改變社區改變生命的福音行動
致大多市 眾教牧長執傳道和傳道部同工們主內平安：
感謝神的恩典，短宣中心成為教會的僕人，在佈道事工上服事和配合教會的需要。短宣中心在 2018 年積極推行：「改變社區改變生命的福音行動」。一方面回應大麻合法化的應對行動，另一方面讓我們發揮鹽和光的生命力，決心與教會齊心進入社區作個人佈道和關懷的事工，我們與受訓的學員和義工們 (10-12人) 到你們中間服事，其來年計劃如下，請賜教:
1. 在 1月-12月期間 (除了7-8月外)，請選取一個月份，用「4-5個星期二」或「4-5個星期四」的早上 9:30-下午1:00 (如: 4月3，10，17 & 24日星期二)
2. 在貴 教會方圓3-5公里內進行佈道: 商舗、拍門、公園和特約探訪 (請教會提供探訪、拍門和教會各樣聚會傳單等資料)
3. 受訓學員和義工們與教會肢體一同佈道，時間表如下:
9:30-10:00 一同靈修
10:00-10:10 小休
10:10-10:45 佈道訓練 (彭牧師/彭師母負責)
10:45-11:00 分組和祈禱出發
11:00- 12:30 佈道出擊
12:30-1:00 檢討和分享
4. 行動目的: 「改變社區改變生命的福音行動」
a. 積極應對大麻對社區、家庭和教會的影響力
b. 發揮基督徒鹽和光的生命力
c. 有效動員教會中佔多數的群體- 信徒婦女、提早退休信徒、待職信徒、健康長者和自雇信徒們等，盼望能藉著社區佈道，讓信徒靈命和傳福音使命更牢固和建立
d. 培育委身信徒- 讓他們被培訓成為委身的基督徒，事主愛人行道，並能協助教會的佈道和跟進事工的人才
(倘若教會能在不同聚會中鼓勵、分享、見證講述、文字推動和祈禱等，都能發揮很大的推動作用)
5. 短宣中心會把該月份的佈道及探訪記錄一份送給教會，作為教會日後跟進用
6. 參加的信徒不用4週的星期二出席，但參加佈道信徒希望有 8-10 位或以上 (有些信徒請假一天來佈道感恩)
我們願意與教會齊心一同走進社區，愛我們的鄰舍，改變社區改變生命，使基督徒成為光和鹽。倘若貴 教會在跟進栽培上有一個美好的安排和配合，深信不論在慕道者、初信者和信徒們在信仰上和靈命上突破和更新，教會興旺。短宣中心懇請貴 教牧長執和傳道部眾同工們能積極考慮，也請為我們禱告。歡迎牧者或長執和傳道部眾同工們給予建議和指導。
願主的名字在大多市中被高舉，主名得榮
多倫多短宣中心 佈道主任 彭徐雪冰師母 敬上
再也不怕死
Jenny Gan
我是一個非常怕死的人，記得小時候跟母親去香蕉園除草，看到葉子上有很多小蟲，晚上回家睡覺時就覺得整張床都是蟲，嚇得不敢睡；有時候會害怕關燈睡覺，因為當關了燈，閉上眼睛漆黑一片時，就好像睡在懸崖峭壁上，會不小心跌落深淵。
爺爺去世時，埋葬完爺爺，我哭得很厲害，大家都以為我太愛爺爺，其實我只是想著有一天自己也死了，然後所有人都不再見到我了，好像我們不再見到爺爺一樣，從此世上再也沒有我了，很難過、很害怕。十歲不到的小孩子理應是天真快樂的，我卻不是那麽的天真和快樂。
到長大結婚後，依然有很多的害怕：怕孩子不能平安長大、怕丈夫開車出入有意外......於是乎聽聞哪裏有靈驗的神婆就去拜，希望能保佑一家平安，但始終心靈未能夠滿足平安。
後來有一位姊妹向我傳福音，說耶穌才是真神，問我願不願意信，其實當時不明白什麽是救恩，心想只要能保佑我家人平安，我就相信。頭一次去教會聚會，雖然聽不明白，但感覺很好，眾人都很友善；在散會時，有一位慈祥的老人家，在樓梯口跟每一位離開的會眾握手道別，說歡迎下次再來；當握手的那一剎那，有一股暖流湧向我的心房，心裏有說不出的喜樂。後來通過聚會，明白整個救恩，希伯來書二章14至15節說：｢兒女既同有血肉之體，他也照樣親自成了血肉之體，特要藉著死敗壞那掌死權的，就是魔鬼，並要釋放那些因怕死而成為奴僕的人。」
感謝主釋放了我，我不再怕死了，因我深深知道我有永生的盼望，無論我何時離開這個世界，就何時回天家，與神永遠在一起。
我的退休生活：與神同行、社區佈道！
Albert Ko
短宣畢業後,我過著長者退休生活。我自問希望出國旅遊嗎？有否接到夢寐以求的好消息嗎？反思自己的一生，我曾經希望有人為我做一點什麽；但想到生命的意義不在於獲得，而在於付出，使別人蒙福。
主基督的人生是｢人子來，不是要受人的服侍，乃是要服侍人，並且要舍命作多人的贖價。」（馬太福音20：28）有時我感到被神感動呼召，要去愛人而不求任何的回報。所以很多時候我會參加｢短宣中心」舉辦的｢向長者和社區關懷佈道、傳福音。」
記得 2017 年有一次在士嘉堡村佈道，神的工作竟然和我們佈道的工作同時展開！我進入商鋪前遇見一位婦人，當我派｢真理報」給她時，她問我怎樣給兒女禱告，原來她的家庭和兒女都有問題，我立即拿出｢為你的兒女禱告」的單張，大家分享、解答，一同禱告。直到現在我們都有聯絡，並且知道她家庭兒女問題已經解決。
感謝主，讓我有機會看到她愛慕｢聖經」和生命成長更新——她已受洗作了神的兒女，來到我的教會參加教會生活、靈修讀經，她已經看完了四福音書卷，敬拜神，殷勤事奉神。
在本地社區短宣的路上，聖靈輔助、與主同工、蒙福結果實、拯救世人、喜樂歡欣！禱告：｢求父神開啟我的雙眼，讓我能透過主的眼睛來看這世界，求主幫助我能像主一樣，對周遭那些受傷靈魂有感覺、有回應。奉主耶穌基督的名求，阿門！
Pretending to be a Christian
Chislon
I grew up in a religiously Christian household and went to church all my life. I 'accepted Christ' when I was just 10 years old, seeing that people got emotional around me and I felt like I was just like them. As far as I was concerned I grew up as a Christian and did all the right things to be called one. By high school, I was serving as a youth leader on my own volition at the church I was attending, going to Teens Conference, was a willing participant in a high school revival movement at the time called Youth On a Hill, and was helping in my high school fellowship. After reading the book 'Purpose Driven Life', I felt convicted to get baptized.
This period was driven by a naive emotionalism, enjoying singing worship songs, and doing things to be accepted into the company of people who I liked to be around. This 'faith' flamed out by the end of high school, as I suffered from a cognitive dissonance that deep down I was not a true Christian. I expected God to help me have the best life, but life wasn't as easy as I expected, so when this didn't happen I became angry at God. I was initiating fights regularly against my father. On top of that, I was gaining an obsession to entertainment including video games and anime.
In university, I still carried the 'Christian' label. I was still intellectually learning about the faith and casually participating in the Chinese Christian fellowship where I found comfort. Through this learning process, I understood my faith in high school had no substance because the intellectual grounds for it were false. My hollow Christless Christianity was merely therapeutic moralistic deism.
After graduating from university in 2010, I returned to the home of my parents. My career situation was never quite satisfactory, and I continued to be addicted to entertainment as a way of escape for some years to come. Although I managed to be church hopping from time to time, I never stuck to any church community. I had no desire at all to return to my church during high school, where the people I was close to were no longer there.
Finding Church
It wasn't until late 2015, by coincidence, that I was invited by someone from my previous church in high school to go to their church - Logos Baptist Church (York Region). There I found a family I knew from my high school days that I admired for their care and their service within the church. Since I lost my job due to layoffs soon after I found Logos, I committed myself to participating in church events, and connecting with a few of the older men there.
In late 2016, one of the men I had connected with at Logos announced to the congregation that his wife was having a deformed pregnancy, but were planning to keep the baby to honor God. That afternoon, we went to the church of one of the deacons to pray. During this prayer meeting, I felt touched by the goodness of God through the care of the church even in the midst of much suffering. I became deeply convicted in guilt for my sinfulness, that I should have been trusting God regardless of how upset I was at the way my life turned out. This event helped awaken a sense that I could really trust God.
Being Made a Christian
In January 2017, I had a few significant encounters. I looked for counsel from someone I had looked up because how close I thought they were with God, to talk with them about their experience of Passion Conferences 2016, where they had seen John Piper in person. As they were sharing, it awakened my deep connection to John Piper's online ministry at Desiring God, which was significant to me during my university days. Then I attended Greater Toronto Spiritual Life Convention where I heard Bruxy Cavey deliver a clear understandable message about the love of Jesus Christ to save sinners.
Later that month, I had another discussion at an evening meet up with another person who I considered as someone close to God. As I was about to sleep that night, I realized a compelling sense of the merciful love in the suffering of Jesus for me, even when I didn't deserve to be loved. It brought me to tears, to my knees, leading to an overwhelming and freeing sense of joy in receiving such good news about Jesus. From that point on I knew I was a Christian.
My life has been changing after my faith in God started to grow. My need to be constantly entertained has been significantly reduced. I started being able have a much improved relationship with my father, loving the church, and learning to care for people. I started being able to sing Christian songs like I meant it, after not being able to sing the words for years. I became able to overcome anxiety face-on when I can remember what Jesus did for me. God has been gradually transforming me to have a personal and tangible relationship with Jesus through the Bible and life itself.
佈道小貼士
向家人佈道小貼士(十五) --建立感情線(1) : 關心之言多一點
「關心之言」是建立感情線的第一步。說話是最基本又是不容易的開始，對家人說關心之言是須要突破個人的觀念和感受，才能以說話來表達你對家人關愛之情，如今所要求的：不是一言一語，乃是要多一點：比往常說的更多說一些。對於中國人而言，有很多說話是難於啟齒的，如：「我愛你、要多穿一件外衣，免得著涼啊！你睡得好一些嗎？我希望你能健康平安和快樂的生活、我是很緊張你的、我很想念你啊...」等。
倘若我們能在說話上勇敢地表達內心對家人關愛之言，讓他們知道我們對他們是在意的，是真誠的，不要執意在個人感受或面子情況，讓福音的大能改變我們的關係，言語表達算是比一切行動來得容易，也是第一步！
無價的禮物
攝影: Eric Lau
有份禮物一些人看來是微不足道，有些人則視為無價真寶, 因為後者存著感恩的心接受了，並且永遠得著這份禮物帶來的恩福。聖經説：「神愛世人，甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們，叫一切信他的，不至滅亡，反得永生。」 約翰福音 3:16。
中心消息與代禱
1. 請為短宣中心現正推動: 「改變社區改變生命的福音行動」禱告。以1個月的4個週二或週四早上9:30-1:00進行。在參加的教會3-5公里內, 短宣學員與信徒們一同到社區逐家逐戶探訪和商舖關懷。希望福音能改變社區現況, 生命因主耶穌得到奇妙改變。
2. 感謝神的恩典, 3月31日星期六復活節佈道順利進行感謝神，主題是「復活節蒙恩」。是次佈道地點分別有新旺角廣場(11-3pm)和錦繡中華(12-4pm)等，求主記念初信和慕道者追求的心, 也為信徒們的跟進工作禱告。
3. 請為短宣中心2018年5-8月份新學期禱告，求主感動更多信徒參加培訓，成為基督精兵，在邪惡的世代中敢於為主作見證。週二－關懷社區佈道；週三－佈道國語；週四－佈道精研之生命轉化；週五－佈道應對學II；週六－第28屆週末實用個人佈道訓練 (三個月)。
4. 請為短宣異象分享晚宴之「叩門. 開門」禱告, 日期是5月26日和27日於世紀皇宮舉行。主題目的是鼓勵教會信徒們在選用不同外展方法中, 信徒個別主動去邀請未信者聽福音為最有效的個人佈道, 因為個人的接觸、邀請和尋找未信的朋友們, 恩主必願意為他們開救恩之門, 這是個人佈道的寶貴, 也是主的吩咐和教導。
5. 請為短宣中心與大多市國語教牧同工團契一同推動國語信徒接受佈道培訓, 並為5月份「五戴一路中華情」的佈道會作好準備禱告。求主在這3個月中, 國語教會能積極推動信徒參與培訓禱告, 也求主藉此佈道會把得救人數加給教會, 讓教會健壯和靈性興旺禱告。
6. 請為短宣學生們的學習精神和追求心志禱告。在來年的新學期中，學生們能常保持一個儆醒不斷的追求心志，恆切的禱告生活和堅定不撓的意志，願意不斷突破界限，為主向前奔跑。
7. 求主使用每月定期出版的真理報、手機版真理報和Facebook網頁等禱告。求主使用不同版面和平台向不同地區和國家的華人分享福音信息, 讓信徒們把這福音報能廣傳；也求主賜恩給撰寫文章的作者們，賜他們智慧和聰明，有真理立場和屬靈的視野，洞悉現今世代的實況，喚醒信徒和非信徒對尋找生命的方向和有渴求真理的心。
8. 請為每月1次的餐飲聚會和每週1-2次的餐飲佈道探訪和跟進栽培探訪禱告；與此同時，我們也作商舖佈道和跟進栽培等探訪行動。所以求主賜力量給同學們和同工們的參與，能有系統和計劃地關懷他們，讓他們對信仰有更多的了解和認識，靈命成長。
9. 短宣中心現正招募禱告。1. 有佈道心志或跟進栽培的義工；參與向味香村餐飲朋友們及向商舖老闆或員工等關懷。2. 辦公室和真理報義工。期望能發揮團隊精神，有效地服事大多市的華人教會。
10. 「一人一生獻一年」之「本土宣教士」的召命。5月份新學期將至，求主感動大多市教牧同工，推薦有佈道心志召命的信徒一位至二位作本土宣教士，不但為教會培訓佈道人才，並預備他們將來可投身成為傳道人、帶職宣教士或福音同工。受訓期間以 1/3時間上課、1/3時間多元佈道實習和1/3時間在教會事奉或實習。若有個別有傳福音心志召命的信徒，可以與我們聯絡和查詢。在末後的日子中，求主興起信徒們向社區、鄰舍、親友和家人，承擔使命，不單盡上本份，也要還福音的債！
