CAN Newsletter February 2014

8/12/2019 CAN Newsletter February 2014

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The Call Committee has invited Pastor Joel and Iantha

to a series of gatherings in order to engage the

congregation in further discussion as we discern the

potential call as Senior Pastor. While many of you may

already know Pastor Joel and Iantha, we encourage you

to engage with them over the coming weeks and get to

know them better.

A light lunch will be hosted next Sunday, February 16,

immediately following the late service, in order to

provide time for fellowship and connection with Pastor

Joel and his wife Iantha.

Additionally, Pastor Joel will be meeting with various

member groups and leadership groups between

February 15 and 24 to assist us in learning more about

Pastor Joels ministry and his vision for CAN.

FEBRUARY 2014 8 South Bay Close REPULSE BAY, HONG KONG

Prospective Senior Pastor Joel Scheiwe tomeet with Members of the Congregation

JOIN US ON SUNDAY

FEB 16

Pastor Joel will be leading

our Bible fellowship hourstarting at 10:10 a.m. in

the UP 4/F cafeteria.

Dont miss the opportunity

for a fellowship time with

Pastor Joel and his wife

Iantha over a lightlunch immediately

following the late service!


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3/12

Pastoral Call

ProcessA message from the call committee

Since Pastor Dale gave us notice of

his retirement in August of 2012, wehave been taking steps to prepare for

a new pastoral leader. Our church

leadership conducted a ministry

needs assessment and also reviewed

and revised the pastor position

description as well as the salary and

benefits package for our senior

pastor.

Our call committee was formed in

the fall of 2012 and commenced its

work with the partnership ofPresident Linnemann of the

Northwest District of the LCMS.

After a list of potential candidates

was reviewed by the President our

first official call list was received and

we began our extensive interview

process. The result of this step was a

call service in March in which our

congregation reviewed the

candidacy of two pastors and then

selected by vote Pastor Gibson to

receive our call. After a visit in

Hong Kong and prayerful

deliberation, Pastor Gibson declined

our call and we then began to solicit

names for another call list.

Our church leadership developed a

plan to work through the vacancy

months ahead and invited Pastor

Lee to fill in for us over the summer.

Pastor Hippe was then brought in to

lead our congregation as our interim

pastor in the fall while we continued

our second search process. Pastor

Rische has been serving us during

these recent weeks as our vacancypastor as we work to try to conclude

our call process this spring.

The call committee identified our

final 2 candidates and we have

concluded one of the two candidate

visits with Pastor Joel's visit

commencing this weekend. On

March 2 our congregation will meet

to prayerfully consider the

candidacies of Pastor Wayne Braun

and Pastor Joel Scheiwe and thenvote on the candidate we feel God is

leading us to call.

We are each encouraged to continue

to lift in prayer Pastor Wayne, Pastor

Scheiwe and our congregation as we

seek God's will for the ministry of

CAN and these servants.

We must continue to remember that

our search process is far more than

just reaching a decision about an

individual. The call process is about

recognizing that we each have been

called in to relationship with Christ

and therefore as a part of the body

of Christ, we seek to be Spirit led in

our discernment about the leader

that God would have us identify to

carry out HIS Kingdom work. Let us

also recognize God's faithfulness to

our congregation in supplying us

with 3 exceptional veteran pastors

who have served our congregation

masterfully during our time of

transition.

To God Be The Glory as we trust in

HIS leading.

ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE?You are eligible to vote if:

you are at least 16 years

old

you have read the CAN

Constitution

you have completed and

signed the Voting MemberAgreement and Information

Form

VOTERS

MEETING

March 2 (Sunday)

10:10 a.m. (between services)

4/F Upper Primary Cafeteria

Supervised kids' activity will take place

during the meeting right next door in the

"Blue Room."

Lets pray for Gods guidance as

we come together to vote for

CANs new pastor!

VOTING MEMBER AGREEMENT AND

INFORMATION FORM

I have read and am in agreement with the Constitution and By-Laws

of Church of All Nations and wish to be a Voting Member.

Date:_____________ Signed_________________________________

Signed ________________________________

Name(s)__________________________________________________

Address___________________________________________________

Address continued__________________________________________

Address continued__________________________________________

Home Phone:______________________________________________

Mobile 1__________________________________________________

Mobile 2__________________________________________________

Email (1)__________________________________________________

Email(2)__________________________________________________

Children:

Name____________________________________Age____________

Name____________________________________Age____________

Name____________________________________Age____________

Name____________________________________Age____________

Church of All Nations will use the above personal information internally. We will not give thisinformation to outside organizations or third parties.

If you have any questions please contact [email protected].

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Dear friends in Christ,

Thank you! What a gift it has been for Lori and me to get to

know you better and spend a number of the past weekends with

you. We have been honored and humbled to be a support and

part of Church of All Nations during your time of waiting and

transition as you seek God for who will be your next pastor.

Gods hand is certainly on and guiding Church of All Nations.

His fingerprints are all over you, and Lori and I see Christ alive

and at work in so many ways through you.

As many of you know, Lori and I have been going through our

own time and season of transition since this past August when

we first moved to Shenzhen from the United States. Transitions

can be very exciting and energizing as new friendships are built,

and new discoveries are made, both about ourselves, as well as

the world all around us. But transitions, as all of you know, are

also filled with many challenges and unique pressures.

While God may have had it in mind for Lori and me to be in Asiaat just the time that you, Church of All Nations, needed us to be

involved with your ministry, Lori and I are becoming equally

convinced that God had it in mind for us to be in Asia and

involved at Church of All Nations at just the time that Lori and I

needed Church of All Nations to be a part of our lives. God has

been blessing us richly through you; through your prayers,

kindness, encouragement, openness, and partnership in the

work of Gods Kingdom. As Lori and I have the chance to speak

and get to know many of you, we have been impressed, and

strengthened, by the depths of wisdom, insight, passion, and

dedication you have for Christ and His Kingdom. We are being

spiritually, emotionally, and relationally enriched by you.

So, thank you! Through you, Lori and I are getting a glimpse of

Gods bigger picture of His Kingdom. We have been learning

much from and through you. I am gaining insights and

experiences that I know I am going to be able to pass along to

other leaders around the world.

You certainly have an incredible future, because God is giving

you, today, an amazing present! So continue to be a

congregation that is determined to help people to know Christ.

Be a congregation of people that are committed to knowingChrist more fully. And continue to be a congregation that has

set its heart on making Christ more fully known.

In Christ,

Pastor Scott Rische

Upcoming Sermon Series

by Rev. Dr. Scott Rische

Becoming a Person of

Generosity

March 16Breaking Through the Two Biggest Barriers toGenerosity

March 23What God Has Given Us to be Generous WithMarch 30Gods Goals for Our Generosity


5/12

WORSHIP AT CAN

February9am - Traditional

11am - Contemporary

Special Worship Service

Ash Wednesday

March 5, 7:30pm

Worship Attendance Figures

9 AM 11 AM TOTAL

Jan 5 63 80 143

Jan 12 41 94 135

Jan 19 40 107 147

Jan 26 67 130 197

Feb 2* 34 not available not available

Feb 9* 46 78 124

CAN is recruiting for worship help in the following capacities:

Assistant Minister

Communion Assistant

Usher / Reader

Greeter

Please contact Russ Daniels at [email protected](for early

service) or David Dickhudt at [email protected](for late service)

Offering Figures

GENERAL OFFERING DESIGNATED OFFERING

Jan 5 $16,668 $6,135

Jan 12 $27,805 $10,700

Jan 19 $39,800 $3,000

Jan 26 $58,466 $3,900

Feb 2* $38,076.3 -

Feb 9* $26,160 -

*Chinese New Year Holidays

Did you know that now

you can listen to

sermons online?

(Thanks to Megan

Kincaid :) ) On CANs website,

simply click Worship then

Sermons to arrive at the

followin screen:

Did you know that our

continental breakfast before our

Christian Education Hour is

provided by different members of

our congregation each week? If

you would like to help provide

these breakfast goodies, please

contact Megan Birney

([email protected]) or Karen

Ng ([email protected])!
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6/12

Place these words on your hearts... Tie them

on your hands and foreheads as a reminder.

Teach them to your children... -Deut.

11:18-19a

Buzz Sunday School

Classes beginaround 10am

Age 3 Age 5 - Room 503

Grades 1 & 2 - Room 507

Grades 3-5 in the UP 6/F Faculty Lounge.

CAN Kids Praise Team

A discipleship opportunity for students Grade 1 Grade

5 at HKIS who have a heart for singing and using their

voices to praise God! Thurs., 3pm. A new term beginsThursday, February 13th!

HKIS Students can register online @

churchofallnations-hongkong.org!

Have a gift for sharing the Gospel with

young hearts?

CAN Childrens Ministry can always use more willing

hands and hearts! Contact Megan if you interested in

using your gifts to enrich the spiritual nurture of children

in our community!

[email protected]

Childrens Ministry / Youth Ministry

CAN Youth

All youth are welcome to join us fordiscipleship, fellowship, and service events.

Contact Megan for more information [email protected]

Upcoming Youth Events

Feb. 15 Youth Families with Pastor Candidate

Feb. 22Confirmation Retreat

Feb. 28 6pm Youth Group

March 1Family Scavenger Hunt

March 146pm Youth Group



EVERY SUNDAY

10am

Youth Discipleship@ CAN Youth Room

Studying The Christian Life

Left:The cast! Middle:Angels Arabella &

Catherine make their entrance.

Right:The animals are joyful over Jesus!

Volunteers needed for Easter Eggstravaganza

Sunday, April 20

Every year CAN hosts a great outreach event for families on Easter

morning - along with two worship services we also have a breakfast,egg hunt, and booths with various kids activities.

Contact Megan Birney if you would like to help with this years event!
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Outreach & FellowshipFOREVER

FREE

CHRISTIAN

WOMENS

CONFERENCE

Date:Saturday, March 8

Venue:HKIS High School

Cafeteria (Tai Tam)

Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

(registration/light breakfast at8:30 am)

Registration:download

registration form off the

website

http://www.cwc.org.hkand mail

it with a check payable to

Christian Womens

Conference.

Mail form and payment to:

Christian Womens Conference

14A, 23 South Bay Close

Repulse Bay, Hong Kong

For questions please

contact:

Mary Ewing

([email protected]) or

Ha Gavlik

([email protected])

Calling all crafty people!

Do you knit? Crochet? Sew?

Make stationary? Scrapbook?

A new monthly fellowship

opportunity for creative

creators!

Contact Mary Evelyn Daniels

for more info!

CAN BOOK CLUBFebruary/March

The Irresistible Revolution

By Shane Claiborne

We will meet on Monday, March 24 at 7pmfor discussion. Location TBD.

Contact Megan Birney for details.

Copies of the book can be purchased for $125HKD.

CAN Community Lunch

Senior Pastor Candidate - Rev. Joel Scheiwe

Sunday, February 16th - 12pm at Church of All Nations

Join us for a light lunch immediately following the 11am worship

service outside on the patio. Interact with Pastor Joel and his wife

Iantha as we discern who the Lord is leading to be CANs next Senior

Pastor. This is a family-friendly event. We hope to see you there!
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8/12

The social ministry board has

conducted several prison visits in

January and February this year.

This included two separate visits to

the Stanley Correctional Institutionand a visit to 14 women at the Lo Wu

Correctional Institution. CAN

members were joined by 7 HKIS

students on one of the visits to

Stanley and another batch of HKIS

students are scheduled for the next

prison visit on this coming Sunday,

February 16. We pray that many

lives will be blessed and changed

through this ministry and that the

Word of God will nurture disciplesbehind prison walls, renewing and

setting souls free...

Today I met with a prisoner and I talked to him. At first I was scared

because I had never been to a prison before. It turned out to be one of the most

life changing experiences a person could ever have. I walked into the white room

with phones in every stall. Each one of the stalls had a prisoner. I had always

thought of prisoners as convicts or mentally ill. But when I walked into stall

number eight and picked up the phone my view changed. His name was Barry

and he gave me a great smile as I walked in. I picked up the phone and said

with confidence "hi my name is Sofia" He replied back " my name is Barry". He

asked me about my studies and I talked about humanities in Action and how I

love community service. He then asked me what religion I was and I told him

catholic. He told me that as a child he never believed in Christianity. Then he

came to prison and found Christianity. He told me "I was never a good Christian

as a child I didn't believe. I didn't do what my parents told me to.As I got older Irealized how important it is to me." I was shocked by this because I learnt he

was just a normal person like us who happened to make a bad choice. He asked

me what my favorite studies were and I told him I love art. He smiled and

laughed. He told me he takes some classes. He told me he takes Chinese and

English and that he wanted to finish his studies. What amazes me is that

someone who has been through so much has a will to finish education. He

wasn't a convict to me anymore he was a person who made a stupid choice.

Then again haven't we all? He looked me in the eyes and told me "Never Take

drugs. Don't smoke Study hard and read the bible" I told him I will. It was Time

up when he said "I will pray for you" I realiZed that he wasn't who I thought he

was a nice man who had made a mistake.

Sofia Pedersen

Prison Ministry

Before this experience, I think my predictions were very

influenced by the media. In movies, the prison is always a

scary place with creepy people in them. I was nervous

because I had frightful images in my head. I got even more

scared and nervous after I learned I was going to talk to the

prisoner all by myself. However, once I met this man, I didn't

feel scared at all. He was so nice and easy to talk to. He

kept asking me what life was like outside, how my family

was, how school was, and he would talk about his life story

as well. He was a father of two daughters one who was 13,

and one who was 10, who he loved very much. He always

loved getting letters and pictures from them. He was also a

practicing Christian, and he said he feels blessed that he is

healthy and has supportive friends and family.During the conversation, I realized that the word "prisoner"

is just a name given to them, but underneath that, they are

humans too. I thought prisoners would have lost hope in

their life, but surprisingly, they seemed to have a lot of hope

and aspirations for their future. I'm so glad I went on this

trip, because not many people get the opportunity to visit a

prisoner and hear their stories. It inspired and moved me

how hopeful these prisoners were.

Sherry Wang

REFLECTIONS BY HKIS PARTICIPANTS


9/12

English Camp for High SchoolGirls in Guangdong

DEQING,

GUANGDONG

Date:February 21, Friday

Time:4:30pm

Meeting point:Hung

Hom train station

Date of return: February

23, Sunday 7:30pm

Cost: HK$1,950 per

person

CURIOUS ABOUT THE LIFE OF HIGH

SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CHINA? WILLING

TO SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF

ENGLISH WITH GIRLS WHO ARE STRIVING

TO PASS THEIR UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE

EXAM?

Join Marty Schmidt and Iantha Scheiwe as

a team from CAN travels to Deqing for a

weekend English camp. The team will

depart from Hung Hom train station at4:30pm on Friday, February 21st and will

return to Hung Hom station at 7:30pm on

Sunday, February 23rd. The weekend will

include English teaching small teams of

local students, serving together with the

students at a local primary school for

children with disabilities, and a home

visit. The cost is HK$1950 per person

and includes transportation, lodging, food,

Deqing

Let Sayapen, CAN participant of the trip in December 2012:

Words are not enough to say thank you very much for everything! I am very blessed in the trip even if I did

not expect any trip this Christmas season. I thank the Lord for the trip because it turned to be a present to

me this Christmas and new year.

The scholarship students were lovely and I enjoyed being with

them. The whole team together with the Ember Club leaders,

HKIS students, LTS students, and members of the CWEF

staff were all great! Theyre all awesome and phenomenal!

The theme of Christmas and the stories we used to teach

English are excellent. The scholarship students were all

lovely, so eager to learn English and Christmas songs. I

enjoyed the Chinese food and truly awesome to eat with thestudents in the school canteen. The experience was most

treasurable. There is nothing more I can say because being

it was indescribable .


10/12

Street Sleepers Party 2014Many thanks to those who

shared their extra food and

clothing with the more than 120

guests who attended the 17th

Annual Street Sleeper Party on

Saturday, January 18. Therewere 41 volunteers, both adults

and children, who went from

CAN to Sham Shui Po on that

day. Five Middle Schoolers

helped lead the children's

program and all the

children had a blast.

The cookies, snacks, and

goodies donated filled 135

gallon-sized bags of treats

for the guests to take

home! Clothing and

blanket donations were

distributed to the guests

with the help from

volunteers from CAN and

local Chinese churches.

There was plenty to go

around. Whatever that

were not utilized that day

were sent to Salvation

Army that afternoon.

CAN has collected HK

$17,238 for the party of

which HK$10,000 was

spent on the purchase of

dry goods (oil, rice, canned

food), shampoo and body soap for each guest to take home. HK

$2,416.6 was spent on purchasing extra goodies for the guests' to

take away and materials to run the children's program. The bus

cost was HK$1,355. With an additional gift of HK$533.6 made by the Social Ministry Board, CAN was able to

make an extra donation of HK$4,000 to the SS Party to cover the cost of extra food bought for the feast that was

served to the guests that day.

We pray that our guests will know that there are many in Hong Kong who care about them through the donations

and efforts of the Street Sleeper Party. Thank you again for helping make this annual event a continued success.

Altogether CAN donated 120 bags

of dry goods!

Dry goods (oil, rice, goodies, canned food,

shampoo and body soap)

Volunteers from CAN


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