The Lutheran Church Hong Kong Synod

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The Lutheran Church Hong Kong Synod

• ABLAZE SERVE THE Destitue

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Rationale

• In the present time, the major works the Hong
  Kong Government do on the poverty issue are
  providing the minimal safety net. Although the
  tangible deficiencies may be satisfied under the
  net, the more deeper, internal and spiritual
  needs are always neglected.
• 2. However, Jesus taught us to let the poor have
  the good news given to them (Matthew, 115).
  Thus, to serve the poor is not only one of the
  important missions of the church, or to follow
  Jesus Christs teachings but also we take such
  actions to manifest the love of God and
  demonstrate Gods love to humans. People can
  feel and touch the God through our work on them.

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• 3. The Lutheran Church Hong Kong Synod is planned
  to organize a project called Serve the Least in
  the coming mission of ABLAZE. By the project,
  we will provide direct services and missionary
  works on the family of poor through the
  cooperation of different sectors of the Synod,
  including the churches, the social service units
  and the schools.

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Service Target groups

• Families of poor and their children, including
  families of unemployment, social security
  recipient or low income, single parent and new
  arrivals.
• Definition of low income family

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Objectives

• Providing appropriate services for the children
  from the family of poor in order to build up
  their self-confidence and ability and enhance
  their development, so that diminish
  intergenerational poverty in the long term.
• Assisting families with difficulties in properly
  caring their children through providing
  after-school care services, social and
  developmental groups or programmes.
• Establishing or enlarging social networks for the
  children and their families with the help of
  social workers so that they have more resources
  to tackle the difficulties they faced in daily
  life.
• Knowing and learning the Gospels in order to let
  their life become more abundantly though they
  still are in poverty.

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Service District

• Kowloon City
• approximately 1,000 hectares
• 380,000 population
• Most of population live in private housing such
  as old tenement buildings, private residential
  development.

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Service Content

• Using out-reaching methods (such as intensive
  home visit, road show or exhibition) to identify
  the families in need such as single parents, new
  arrival from China, unemployed familiy.
• Follow the cases by social workers. Cases such as
  marital counseling, housing and financial
  assistance etc.

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Services Content

• Providing tutorial groups, social and
  developmental activities for the children in
  order to enhance their self-confidence and
  ability.

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Services Content (cont)

• Recruiting and training volunteers in the
  community to serve these families.

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Services Content (cont)

• Coordinating service of transferal of materials
  (such as food, stationary, computer, emergency
  fund) which helps the families of poor to get
  what they need, in order to promote mutual help
  among neighborhoods.

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Services Content (cont)

• Telling them the Good News and encouraging to
  join the activities held by the church in order
  to think of the truth and establish a more
  abundant life.

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Back-up

• Churches of The Lutheran Church Hong Kong Synod
• Shepherd Lutheran Church in Kowloon City
• Mun Yau Mission Station in Martha Boss
  Lutheran Community Centre
• Hong Kong Lutheran Social Service
• Ma Tau Wai Lutheran Centre for the Elderly
• Martha Boss Lutheran Community Centre
• Family Supporting and Networking Team

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Number of people serve

• Estimated total service attendance over 3,500

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• Thank you