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Alpha offers the opportunity for people to explore the Christian faith, ask questions and share their point of view. If done in an open and friendly way, lives can be transformed.

Top needs

Alpha is praising and praying for the following:

• Praise God they have launched Alpha Cantonese Teen Series (ACTS), an engaging video series exploring timeless questions about life, faith and Jesus for teenagers. ACTS has been premiered and Alpha has received very positive feedback. There is no comparable gospel media tool customised for local students. Please pray for continued impact among Hong Kong's youth. 

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Union Church prayer partner for Alpha: Patrick Wilson (English), Stephen Shum (Chinese)

Alpha Hong Kong website

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Chung King Ministry serves as the hands and feet of Christ in outreach to the elderly, the poor and the asylum seekers from many nations

Watch Chung King Ministry video

Top needs

Pray that Chung King Ministry reaches the poor, the elderly, the marginalised with the love and hope of Christ. Pray that all resources are made available to CKM and that they can continue to provide over 100 hot meals a day to those in need.

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Visit with Pastor Samuel and his wife Shlivya at Meet Our Ministry Partners, Union Church youth room, Sunday, 31 July 2022, 10:45-11:15am. Visit their ministry in Chungking Mansions on Friday evenings for a time of worship and prayer. Union Church prayer partner for Chung King Ministry: Nick Appel

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HOLF aims to provide lifelong care in a Christian family setting for those children and adults with moderate to severe intellectual and physical disabilities. HOLF also seeks to be a loving home for aging parents who have dedicated their lives to caring for their special-needs child.

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Union Church prayer partner for HOLF: Simone Loke

Home of Loving Faithfulness website

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Young Life began its story in Hong Kong in 2014, and has established a thriving ministry that partners with schools, churches, and other organizations to impact teenagers, young mothers, and this city with community, mentorship, and the hope of Christ.

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Union Church prayer partner for Hong Kong Young Life: 

Hong Kong Young Life

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Inner City Ministries engages the South Asian community, to equip them and bring life transformation  through Christian Ministry.

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Union Church prayer partner for Inner City Ministries: Ester Li Chung

Inner City Ministries website

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Kun Sun helps prisoners, rehabilitated persons, and their families experience a rebuilding of life and reconciliation through proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ and manifestation of Christ's love.

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Union Church prayer partner for Kun Sun prison ministry: Nick Appel

Kun Sun Prison Ministry website

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LTS is one of Hong Kong’s preeminent seminaries, serving not only students from Hong Kong and China, but also those from Southeast Asia, greater Asia, many of whom worship at Union Church.

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Union Church prayer partner for LTS:  

Lutheran Theological Seminary website

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They are focused on praying for our city - Hong Kong, building relationships and starting Discovery Groups among people who don’t yet know Jesus. They do this over fantastic food, in restaurants, people’s homes or online. As they do this, they are seeing people discover a relationship with Jesus and are choosing to become disciples of him.

Praxeis Hong Kong Limited

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Union Church prayer partner for Praxeis:  

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St. Barnabas' Society and Home brings God’s love and hope to the poor, homeless and elderly.

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Union Church prayer partner for SBSH: Emilie Banfield

St. Barnabas' Society and Home website

Watch our video about Union Church's 30+ year long partnership with St. Barnabas' Society and Home

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Sons & Daughters helps those caught in sexual exploitation to reclaim a life of love, family, and freedom. They actively seek and develop relationships with men and women involved in the sex industry.

Top needs

Resources for fitting out the new Promise House - looking for interior designers and contractors.

Also volunteers! They  need bakers to prepare items to pass out during outreach, and volunteers to go into different districts of Hong Kong and develop relationships with women and men involved in the sex industry. They also need volunteers for their drop-in centre to befriend and disciple people they meet during outreach. They  hold classes of all sorts at the drop-in centre (e.g., Bible study, Alpha, exercise, cooking, sewing, computer skills, language). If you have a talent or skill you’d like to share, they could use you. They need your prayer support as well! And please consider supporting Restore, their social enterprise (https://www.restoreshop.org/) when shopping for a gift.

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Union Church prayer partner for Sons & Daughters:

Sons & Daughters website

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This vibrant community of God-worshippers reach the lost, welcome in and send out teams and individuals, and serve the body of Christ in fulfilling its call to missions.

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Union Church prayer partner for YWAM: 

YWAM website

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SALT is dedicated to creating Biblically sound materials that are tailor made for its target audiences so that nationals become the primary teachers equipping church leaders.

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Union Church prayer partner for ADM/SALT: Dale Weathington

Asian Development Ministries (SALT) website

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To make Christ known and intercede for the community.

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Union Church prayer partner for Bawing Church: Dennis Hopton

CAMACOP Facebook

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Desert Rose is a Mongolian NGO with an emergency shelter for young women.

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Union Church prayer partner for Desert Rose: Jeff Cheung

Desert Rose Mongolia Facebook

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Its Vision 2033 aims to see that the Word of God is recorded and freely provided in every language that needs it by the year 2033, working to fulfill Jesus’ Great Commission in this generation.

Top needs

Pray for Vision 2033 can be completed. Pray for unity of Hong Kong churches, and churches worldwide, as we participate in the ONE2025 campaign.

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Union Church prayer partner for FCBH Asia: Emilie Banfield

Faith Comes By Hearing website

Watch the video that updates the partnership between Faith Comes By Hearing and Union Church:

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FCOP International is a church planting movement that cares for widows, orphans, and separated children in need.

Top needs

Prayers and practical assistance that the ministry can support itself by achieving self-sufficiency in rice farming.

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Union Church prayer partner for FCOP International: Dale Weathington

FCOP International website

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Flourishing Future partners with families to sustain them amidst physical, financial and emotional hardship. Flourishing Future addresses needs brought on by COVID-19, other medical requirements, orphan care, family hunger and education.

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Union Church prayer partner for Flourishing Future: Jeff Cheung

Flourishing Future Mongolia website

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ICM has been providing help, inspiring hope, and creating change for families living in extreme poverty in the Philippines since 1992.

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Union Church prayer partner for ICM: Nick Appel

International Care Ministries (ICM) website

Watch the video about ICM's pastors' network and Union Church's partnership:

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International China Concern is a Christian development organization that provides love, hope and opportunity to children with disabilities and strives to end abandonment by keeping families together.

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Union Church prayer partner for ICC: Dale Weathington

International China Concern (ICC) website

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This Yangon-based church evangelises the local Buddhist community and disciples believers. They serve their local community and members in need with compassion and practical assistance. Through their preschool ministry, they teach children the good news about Jesus, and this provides further outreach opportunities to entire families.

Top needs

Prayer support for the political chaos and violence in Myanmar. May God grant them peace. Prayers for personal protection for Pastor Vum, his family, church members, and preschool families, from persecution, violence, and the pandemic. Praise that the church and preschool have opened. 

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Union Church prayer partner for LotW Church and Preschool: 

Light of the World Church Preschool Facebook

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SAT-7 provides churches and Christians of the Middle East and North Africa an opportunity to witness to Jesus Christ through inspirational, informative and educational television services.

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Union Church prayer partner for SAT-7: Nick Appel

SAT-7 website

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Shekinah Alliance is a Bible college in Buayan, General Santos, Philippines, that trains and equips Christian leaders.

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Union Church prayer partner for Shekinah Alliance: Dennis Hopton

Shekinah Alliance Facebook

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Whole Word Institute (WWIN) believes in the power of the Word of God to transform lives and communities and that the key to effective transformation is personal engagement with the Word of God. The organisation and its partners aim to eliminate the Old Testament gap so that the whole bible is available to everyone in every language.  It trains mother tongue translators in biblical Hebrew so that they will have begun OT translation into every language by 2033.

Top needs

Please pray for:

• Safety and protection for students and instructors at the in-person session in Jerusalem
• Visa processing and approvals for upcoming students

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Union Church prayer partner for Whole Word Institute (WWIN) Foundation: Emilie Banfield

Whole Word Institute (WWIN) Foundation website

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China Coast Community is a unique care and attention home in Hong Kong. It provides residential care for English speaking elderly persons regardless of their financial circumstances.

China Coast Community website

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Crossroads is a non-profit organisation serving global need. Crossroads believes that, in a broken world that sees too much suffering, they should do all they can to link those who are in need with those who can provide help. They do this through Global Distribution, Global X-perience, Global Hand, and Global Handicrafts.

Crossroads website

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The Hong Kong Church Network for the Poor (HKCNP) is a citywide network that serves the poor. Through collaboration across churches, Christian NGOs, and other Christian organisations, HKCNP helps to improve the physical, emotional and spiritual well-being of poor people and break the cycle of inter-generational poverty.

HKCNP website

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KIDS International Ministry (KIDS) is located in the Philippines and is working to break the cycle of poverty in the communities. KIDS is loving, teaching, and serving kids in the Philippines at two locations - Manila and Tacloban.

KIDS International Ministries website

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LOVE 21 is a charity dedicated to bettering the lives of those living with Down syndrome and autism in Hong Kong through physical activity and nutrition.

LOVE 21 website

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Mother’s Choice is a local charity serving the many children without families and pregnant teenagers in Hong Kong, giving hope to vulnerable girls and babies. Mother’s Choice’s vision is to see every child in a loving family.

Mother's Choice website

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New Sight serves in the Republic of Congo to restore and protect sight, transforming lives and communities in the region

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Union Church prayer partner for New Sight Limited: Po Cheung

New Sight Limited

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Stand Asia's mission is to help persecuted Christians stand firm in their faithful witness to Jesus.

Stand Asia website

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The Amber Foundation's mission it is to provide support for a variety of under-served communities in Hong Kong and South Asia. Its key initiatives are the EMPOWER project and the Toiletries project.

The Amber Foundation website

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Child Protection & Safeguarding Training & Advisory. Network Development and Consultation.

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Union Church prayer partner for VIVA:

VIVA