Zhejiang Centennial Church Resumes In-Person Sunday Communion Service

疫情有效控制下，2022年2月13日礼拜天，宁波市奉化区泉口基督教真神堂恢复了主日聚会和圣餐礼拜。

泉口真神堂历史比较悠久，真神堂在去年最长时间曾经有两个月不能实地聚会，连圣诞节也没有如期举行。面对疫情，在金瑞娟牧师的带领下，信徒们在网络没有停止聚会、敬拜、赞美。在会众同心合意的祷告中，教堂终于可以聚会了！

2月13日的主日崇拜，在真神堂教会的主堂举行，金瑞娟牧师登上讲台，带领会众诵读圣经旧约雅歌2章8节至17节和启示录19章7节的经文，以《从雅歌看我们与基督的关系》为中心，为主证道。

证道结束后，教会又举行了圣餐礼拜。94岁的袁相中长老举手祷告，众信徒领受三一神的祝福。

化萧王庙基督教堂的发展前身，是原奉化县萧王庙镇真神堂，隶属于浙东浸礼会(美国)，成立于公元1893年，由西方牧师主持租赁民房聚会。直到公元1916年定名为泉口真神堂。

（福音时报特约撰稿人报道。感谢真神堂94岁袁相中长老提供的照片。）

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A Zhejiang century-old church in Ningbo resumed their face-to-face Sunday services and communion services, as local COVID-19 outbreaks subsided.

True God Church in Quankou Town, Fenghua District, reopened last Sunday. With onsite gatherings suspended for two months, the church even did not conduct Christmas celebrations last year. During the lockdown period, believers attended online services and meetings.

In the main building of the church, after reading Song of Songs 2: 8-17 and Revelation 19:7, Rev. Jin Ruijuan gave a sermon titled "Seeing Our Relationship With Christ from the Song of Songs".

Following a communion service, the 94-year-old elder Yuan Xiangzhong who served in the church for more than 30 years gave a prayer of blessing.

Founded by a western missionary in 1893, the church belonged to American Baptist Churches USA,  and was named “True God Church in Quankou” in 1916.

(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times.)

- Translated by Abigail Wu