Movement News:

Hong Kong Student Christian Movement

2008 November

EASYNet in Hong Kong

by Kim Ling

SCM Hong Kong and YMCA Hong Kong held the first EASYNet gathering on November 1, 2008. Representatives of IMCS, IYCS, Hong Kong Christian Council and denominations including Church of Christ in China, Anglican, Methodist, and Salvation Army were invited to join.

Through games and introduction, we knew each other and also the youth work of the organizations/churches. Ms LAU Kim Ling, staff of SCM Hong Kong, introduced the mission and vision of EASYNet. We hope that EASYNet can be built in Hong Kong and so more youth share the vision and join the movement.

 

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2005 January-April

SCM HK has found a new staff, Angie, who has just started her work a month ago. Angie say working in SCM HK is totally a new challenge for her but she is determined to put in her best efforts to continue the plans and programmes.

This year, SCM HK has put much effort into the anti-WTO campaigns as the 6th Ministerial Meeting of the WTO will be held in Hong Kong in December 2005. However, the media and big corporations have been projecting an extremely negative description of the anti-WTO groups, calling them violent, unreasonable and troublesome; hence many NGOs are finding it difficult to carry out educational campaigns on WTO. Besides these campaigns and actions on WTO, SCM HK also has a weekly study group in the campuses, with different themes and topics for discussion.

2002 August

Various programmes in HKSCM were organised this summer vacation. These include a retreat camp in mid-June, Taiwan Meilung trip in mid-July and an ecumenical dialogue with other Christian denominations and religions in July and August.

The major theme of the retreat camp was “God is the midst of the Church”. Around 15 students attended this programme. In the 3-day retreat, the participants mainly reflected on the gospel that is currently preached in mainstream local churches, comparing it with what SCM believes in. The trip to Southern Taiwan, Meilung where it is famous for its resistance in dam-building, is an exposure to the participants to understand more on how the local culture is preserved and how to build up a community university.

An ecumenical dialogue with other religious parties is the last programme in this summer vacation. This activity involves a dialogue with Buddhism, Muslim, Orthodox, FaLunGung and other local churches. The first installation in this programme is to have a meeting with the Hong Kong Council of Churches. From this meeting, HKSCM hopes to have a better understanding on the history and future of ecumenism in Hong Kong.