becoming

不同的弟兄姊妹問我，按立成為牧師，有甚麼感覺？
老實說，沒有甚麼特別。

反而是過程中，看見你們為這一切事而奔波。我為你們而感謝我的神。

還是那一句：「我是甚麼人？配得你們這樣的愛？」

當然，這一切，是因為祂的愛。
也是你們對祂的愛的回應。

不是我配或是不配，
而是你們認定了，
我是你們的牧者。

認定了，
這是神的工作，

於是，
為此慶祝！
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幾位弟兄姊妹，不約而同的送我一些與牧人有關的禮物，
這一切都提醒了我，
作為牧者，對群羊的責任，

並且，
那位才是真正的

大牧人。
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親愛的Edmund 何尚允弟兄，教會是上主的家、基督的身體、聖靈的殿。凡受洗的人都蒙召叫人認識基督是救主和生命的主，並且分擔更新祂創造之工作。現今你蒙召為牧者、祭司和教師，並與你的主教和其他牧者同工一起參與教會的工作。

作為牧師，你的工作就是用言行去宣揚耶穌基督的福音，並遵照祂的訓誨規範你的生活。當愛護和服事你牧養的會眾，不論年長或年輕、健康或軟弱、富足或貧窮。當講解神的道，宣告上主對悔罪者的饒恕，宣佈從神而來的恩福，主持聖洗禮，及慶祝基督身體和寶血奧秘的聖餐，並執行其它托付於你的職責。

凡你所做的，當以上主豐盛的恩來餵養基督的子民，激勵他們一生榮耀上主。

親愛的Edmund 何尚允弟兄，你是否確信你是受上主和祂教會的呼召，去承擔牧師的職分？

我確信我是為此蒙召。

謝謝Karen 的越洋鼓勵和代禱。

真的，我期望那天作出選擇的你們，永不會忘記我們背後的因由，而滿足於今天的安逸。

有很多話可以講，亦想講。但這幾天需要回一回氣，給我一點時間整理。

先看看AFC 大佬兼友人 Gabriel參與感恩崇拜的分享：這是上主的福音 !

Hi daddy,

I’m watching movie and scared of the dark. But I have the light with me. I’m still scared.

Jocelyn

BlackBerry®

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Thank you Jessica, you have made my day! (Just that I did not know my daughter is already using a smart phone!)

Jocelyn, Cc and I were at Enoch Summer Camp during the Civic Holiday long weekend. It’s been a while since the last time I posted some family pictures. Hope you enjoy them!

主日講道：怎樣才算作神的工？（約6:24-35）

[audio:sermons/enoch family camp 2009/John_6_24-35.mp3]

MGC – 20090801 – Niagara on the lake – Enoch Summer Camp

Karen, you’ve got to do this at your wedding!!

Yes, I know this is actually a viral from youtube. And here is another one on their supposedly “last day”:

And no, Karen — don’t try this at home.

Guys, you know who you are.

We are so easily aroused sexually when explicit videos and images are just a click of a mouse away.

We don’t talk about it at church or fellowship, because don’t want to talk about it.

We don’t wanna talk about it, because we don’t see what we can do about it.

Yet we have seen how the world is twisted around us due to such uncontrollable desire.

We need to do something about it.

We need to act now.

I challenge you to keep your online presence accountable among fellow brothers whom you trust.

Go to x3watch.com and download their free apps. It will then keep a log of all the sites you visited and then email a report to your accountability partners (2) in a frequency you preferred (1,2 or every 4 weeks).

Nothing fancy. Just a report of all questionable sites and links to friend(s) you hold accountable for.

Yes, for IT genius like yourself, the apps can be easily stopped or disabled.

But you know whom you are deceiving —

Nobody,

just yourself.

Let me know if you want me to be your accountability partner. I will be asking 2 of you to do the same for me.

A community that really concern about the real you,

the one nobody is watching.

Do you want to be a part of this?

One of the major issues that hindered me back in 2007 when considering the possibility of doing church -planting under AMiA was the question of unity and solidarity. While seeing a lot of faithful Christians leaving the ACC and the ECUSA, I see many were forming their own group, doing their own thing. I felt there was a lack of unifying spirit for those who left for more or less the same reason but at various times.

I asked Archbishop Yong and Bishop TJ about this, and sure enough, they told me about Common Cause and assured me that this stage was only temporary. So I am very excited and glad and grateful to God that the Anglican Church in North America has now become as reality, with it inauguration at Christ Church Plano, Texas on June 24, 2009.

The procession of clergy and bishops for the installation of ACNA:

Other video links, including (Arch)bishop Duncan’s address at the Inaugural Assembly (2nd in list):

At a time when Christian-hopping and church-splitting are so common, isn’t it wonderful to witness a moment in church history when followers of Christ are join together for a single purpose of mission?

Thanks Anson for linking to the video. See his post for more related links and news.