DFW_CBC Joint Ministry 達福華浸聯合事工

《黑暗裏的見證》

ntcp12345 — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:44:13 +0000

《黑暗裏的見證》

可15:33-39; MCBC; 9-12-2010; Rev. Paul wang

引言

你見過黑暗嗎？你聽過人在在黑暗裏的呼喊嗎？你是否真的試過伸手不見五指嗎？或者乾脆想像自己有一天眼睛瞎了，什麼都看不見！請問這時你是在黑暗中繼續無知，還是在黑暗中認定你在上帝面前的見證呢？我們看第一點：

黑暗裏的呼喊

可能在今天的人類文明中，已經很難再見到我們在孩童時代的那種伸手不見五指的黑暗了。我記得35年前作知青時，晚上從大隊部回小隊時的路上，偶有因真的路太黑，跌落堤壩的事情發生。有一年曾經回去過，發現已經不那麼黑了，也能看得見路了。因為我們造了太多的光，越來越將我們一座座人類居住的城市變成不夜城。於是乎，我們彷彿就活在光中。我們可能要問的是，那是真光嗎？那原本的黑暗何在呢？

今天的經文向我們展現出一個非常奇怪的黑暗：「從午正到申初遍地都黑暗了。(可15:33)」以你的經驗，什麼樣的情況下會在中午十二點到下午三點天黑呢？會不會是日全食呢？但逾越節可能發生日全食嗎？這還不是我今天要講的重點，重點是，當天下午三點鐘，聖經記載光在黑暗中向光發出呼喊！我們看34節：「申初的時候、耶穌大聲喊著說、以羅伊、以羅伊、拉馬撒巴各大尼．翻出來、就是我的　神、我的　神、為甚麼離棄我。」

耶穌基督作為三位一體神的第二位聖子耶穌，道成肉身，活了三十三年。這一天，是祂生命中最黑暗的一天。為什麼？因為就在這一天，祂被天父離棄了！親愛的弟兄姊妹，你呢？你是否也曾經有那麼一天，是你生命中最黑暗的一天。在這一天，你生命中最親近的人離你而去。彷彿此刻愛與你無緣，盼望與你無關，信心也與你擦身而過。我相信活在當下的人未必知道為什麼會有這樣的隔絕。

我們來看耶穌：祂在黑暗中的呼喊，所為何來？因為祂與祂的父隔絕了！是什麼隔絕？知道嗎？是罪！只有罪才能將我們與神的關係隔絕。是誰的罪？是耶穌的嗎？當然不是！祂是背負我們的罪！那我們呢？則要面對自己的罪！若不肯面對自己的罪呢？就會將你身邊的人釘上十字架！

想想耶穌，不也是這樣被身邊的祭司長、文士、及250萬群眾釘上十字架的嗎？因為若不將耶穌釘上十字架，祭司長的地位不保，文士可能要失業、彼拉多可能不能向凱撒大帝交帳。那250萬群眾呢？可能再也得不到兌換銀錢的便利，也分不到一塊好肉，甚至即使痲瘋病好了，也得不到祭司長的潔淨禮，而只能在黑暗中發出無助的呼喊！所以他們因自己的罪只能將耶穌釘上十字架！請留意，耶穌卻是因我們的罪自己走上十字架，來背負我們的罪！

你呢？親愛的弟兄姊妹，神的道已經向你顯明！請問你是在黑暗中持定向神的呼喊，還是仍舊活在黑暗裏的無知呢？我們看第二點：

黑暗裏的無知

35節：「旁邊站著的人、有的聽見就說、看哪、他叫以利亞呢。」如果是你，面對耶穌基督聲嘶力竭、痛苦萬分、甚至是撕心裂肺地喊叫，你還會這站在一旁說風涼話嗎？你還會無知到將上帝「以羅伊」聽成是先知「以利亞」嗎？難道說這話的人真的聽不懂嗎？我猜說這話的人可能是耶路撒冷的人，說的一口「耶京腔」。對來自拿撒勒的木匠耶穌，口音可能帶點兒撒馬利亞的味道。那還不盡情地嘲笑，以顯示出自己的威風？

寫到這兒，讓我想起自己也常常處在黑暗中的無知。我對自己字正腔圓的普通話缺乏謙卑，特別是在師母面前。因為師母的第一聲和第四聲是分不清的，這下好了，我就威風了，可以在各種場合當她的老師，很過癮的。其實我對於師母處在被我糾正，當眾尷尬的感受毫無感覺。你說我不知道嗎？當然知道！只是人一進入黑暗裏就無知了！牧師也不例外，你呢？會不會也來陪同牧師一道悔改，離開黑暗中的無知？

你說一個人無知，能不能就睜一隻眼閉一隻眼地不悔改呢？當然不行！因為人過了無知的門檻，便會向殘忍的方向奔跑！我們看36節：「有一個人跑去、把海絨蘸滿了醋綁在葦子上、送給他喝、說、且等著、看以利亞來不來把他取下。」

這位跑來的人與旁邊站著的人相距不遠，所以聽得見「以利亞」三個字，並且還聽懂了人嘲諷耶穌的意思。他的選擇是什麼呢？他做了一件事，說了一句話。

做這件事，應該是沒有問題的，就是「把海絨蘸滿了醋綁在葦子上、送給他喝」。知道醋的作用是什麼嗎？對了，相信大家都知道，醋是有止痛作用的。我想這已經成為當地的慣例，可以給釘十字架的犯人飲醋止痛。這件事做得好不好？好！有沒有愛心？有！那按理說應該蒙了神的悅納，對不對？我們看下一節經文說什麼：「耶穌大聲喊叫、氣就斷了。(可15:37)」

怎麼回事？怎麼做好事反倒把耶穌給氣死了？這對我們是個儆醒：神看我們的動機過於我們所做的任何服事！這人口中的譏誚出賣了他所做的善事：「且等著、看以利亞來不來把他取下。」他甚至無知到說這話時連眼都不瞧耶穌一眼，只顧著與人合夥，譏誚為他捨命的主！我們看第三點：

黑暗裏的認定

38節：「殿裏的幔子、從上到下裂為兩半。」這是耶穌在十字架上完成的最後一項工作。幔子將聖所與至聖所隔開，為的是阻隔罪。但當耶穌的氣一斷，這幔子就沒有功用了。因為耶穌基督已經替我們付清贖價了，神與人的攔阻也已經不再存在了。換言之，因罪而來的阻隔因著耶穌基督的捨命，全然被取消了。就是說，耶穌基督用祂的身體取代原來的幔子，成為人走向神的道路。可以說在黑暗中對幔子的認定，成為我們生命得救的窄門。

好！門認對了，門內的主人是誰呢？你認識嗎？39節：「對面站著的百夫長、看見耶穌這樣喊叫斷氣、〔有古卷無喊叫二字〕就說、這人真是　神的兒子。」

這樣喊叫？怎樣喊叫？百夫長就認定：「這人真是　神的兒子！」馬可沒有記載，路加福音26:46：「耶穌大聲喊著說、父阿、我將我的靈魂交在你手裏．說了這話、氣就斷了。」死亡是人生最大的黑暗！試問誰會在臨死前交託自己的靈魂？誰有這樣的權柄？除了「除了從天降下仍舊在天的人子(約3:13)」，別無他人！

結語

親愛的弟兄姊妹，黑暗是人生的必經之路。神在起初造天地時，有早上、有晚上，並且神看著是好的。如果說白天是光的居所，那麼夜晚則是為要顯出神的榮耀。

如果說我們在黑暗中喊叫，是為要顯出與神關係的阻隔；在黑暗中的無知，是罪孽的頂峰。那麼，如今靠主的恩典，幔子裂為兩半，使我們認定，耶穌基督真是神的兒子！那黑暗也就奈何不了我們什麼了！

我們一同禱告……


15:33	從午正到申初遍地都黑暗了。
15:34	申初的時候、耶穌大聲喊著說、以羅伊、以羅伊、拉馬撒巴各大尼．翻出來、就是我的　神、我的　神、為甚麼離棄我。
15:35	旁邊站著的人、有的聽見就說、看哪、他叫以利亞呢。
15:36	有一個人跑去、把海絨蘸滿了醋綁在葦子上、送給他喝、說、且等著、看以利亞來不來把他取下。
15:37	耶穌大聲喊叫、氣就斷了。
15:38	殿裏的幔子、從上到下裂為兩半。
15:39	對面站著的百夫長、看見耶穌這樣喊叫斷氣、〔有古卷無喊叫二字〕就說、這人真是　神的兒子。

Hotel reservations

佳樂人 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:29:18 +0000

Hotel reservations

1. Chan, Daniel and Liu, Solomon CONFIRMATION, No.3114005855

2 Chan, Pack x2 3109303648

3. Hwang, Joseph x2 3110819489

4, Teng, Caleb x2 3108787547

5. Tong, Paul x2 3114310329

6. Wang, Paul x2 3115958051

7. Cheung, Kwok-Sing x2 Mon & Tues only

CONFIRMATION NUMBER(s): 3113098962

Firelplace Room

Tallowood Baptist Church

555 Tallowood

Houston, TX 77024

713-468-8241

La Quinta Inn & Suites

15225 Katy Freeway
HOUSTON, TX 77094
1-281-646-9200

Texas Chinese Baptist Pastors conference

Houston, Texas

November 15-17, 2009

Proposed Agenda

November 15
Arrive at Houston / or Attend Worship service at 6:00PM at Tallowood Baptist Church
November 16
8:00AM Breakfast (at hotel)
8:30AM Leave for Tallowood (Fireplace Room)
9:00AM Devotion (Pastor Peter Leong)/ prayer
9:30AM -11:00AM Workshop with Dr. Carl Hunker (Retired missionary to Taiwan, China and the Philippines)
11:10AM-12:10PM Business session
12:20PM lunch
1:30PM-4:00pm leaving for George Brown Convention center to attend BGCT Annual convention
4:00PM-5:00PM Workshop on Internet & MINISTRY
5:30PM Intercultural Initiative Banquet
7:00PM attending BGCT convention
9:00pm Return to Hotel
November 17
8:00AM Breakfast (at hotel)
9:00AM Devotion (Pastor Daniel Hu) / Prayer
9:30AM -11:00AM Workshop with Dr. Hunker
11:10AM-12:10PM Business session (2)
12:20PM lunch
2:00pm BGCT & Chinese Ministry
3:00pm Internet & Ministry
5:00pm Break
6:00pm Supper
7:00pm Spiritual Gifts Seminar (1)
8:00pm Business Session (3)
9:00pm Return to Hotel
November 18
8:00AM-8:30AM Breakfast (at hotel)
9:00AM-9:10AM Dr. Duane Brook, Pastor of Tallowood B C
9:10AM-12:000PM Spiritual Gifts Seminar (2)
12:10 PM lunch

August 27, 2009

Dear coworkers,

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

The 2^nd Chinese pastors conference of 2009 is coming near. We pray that this conference is an enriching experience for you. We believe we are going to have great fellowship, encouragement and lots of inspiration.

We plan to hold our conference in Houston on November 16-18, 2009 so that we are able to attend some sessions of the Annual BGCT convention (on Nov. 17-18) at George Brown conference center in Houston. On November 17 there is one special Chinese ministry workshop (at 4:00-5:00pm) for us to attend. We are cordially invited by our dear friend, Patty Lane to attend the Intercultural Banquet at 5:30pm at the Convention Center. It is always one of the highlights for the international pastors. After the banquet, we will attend The BGCT convention. We also plan to attend the morning sessions of the BGCT convention on November 18.

We will continue our pastors conference in the afternoon and evening of November 18, and in the morning of the 19^th(see the attached file for our schedule).

Would you please let us know if you plan to attend this important conference and also let us know if you need to stay at the hotel (for the 15^th-18^th , three nights), so that we can make arrangement for you. Please contact me if you have further questions or any suggestion. I can be reached at 281-380-3758.

In Christ,

Jason Lee

Rev. Jason Lee to DFWCBC regarding BGCT 2009 conference in Houston

佳樂人 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:12:36 +0000

September 23, 2009

Dear coworkers,

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

We plan to hold our conference in Houston on November 16-18, 2009 so that we are able to attend some sessions of the Annual BGCT convention (on Nov. 16-17) at George Brown conference center in Houston. On November 16 there is one special workshop (Internet & Ministry) at 4:00-5:00pm for us. We are also cordially invited by our dear friend, Patty Lane to attend the Intercultural Banquet at 5:30pm at the Convention Center. It is always one of the highlights for the international pastors. After the banquet, we will attend The BGCT convention. We will continue our pastors conference in the morning of November 17 at Tallowood Baptist Church, and finish our programs by the noon of the 18^th(please see the attached agenda).

In Christ,

Jason Lee

Texas Chinese Baptist Pastors conference

Houston, Texas

November 15-17, 2009

                         Proposed Agenda
 
November 15
Arrive at Houston / Attend Worship service at Tallowood Baptist Church
        
November 16
 
8:00AM-8:30AM      Breakfast
8:30AM             Leave for Tallowood (Fireplace Room) 
9:00AM             Devotion / prayer
10:00AM            Workshop with Dr. Carl Hunker 
                  (Retired missionary to Taiwan, China and the Philippines)
12:00PM            lunch
1:30PM-4:00pm      Leaving for George Brown Convention center to                     
                   Attend BGCT Annual convention 
4:00PM-5:00PM      Workshop on Internet & MINISTRY
5:30PM             Intercultural Initiative Banquet
7:00PM             attending BGCT convention
9:00pm             Return to Hotel
 
November 17
 
8:00AM             Breakfast
9:00AM-10:00AM     devotion / Prayer (at Tallowood)
10:00AM-11:30AM    Workshop with Dr. Hunker
12:30PM            lunch
 2:00pm            Business Session/BGCT & Chinese Ministry
 3:00pm            Internet & Ministry  
 6:00pm            Supper
 7:00pm            Business Session (2) 
 8:00pm            Seminar (Spiritual Gifts & Ministry)
 
November 18          
8:00AM-8:30AM      Breakfast
9:00AM             Seminar (Spiritual Gifts & Ministry)
12:000PM           lunch

2009BGCT Convention, Houston, 11/16-17

佳樂人 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:53:12 +0000

Dear Pastor,

Greetings to you, your family and your church family. I pray you are doing well and enjoying God’s blessing and experiencing His love. This has been a fast moving year full of God’s great accomplishments and for that we want to celebrate and give Him thanks.

So let’s have a time of celebration at the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting. This year it will be in Houston, November 16-17, 2009 at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Our theme is “Texas Hope 2010”. We are hoping to see at least one messenger from each of our Intercultural churches.

Our special event will be on Monday night. Our office will host an Intercultural Celebration Banquet on Monday night, November 16, 2009 This will be open to all our Intercultural churches and the messengers they bring. We have limited space, so we need to know how many will be attending.

The dinner will be at 5:30 pm in the Convention Center, rm.330 A-B but please come as soon as you can after the workshops. We will have a short program to celebrate the accomplishments of this year and your support of the Cooperative Program. Please come. Please feel free to wear clothing from your countries, besides being beautiful it is a visual demonstration of how diverse our convention truly is.

Later that night in the convention session there will be recognition of many of our fellowship Presidents and Intercultural Advisory Council so please plan to stay and attend.

Looking forward to seeing you! Please email us if you are coming or not so we can have plenty of food for everyone.

If you need a room for Sunday or Monday, please remember that you can get a discount on the room, but you must fill out the form and return to our office no later that Oct. 5,2009. You can access that link on the BGCT website at www.bgct.org/annual meeting. Please do this as soon as possible so you can take advantage of the discount.

Please email us at peggy.moulden@bgct.org or patty.lane@bgct.org or call us at 214.828.5379 and let us know you are coming.

Your sister in Christ,

Patty Lane

2009/9/30 Pastor Leong

Peggy:
Please reserved three seats for Grace Chinese Baptist church tat is Pastor and Mrs. Peter Leong and Pastor Nora Kwok. thanks for your helps.
Pastor Leong

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Peggy Moulden <Peggy.Moulden@bgct.org> wrote:

Find the Location of 2010 Joint Retreat (Sept 29-30)

佳樂人 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:55:39 +0000

From: jmgayle2@sbcglobal.net [mailto:jmgayle2@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:11 AM
To: Paul Wang; Paul Tong
Subject: Re: Prestonwood turn down our request.

Dear Brother Paul,

It was good that Prestonwood could give you an answer so quickly. I will check with the Heights Baptist to see if they might be able to help. It may be Friday before I can talk with them. I’ll let you know as soon as I have word.

Jim

— On Wed, 9/30/09, Paul Tong wrote:
From: Paul Tong
Subject: Prestonwood turn down our request.
To: “Paul Wang” , “Jim Gayle”
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 9:01 AM

Dear brothers,

It seems we will need to find another place.

Jim, would you please contact the Heigh Baptist? We might also need to see other options.

Paul

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Sara Gurley <SGurley@prestonwood.org>
Date: Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:49 AM
Subject: RE: Special Event Request form
To: Paul Tong <ptongfcbcdallas@gmail.com>
Paul,

I enjoyed meeting you yesterday. I wanted to let you know that I checked and the Student Worship Center (the room where we host PowerLunch) is not available on May 7 so we will not be able to have this event here. I pray that you will find a place to have this.

Thank you!

Sara Gurley

Special Events Coordinator

Prestonwood Baptist Church

972-820-5257

From: Paul Tong [mailto:ptongfcbcdallas@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:29 PM
To: Sara Gurley
Cc: Paul Wang
Subject: Special Event Request form

Dear sister:

Please see the following form:

Prestonwood Baptist Church

Special Event Request Form

Company of Organization Name: DFW Chinese Baptist Churches Joint Evangelistic Meeting

Type of Business: Baptist churches

Contact: Rev. Paul Wang Email: revwang75007@yahoo.com

Rev. Paul Tong Email: ptongfcbcdallas@gmail.com

Phone Number: Paul Wang: (H) 469-619-5040 (W) 972-591-0670 (C) 214-681-3408

Paul Tong: (W) 972-931-5500 (C)972-890-5728

Type of Event: Area Baptists joint evangelistic meeting

Describe Event: Area Chinese Baptist Churches joint together for out reach through a Chinese speaker. We will have the evangelistic meeting for four sessions. Ideally, we hope that we will have two sessions in Plano area on Friday and Saturday. We will have Sunday morning and Sunday night in Fort Worth. We estimated the attendance will be around 1200.

Date Needed: May 7, 2010 Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Alternate Date: none (The schedule of the speaker is fixed)

2nd Alternate Date: none

Rooms Needed: Power Lunch room

Length of set up: 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM Length of Event: 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM.

Estimated number of attendees: 1200 Speaker: Yuan, Zhi Ming (A famous Chinese movie director and evangelist.)

Will the event be advertised to the public? If so, how?

We will do advertisement using local Chinese news papers where local Chinese Baptist Churches have ads already.

We will write news release to the same local Chinese news papers.

Send volunteers to pass flyers in front of local Chinese supermarkets.

Use posters sending to local Chinese churches.

Email invitation by church members.

Will tickets be issued and collected? No

Will any merchandise or services be sold? Speaker’s DVD or audio CD.

Is this a fundraising event? Pending on the decision of the joint evangelistic committee. If the committee decided to do so, we will only collect money to cover the expenses of this joint evangelistic meeting.

Will you have any technical needs: Yes: We need sound system.

Will your event require food? No.

Will this event be sponsored by any other entity? Yes:

We will invite local Chinese churches other then the Baptist church to co-sponsor the event.

2009年聖樂音樂會主持人講稿

佳樂人 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:15:07 +0000

2009年聖樂音樂會主持人講稿

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Sanctus 2009!

各位來賓，各位朋友，各位親愛的弟兄姐妹，晚上好！歡迎參加聖樂2009！

Praise God! The annual Sanctus event is in its 5th year. With this evening’s concert, we would like to glorify God’s holiness, His righteousness, kindness & His salvation through traditional hymns and contemporary Christian music.

感謝神，今晚是我們第五次舉辦聖樂音樂會。一年一度的音樂會，讓我們可以向大家分享傳統的聖樂及現代的敬拜音樂。在這裡，盼望能夠和大家一起，來稱頌神的聖潔、公義、慈愛，及祂美好的救恩。

It is truly the Grace of God that makes tonight’s concert a reality, but we also have to give thanks to all the musicians and performers who participate at tonight’s concert. They come from different Chinese churches in the metroplex, and volunteered their time to travel and rehearse since June.

We would also like to express out gratitude towards BGCT and Chinese Baptist Association for their financial support and affirmation of this ministry. Of course, we want to thank all the friends here tonight. Your prayers & support are closely related to the success of tonight’s concert. May God bless & reward you abundantly.

今年的聖樂音樂會，之所以得蒙神的恩典，能夠順利舉辦。也要特別感謝在台上的這些無私奉獻的音樂家，以及各位來自達福地區各個華人教會的弟兄姊妹。

感謝德州浸聯會及德州華人浸信會在經濟上、事工上的支持與肯定。當然，也包括今天到場的每一位老朋友和新朋友。請相信，我們的演出成功，與你們的禱告及各樣的支持是密不可分的。願神厚厚的報答、賜福你們。

下面我們請德州浸聯會的聖樂事工部主任Dr. Studstill為我們禱告。Before we start, I’d like to invite Dr. Tim Studstill, Director of Music and Worship Ministry with BGCT, to give the invocation

晚會現在開始。今晚的司琴由北德州大學Rose Marie Chisholm教授擔任。指揮是葉衛平先生。For this evening’s concert, our pianist is Professor Rose Marie Chisholm from the University of North Texas and our conductor is Mr. David Yip.

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(1) Ladies & gentlemen, we start with two chorale pieces: 「Why do I sing about Jesus」 and 「 Share His Love. 」

詩班以一個問題開始今天晚上的節目：「為何我們要歌頌耶穌？」你有答案嗎？請聽「為何我要歌頌耶穌？」和「分享他的愛」。

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(2) The next 2 songs are performed by Sidney Wang. 〝Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee〞 & 〝As the Deer〞. Both songs express people’s hearts longing for God, and they are full of joy because God is in their lives.

第二個節目是童聲獨唱。由王小菁演唱：〝快樂歌〞、以及〝如鹿切慕溪水〞。歌曲中的喜樂唱出了人們對神的渴慕與敬拜。

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(3) The third selection is performed by Sha Ying Yang & Fang Huang. The song expresses that Jesus is the merciful God who takes away the sins of the world and grants us eternal rest.

由楊沙英、黃昉演唱的第三個節目是〝Pie Jesu〞(恩典的耶穌) 祂除去了世上罪惡，賜給我們永遠的平安、喜樂與生命。

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(4) The 4^th selection is a Soprano Solo by Ms. Fei Yeh, who will sing ”Blessed Assurance”.

This song expresses the assurance from God that with Him we are able to overcome all our troubles in the world.

第四個節目由耶飛女士獨唱〝有福確據〞。這是一首信徒表達神人關係的確據，使我們在任何苦難中，都可以勝過這個世界。

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(5) The next song is performed by Keren Wang, Sha-Ying Yang, Edith Lee & Sha-Ying Zhu. They will sing “My soul glorifies the Lord” from “the LORD’s anointed” by Professor Ger-Shran Ma

下面由王可人、楊沙英、李綺美、朱厦英演唱馬革順教授「受膏者」中的，〝我心尊主為大〞。這是馬革順教授1954年，根據聖經中著名的「尊主頌」所得的靈感，請大家繼續欣賞第五個節目：〝我心尊主為大〞。

(6) The next song is performed by Mr. Kwun-Chen Chang, who will sing “If with All Your Hearts” from Elijah by Mendelssohn. The text says that if with all your hearts you truly seek God, you will surely always find him because our God says so.

第六個節目是男高音獨唱，由張坤城先生演唱門得爾松「伊利亞」中的” 如果用你的全心〞。歌曲唱出：如果你尋求神，就必得見。

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(7) The next song “Most Beautiful Appear” from 《Creation》 is performed by Siew-Li Lai, David Yip & David Liu.

In this song, 3 angels describe the beauty of God’s creation: the green hills, fresh fountains, cheerful and colorful birds, and ocean creatures. They ask: who can tell the number of God’s works?

第七個節目是由賴秀莉、葉衛平、和劉申白演唱的海頓「創世記」編號第十九首的三重唱〝Most Beautiful Appear〞(最美麗的出現了) 。歌曲表達了三位天使在述說神偉大的創造：有青山、活泉、雀躍五彩的飛鳥和海中的生物。他們問道：「誰能說出神所創造的一切？」

***************************************We will now take a 10 minute intermission, and the program will begin again promptly at ……。

現在大家休息10分鐘，下半場節目於______準時開演
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(8) The next 2 songs are performed by Hope Jin 〝Panis Angelicus〞and 〝Praise Him All Ye Little Children〞.

下面兩首是由金玲獨唱〝主賜天糧〞，和〝所有的小孩都要讚美祂〞。

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(9) The next 2 songs are about God’s people who have faith, patience & hope in Him. The first song〝When I survey the wondrous cross〞 is performed by Rose Han, Fei Yeh, Edith Lee, Mengpei Hu, David Yip, Kwun-Chen Chang, David Liu & Chi-Gong Gian. The second song is performed by choir：〝How blessed are God’s children〞

接下來的兩首歌曲，唱出了神的兒女對神的倚靠、忍耐和盼望。第一首：〝每當我思念奇妙十字架〞，由韓冬梅、耶飛、李綺美、胡夢蓓、葉衛平、張坤城、劉申白、甘志剛八位演唱。第二首是大合唱：〝上帝的兒女何等有福〞，

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(10) The next selection is a Soprano Solo performed by Ms. Siew-Lee Lai：〝Let the Bright Seraphim〞from《Samson》by Handel.

Burning angels stand before God and lift their loud trumpets. Let them sing in choirs as they play their harps.
第十個節目是女高音獨唱，由賴秀莉女士表演。她要為我們唱出韓德爾「參孫」的詠嘆調〝光明的天使〞歌曲大意是：眾天使熱烈的聚集在神面前，齊聲高唱得勝的凱歌。

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(11) The eleventh selection is presented by our children’s choir. We have over twenty children who come from all over the metroplex. They will perform four songs for us, they are「Kum baya (Come by Here)」、「Seek Ye First」、[flowers in the wild], and「Sing Alleluia！], These songs fully express our trust and exultation towards God.

第十一個節目是童聲合唱。來自達福地區的二十多位的兒童，將為我們演出四首歌曲，它們是：「Kum baya」、「Seek Ye First」、「野地的花」、「Sing Alleluia！」歌曲表達了人們對上帝的依靠及敬拜情懷。

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(12) Next , Soprano Soloist Ms. Rose Han will perform 2 pieces from oratorios. The first piece is 〝How Beautiful Are The Feet of Them〞 From《The Messiah》 by Handel. This song tells us that a person who shares the gospel is the most blessed one in the world.

The second work is 〝Hear Ye, Israel〞 From Elijah. The singer tells Israel that God rebukes them for not following his commandments. The singer cries to God: “Who are you?” God says to Israel: “Do not be afraid, for I will comfort you and strengthen you.

下面由女高音歌唱家韓冬梅女士向神獻出兩首大型神曲。第一首是韓德爾「彌賽亞」中的﹙他們的足蹤何等佳美﹚歌曲描述一個傳福音的人是世界上最蒙福的人。

第二首是門得爾松「伊利亞」中的〝以色列, 我聽見你的呼求〞。歌者唱出神對以色列人悔改的呼召，告訴他們神將給予安慰和信心。

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(13) The next selection is performed by Edith Lee, Kwun-Chen Chang & David Liu.

They will sing:〝On Thee Each Living Soul Awaits〞from 《Creation》 by Haydn

The text says that all living souls wait for the Lord to feed them and are afraid when God seems hidden, but the Lord brings them life and strength again.

接下來由李綺美、張坤城、和劉申白演唱海頓「創世記」中的〝萬物在屏息等待祢〞。

歌曲在表達受造物與神的關係，及經歷神所賜的生命與豐盛。

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(14) Our last selection consists 2 chorale pieces: the first is〝Battle Hymn of the Republic” and the second is〝He’s Got the Whole World combined with This Is My Father’s World〞.

最後是兩首大合唱。第一首是著名的黑人領袖馬丁路得、金牧師生前常常唱的、彰顯神的榮耀與真理的〝Battle Hymn of the Republic〞第二首〝這是天父世界〞，表達了上帝的創造與主權。

《奉獻》

Now we would like to take up a free will offering. All the helpers and performers of tonight’s concert are volunteers; however, we still incur high expenses. In order to make a future program like the one tonight, we will need more friends, brothers & sisters’ participation & support.

In 2 Cor. 9:7, it says “Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” If you desire to support us financially, please make the check payable to “Plano Chinese Baptist Church” for ‘Sanctus Concert”. May God bless you with a cheerful heart.

接下來，是義捐奉獻的時間。由於參加演出的都是義工，並無酬勞。同時，聖樂音樂會的舉辦，卻有頗高的費用支出。因此，我們在此邀請各位來賓，按照你們內心的意願與感動，對聖樂音樂會作自由的奉獻。如聖經哥林多後書9:7說：「各人要隨本心所酌定的，不要作難，不要勉強，因為捐得樂意的人是神所喜愛的。」

支票抬頭請寫〝布蘭諾華人浸信會〞。請註明〝聖樂音樂會〞。

願神賜福大家一顆樂意的心！

《結束語》

Now I would like to invite Rev. Luke Yuan to give the closing prayer to end our concert tonight.

現在我們請袁石牧師為我們今晚的音樂會作結束禱告。
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We thank you for your presence this evening, and we ask God to help you drive safely home. Good Bye and see you at next year’s Sanctus concert.

今晚謝謝大家的光臨，祝福您回程有平安的腳步，願神賜福。明年聖樂音樂會再見！

Release and Waiver of Liability Agreement

佳樂人 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:03:02 +0000

Release and Waiver of Liability Agreement

For minors (under 18 years old):

The rules that I have to obey during Retreat

I have to attend all activities assigned during the retreat.

I cannot explore the campsite without permission from my parents/guardian, and without an adult accompanying.

Bedtime curfew is between 10.00pm and 7.00am. If I stay in the youth dormitory, I have to obtain permission from my chaperone before leaving the dormitory to go to the assigned activity.

During leisure time, my parents need to know my whereabouts.

I have to obey adults’ instructions during the retreat.

For parents: I am aware that I am fully responsible for my child/children at all times during the camp. I am aware that this is a release of liability between my family and the workers/volunteers of First Chinese Baptist Church of Dallas. I have read this agreement and fully understand its contents.

Name of minor: _____________________ Name of parent:_________________________

Signature of minor: ____________________ Signature of parent: ______________________

Date:_____________________ Date: _____________________

2009 Labor Day Joint Retreat

佳樂人 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:26:12 +0000

2009 Labor Day Joint Retreat

OKCBC

佳樂人 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:42:59 +0000

OKCBC

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	Church:	OSCBC
No	Last Name	First Name	Sex	Age
				2-5	6-7	8-9	10-11	12-18	19 & up Chinese	19 & up English
1	Law	Victor	M						1		Came late
2		Lily	F						1		Came late
3		Daphne	F			1					Came late
4	Wood	Priscilla	F							0	withdraw
5	Lew	Stuart	M							1	diabetic (request the private room w/ the kitchenette, as Stuart needs to eat something more frequently)
6		Jennette	F							1
7		Gregory	M			1
8	Foo	James	M						1		Pastor
		Fiona	F						1		Pastor wife
9	Xing	Yanbo	F						1
10	Jiang	Weigong	M						1
11	Jiang	Kevin	M				1
12	Liu	Chunfeng	M						1		go with a 5-month old baby (prefer hotel room with kitchennettes)
13	Tang	Jiuhong	F						1
14		baby		1
15	Chen	JinSong	M						1		Only stay for 1st night
16	Du	Ching-Pin	F						0		withdraw
17	Chen	Irene	F						1
18	Wang	Linda	F							1
19	Wang	Grace	F							1
20	Kong	HaiYing	F						1
21	Yin	Lu	M						1
22	Yin	Sammy	M	1
23	Xue	Xian	F						1
24	Sun	David	M	1
25	Nyu	Oleg	M							0	Did not come
26	Shiau	Ben	M						0		Did not come
27	Shiau	June	F						0		Did not come
28	Tsai	Michelle	F							1	Left early
29	Ng	Daniel	M						0		withdraw
30	Ng	Winnie	F						0		withdraw
31	Ng	Jeremy	M					0			withdraw
32	McDonald	Calvin	M							1	Came late
33	Chen	Kuan	M						1		Only stay for 1st night
34	Chou	Sung	M							0	Did not come
35	Valentine	Minnie	F						1
36	Lee	Edmund	M							1
37	Lee	Andrew	M							1
38	Huang	Joe	M						1		Added on 9/5
39	Huang	Yin	F						1		Added on 9/5
40	Huang	??	F		1						Added on 9/5
41	Huang	??	F	1							Added on 9/5
	Total			3	0	2	1	0	15	8	29
				2-5	6-7	8-9	10-11	12-18	19 & up Chinese	19 & up English

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special need	Roomate Names	Relationship	Reg. fee

Came late	Lily Law, Daphne law	Family	$ 3.00
Came late	Victor Law, Daphne Law	Family	$ 3.00
Came late	Victor Law, Lily Law	Family	$ 3.00
withdraw	withdraw
diabetic (request the private room w/ the kitchenette, as Stuart needs to eat something more frequently)	Jeanette Lew, Gregory Lew	Family	$ 3.00
	Stuart Lew, Gregory Lew	Family	$ 3.00
	Stuart Lew, Jeanette Lew	Family	$ 3.00
Pastor	Fiano Foo	Family	$ -
Pastor wife	James Foo	Family	$ -
	Weigong Jiang, Kevin Jiang	Family	$ 3.00
	Yanbo Xing, Kevin Jiang	Family	$ 3.00
	Weigong Jiang, Yanbo Xinb	Family	$ 3.00
go with a 5-month old baby (prefer hotel room with kitchennettes)	Jiuhong Tang + a baby	Family	$ 3.00
	Chunfeng Liu + a baby	Family	$ 3.00
	Chunfeng & Jiuhong	Family	$ 3.00
Only stay for 1st night	Ching-Pin Du & Kuan Chen	Family	$ 3.00
withdraw	JinSong Chen, Kuan Chen	Family
	Linda Wang, Grace Wang, Michelle Tsai	Friends	$ 3.00
	Irene Chen, Grace Wang, Michelle Tsai	Friends	$ 3.00
	Irene Chen, Linda Wang, Michelle Tsai	Friends	$ 3.00
	Lu Yin, Sammy Yin	Family	$ 3.00
	HaiYing Kong, Sammy Yin	Family	$ 3.00
	HaiYing Kong, Lu Yin	Family	$ 3.00
	David Sun	Family	$ 3.00
	Xian Xue	Family	$ 3.00
Did not come	will not stay overnight		$ 3.00
Did not come			$ 3.00
Did not come			$ 3.00
Left early	Irene Chen, Linda Wang, Grace Wang	Friends	$ 3.00
withdraw	Winnie Ng, Jeremy Ng	Family
withdraw	Daniel Ng, Jeremy Ng	Family
withdraw	Winnig Ng, Daniel Ng	Family
Came late	He can live with 3 other brothers		$ 3.00
Only stay for 1st night	JinSong Chen, Ching-Pin Du	Family	$ 3.00
Did not come			$ -
			$ 3.00
			$ 3.00
			$ 3.00
Added on 9/5		Family	$ 3.00
Added on 9/5		Family	$ 3.00
Added on 9/5		Family	$ 3.00
Added on 9/5		Family	$ 3.00
29			$ 102.00
			Reg. fee

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		1to2	1to4	Apt
Lodging Choice
Cabin #617 Del City (youth)	Cabin #705 Chickasha (Adults)	Motel/priv	Motel/semi	Room #	Lodging outside
					$0.00
					$0.00
					$0.00

		$70.40		lodge2, #17
		$0.00		lodge2, #17
		$0.00		lodge2, #17
		$0.00		lodge 2, #20
		$0.00		lodge 2, #20
					$0.00
					$0.00
					$0.00
		$92.40		Apt. #2
		$0.00		Apt. #2
		$0.00		Apt. #2
	$10.00

	$20.00
	$20.00
	$20.00
		$70.40		lodge 2, #18
		$0.00		lodge 2, #18
		$0.00		lodge 2, #18
		$35.20		lodge 2, #19
		$35.20		lodge 2, #19

					$0.00
					$0.00
	$10.00



	$10.00
	$10.00
	$0.00

	$20.00
	$20.00
		$92.40
		$0.00
		$0.00
		$0.00
$ –	$ 140.00	$ 303.60	$ –
Cabin #617 Del City (youth)	Cabin #705 Chickasha (Adults)	Motel/priv	Motel/semi

					教會負擔人數
					大會負擔人數
					總人數

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Meals
9/5 Lunch	9/5 dinner	9/6 Breakfast	9/6 lunch	9/6 dinner	9/7 breakfast	9/7 lunch
			$7.00	$7.00		$7.00
			$7.00	$7.00		$7.00
			$7.00	$7.00		$7.00

$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
$7.00	$7.00		$7.00	$7.00		$7.00
$7.00	$7.00		$7.00	$7.00		$7.00
$7.00	$7.00		$7.00	$7.00		$7.00
$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00

$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00

$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$0.00	$0.00
$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00



$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
			$7.00	$7.00
$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00	$7.00	$6.00	$7.00
$147.00	$154.00	$114.00	$189.00	$168.00	$96.00	$154.00
Meals
9/5 Lunch	9/5 dinner	9/6 Breakfast	9/6 lunch	9/6 dinner	9/7 breakfast	9/7 lunch
21	22	19	27	24	16	22
2	2	2	2	2	2	2
23	24	21	29	26	18	24

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Insurance ($5/day)			Sponsored by Joint Retreat Fund	Total due
9/5/09	9/6/09	9/7/09
	$5.00	$5.00		$34.00
	$5.00	$5.00		$34.00
	$5.00	$5.00		$34.00
				$0.00
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$135.40
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$65.00
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$65.00
$0.00	$0.00	$0.00		$0.00
$0.00	$0.00	$0.00		$0.00
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$53.00
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$53.00
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$53.00
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$157.40
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$65.00
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$18.00
$5.00	$5.00			$50.00
				$0.00
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$85.00
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$85.00
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$85.00
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$135.40
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$65.00
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$65.00
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$100.20
$5.00	$5.00	$5.00		$100.20
$0.00
$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
$5.00	$5.00			$57.00
				$0.00
				$0.00
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toddlers ministry coordinator Charlene Wiles to Joint Rereat on 9/8/2009

佳樂人 — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:58:23 +0000

From: Flora Chen [mailto:flora75007@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 9:35 AM
To: Pastor Wang; Rev. Shi Yuan; Liu, Solomon; Flora Chen
Subject: Fwd: Retreat

Dear Pastors,

Below is the e-mail from toddlers ministry coordinator Charlene Wiles. Thanks,

In Him,

Flora

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Charlene Wiles <CWiles@uco.edu>
Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Subject: Retreat
To: “flora75007@gmail.com” <flora75007@gmail.com>
Sister Flora,

I just wanted to say, thank you to your church for allowing us to attend your retreat again this year. We all had a great time and just wanted to say thank you very much. I hope God planted some seeds with the resources we used this weekend. There are some very smart kids that we had in class. I will continue to pray for the growth of the church and that decisions were made this weekend. It is always good to experience the Love of God. May God bless your church and do wonderful things.

Charlene Wiles

Administrative Assistant II

Purchasing , Payment Service& Travel

University of Central Oklahoma

100 N University Dr Box 161 Room 109

Edmond, Oklahoma 73034

Email address: cwiles@uco.edu

Phone ( 405) 974-5005 Fax (405) 974-3838