人的追思。家属们回顾了亲人生活的点滴，以及他们的信仰带给自己的影响。尤其是金淑珍姐妹，她生前前几年，就要求家人陪她去办理了遗体捐赠手续，死后她的眼角膜被用于救治他人，遗体被用作医学研究使用。

最后于华伟牧师为会众祝福，并纪念那些已归天家者得享在基督里永恒的安息。在《阿们颂》中本次追思礼拜结束。

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A Jiangsu church launched a collective memorial service in 2021 for 13 deceased believers.

During the service on November 10 in Gongxiang Church, Suzhou, Jiangsu, after the Senior Fellowship performed the hymn There Is a Happy Land, Gong Shiming gave a sermon titled Condolences and Hope, leading the congregation to know the true meaning behind the memorial and the hope in Christ.

The next part was to honor the departed. After a female believer surnamed Zhang gave brief eulogies in remembrance of the deceased Christians, the family members reflected on the lives of their relatives and the impact their belief had brought to themselves. Before her death, Jin Shuzhen, a female believer, asked her family a few years before her death to accompany her to go through the procedures of organ donation, donating her cornea to help others and the rest of her remains for medical research.

With a blessing from Rev. Yu Huawei, he wished these deceased a rest in eternity. The service ended with the hymn Threefold Amen.

- Translated by Abigail Wu