牧者心聲
少年群體的見證
程續戰牧師
2023 年 4 月 1 日 / 2 日
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在充滿壓力和幻變的時代，我們（包括少年人）都容易陷入情緒低落或懷疑人生的狀況。但有位姊妹說，主藉著今年教會的主題「分辨神在你日常生活中的作為，並分享這故事」提醒了她，當我們察覺到主在自己當中，我們的心就會由憂慮變為安然，由緊張轉為放鬆。
不管我們的生活有多平凡，耶和華都確實在我們當中，但因各種原因，我們不常會知道（創二十八 16），也不常會留意和發現。因此少年科盼望藉以下的安排，幫助事奉人員和少年人發現和留意天父在我們當中的足跡。
感恩卡：每月填寫一次，並在小組中分享。
崇拜中分享經歷神的小故事：每月一次，邀請教牧、事奉人員和少年人，用大約兩分鐘分享與主耶穌相遇的小故事。
以下是他們的感恩事項：
「預備講道時，待了大半天卻一隻字也寫不出來，時間不多了，心裡很緊張。但當我向主禱告後，心情就猶如湖面般平靜，我有半刻懷疑自己是否是腦霧？後來我知道一定不是，因為主賜我力量把講章完成了。」
「還有幾天就是少年佈道會，我還在思想可以邀請誰參加，突然間讀小四的女兒提醒我，不如邀請兒子的一位小學同學。於是我找這男同學的媽媽，邀請她和兒子一起來。心想她多數會拒絕我，但意想不到，這位媽媽不但答應出席，還多謝我邀請他們，最後兒子還在佈道會中決了志。」
「這個星期為 Extended Essay 作資料搜集，感謝神賜我勇氣選化學科為論文的科目，又安排了一位好老師作我的指導。搜集資料過程中雖然不斷遇上難題，但感謝主賜我平安、熱忱和堅持的心去面對。」
「感謝主，這兩星期在中史堂學了有關抗日及國共內戰的歷史，神開了我的眼睛，讓我領悟到神的主權，祂使一國興起，又使一國衰敗，一切全在主的安排下發生。我真讚歎主的偉大。另外，感謝主，學校運動會沒有人嚴重受傷，我雖然曬黑了，但卻十分高興。」
我深盼有一天每當導師、組長和少年人走在一起，就彼此談論神的作為，正如瑪拉基書三 16 所說，當我們數算主恩時，「耶和華側耳而聽，且有紀念冊在他面前，記錄那敬畏耶和華、思念他名的人。」我們分享的時候，不僅弟兄姊妹在聽，天父也在留心聽，並記錄我們所講的。天父啊！感謝你對我們的話珍而重之，我們是何等有福啊！
In an age of pressure and change, we (including the youth) can easily become depressive or have doubts about life. Nevertheless, as one sister puts it, through the NPAC theme of this year, "Discern God's work in your daily life and share the story", the Lord reminds her that once we see the Lord in our midst, our worrying hearts will become calm, and our anxious hearts will be relaxed.
However mundane our lives may be, the LORD is indeed among us, though for some reason we may not always be aware (Genesis 28:16), we pay little attention and we seldom discover that. For this reason, the Youth Ministry hopes to help ministry leaders and the youth to trace and notice the footprints of the Heavenly Father in our lives through the following arrangements.
Thanksgiving Card: To be filled out monthly and to share the contents in the small group.
Sharing stories of encounters with God during worship services: Each month, we will invite pastoral staff, ministry leaders and the youth to share in about two minutes stories about their encounters with the Lord Jesus.
Below are some of their thanksgiving items:
"While preparing the sermon, I spent most of the day without being able to write a single word. Time is running out and I became nervous. But once I prayed to the Lord, my heart calmed down. For a while, I did wonder whether my mind would remain blank. Later, I knew it did not because God gave me strength to complete writing the sermon."
"The evangelistic meeting of the Youth Ministry was just a few days away, but I was still thinking whom I could invite to the meeting. Suddenly, my daughter in Primary Four reminded me that perhaps I could invite a primary school classmate of my son. So, I got in touch with the mother of this male classmate and invited her to come together with her son. I thought she would probably reject me. To my great surprise, the boy's mother not only promised to attend but also thanked me for inviting them. Finally, her son came to Christ at the evangelistic meeting."
"This entire week, I have been collecting information for the Extended Essay. Thank God for giving me the courage to select Chemistry as the subject of the essay and arranged a good teacher to guide me. Even though I met tons of obstacles along the way, thank the Lord for giving me peace, zeal and perseverance in the face of it."
"Thank the Lord that these two weeks, we learnt about the history of the Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War in our Chinese History lessons. God opened my eyes and helped me realize His sovereignty. He raises a nation and makes another fall. Everything is orchestrated by the Lord. How I marvel at His greatness! Meanwhile, I was grateful that no one was seriously hurt at the school sports day. I was tanned, but very happy."
I greatly hope that one day, whenever our counselors, group leaders and youth get together, they will talk about the work of God. It will just be like what Malachi 3:16 says about our counting of His blessings, "…the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name." When we share, not only brothers and sisters are listening. The Heavenly Father is also listening attentively, and our words are recorded. Heavenly Father, thank You for cherishing our words. How blessed we are!
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