Churches in China Care for the Needy Before Spring Festival

2024年新春伊始，湖北省、福建省、陕西省的教会及领导开展关怀、慰问活动。

据湖北省三自爱国运动会，1月31号上午，宜昌市圣雅各堂联合当地3个社区，为120户贫困家庭，购买价值近二万左右的米和油。

圣雅各堂和社区联合举办三助一扶活动，已有二十年之久，扶助对象由最初一个社区，到如今三个社区。

据荆州市基督教协会，荆州市沙市堂由教职人员、各聚会点负责同工和各小组组长组成的探访小组，对年老、生病、家庭有难处的信徒进行看望慰问。监利市教会组织开展慰问看望老同工、孤寡老人及弱势群体活动。

据东山县文峰堂，2月3日上午，福建省漳州市东山县基督教文峰堂仁爱会将油，米送给贫困残疾人士。

据中国基督教两会，1月31日，陕西省基督教领袖看望退休的省基督教两会的领导，并送上慰问金。此外，他们还向120位生活困难的基层教牧同工给与金钱资助，鼓励他们服侍教会。

As the 2024 Chinese New Year is coming, churches in Hubei, Fujian, and Shaanxi provinces carried out caring visitation activities.

According to the Hunan Provincial TSPM, on January 31, St. James Church in Yichang, along with three local communities, provided 120 needy families with basic foods worth nearly 20,000.

For more than 20 years, St. James Church and local communities have co-organized the "Three Supports and One Assistance" event (supporting students, the elderly, and the disabled; assisting the underprivileged), with the assistance aim increasing from one to three communities.

Recently, a visiting team of pastoral staff, co-workers at distinct meeting points, and group leaders from Shashi Church in Jingzhou paid visits and sent warmth to elderly, sick, and difficult believers, said Jingzhou Municipal CC. A church in Jianli City (a county-level city affiliated with Jingzhou City) embarked on a visit to aged co-workers, the elderly, those who live alone, and those in need.

The charity organization of Wenfeng Church in Dongshan County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, distributed food to the impoverished and disabled on February 3, reported the church.

On January 31, leaders of the Shaanxi Christian community extended a visit to the retired leaders of the provincial CC&TSPM with money. Furthermore, the visiting team provided financial support to 120 pastoral staff members from grassroots churches who were experiencing living challenges, with encouragement for their service to the church.

- Translated by Poppy Chan