Wondering How You Can Bless Others This Chinese New Year?

This year’s Chinese New Year falls on February 10th 2024. Let’s bless the disadvantaged in this festive season when we enjoy ourselves with the best food and family reunion. Christian Action is bringing back the Blessings Bag program and I would love you join in!

Last year, I shared the story of Hiu Ching, who attended our After-School Child Care and Interest Classes at our Mong Kok Center. Her family’s finances were so precarious that they couldn’t even afford traditional Chinese New Year delicacies like mushrooms and Chinese sausages. It was like a dark cloud had descended on them.

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Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Superheroes wear spandex, a cape and are showered in adoration. But not Hong Kong’s Carers. The media is replete with stories of Carers whom make superhuman sacrifices on behalf of their charges, yet suffer from loneliness, isolation and depression.

What would become of Hong Kong’s elderly relatives or children with special learning needs were it not for Carers? We read of the many tragedies that befall Carers, when their caregiving duties become intolerable and they are unable to seek assistance, or when they’re unable to release the pent-up emotions within them.

Jesus Christ called on us to bear one another’s burdens - but who is helping Carers? After meeting with a many Carers and hearing story-after-story of heroic efforts and the crushing weight and loneliness that comes with their service, Christian Action developed a brand new programme that we call ‘Here to Connect’.

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Earthquake Hits China

A devastating, magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Northwestern China, near the mountainous Gansu - Qinghai border region at midnight on Monday December 18th. Roads and infrastructure worth millions of dollars were destroyed, together with over 100,000 rural mud-brick homes which collapsed; thousands of residents were injured and over 130 residents sadly lost their lives.

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The Greatest Gift Ever Given

Dear friend,

This is the time that Christians around the world celebrate the greatest act of gift giving ever recorded: God’s gift of His son, Jesus Christ to all humanity! Merry Christmas!

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‘Take A Break!’, ‘Get Away From It All’, ‘Learn Something New!’

Nothing beats being a kid on vacation. And going on an overnight adventure weekend with a bunch of your friends is equally good - which is exactly what our staff organized for 46 disadvantaged children in our Child Development Fund recently.

32 students, two mentors from our On Tai Service Centre and 14 students from our Long Ping Service Centre, together with 9 staff members, spent an overnight weekend away that was packed with a varied educational adventure activities. The venue was The Jockey Club’s excellent Cheung Chau Don Bosco Youth Centre.

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