A church in Liaoning Province hosted a praise and worship service to celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on September 17.
During the praise meeting at Yingkou Church, Rev. Hou Yujie, president of Liaoning CC, chairman and president of Yingkou CC&TSPM, led more than 20 clergy and young staff workers in praising on September 15, with 22 hymns composed by Hou for this meeting.
When the female pastor Hou called the newcomers to the front of the church, the hymn “The Gift of Knowing You” sounded around the sanctuary. Accompanied by rhythmic applause, 15 seekers walked to the altar to make the prayer for confession led by Hou under the cross, receiving Bibles from the church.
At the same time, every participant received five mooncakes.
During the praise meeting, a four-minute documentary was shown on the large screen, which recorded how church members worked together to make mooncakes, from purchasing the ingredients to baking the dough. It turns out that a sister in Christ surnamed Xiao donated two electric ovens and also personally taught the technique of making mooncakes. The church selected quality raw materials and produced the cakes with high sanitary standards. To express gratitude to those who participated in making mooncakes, Hou invited them to the altar to receive applause from the congregants. The mooncakes were also distributed to some other churches in Yingkou.
At the end of the service which lasted for more than two hours, Hou also made an appointment to make dumplings and glutinous rice balls for the coming Spring Festival and Lantern Festival.
(Originally published by the Gospel Times, the article has been edited under permission and written by a believer in Yingkou, Liaoning. )
- Translated by Emily Qu
9月15日主日傍晚、中国传统节日中秋佳节前夕，辽宁省营口市基督教堂举行了迎中秋感恩赞美会。
赞美会开始，侯玉洁牧师带领教职人员及年轻的同工20多人同台赞美，她为此次活动创作了有关的诗歌22首。
在感恩赞美期间，侯玉洁牧师在圣台上呼召新人的时候，全场响起了《最美的祝福》，伴随着有节奏的掌声，有15位弟兄姊妹走到圣台前，在十字架下接受牧师带领做的决志祷告，教堂也向他们每位赠送了一本圣经。
同时，每一位参会的信徒都收到了五块月饼。
在赞美会期间，教堂的大屏幕上播放了一段大约四分钟的纪录片，记录了教会弟兄姊妹们如何齐心协力，从采购原料到制作月饼的每一个环节。原来，肖姊妹捐赠了两台电烤箱，还亲自教授制作月饼的技艺。教堂在采购原料时精心挑选，以及在制作过程中对卫生条件有严格要求。为了表示对参与制作月饼的人的感谢，侯玉洁牧师邀请他们到台前，会众把掌声送给了他们。这些月饼还被分发给了营口市其它一些教堂。
感恩赞美会历时两个多小时，侯牧师还相约在春节、元宵节大家再次包饺子、制作汤圆。
辽宁营口基督教堂举行迎中秋感恩赞美会
A church in Liaoning Province hosted a praise and worship service to celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on September 17.
During the praise meeting at Yingkou Church, Rev. Hou Yujie, president of Liaoning CC, chairman and president of Yingkou CC&TSPM, led more than 20 clergy and young staff workers in praising on September 15, with 22 hymns composed by Hou for this meeting.
When the female pastor Hou called the newcomers to the front of the church, the hymn “The Gift of Knowing You” sounded around the sanctuary. Accompanied by rhythmic applause, 15 seekers walked to the altar to make the prayer for confession led by Hou under the cross, receiving Bibles from the church.
At the same time, every participant received five mooncakes.
During the praise meeting, a four-minute documentary was shown on the large screen, which recorded how church members worked together to make mooncakes, from purchasing the ingredients to baking the dough. It turns out that a sister in Christ surnamed Xiao donated two electric ovens and also personally taught the technique of making mooncakes. The church selected quality raw materials and produced the cakes with high sanitary standards. To express gratitude to those who participated in making mooncakes, Hou invited them to the altar to receive applause from the congregants. The mooncakes were also distributed to some other churches in Yingkou.
At the end of the service which lasted for more than two hours, Hou also made an appointment to make dumplings and glutinous rice balls for the coming Spring Festival and Lantern Festival.
(Originally published by the Gospel Times, the article has been edited under permission and written by a believer in Yingkou, Liaoning. )
- Translated by Emily Qu
Yingkou Church Celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival
