This Saturday, October 19th, we pause and give thanks for the 175 years of ministry in Hong Kong. We hope you will join us for an evening of celebration featuring choirs, speakers, fellowship with old friends and much more.
Union Church has a tremendously rich history and we can rejoice in the Lord’s faithfulness to us. We can rejoice in brothers and sisters before us who were faithful and purposeful to the mission of the church.
In 1849 James Legge, a Scottish missionary and pastor of Union Church, wrote the plan and direction for the church:
1. Our duty is to confess Jesus Christ and to do what we can to win men and women to the faith of the Gospel
2. Our duty is not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together, but by a union with Christian Brethren, to maintain the Ordinances of Divine Worship
3. And our duty is to proclaim to the world our attachment to the truth as it is in Jesus
This sounds like a Biblical plan and a plan that works. Therefore, let us stay the course and let us keep focused on our mission and purpose. In the words of the Apostle Paul, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith…” Hebrews 12:1-2a
May God give us what we need to run the race, to lay down all that prevents us from running freely and serving joyfully. May we be faithful to His calling. To God be the glory,
Pastor Michele