牧者心聲
青年群體見證
羅惠芬牧師
2023 年 4 月 22 日 / 23 日
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「不可叫人小看你年輕，總要在言語、行為、愛心、信心、清潔上，都作信徒的榜樣。」（提前四 12）使徒保羅這樣鼓勵提摩太，從而指出年紀輕並不會減少其生命見證的影響力。感謝神的恩典，在教會各方面的參與上，北宣家的青年群體均活出了美好的生命見證，為彼此的屬靈生命產生了積極的影響。
每當提到我們的青年群體，我自然想到「懇切」，意思是指他們對真理的認識和實踐都十分重視和熱誠。青年群體過去一直積極參與團契生活，是因為大家都相信肢體間是要互相結連、彼此服事、一起成長的聖經教導，所以，追求認識和實踐真理，便成了大家相交的共同目標，而查考聖經亦是大家所重視的團契內容。認真於真理和屬靈成長，可以說是青年弟兄姊妹在生命互動互證過程中彼此感染而成的一種文化。
在真理實踐方面，當然包括福音大使命。青年群體一直都懷著傳福音的熱誠，也積極思考如何運用各種方式來舉辦福音聚會和活動，青年夫婦團契尤其關注父母家人的福音需要，教會每有福音聚會，他們都努力邀約家人參加。宣教差傳方面，青年群體一直都很踴躍參與教會的短宣隊，過去幾年雖然因為疫情而無法出外，但弟兄姊妹並沒有停下來，依然在港進行「staymission」本地宣教。除了佈道和差傳，青年群體近年亦多次參與社會關懷，透過服事社區內的不同群體，在社會中彰顯基督的愛。
至於肢體間的彼此服事，青年群體所關注的，並不局限於所屬的團契，大家都投入北宣家各層面的事奉，例如擔任兒童和少年主日學導師，當中有些甚至連續事奉六年，伴隨著少年人一起成長，由中一教導到中六。另外青年弟兄姊妹也有參與崇拜和全教會聚會的事奉，特別是音樂敬拜方面，敬拜隊付出了不少時間去揀選詩歌和一起練習，支持著各個現代音樂敬拜模式的崇拜和聚會。
在青年群體的見證中，我看到了神在他們生命裡的工作和厚愛。祈願聖靈繼續在他們中間招聚、結連和帶動，叫他們能夠生命影響生命，同心建立基督的身體，成為北宣家的祝福。
"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity." (1 Timothy 4:12) Such was the exhortation of the Apostle Paul for Timothy. It points out that being young in no way undermines the strength of one's life testimony. Thanks to the grace of God, the young adults in the NPAC family have lived out good life testimonies in participating in various church ministries. They have also exerted a positive influence on the spiritual lives of one another.
Whenever we talk about our young adults, the word “earnest” always comes to my mind. They are keen about, and serious in, learning and practicing the truth. They have actively participated in fellowship life in the belief that parts of the body need to be connected, serve one another and grow spiritually together as the Bible teaches. So, their common goal is to seek to know and practice the truth. They attach a lot of importance to Bible study in fellowship meetings. Taking the truth and spiritual growth seriously has, if I may put it this way, become part of their culture as the young adult brothers and sisters interact with and influence one another in their lives.
For sure, practicing the truth includes the Great Commission. Our young adults have all along been zealous in spreading the gospel. They have also actively come up with various ways to organize evangelistic meetings and activities. Young couple fellowships are particularly concerned about the gospel needs of their parents and family. Whenever there are evangelistic meetings at church, they would try their best to invite their families to join. The same for mission work. Our young adults have actively taken part in the short-term mission of our church. Even though they could not go on overseas mission in the past few years due to the pandemic, brothers and sisters have not stopped and have taken part in "staymission" for local mission. Besides evangelism and mission, our young adults have often participated in social concern ministries and, through serving various communities in the neighborhood, taken the love of Christ to our society.
In serving one another, our young adults’ concern is not confined to the fellowships they belong to but they also actively serve in different ministries of the NPAC family, such as teaching in the Sunday School classes for children and youth. Some of them have even been serving for six years continuously, being there for the youth in their growth from Secondary One to Secondary Six. Young adult brothers and sisters also serve in worship services and other church-wide meetings, particularly in praise teams. They spend a lot of time choosing praise songs and practicing. Their service has been important to contemporary worship services and meetings.
In the testimonies of our young adults, I can see God's work and His love in their lives. May the Holy Spirit continue to summon, connect and lead them so that they can influence each other's life and, with one heart, build up the body of Christ and become a blessing to the NPAC family.
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