FEBRUARY 2014!

8 South Bay Close REPULSE BAY, HONG KONG

Prospective Senior Pastor Joel Scheiwe to meet with Members of the Congregation
The Call Committee has invited Pastor Joel and Iantha to a series of gatherings in order to engage the congregation in further discussion as we discern the potential call as Senior Pastor. While many of you may already know Pastor Joel and Iantha, we encourage you to engage with them over the coming weeks and get to know them better. A light lunch will be hosted next Sunday, February 16, immediately following the late service, in order to provide time for fellowship and connection with Pastor Joel and his wife Iantha. Additionally, Pastor Joel will be meeting with various member groups and leadership groups between February 15 and 24 to assist us in learning more about Pastor Joels ministry and his vision for CAN.

JOIN US ON SUNDAY FEB 16

Pastor Joel will be leading our Bible fellowship hour starting at 10:10 a.m. in the UP 4/F cafeteria.

Dont miss the opportunity for a fellowship time with Pastor Joel and his wife Iantha over a light lunch immediately following the late service!

ABOUT PASTOR JOEL SCHEIWE

Pastor Joel Scheiwe serves The Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod (LCMS), Ofce of International Mission, in the Asia Pacic Region, based out of Hong Kong. Pastor Joel is a strategic mission developer, engaging in local leadership training and connecting North American churches and volunteers with local Asian churches." Pastor grew up in the mountains of Colorado. He was born in Aurora, CO in 1975. His undergraduate studies at Valparaiso University, near Chicago, gave him the opportunity to continue his studies of Spanish and Latin America as well as a semester internship with Disney University and meeting his wife, Iantha, whom he married in 1997. After a few years of working for a nancial services company in Austin, TX, they moved to St. Louis for Joel to continue his studies. He graduated from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., in May 2006. Once again continuing his studies, Joel is currently a studying for his Ph.D. at Concordia Seminary. "Asia welcomed the Scheiwe family when they moved to Macau in 2004. Before moving to Hong Kong in 2009 they also lived in Kunming, China, for three years. Pastor Joels wife, Iantha, serves as executive director of the Concordia Welfare & Education Foundation (CWEF), a Hong Kong-based non-prot organization that works to alleviate poverty through education and service in China and Cambodia. The Scheiwes are parents to two daughters, Eliada (11) and Talia (7), and a son, Taran (2)." During their time living in Kunming, the home of Puer tea, Joel further developed his love of Chinese tea as well as exploring the mountains of southwestern China. Asia is a perfect place for Joel to SCUBA dive, however he is mostly involved in his childrens hobbies."In ministry, his greatest passion is equipping others to speak their faith in their Savior, Jesus."This encouragement is grounded in teaching, discipling, encouragement, and relationship building.

months ahead and invited Pastor Lee to ll in for us over the summer. " Pastor Hippe was then brought in to lead our congregation as our interim A message from the call committee pastor in the fall while we continued our second search process. " Pastor Since Pastor Dale gave us notice of Rische has been serving us during his retirement in August of 2012, we these recent weeks as our vacancy have been taking steps to prepare for pastor as we work to try to conclude a new pastoral leader. Our church our call process this spring. " leadership conducted a ministry needs assessment and also reviewed The call committee identied our nal 2 candidates and we have and revised the pastor position description as well as the salary and concluded one of the two candidate visits with Pastor Joel's visit benets package for our senior commencing this weekend. " On pastor. March 2 our congregation will meet Our call committee was formed in to prayerfully consider the the fall of 2012 and commenced its candidacies of Pastor Wayne Braun work with the partnership of and Pastor Joel Scheiwe and then President Linnemann of the vote on the candidate we feel God is Northwest District of the LCMS. " " leading us to call. After a list of potential candidates We are each encouraged to continue was reviewed by the President our rst ofcial call list was received and to lift in prayer Pastor Wayne, Pastor Scheiwe and our congregation as we we began our extensive interview process. "The result of this step was a seek God's will for the ministry of CAN and these servants. " call service in March in which our

Pastoral Call Process

carry out HIS Kingdom work. "Let us also recognize God's faithfulness to our congregation in supplying us with 3 exceptional veteran pastors who have served our congregation masterfully during our time of transition. To God Be The Glory as we trust in HIS leading.

VOTERS MEETING
March 2 (Sunday) 10:10 a.m. (between services) 4/F Upper Primary Cafeteria
Supervised kids' activity will take place during the meeting right next door in the "Blue Room." Lets pray for Gods guidance as we come together to vote for CANs new pastor!

congregation reviewed the candidacy of two pastors and then selected by vote Pastor Gibson to receive our call. " After a visit in Hong Kong and prayerful deliberation, Pastor Gibson declined our call and we then began to solicit names for another call list. Our church leadership developed a plan to work through the vacancy

We must continue to remember that our search process is far more than just reaching a decision about an individual. "The call process is about recognizing that we each have been called in to relationship with Christ and therefore as a part of "the body of Christ, we seek to be Spirit led in our discernment about the leader that God would have us identify to

ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE?

You are eligible to vote if: you are at least 16 years old you have read the CAN Constitution you have completed and signed the Voting Member Agreement and Information Form
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Dear friends in Christ, Thank you! What a gift it has been for Lori and me to get to know you better and spend a number of the past weekends with you. We have been honored and humbled to be a support and part of Church of All Nations during your time of waiting and transition as you seek God for who will be your next pastor. Gods hand is certainly on and guiding Church of All Nations. His ngerprints are all over you, and Lori and I see Christ alive and at work in so many ways through you. As many of you know, Lori and I have been going through our own time and season of transition since this past August when we rst moved to Shenzhen from the United States. Transitions can be very exciting and energizing as new friendships are built, and new discoveries are made, both about ourselves, as well as the world all around us. But transitions, as all of you know, are also lled with many challenges and unique pressures. While God may have had it in mind for Lori and me to be in Asia at just the time that you, Church of All Nations, needed us to be involved with your ministry, Lori and I are becoming equally convinced that God had it in mind for us to be in Asia and involved at Church of All Nations at just the time that Lori and I needed Church of All Nations to be a part of our lives. God has been blessing us richly through you; through your prayers, kindness, encouragement, openness, and partnership in the work of Gods Kingdom. As Lori and I have the chance to speak and get to know many of you, we have been impressed, and strengthened, by the depths of wisdom, insight, passion, and dedication you have for Christ and His Kingdom. We are being spiritually, emotionally, and relationally enriched by you. So, thank you! Through you, Lori and I are getting a glimpse of Gods bigger picture of His Kingdom. We have been learning much from and through you. I am gaining insights and experiences that I know I am going to be able to pass along to other leaders around the world. You certainly have an incredible future, because God is giving you, today, an amazing present! So continue to be a congregation that is determined to help people to know Christ. Be a congregation of people that are committed to knowing Christ more fully. And continue to be a congregation that has set its heart on making Christ more fully known. In Christ,

Upcoming Sermon Series by Rev. Dr. Scott Rische

Becoming a Person of Generosity
March 16
! reaking Through the Two Biggest Barriers to B Generosity

March 23 March 30

What God Has Given Us to be Generous With !

Gods Goals for Our Generosity

You may have heard or read the following statistics before: The word believe is used 272 times in the Bible The word pray is us ed 371 times in the Bible The word love is us ed 714 times in the Bible The word give is us ed 2,162 times in the Bible Obviously, giving and generosity are something very impo rtant to God. And if it is important to Go d, it must be something important for our lives as well. So for three weeks, Pa stor Scott Rische is going to focus on ge nerosity. Plan to attend, and invite a fri end!

Pastor Scott Rische

WORSHIP AT CAN
February
CAN is recruiting for worship help in the following capacities:

9am - Traditional 11am - Contemporary Communion Assistant Special Worship Service Ash Wednesday Greeter Please contact Russ Daniels at russell.daniels@lyondellbasell.com (for early March 5, 7:30pm
service) or David Dickhudt at ddickhudt@gmail.com (for late service)

Assistant Minister Usher / Reader

Worship Attendance Figures

9 AM
Jan 5 Jan 12 Jan 19 Jan 26 Feb 2* Feb 9* 63 41 40 67 34 46

11 AM
80 94 107 130 not available 78

TOTAL
143 135 147 197 not available 124

Did you know that now you can listen to sermons online? (Thanks to Megan Kincaid :) ) On CANs website, simply click Worship then Sermons to arrive at the following screen:

Offering Figures
GENERAL OFFERING
Jan 5 Jan 12 Jan 19 Jan 26 Feb 2* Feb 9* $16,668 $27,805 $39,800 $58,466 $38,076.3 $26,160

DESIGNATED OFFERING
$6,135 $10,700 $3,000 $3,900 -

Did you know that our continental breakfast before our Christian Education Hour is provided by different members of our congregation each week? If you would like to help provide these breakfast goodies, please contact Megan Birney (canfamily@hkis.edu.hk) or Karen Ng (cansec@hkis.edu.hk)!

*Chinese New Year Holidays

Childrens Ministry / Youth Ministry

CAN Youth
All youth are welcome to join us for discipleship, fellowship, and service events. Contact Megan for more information canfamily@hkis.edu.hk Upcoming Youth Events Feb. 15 Youth Families with Pastor Candidate
Place these words on your hearts... Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder. Teach them to your children... -Deut. 11:18-19a

Feb. 22 Conrmation Retreat Feb. 28 6pm Youth Group March 1 Family Scavenger Hunt March 14 6pm Youth Group March 21 6pm Youth Group March 28 6pm Youth Group

Buzz Sunday School Classes begin around 10am Age 3 Age 5 - Room 503 Grades 1 & 2 - Room 507 Grades 3-5 in the UP 6/F Faculty Lounge. CAN Kids Praise Team A discipleship opportunity for students Grade 1 Grade 5 at HKIS who have a heart for singing and using their voices to praise God! Thurs., 3pm. A new term begins Thursday, February 13th! HKIS Students can register online @ churchofallnations-hongkong.org! Have a gift for sharing the Gospel with young hearts? CAN Childrens Ministry can always use more willing hands and hearts! Contact Megan if you interested in using your gifts to enrich the spiritual nurture of children in our community! canfamily@hkis.edu.hk

EVERY SUNDAY 10am Youth Discipleship

@ CAN Youth Room

Studying The Christian Life

Volunteers needed for Easter Eggstravaganza

Sunday, April 20
Every year CAN hosts a great outreach event for families on Easter morning - along with two worship services we also have a breakfast, egg hunt, and booths with various kids activities.
The cast! Middle: Angels Arabella & ContactLeft: Megan Birney if you would Catherine make their entrance. Right: The animals are joyful over Jesus!

like to help with this years event!

FOREVER FREE CHRISTIAN WOMENS CONFERENCE

Outreach & Fellowship

CAN Community Lunch
Senior Pastor Candidate - Rev. Joel Scheiwe Sunday, February 16th - 12pm at Church of All Nations

Date: Saturday, March 8 Venue: HKIS High School Cafeteria (Tai Tam) Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm (registration/light breakfast at 8:30 am) Registration: download registration form off the website http://www.cwc.org.hk and mail it with a check payable to Christian Womens Conference. Mail form and payment to: Christian Womens Conference 14A, 23 South Bay Close Repulse Bay, Hong Kong For questions please contact: Mary Ewing (mewing@hkis.edu.hk) or Ha Gavlik (h.h.gavlik@gmail.com)

Join us for a light lunch immediately following the 11am worship service outside on the patio. Interact with Pastor Joel and his wife Iantha as we discern who the Lord is leading to be CANs next Senior Pastor. This is a family-friendly event. We hope to see you there!

CAN BOOK CLUB

February/March

Calling all crafty people! Do you knit? Crochet? Sew? Make stationary? Scrapbook? The Irresistible Revolution By Shane Claiborne We will meet on Monday, March 24 at 7pm for discussion. Location TBD.
Contact Megan Birney for details. Copies of the book can be purchased for $125HKD.

A new monthly fellowship opportunity for creative creators! Contact Mary Evelyn Daniels for more info!

Prison Ministry
The social ministry board has conducted several prison visits in January and February this year. This included two separate visits to the Stanley Correctional Institution and a visit to 14 women at the Lo Wu Correctional Institution. CAN members were joined by 7 HKIS students on one of the visits to Stanley and another batch of HKIS students are scheduled for the next prison visit on this coming Sunday, February 16. We pray that many lives will be blessed and changed through this ministry and that the Word of God will nurture disciples behind prison walls, renewing and setting souls free...

REFLECTIONS BY HKIS PARTICIPANTS

Today I met with a prisoner and I talked to him. At rst I was scared because I had never been to a prison before. It turned out to be one of the most life changing experiences a person could ever have. I walked into the white room with phones in every stall. Each one of the stalls had a prisoner. I had always thought of prisoners as convicts or mentally ill. But when I walked into stall number eight and picked up the phone my view changed. His name was Barry and he gave me a great smile as I walked in. I picked up the phone and said with condence "hi my name is Soa" He replied back " my name is Barry". He asked me about my studies and I talked about humanities in Action and how I love community service. He then asked me what religion I was and I told him catholic. He told me that as a child he never believed in Christianity.Then he came to prison and found Christianity. He told me "I was never a good Christian as a child I didn't believe. I didn't do what my parents told me to.As I got older I realized how important it is to me." I was shocked by this because I learnt he was just a normal person like us who happened to make a bad choice. He asked me what my favorite studies were and I told him I love art. He smiled and laughed. He told me he takes some classes. He told me he takes Chinese and English and that he wanted to nish his studies.What amazes me is that someone who has been through so much has a will to nish education. He wasn't a convict to me anymore he was a person who made a stupid choice. Then again haven't we all? He looked me in the eyes and told me "Never Take drugs. Don't smoke Study hard and read the bible" I told him I will. It was Time up when he said "I will pray for you" I realiZed that he wasn't who I thought he was a nice man who had made a mistake. Soa Pedersen Before this experience, I think my predictions were very inuenced by the media. In movies, the prison is always a scary place with creepy people in them. I was nervous because I had frightful images in my head. I got even more scared and nervous after I learned I was going to talk to the prisoner all by myself. However, once I met this man, I didn't feel scared at all. He was so nice and easy to talk to. He kept asking me what life was like outside, how my family was, how school was, and he would talk about his life story as well. He was a father of two daughters one who was 13, and one who was 10, who he loved very much. He always loved getting letters and pictures from them. He was also a practicing Christian, and he said he feels blessed that he is healthy and has supportive friends and family.! During the conversation, I realized that the word "prisoner" is just a name given to them, but underneath that, they are humans too. I thought prisoners would have lost hope in their life, but surprisingly, they seemed to have a lot of hope and aspirations for their future. I'm so glad I went on this trip, because not many people get the opportunity to visit a prisoner and hear their stories. It inspired and moved me how hopeful these prisoners were. Sherry Wang

DEQING, GUANGDONG

English Camp for High School Girls in Guangdong

Deqing

Date: February 21, Friday Time: 4:30pm Meeting point: Hung Hom train station Date of return: February 23, Sunday 7:30pm Cost: HK$1,950 per person CURIOUS ABOUT THE LIFE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CHINA? WILLING TO SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH WITH GIRLS WHO ARE STRIVING TO PASS THEIR UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM?
Join Marty Schmidt and Iantha Scheiwe as a team from CAN travels to Deqing for a weekend English camp. The team will depart from Hung Hom train station at 4:30pm on Friday, February 21st and will return to Hung Hom station at 7:30pm on Sunday, February 23rd. The weekend will include English teaching small teams of local students, serving together with the students at a local primary school for children with disabilities, and a home visit. The cost is HK$1950 per person and includes transportation, lodging, food,

Sign up now!
Contact: Marty Schmidt (mschmidt@hkis.ed u.hk) or Iantha Scheiwe (director@cwef.org.h k) To sign up or with an y questions. For a story about las t year's trip, please see http :// martinschmidtinasia .w ss.com/2013/01/01/ ordpre thegifts-of-christmas-in -ruralchina/.

Let Sayapen, CAN participant of the trip in December 2012:

Words are not enough to say thank you very much for everything! I am very blessed in the trip even if I did not expect any trip this Christmas season. I thank the Lord for the trip because it turned to be a present to me this Christmas and new year. The scholarship students were lovely and I enjoyed being with them.The whole team together with the Ember Club leaders, HKIS students, LTS students, and members of the CWEF staff were all great! Theyre all awesome and phenomenal! The theme of Christmas and the stories we used to teach English are excellent.The scholarship students were all lovely, so eager to learn English and Christmas songs. I enjoyed the Chinese food and truly awesome to eat with the students in the school canteen.The experience was most treasurable.There is nothing more I can say because being it was indescribable.

Street Sleepers Party 2014

Many thanks to those who shared their extra food and clothing with the more than 120 guests who attended the 17th Annual Street Sleeper Party on Saturday, January 18. "There were 41 volunteers, both adults and children, who went from CAN to Sham Shui Po on that day. "Five Middle Schoolers helped lead the children's program and all the children had a blast. The cookies, snacks, and goodies donated lled 135 gallon-sized bags of treats for the guests to take home! Clothing and blanket donations were distributed to the guests with the help from volunteers from CAN and local Chinese churches. There was plenty to go around. "Whatever that were not utilized that day were sent to Salvation Army that afternoon. CAN has collected HK $17,238 for the party of which HK$10,000 was spent on the purchase of dry goods (oil, rice, canned food), shampoo and body soap for each guest to take home. "HK $2,416.6 was spent on purchasing extra goodies for the guests' to take away and materials to run the children's program. "The bus cost was HK$1,355. "With an additional gift of HK$533.6 made by the Social Ministry Board, CAN was able to make an extra donation of HK$4,000 to the SS Party to cover the cost of extra food bought for the feast that was served to the guests that day. We pray that our guests will know that there are many in Hong Kong who care about them through the donations and efforts of the Street Sleeper Party. " Thank you again for helping make this annual event a continued success.

Altogether CAN donated 120 bags of dry goods!

Dry goods (oil, rice, goodies, canned food, shampoo and body soap)

Volunteers from CAN

February
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9:30am Young Adult Bible Study @Central Starbucks

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2 CNY Holidays No small groups

9am Traditional Worship 10am Education Hour 11am Contemporary Worship 12:30pm FPSC

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Prospective Pastor Visit 7 pm Church Council Meeting

CWEF Scholarship Trip

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