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2024 UKGA Newsletter – Newcastle

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  1. In October, four sisters were approved to be ordained as deaconesses so that more younger workers can come to serve, for the purpose of succession and in readiness to branch into two churches in the future. The four sisters are Karen Ho, Christine Kwok, Helen Ho and Wincy Shek. They are currently undergoing their pre-ordination training with UKGA preachers. Once the training is concluded, they will be ordained at Newcastle church at some time in 2025.
  2. The plans for the Longbenton church were stopped due to several issues that arose, therefore the decision was made to sell the property and search for a new location (the Longbenton site was successfully sold for £600,000 in April of 2024). Alongside this, a new building was purchased for the UKGA headquarters and a local church at Cramlington in 2023. The building, named Silverton House, is currently in the fit-out phase which includes fixtures and fittings which is likely to take the rest of this year to complete. This is estimated to require a further £2,000,000 in funding. Thank God the members in Newcastle church approved an offering of £1,000,000 towards this project.
  3. On 21-23 July, Newcastle Church held a spiritual convocation with the theme of “While it is Called Today, Abound in the Work of the Lord”. This was divided into three subtopics: ”Do Works for God”, “While it is day, Pray Always” and “While it is Day, Abound in the Work of the Lord”. The sacraments of Baptism, Footwashing and Holy Communion were also held on the last day. A total of eleven souls were added to the fold–ten from Newcastle and one from Manchester place of worship. Throughout the three days there were choir presentations from evergreen members as well as children’s, joint and adult choirs to encourage the congregation to abound in the work of the Lord. Additionally, childminding was provided with volunteer RE teachers and members who chose to help look after the children so that their parents could concentrate on learning the word of God. During this time, the children studied the book of Acts to help them learn how to abound in the work of the Lord as well.

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