CLRC October 2015 Prayer Letter

Wandering among the breeze of the mountain and floating above gentle waves of Lake Gaston,
We feel the Words of God.
Lord Jesus, we praise you, not only the true God but also the living God.
You live inside me, guiding, changing, correcting, and transforming me on all things, big or small.
Oh, Lord Jesus, please help me live under your governance and protection always, help me experience you on all aspects of my daily life whenever I speak and act, so that I can be a witness of the living God that we believe in within my family, among my neighbors and friends.
Oh Lord, help me turn from idols and serve you – the true and living God!

Organization： CHCCC (Chapel Hill Chinese Christian Church) retreat
Date：5/24-25， 2015, Memorial Weekend

Thank God for His guidance and blessing. CLRC’s annual leadership training retreat was held at Lake Gaston on April 23-25. We had about 20 brothers/sisters attending the retreat from North Carolina and Virginia. The theme of the retreat was: Mentoring and Disciplining. We had three speakers: Pastor Peter Chow, Prof. Chuck Kwok and Dr. Stacy Rinehart. Each brought with them vast experiences in mentoring and disciplining: Pastor Chow was the former president of China Evangelical Seminary in Taiwan and pastored churches for many years; Prof. Kwok is very involved with discipleship training/campus ministries in his hometown and around the world; Dr. Rinehart is the founder of MentorLink International and has a global ministry focusing on multiplying Christ-like leaders (e.g., “Leaders Covenant”…)

Through the seminars, all attendees agreed that mentoring and disciplining are the utmost important ministries for the local churches. Pastor Chow also led a special topic seminar on different issues facing “Chinese Seminary Education” today. The attendees also shared their discipling ministries at their own church as well as other personal and church issues. Some expressed their intention for starting discipleship programs after they return to their own churches.

Video and Audio recordings of the seminars are available on CLRC’s website – Media Page.

團體照 / Group Picture

周功和牧師 / Rev. Peter Chow

郭振游教授 / Dr. Chuck Kwok

Dr. Stacy Rinehart

分享時段 / Sharing Time

分享 / Sharing

小組討論 / Group Discussion

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Student Annual Leadership Training Camp was held at CLRC Lake Gaston facility on March 28-29 with about 20 participants coming from Duke, UNC, NCSU, ECU, Greensboro’s UNC and VT.

The Camp was organized by AFC campus ministers (Pastor Chaoyang Peng, Ministers Gabby Zhong and Melody Wu) with Prof. Ben Liu as the speaker/trainer. The focus of the training was on the characters of Lord’s workers and the practice of discipleship training.

CLRC’s director, Albert Yeh, and coworker, Pastor Wing Yip, also participated and assisted during the training weekend.

Group Picture / 團體照

Seminar by Prof. Liu / 劉少青教授領會

Group Discussion / 分小組討論

Campus Workers Panel Sharing /
校園同工經驗分享

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CLRC hosted a co-workers’ “Thanksgiving Dinner” at Elder Yeh’s residence on November 8, 2014 to show appreciation for the involvement, work, and help of coworkers in the past and present ministries. About 18 brothers/sisters (including spouses) joined the dinner banquet. Before the banquet, following the “Guideline for Coworkers’ Disciplined Fellowship,” we spent about an hour to share with one another about personal ministries, focuses, or passions so everyone got to know each other more.

彼此分享時段/Sharing Together

異象分享/Vision Sharing

晚餐/Dinner Time

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Praise the Lord. Duke Chinese Christian Fellowship of Durham CCMC (Chinese Christian Mission Church) hosted their annual Fall Retreat at Lake Gaston on 10/10-12. The retreat emphasized fellowship among brothers and sisters and let everyone have a chance to lay down their worldly burdens and enjoy the love of our Heavenly Father.

They prepared and cooked meals together, spending time sharing with one another about “God’s greatest work in my life.” During Sunday’s worship, minister Gabby Zhong shared the message: “Emmas’ Road: where is Jesus when I am hurt?” Everyone received renewal through the retreat.

團體照 / Group Picture

湖邊遊玩 / Playing Around the Lake

溫馨分享時間 / Sharing Time

武雲海，鍾赤軍夫婦
（使者同工-負責督導Duke 團契）
Yuhai Hu and Gabby Zhong
(AFC workers for Duke Fellowship)

UNC Fellowship organized and spent a joyful Fall Retreat at Lake Gaston on 10/18-19. This was their third visit to Lake Gaston. The last two times were in the Spring season, but this time during the Fall season they enjoyed different scenery around the Lake.

More than 30 people – brothers/sisters and friends with family members stayed together for 2 days in friendship building and sharing God’s love together. Pastor Peng also baptized a visiting scholar from China in the Lake. This was the first time someone was baptized at the Lake. All witnessed God’s grace and power.

Everyone came together making dumplings for meals, playing games, and riding boats on the Lake. This Retreat helped to train up the Fellowship’s new coworkers in team-building and service learning experiences. It was organized and run by the students themselves. Pastor Peng shared the Word of God, encouraging everyone to continue to grow spiritually. Many non-Christians joined the retreat. May the Gospel seeds in their hearts one day spring forth flowers and fruits. Amen!

團體照 / Group Picture

餃子晚餐 / Dumplings for Dinner

湖邊受洗 / Baptism in the Lake

開船水上遊 / Boating on the Lake

A group of 13 brothers/sisters from NJ’s International Canann Bible Seminary (led by Ms. Dorcas Chen) came to CLRC’s Lake Gaston for a Short-Term Missions Trip & Training from 10/22-25. Pastor Hung, the Director of Vancouver Short Term Missions Organization, taught seminars on evangelism. Besides seminar trainings, they spent time visiting Chinese restaurants in Richmond, Greensboro, Rocky Mount and Raleigh, reaching out to the workers with the love and gospel of Christ.

團體照 / Group Picture

洪牧師/董弟兄/陳師母/葉牧師
Pastor Hung/Brother Tung/Ms. Chen/Pastor Yip

探訪餐館同胞 / Visiting Restaurant Workers