牧者心聲
亂中尋序．笑傲人生
周依娜牧師
2023 年 9 月 9 日 / 10 日
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今個聖誕你會怎麼過？躊躇著如何安排放大假？只想去旅行？此刻的你，是否也正面對著一些轉變，並為前面的各樣抉擇而感到迷惘？
主耶穌向你發出邀請：「你們來，同我暗暗地到曠野地方去歇一歇」（可六 31）。「來」，是一種由心靈渴慕和願意引發出來的行動，叫人主動來到耶穌腳前，聆聽祂的教導；「暗暗地」，是離開纏擾你的事務和影響你的人，專心讓神的話重設你的所是和所作；「曠野地方」，是離開熟悉的環境，捨去對慣常資源的依靠，以操練你對耶穌的單純信心；「歇一歇」，是在一個安全的空間，讓自己的心靈安頓在一個合適的位置，與得力的源頭重新連繫。
第 15 屆冬令營的主題是「亂中尋序．笑傲人生」。過往三年，我們經歷著「世界不似預期」的恐懼和失落，我們的城市好像被一陣亂風吹過，捲起的滿地黃葉，是否也正好代表著我們内内心枯竭無力的生命？在如此混亂失序的狀態下，我們卻要趕上復常的節奏，試問力量可從何尋覓？
以西結先知名字的意思就是「耶和華加增力量」，在他的時代，面對的是家園被毁毀、以色列人流亡到巴比倫，亡國的悲痛令所有的希望都灰飛煙滅。但神卻讓以西結看見枯骨復活的異象，從而帶領國民藉著回顧神在歷史中的作為和同在，重新得著復興的應許！在復常不復舊的口號下，我們要更進一步——復興！疫後信徒在信仰上出現一些窘境：在群體內被遺棄、在教會内離開神、在盟約內不忠誠、在等候中找捷徑。冬令營講員葉希賢博士將藉著以西結書的選讀，以四個關鍵詞（迷惘、翻轉、追念、等候）帶出四場講道會的主題：在毫無指望中經歷神（結一～三）、在紛爭論斷中經歷神（結十一）、在我行我素中經歷神（結十六、二十三）、在等候盼望中經歷神（結四十～四十八）。
冬令營的早鳥報名即將開始，營費全免，鼓勵自由奉獻。冬令營籌委誠意邀請你預留12月25-26日，同來北宣家與我們一起「亂中尋序．笑傲人生」！
「我也要賜給你們一個新心，將新靈放在你們裡面，又從你們的肉體中除掉石心，賜給你們肉心。我必將我的靈放在你們裡面，使你們順從我的律例，謹守遵行我的典章。」（結三十六 26-27）
What are you doing this Christmas? Thinking about how to spend your holiday? Only want to go on a trip? Right now, do you happen to be faced with some changes, and are feeling bewildered by the many decisions you have to make?
Here is an invitation from the Lord Jesus to you: "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest." (Mark 6:31). The action "come" arises from a desire and willingness within the heart. It is a voluntary act by which people come before Jesus to listen to His teachings. When you come "by yourselves," you free yourself from the matters and the people bothering you and focus on letting the word of God reset your being and your doing. "A quiet place" is somewhere away from your familiar environment, away from the resources you used to rely on, in order to train up your simple faith in Jesus. Finally, "get some rest" means to let your soul rest and reposition yourself in a safe environment where you can reconnect with the source of strength.
The theme of the 15th Winter Camp is "Order in Chaos, Confidence in Life." In the past three years, we have experienced fear and felt lost in “a world that fell short of expectations.” It is as though our city was hit by some turbulent wind, leaving the streets littered with yellow leaves. Does this happen to represent our weary and exhausted inner life? In such a state of chaos and disorder, we still need to catch up with the pace of resuming normalcy. But where can we find strength?
The name of the prophet Ezekiel means "The LORD strengthens." In his times, the prophet’s hometown was ruined and the Israelites were exiled to Babylon. All hopes were gone with the grief of the fall of the nation. Yet, God gave Ezekiel the vision of dry bones coming to life again. This led the Israelites to recall God’s acts and His presence in history and regain the promise of revival! Under the slogan resuming normalcy and not the old ways, we need to take one step further – to revive! Believers in the post-pandemic times face a number of difficulties in faith: Being abandoned within their community, leaving God in church, being unfaithful in their covenant, and seeking short-cuts while waiting. At the Winter Camp, speaker Dr Johnson Yip will bring out the themes of his four sermons based on four key words (bewilderment, reversion, remembrance and waiting) on selected readings from the Book of Ezekiel: Experiencing God in Utter Despair (Ezekiel 1-3); Experiencing God amid Strife and Judgment (Ezekiel 11); Experiencing God in Going One’s Way (Ezekiel 16, 23); Experiencing God in Waiting on Him (Ezekiel 40-48).
Early bird enrolment for the Winter Camp is about to begin. The Camp is free, and freewill offering is encouraged. The organizing committee of the Winter Camp sincerely invites you to reserve Dec 25-26 for joining us in the NPAC family to find “Order in Chaos, Confidence in Life”!
"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws." (Ezekiel 36:26-27)
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