2024 UKGA Newsletter – Newcastle
- 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. 在 10 月份，四位姊妹獲批准按立為女執事，因此將會有更多年輕的工人，為未來教會的傳承與分設兩間教會作準備。這四位姊姊為：何彩芳姊妹、郭榮欣姊妹、何綺雲姊妹及石詠詩姊妹。 她們目前正接受英總傳道人的立職前培訓，一旦培訓完成，預計將於 2025 年在紐卡素教會接受按立。
- 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.
由於出現多項問題，朗坪頓教會的計劃已取消，因此決定出售該棟建築物並尋找新地點。在 2024 年 4 月，朗坪頓土地以 £600,000 英鎊成功出售。同時，英總於 2023 年購買了位於 Cramlington 名為 Silverton House 的商業建築物，作為新英總總部大樓及當地教會之用。 Silverton House 目前正處於裝修階段，包括固定設施與內部裝潢，預計整個工程將持續至今年年底完成，並估計仍需額外 £2,000,000 英鎊的資金。感謝神，紐卡素教會同靈已批准為此 Silverton House 項目奉獻給英總 £1,000,000 英鎊。
- 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.
紐卡素教會於 7月 21 日至 23 日舉行了為期三天的靈恩會，主題為「趁著還有今天，多做主工」。 這被分為三個子題──「為神工作」、「趁著白晝，常常禱告」和「趁著白晝，多做主工」。
在最後一天的靈恩會，也舉行了洗禮、洗腳禮及聖餐禮，總共有 11 位靈魂加入主的羊圈裏— 10 位屬紐卡素教會， 1 位屬曼徹斯特聚會點。在這三天裏面，我們有長青詩班、兒童詩班、聯合及成人詩班，以詩歌鼓勵會眾多作主工。此外，我們還安排了志願的宗教教育教員來看管兒童，有些同靈們也選擇幫忙看管兒童工作，讓孩子們的父母可以專心學習神的話語。在此期間，學生們也學習使徒行傳以幫助他們學習如何多做主工。