Collective Memorial Service Held Ahead of Qingming Festival

福建省一教堂清明节前举行追思礼拜，今年的清明节是4月5日。

4月1日，漳州市平和县山格教会300多位基督徒在洪濑口福寿堂举行追思礼拜，纪念50多位已逝肢体。

引用《彼得前书》2章21节的经文，蒋敏传道以《跟随主脚踪行》为题分享。平和县基督教协会副会长陈双凤长老的祷告后，会众齐唱闽南圣诗。

2018年开始，福建省平和县施行遗体火化制度，火葬后的骨灰都存放在各乡镇的福寿堂。

平和县基督教山格堂会从2018年开始，每年清明节（疫情外）都聚集信徒举行追思礼拜活动。        

 注：本文为特约/自由撰稿人文章，作者系福建福州一教会信徒。

A memorial service was held at a church in Fujian Province before the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 5 this year.

On April 1, more than 300 Christians from Shan’ge Church in Pinghe County, Zhangzhou City, attended a memorial service at Hongsekou Fushou Hall to remember more than 50 deceased members.

Pastor Jiang Min preached a sermon titled "Follow in the Footsteps of the Lord," citing 1 Peter 2:21. After the prayer of Elder Chen Shuangfeng, vice president of the Pinghe County Christian Council, the congregation sang hymns in the dialect of south Fujian.

Beginning in 2018, Pinghe County has implemented a cremation system, with bone ash being stored in Fushou Hall in each township.

Since 2018, Shange Church has gathered believers to hold memorial services every year at Qingming Festival (except during the three-year-long pandemic).     

(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times and the author is a believer in Fujian.)

- Translated by Monica Zhang