Our China Team has safely returned to Canada with Great Reports!

While in Welfare Centre for the disabled orphans, the team was divided into four groups and helped out in four different rooms: toddlers’ room, boys’ room, girls’ room and the independent room for children with high mobility.  One of the greatest achievements was that the team helped bring the orphans outside the Centre as it would be impossible without the team’s extra help.  The team made 5 separate trips in order to bring the 5 groups of kids to the zoo, the amusement park, or to the river bank near the Welfare Centre.  The children enjoyed the outings very much despite the very hot weather. On their last day at the Centre, they threw birthday parties in each room.  With the generous support from Canada, the team was able to buy clothes, shoes, toys and stationary for the children as gifts.

Those team members who went to the previous mission team two years ago were so glad to find that the facilities in the building had been improved.  The elevators were installed which were initiated and sponsored by Canadian Christians.  More structured programs were offered now.  Encouraging also was that most of the babies whom they met two years ago had been adopted.  And it was also noticeable that the children’s physically, emotionally and mentally state were in progress.

They would appreciate your prayers for (1) their staff members as quite a number of them have suffered from various health problems; and (2) communication with the local authority as the baby room was saturated without enough caregivers and yet the local authority didn’t seem to see the necessity and urgency of improving the situation.

China Team to an Orphanage to the Disabled ~ experienced God’s Blessing in Disguise

A few days after the visit began, an accident happened.  One evening after dinner, the team was walking back to the hotel.  One of the team members who was a senior in age suddenly lost balanced and felt and was sent to a local hospital the next morning.  The doctor found that her right arm was dislocated and a surgery was needed.  Therefore, she and her husband immediately flew to Beijing in order to catch the flight back to Canada the same night.

At the beginning, this member felt very bad that she couldn’t do much for the disabled orphans, but when she looked back, she saw God’s blessing in it.  First, God’s protection was there when she fell as her face and head were not injured.  Second, in their journey from the Social Welfare Centre to Canada experienced the Chinese hospitality. In return, God also used them to bless the Chinese people they encountered.  As they took their journey back to Canada, those people whom they met including the doctors and nurses in the hospitals, the staff of the Social Welfare Centre, the flight attendants appreciated their love and sacrifice for the Chinese disabled orphans.  The driver of the Social Welfare Centre who drove them to the airport had become their godson.  Their mission has been accomplished in God’s way.

An Invitation

to our Ministry Sharing and Fundraising Event

Asian and Multicultural Ministries in Canada (AMMiC) will be holding a ministries sharing and fund raising dinner    on
Sunday, September 22, 2013    at
the Anglican Network Church of the Good Shepherd
(189 West 11th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1S8)    from
5.30 – 8.30 pm.

The aim of this exciting event is to share AMMiC’s vision to reach out to the visible ethnic communities in Canada, to promote our ministries by meeting some of our workers in person and listening to their testimonies, and to raise funds to support our church plants and other projects.

For further information, please contact Ka Man Ng (778-8811887 or kaman@ammic.ca) or Peter Pang (604-3240702 or peterpyg@yahoo.com).

Click for Fundraiser Invitation.

 

 

Prayer for our China Service Team

Our China Service Team has begun their service in an orphanage for the disabled for a few days.  It was encouraging to learn that the local staff of the orphanage recognised the team members who went there two years ago.  Would you pray with us for their service among the disabled orphans and local staff members?  They will be serving in the orphanage until July 27.

 

Please pray particular for Fay and John Gomes, two senior members from Montreal.  Fay fell on a pavement when they returned to the hotel from the orphanage.  She was taken to the hospital immediate, and the X-ray showed that her shoulder was dislocated and fractured.  She was advised that she should receive surgery as soon as possible.  Now, Fay and her husband John are on their way back to Montreal for the surgery and medical care.  Please pray for travel mercy as it will be a long hour flight.  Pray that God’s healing hands will be upon Fay.

2 baptised at Christ the Redeemer Toronto’s First Baptismal Service

Christ the Redeemer, Toronto had their first baptismal service on June 30, 2013 since her first Eucharist service on February 10, 2013.  Two adults were baptised.  They were from Mainland China and from Taiwan who had been friends of A Quiet Place, an outreach centre setup in September 2012.  Click here for more.

Hiring Part-Time Evangelist – Outreaching

The Church of the Good Shepherd (Vancouver) is hiring a Cantonese speaking part-time evangelist whose main responsibilities are (1) to reach out to restaurant workers in Greater Vancouver with the gospel of Jesus and (2) to lead and pastor the Taste of Life fellowship.  For details please see the details in Chinese below:

聘請外展傳道 (半職)

  • 具宣教牧養訓練。
  • 重點向餐飲及相關行業傳福音;為美味人生(團契)領袖和團友提供訓練、教導和牧養。
  • 有熱忱及認識大溫哥華餐飲及相關行業需要。
  • 能操流利粵語;懂國語、英語更佳。
  • 須有團隊精神,接受主任牧師領導。

請將履歷寄至『聘牧委員會』:

電郵: office@ancgoodshepherd.org
郵寄: Anglican Network Church of the Good Shepherd
           189 West 11th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1S8

Ordination in Calgary

Praise be to God for the growing presence of ANiC in Calgary.

On June 30, 2013, the Rev. Tom Chi-Tong Lo was ordained to the Diaconate (transitional).  Almost 150 people gathered to witness the ordination and to give their support to Tom and Irene.  It was a blessing to see the strong bonds of unity and fellowship among ANiC churches in Calgary as the people from Grace Anglican, Good Shepherd South Asian and Good Shepherd Cantonese celebrated this joyous occasion together.  Many ecumenical friends from Chinese churches and theological seminary in Calgary participated as well.  This was truly an encouragement to the growing ministry of the Good Shepherd Calgary church plant among the Chinese community.  May the Lord continue to bless the ministry of Rev. Tom Lo and the people in Calgary.

Ordination 1Ordination 2 Ordination 2 Ordination 3 Ordination 4 Ordination 5

For more photos, please go to www.facebook.com/aniccalgary.

Anglican Network Church of the Good Shepherd (South Asian) Calgary is Hiring

The Anglican Network Church of the Good Shepherd (South Asian) Calgary, a new church-plant, is currently looking for a Priest-in-Charge.  Please refer to ANC of the Good Shepherd (South Asian) Calgary – Search for Priest in Charge for details and ANC Good Shepherd (South Asian) Calgary – Profile for the church profile.

Application Submission is July 13, 2013.

New Church-Plant for South Asian in Calgary

We welcome Anglican Network Church of the Good Shepherd (South Asian) Calgary, our newest church plant.

Calgary has ranked third in proportion of visible minorities, just behind Toronto and Vancouver.  South Asian (mainly Indian and Pakistani) is the second largest visible minority group.  The vision of this Church-Plant is to reach out to those who speak Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi.  Many of them miss their cultural and religious customs – worshipping the Lord in their own language(s) and singing geet (hymns) and zaboors (psalms) which give them spiritual nourishment.