我遇見耶穌

大腳趾重創， 怎樣處理呢？ 不知道！
只是覺得大件事， 事態嚴重， 有排都吾會好。
見了醫生， 吃抗生素， 過了幾天，還未有好轉，怎辦？無助！
忽然想起剛認識的一位Carol姐妹， 她是護士， 擁有25 年豐富經驗， 可以問問意見。

她給我發炎的大腳趾清洗，按摩 , 消毒 和擠血了數天，
她給我煲魚湯， 讓我多吸收蛋白質，
她給我吸塵，洗小地毯，用漂白水拖地消毒；
我看在眼里，不禁暗暗地說， 我看見耶穌。
真的好感動， 我只不過認識她一個多星期，
她竟然付出這么大的愛心來照顧我。
（大概耶穌也認識了他的門徒有頗長的時間，
才用洗腳的行動來教導“彼此相愛”這個大道理。）
我真的遇見了耶穌 。

從小組組員看自己

以前幾年做慣了組長, 多數替弟兄姐妹"攪"生日會. 今年有點不同, 我有了組長"照顧"; 不用再花心思在帶組方面. 作為一個組員, 我終於可以享受一下了.

謝謝你替我"攪"的生日會. I was surprised.
謝謝你為我預備的蛋糕. It was fresh and yummy.
謝謝弟兄姊妹的"鄧慶". We seemed to have "reserved" the whole restaurant.
謝謝各位的禮物及祝賀. You touched my heart.

Presentation in Caleb Fellowship

This was what JC wrote about the presentation which lasted for about an hour.

**************志文茶聚*******************

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Thanks for all of your dedication, participation, time, effort, patience and co-operation in servicing the Presentation for Truthfulness of Bible together last Friday in Caleb Fellowship... :-)

Again, sorry for any inconvenience due to my lateness and long rehearsal last Wednesday night to share with you the plan and plot for this presentation... But, you all did a great job in working together as a team although I didn't have a complete plan and plot for this presentation... Really appreciated... ;-)

I really hope you all enjoyed the process of this Presentation and our servicing in God... I have learned a lot from Bible and from all of you and enjoyed every moment when we were servicing together as the process of this Presentation... :-))

Many thanks to Karen who helped me to ask for B&S help in servicing the Presentation together, co-ordinate B&S schedule and work with B&S in writing part of the plot for this presentation - especially while I didn't feel well and I was very busy due to office work... (role: 谭玉珊小姐）

Many thanks to Stephen who prepared a lot of scripts and Bible verses for each sub-topic of this Presentation and presented them firmly in the Presentation...
(role: 吾酸软博士)

Many thanks to Natalie who was very patient while developing the scripts since the material was not finalized until late last week and presented the sub-topic lively... (role: Miss NatNat Jones)

Many thanks to Dale who remember all details of Israel history and interacted with Stephen smoothly to present this sub-topic in a full picture..(role: 梁应承博士)

Many thanks to Dominic who took a lot of effort in researching the background of this sub-topic deeply and presented this in details - especially he needs to practice and play the badminton tournament very soon... (role: 霍银先生)

Many thanks to Mary who served with us together in this Presentation - especially we asked for her help late and she was willing to participate it...
(role: 广告人员)

+ Joseph Chan: (role: 陈志文主持)

Finally, many thanks for Jeanie Jie who gave us an opportunity to serve God in Caleb Fellowship, provided us a lot of guidance and prepared a lot of Presentation material for our reference and scripts... :-)))

May God bless our bonding in the body of Christ as well as all Cellgroups and Committee for Luke Fellowship this year...

History of Luke Fellowship

It has never happened in the history of Luke Fellowship that the caring dept contains 5 b&s. Pretty amazing!!!

It has never happened in the history of Luke Fellowship that the committee contains 11 staff. Very unbelievable!!!

It has never happened that a sis has been re-elected as a chairperson for the 2nd year. Absoultely the 1st time!!!

I remember a pastor has said many years ago, that a brother (he meant male) should lead a fellowship committee (he seems a bit "old traditional thinking").
There are so many reasons that some b&s cannot serve:


- some have not got enough attendance to be elected?
- some do not want to commit?
- some do not have the abilities (they think) to serve?
- some do not want to serve, but enjoy to be served?
+ many other reasons ...

Last cell group gathering

My cell group will officially end in this coming Saturday. Throughout the year, I came across quite a lot of different things, up and down, from personal to work. Who walked with me during this past year so that I can still be strong? I trust God is by my side, He also sends angels to walk with me and comfort me.

I hope everyone in this cell group has at least learnt something if not too many. Good thing is I feel they are happy to be present in every cell group gathering. Everyone is so cooperative to response to e-mails (of course some need to follow up & follow up). That's why we have adm. & cell group leader to double check/watch. Whenever I am a cell group leader, I do offer extra time to manage the cell and try to know them better. By doing this, I hope they have sense of belonging and everyone can attach together at least for one year. Thanks for everyone's participation. Your presence do support the whole group and one another's spiritual growth.

We will finish the last chapter of "Jesus I knew knew" at Kitslano beach this saturday, Hurray!! How to celebrate? Of course with the sparling firework.

"幫拖"

話說教會 大旅行, 其中一個環節是"扯大纜", 由RCAC 對福滿堂. 一開始的時候, 人數也頗多, 有些弟兄 不肯"出 手", 只在有蔭的地方靠著站, 大有隔岸觀火之勢. 少我一個不少. 戰 事開始, 拉阿, 拉阿, ... 嘩, 勢軍力敵, 撼入拉鋸戰, 我們一班姊妹大聲吶喊, 大 寶叫得尤其大聲, 要 為佢honey 打氣, 拉 拉 拉 拉 拉; 從 後及兩旁, 本來"袖手旁觀的 K, J & S 弟兄飛撲出去, 加入隊中"幫拖" (迅速飛奔的情景, 實在令姊妹覺得有點 震撼) ; 姊妹繼續聲嘶力 歇的吶喊, 拉 拉 拉 拉 拉; 我 隊慢慢地取回 優勢, "幫 拖" 成功了, 好野, 贏了. 又 一次證明真的"一個都不能少"!
唉唷, 戰 況太激烈, 忘了影相!!!

Comments about "Truthfulness of the Bible"

Although the cellgroup presentation has been over for 2 weeks, I was touched with B&S's feedback. I have to give thanks to our Lord and to praise Him for his great work in pulling us together. The following comments from B&S were sent to us since after the presentation. I believe it is God who touches our heart, and let us speak out to encourage each of us. Without one of you, the presentation was impossible to carry out. [真 的一個 也不能少] . Give thanks.

"Thanks for coordinating the presentation. Despite that we didn't have much practice, it turned out to be surprising well with God's bless. In fact, Jeanie Jei asked if we're interested in performing the presentation again in the senior fellowship group. I've asked her to contact our cell leader for discussion. Good work everyone =) "

"Thank God for bonding us together to serve Him via our Cellgroup Presentation. I felt very amazed and delightful for our great co-operation and co-ordination although we didn't have much chance to prepare and rehearse together... ;-) I learn a lot from all of you and see your gifts from God... "

"Thanks for pulling us together and make this possible, the presentation was great! You are a such good cell group leader, thanks!"

"I fully appreciate the performance of our Cellgroup Presentation. It's great! Thanks for all of you."

Truthfulness of Bible

Luke fellowship will have a gathering to talk about "the truthfulness of bible" in this coming Saturday. "Step chick" has prepared a lot of information for each cell group to read. Thanks for his time and heart to facilitate the gathering.

Although there is a lot of info, it seems we don't have enough time to read before we plan for the presentation. At least not every single cell member will read the info. However, some of them in my cell group are nice. They generously accepted my request to be the leaders in this presentation. They are Dom, Joe and Step W. So we had dinner together to throw some ideas out for the presentation.

I'm so touched that one of them said, "after I received your e-mail, I 'na na lum' printed out all the info from all the links", which is ton of pages. Though he is not able to read all, the quick response makes me feel happy. As a leader, I can only encourage my cell members to do what they can. Out of ten, there is one who reacted so promptly, and some read before they came to the gathering, which makes my effort worth.

During the cell meeting, we first discussed and shared Chapter 8 of "Jesus I never knew". So time was a little bit tight. I hope I was not too pushy. After the chapter, everyone contributed some ideas for the coming presentation. It was a quick and a get to the point discussion. Within an hour, we already had a draft, and set all the roles. I do believe people who actively participate will learn more and gain more . All in all, my cell group is an excellent group. They are helpful and cooperative. Thank God for putting them together in my cell.

培靈會

星期六去了大溫培靈會, 講員來自香港, 當然語音特別親切, 比用國語傳譯來得直接. 郭文池 牧師使用了不難明白的例子來道出了主題 – 當不明前路時.
他很直接的說出 "誰敬畏耶和華, 耶和華必指 示 他 當選擇 的道路."
當我們 [苦苦問神的心意] 的時候, 神要求我們要抱有怎樣的態度呢?
就是先 要 有 " 敬畏耶和華"的心. 那麼祂必指 示 你 當 行 的道路.

How much/little you know about Jews?

Last cell group was a joint cell gathering. Our group and Henry's had the gathering together at Kenley & Janet's sweet home. Since it was the first time for 2 groups, so I started with an ice-breaking game - pick pocket. One of the picks is "a photo of a relative". A couple counted their wedding pic for 2 points and claimed that they are relatives. Another sis showed her family pic and also claimed her mom, dad, sis are her relatives!? Is it right that family members still count as "relatives"??? I guessed all of them had fun and did help to the discussion later on no matter which team was the winner.

Chapter 3 of The Jesus I never knew -
How much/little you know about Jews? a question for everyone to think.

Do you know what professions have traditionally been considered particularly "Jewish" ?
What kind of food are forbidden?
What kind of food are associated with Jewish rituals?
What cannot be combined together in the same dish?
What was the Jewish population in the Roman Empire in Jesus' day?
What is the total no. of Jewish population in the world today?
Where do majority of them live?
How can a person become a jew besides born to be?

The above questions are introduction to initiate their interests in the discussion.
Jesus as a jew, what circumstances he was facing at that time under Roman rule?

The Jews divide among themselves into 2 groups at that time:
1. the opposition - which meant harsh posecution from the Roman govt.
2. the cooperation - which meant submitting to Roman govt interference

Among the 2 groups, they divided into 5 different parties which are clearly described in chapter 3. After reading chapter 3, we should have more knowledge about the circumstances that Jesus was facing at that time.

報佳音

我最喜愛的節日 --- 聖誕節又來臨了。今年真的沒什麼特別, 除了細胞小組開party 外, 令到今年的聖誕最有意義的, 便是在平安夜和十位團契的弟兄姊妹去非基督教的家庭唱聖詩。當天雖然下著雨, 但絕對無損各人的心情, 也沒有打擾我們的計劃。 在香港時, 曾到老人中心報佳音, 但在溫哥華仍屬首次。我們拜會的家庭也說不知道什么是"報佳音", 也是他們的首次。個人感到, 這些家庭也很喜歡我們獻唱的聖詩; 唱詩後有一個簡短的祝福祈禱, 內容精簡流暢, 也不會阻礙他們太多時間, 也達到我們傳講耶穌降生的信息。 最後的家庭特到好客, 唱完聖詩後, 便以不同的水果款待我們, 還有自製的焗花生, 結果我們連recipe也影印了, 日後希望能試一試。

Team Work

It was "the Dessert Nite" again. I think most of us had fun in that evening. We experienced fun, cooperation and team work. Luckily we had ML in our team, who has a strong arm to mix all the ingredients together. CY and I can make it work only with an electric mixer. Without the tool, a man is a good substitute. ML was so "IN" to the whole baking procedure. I really feel happy to see him back to our fellowshop again.

路加團

回想這過去十年, 路加團不斷在改變; 變得人面全非, 十年前仍留在團裏的人, 已是寥寥可數。 有的升上夫婦團契, 有的離開了教會, 轉到別的團契聚會。 由最初得廿多人, 加入了但以理團後, 變成三十多人, 今年再加入提摩太團, 第一次聚會, 看來有五十人之多。 不要說新的不習慣, 就是連舊的我, 也有點不太自在的感覺, 不竟大家都需要時間去適應, 去融入。 今年一早已答應會帶小組, 但願各人都能有融洽的相交, 好的分享, 讓大家在未來的一年內可以在靈裏一起支持, 一起成長。 又願神給我智慧和足夠的能力去帶領小組, 因為我知道單靠我個人,實在做不了什麼, 唯有仰望神, 才能成就一切。都為到今年的團契職員禱告, 願神加力給他/她們, 因為要帶領如此大的團契,實在不易。