hong kong alpha news (2011-03)

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ALPHA NEWS

[Message from the National Director

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lpha Hong Kong started forcefully into the

New Year with many exciting events in

the rst quarter. We ran a 2-day classic

Alpha training for 72 brothers and sisters

from Sheng Kung Hui at St. Stephens Church in January, a 2-

day classic Alpha training for 130 brothers

and sisters from 16 Churches at Kwun

Tong Baptist Church in February, and an

Alpha intro day for 25 pastors from China

in January. We pray that God will work inthe hearts of these brothers and sisters

to fan the re of passion to spread His

Gospel. We cling to His promise, Let us

not become weary in doing good, for at

the proper time we will reap a harvest if

we do not give up. Gal 6:9

We are thrilled to be moving to our new

ofce at Kodak House at the end of

March. Being good stewards of Gods assets, we are moving

into a signicantly smaller space which will trim our rental cost

by half. This will allow us to redeploy our resources for ministry

development. The new ofce has a magnicent view of the harbor

facing towards north. I know God wants to remind us everyday

to work towards reclaiming China for Him. We have great thingsgoing on in China already, but your help to support us in converting

Alpha resources to Putonghua and Chinese is much needed to

help us penetrate deeper. We are grateful to have Tricia Neill,

executive director of Alpha International, to come and share the

Global Alpha Vision with our friends at the Alpha Partners Dinner

on 12th March, and to raise awareness of our nancial needs. Are

you ready to partner with us in reclaiming His land?

(more on page 2)

Tricia Neill

Alpha International

Executive Director

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Caroline Liu

Alpha Hong Kong

National Director

Alpha Hong Kong


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During the rst quarter, we also met with our Advisers from

the Catholic Church, and Advisers for Alpha in the Workplace.

We need to hear from them how Alpha can better serve their

groups and how we can penetrate deeper into the community.

I whole-heartedly agree with Charles Stanley who once wrote

Prayer is the God-ordained method through which you can

have access to His unlimited resources for your problems.

Starting from February, we went to different districts to join the

local Churches in prayers for their community and their needs,

expressing our love and care for them, and pray for Gods light

to enter the district and capture the hearts of the lost souls.

In February, we went to Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong

Shaukiwan Church; in March, we went to Kwun Tong Baptist

Church. We hope to reach as many districts as possible during

the rest of the year.

Along the same

grain of thoughts, we

moved away from

the monthly prayer

meeting for Alpha

Prison ministry at a

Church and ventured

to do a prayer walk

for a prison in March.

[ Message from the National Director ]

Charles Stanley

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[ New Ofce Dedication Service ]We are moving! God has prepared a new ofce for us in North

Point. A Dedication Service was held on February 17, led by our

Board members Gary Cheng, Garland Cheng, Robert Tsoi, Ps

John Snelgrove, Jason Young and National Director Carol Liu.

Alpha Advisers Ronnie Butt and Brian Woo, and our worship

leader Marcus Kroese were also there to pray for Gods guidance

and anointing on us. As we prayed, we were inspired that this

ofce is for Gods business and were encouraged by Gods

Word and blessing that My cup overows. (Psalm 23:5b)

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Twenty-one brothers & sisters joined us in a prayer walk at Tai

Lam Correctional Institute to pray for God to open the door of the

prison and raise up a group of volunteers to bless the inmates

by running an Alpha Course. We will continue to Pray Until

Something Happens (P.U.S.H.)


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In Spring, more than 10 schools and churches who started the

course late last year continued with the last few talks or the

Alpha Camp (with one in the Catholic context). In February and

March, about 8 other schools and churches started their 2011

youthalpha. Lets pray that God will open these hearts in 18

schools and churches and reveal Himself to these young souls.

We will be partnering with Ladder Mission for the 4C Oasis

summer camp and targeting for 5,000 teenagers this summer.

The vision of the camp is to build the

body of Christ in the next generation,

and for each teenager to discover 4Cs -

Courage, Care, Commitment and Christ.

youthalpha will be used as a follow up

for the camp to give the teenagers a

systematic view of the full gospel.

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4C Oasis 2011

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(Care) (Commitment) (Christ)4C

Save this date, and come and be equipped to bless our families, the foundation of

our society! Be trained to run a course from our Family Life series, The Marriage

Course, The Marriage Preparation Course and The Parenting Course.

Nicky and Sila Lee, co-authors of The Marriage Book and The Parenting Book,

will be in town to host the conference! Dont miss it!

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[ ]FAMILY LIFETHE

CONFERENCE

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July 2nd, 2011 (Saturday)

9:00 am to 5:30 pm

to be confrmed

Nicky and Sila Lee

co-authors of The Marriage Book

English / Cantonese

[email protected] / 2869 1066

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Time

Venue

Speakers

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Enquiries

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9:00 -5:50

(Nicky and Sila Lee)

[email protected] / 2869 1066


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V a r i o u s

English and

C h i n e s e

speaking churches are running the Alpha course in Spring. At

the Alpha Invitation Lunch at Community Church Hong Kong

on February 27th, Dr. Leung In-Sing, the President of Culture

Regeneration Research Society, shared how he recognized the

instability of all things in the world during his sufferings; through

Christianity, he was able to communicate with the eternal and

unchanging God who is sovereign over all things, the ultimate

force behind the dao (structure, Logos) of this world.

Meanwhile, Shaukiwan Baptist Church is running a course for

parents of their associated school, and Shatin Alliance Church is

running a weekend afternoon tea Alpha. Please

visit our website for more courses and details.

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allowed

our members to focus on work-specic topics, such as Stress,

Tough Decisions and Work-Life Balance, which are relevant

not only to Christians, but also to non-believers, said Helen, a

member of the GOD AT WORK course from Hong Kong Sheng

Kung Hui St. Pauls Church. These topics are not new to us, but

we have enjoyed looking at each topic in such a depth and have

always run out of time sharing and discussing, said Helen.

Helen also said that the course is easy to run, and group members

would take turns to lead each of the eight topics, with the Leaders

Guide, Guest Manual and the GOD AT WORK book, as well as

the podcast from the GOD AT WORK website.http://www.alpha.org.hk/godatwork/index_en.htm

Helen

Helen

podcasthttp://www.alpha.org.hk/godatwork/index_en.htm

The rst

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in the

Workplace Advisers Meeting this

year was held on February 23.

Thanks to Helen Chan, Brian Woo,

Ronnie Butt, Denny Liu and Gilbert

Ng, our new Alpha in the Workplace

Adviser, for joining the meeting and

giving us advice on how to encouragemore people to start an Alpha course

in their ofces.

I have seen peoples lives being changed by Jesus with Alpha,

and I have great joy running every course, said Gilbert, who has

run over 10 Alpha courses in his ofce since 2005.

Gilbert also said that he has met many customers who are

suffering from critical illnesses, and realized that it is often their

hearts that need to be healed. He was called to do something for

them and was then introduced to the Alpha course. This was how

it all started in his ofce.

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[ Alpha in the Workplace ]

[ GOD AT WORK Course ]

[ Spring Alpha Courses ]

[ Alpha Invitation 2011]2011

23June

The Alpha Invitation Prayer Meeting on June 23rd

@75/F, The Apex, Central Plaza

- 623 (75APEX)18 - 24September

Alpha Invitation Week

Mark your calendar for this annual exercise to jointly create a city-wide

environment to invite people to an Alpha course!

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