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Annual Report 2019 St John’S Cathedral Is a Place of God’S Grace, ‘ ‘ Welcoming All, Following Christ and Changing Lives in the Heart of Hong Kong Annual Report 2019 St John’s Cathedral is a place of God’s grace, ‘ ‘ welcoming all, following Christ and changing lives in the heart of Hong Kong. Contents Agenda of ACM 2019 1 Minutes of the 2018 ACM 2 Dean’s report 2019 4 Part 1. Reports from Officers & Council Committees Annex 1 Honorary Secretary’s Report 9 Annex 2 Honorary Treasurer’s Report 10 Appendix 1 – St John’s Cathedral Investment Fund(s) 11 Appendix 2 – St John’s Cathedral (2004) Endowment Fund 22 Appendix 3 – Audited Account 23 Annex 3 Fabric & Furnishing Committee 24 Annex 4 Events Committee 25 Annex 5 Joint Ministry Committee 26 Annex 6 Outreach Committee 27 Part 2. Reports from Church Committees, Daughter Churches & Ministries Annex 7 Discovery Bay Church 29 Annex 8 Emmanuel Church, Pokfulam 30 Annex 9 St Stephen’s Chapel, Stanley 32 Annex 10 Chinese Ministry 33 Annex 11 Filipino Ministry 34 Part 3. Reports from Individual Units Annex 12 Cathedral Bookstore 37 Annex 13 Cathedral Music Ministry 39 Annex 14 Children Ministry – Sunday School 41 Annex 15 Christians in Central – Tuesday Luncheon 42 Annex 16 CLARES 43 Annex 17 Counselling Service 44 Annex 18 Filipino Fellowship 45 Annex 19 Flower Guild 46 Annex 20 HELP for Domestic Workers 47 Annex 21 Life Enrichment Centre 48 Annex 22 Lunchtime Recital 50 Annex 23 Mission for Migrant Workers 51 Annex 24 Michaelmas Fair 2018 53 Annex 25 Parents and Babies and Toddlers Group 55 Annex 26 Poverty Alleviation Programme 56 Annex 27 Tyson Library 57 Annex 28 Servers’ Guild 58 Annex 29 Sidesmen 60 Agenda The 2019 Annual Church Meeting will take place at 1:00 pm on Sunday 28th April 2019 in the Li Hall. The agenda of the meeting shall be as follows: 1. Welcome by the Dean and Opening Prayer 2. Apologies for Absence 3. Approval of the Minutes of the 2018 Annual Church Meeting 4. Matters Arising 5. Election of 2 Lay Trustees to the body of the Trustees of the Church of England in the Diocese of Victoria (Hong Kong) 6. Election of 20 lay representatives to the St John’s Cathedral Church Council 7. Election of Auditors for 2019 8. Election of Sidesmen 9. The Dean’s Address 10. Honorary Secretary’s Report (Annex 1) 11. Honorary Treasurer’s Report (Annex 2) 12. Questions relating to the following reports: (1) Fabric and Furnishing Committee (Annex 3) (2) Events Committee (Annex 4) (3) Joint Ministry Committee (Annex 5) (4) Outreach Committee (Annex 6) (5) Discovery Bay Church (Annex 7) (6) Emmanuel Church, Pokfulam (Annex 8) (7) St Stephen’s Church, Stanley (Annex 9) (8) Chinese Ministry (Annex 10) (9) Filipino Ministry (Annex 11) (10) Cathedral Bookstore (Annex 12) (11) Cathedral Music Ministry (Annex 13) (12) Children Ministry – Sunday School (Annex 14) (13) Christians in Central – Tuesday Luncheon (Annex 15) (14) CLARES (Annex 16) (15) Counselling Service (Annex 17) (16) Filipino Fellowship (Annex 18) (17) Flower Guild (Annex 19) (18) HELP for Domestic Workers (Annex 20) (19) Life Enrichment Centre (Annex 21) (20) Lunchtime Recital (Annex 22) (21) Mission for Migrant Workers (Annex 23) (22) Michaelmas Fair 2018 (Annex 24) (23) Parents and Babies and Toddlers Group (Annex 25) (24) Poverty Alleviation Programme (Annex 26) (25) Tyson Library (Annex 27) (26) Servers’ Guild (Annex 28) (27) Guild of Sidesmen (Annex 29) 13. Any other business connected with the affairs of the Cathedral 14. Closing Prayer - The Grace Michael Spencer, Honorary Secretary 1 Minutes MINUTES OF THE 2018 ANNUAL CHURCH MEETING OF ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL Date : Sunday April 29, 2018 at 1:00pm in the Li Hall Chairman : The Very Revd Matthias Der Trustees : Martin Matsui and John Li Honorary Treasurer: Craig Lindsay Honorary Secretary : Michael Spencer One hundred and ten of the 482 members on the Electoral Roll were present. 1. The Dean opened the ACM with the children and their parents to worship St John’s Cathedral Mission Prayer. together once a month. 2. Adrian King moved to accept the Minutes Outreach ministries remain an important from the 2017 ACM. The motion was part of the Cathedral community and seconded by Tom Bispham and carried the Dean noted some important without dissent. developments. HELP for Domestic Workers has been rebranded from its 3. There were no matters arising. former HDH and has a renewed mission. Dr Mark Gandolfi will resign at the end 4. Dean’s report. of this month after eleven years’ service to the Counselling Service; a search for his The Dean began his report by discussing successor has begun. And the HIV Christian education at the Cathedral: a Education Centre will be repositioned as a new baptism/confirmation course called Life Enrichment Centre with a broader ‘Faith Begins’; a new Bible study group mandate in youth ministry. Finally, the called ‘Grace in a Busy Week’ and a new Bookstore has recently been renovated Sunday study group in the Mandarin and the new look and product offering is congregation. The Lenten study reflected in an improved financial programme this year had more than performance. He commended as well the 100 parishioners meeting each week. He very successful Concert for Prisoners’ noted innovations in the service offerings Education, which raised $1.2 million for in the past year, including the Responsorial scholarship funds for inmates. Eucharist at the 11:45am service and the monthly ‘Worship for All’ service at The Dean noted that in 2019 the Cathedral 9:00am, both of which have been well will celebrate its 170th anniversary. Several received, the latter allowing Sunday School events are being planned to mark 2 Annual Church Meeting 2018 the event, including a public lecture, 7. Honorary Treasurer’s report. a St John’s Carnival in February and Craig Lindsay noted that the firm of Heng a Thanksgiving Service on 24th November and Tan have audited the Cathedral’s 2019. Preparations for these events are financial statements for five years and he already underway. thanked them for their service. Discussions are underway with another firm to take up Lastly, the Dean reminded parishioners the role as auditor this year. Jeff Dobbing that the Revd Desmond Cox retired at moved that the Secretary’s report and the beginning of the year and is serving as the Treasurer’s report be accepted. an associate chaplain through to the end of Edward Ng seconded the motion and this year. A search for his successor has it was carried without dissent. begun. 8. The Dean referred member to the Council 5. Election of the lay representatives on the committee reports, the reports of the 2018/19 Cathedral Council. The following daughter churches and congregations, were elected by a vote: Tom Bispham, of the outreach ministries, guilds and David Bradley, Joseph Chan, Rita Chan, others. Roger Cole moved that the forty- Ting Kin Cheung, James Choo, Dolores four sidesmen named in his report be Dayao, Julianne Doe, Patrick Fung, re-elected. Martin Matsui seconded the May Ho, Adrian King, June Li, Leo Li, motion and it was carried without dissent. Craig Lindsay, Ron Lye, Edward Ng, Margaret Sang, Michael Spencer, 9. There being no other business, the Dean Natalia Veldman, and Cheris Yuen. closed the meeting with the saying of the Grace by all members. 6. Honorary Secretary’s report. Michael Spencer had nothing to add to his written report. 3 Dean’s Report The Very Revd Matthias Der Grace be with you all! The Annual Church Meeting is a The vibrancy of St John’s Cathedral is supported by time when we reflect on the past year and look forward many faithful Christians. Your hard work and love to the coming one. By the grace of God, the past year for Christ are remarkable. Guided by our mission has been a year filled with joys and thanksgiving. In statement, we aim to be more effective and systematic preparation for the coming of the 170th anniversary in carrying out the work of God entrusted to us. year in 2019 of our beloved Cathedral, the theme In the past year, we revamped the adult baptism ‘Deepening of our Faith’ was adopted for 2018. and confirmation preparation course titled ‘Faith Through a series of workshops on liturgy and worship, Begins’, making it not only as a course imparting faith outreach and Christian mindfulness we helped the knowledge, but a Christian discipleship formation. I congregational members to reflect and go deeper in am pleased to see that there are 15 different on-going their relationship with Christ. fellowship groups, Bible Study Groups and nurturing programmes at St John’s. After about two years of As we celebrate 170 years of Christian witness at planning, the first Cursillo programme was also held. St John’s Cathedral, we give thanks to God for his Thirteen Australian Cursillo members, led by Bishop abundant grace and mercy. Guided by our anniversary Ian Palmer and paid their own travels to come to theme ‘Faith in the City’, we are celebrating the Hong Kong in October 2018 to introduce this to us. faithfulness of God and recommitting our mission We were grateful for their dedication in helping us in spreading the love of Christ. It is with a sense of to grow deeper in our faith journey. Sixteen St John’s thanksgiving that we engage in the various celebratory parishioners attended the programme. The second events this year. Some of the highlights included the Hong Kong Cursillo scheduled for October 2019 Marriage Thanksgiving Service in which 37 couples is being planned. This Lent, more than 120 people renewed their marriage vows, the St John’s Carnival attended our Lenten study groups.
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