At the end of last year, my wife came to coordinate in the gospel spreading locally and was deeply impressed. In February of this year, I went with the co-workers in Europe to visit and fellowship. Under the serving of the co-workers and by coordinating together with the Italian brothers, the fourth church in Italy officially held The Lord’s table meeting yesterday. May the Lord continue to strengthen the testimony there.
A Brief Report on the First Lord’s Table Meeting for the Establishment of the Church in Prato
Thank the Lord! On May 17, the first Lord’s Day Lord’s table meeting after the establishment of the church was held in Prato, Italy, testifying to the advancement of the Lord’s move in recovery locally. Since 2016, the brothers and sisters have opened their homes to receive about five saints. After years of faithful labor and the sisters coordinating in serving, the list now has 92 people, including children and young people. The church life has gradually stabilized; the Lord’s Day meeting is fixed from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM. On Wednesdays, about 16 saints gather for small group meetings. They also continue to practice daily pursuit, entering into three chapters of the Old Testament and one chapter of the New Testament.
This conference shared a total of three messages on May 16 and 17. The contents included “Doing Only One Work—The Work of the Lord’s Recovery,” “The Region of the Work and the Center of the Work,” and “The Local Ground of the Church.” This helped the saints to see the vision and practice of the church life, learning to coordinate in one accord in the unique oneness of the Body of Christ to bear the Lord’s testimony.
In the meeting, the responsible brothers fellowshipped that the setting up of the Lord’s table in Prato is not the end, but a new beginning. They hope that all the saints will continue to go forward in the proper concept: First, to realize that the Lord’s table is the beginning of the church life; Second, to have a burden for bearing fruit in the gospel, starting with a small goal of bearing two or three fruits this year; Third, to increase the core brothers’ group and the serving group, encouraging more sisters to coordinate in serving together. The brothers also encouraged everyone that the church is built up by every “living stone.” Regardless of the size of one’s gift or the nature of one’s serving, all should bear a burden. Everyone should learn to be a standing pillar, standing firm for the Lord’s testimony locally. Finally, everyone looked to the Lord in one accord, wishing that the Lord would bless this city and make Prato His shining lampstand.
去年底我姊妹来当地福音开展配搭，印象深刻。今年二月我和欧洲同工们前去探访交通。在众同工们的服事和意大利弟兄们一同配搭下，意大利第四处召会在昨天正式擘饼聚会。求主继续加强当地的见证。
普拉托召会成立首次擘饼聚会简短报道
感谢主！5月17日，于意大利普拉托（Prato）举行召会成立后第一次主日擘饼聚会，见证主在当地恢复行动往前。自2016年起，弟兄姊妹们打开家接待约五位圣徒，经过多年忠信劳苦与姊妹们的配搭服事，目前包含儿童、青少年在内，名单已有92人。聚会生活逐渐稳固，主日聚会固定于下午1:30至3:30，每周三小排聚会约16位圣徒，并持续实行每日追求，进入三章旧约、一章新约。
此次特会于5月16日、17日共交通三篇信息，内容包括“只作一个工作——主恢复的工作”、“工作的区域与工作的中心”以及“召会地方的立场”，帮助圣徒看见召会生活的异象与实行，学习在基督身体独一的一里，同心配搭，背负主的见证。
聚会中，负责弟兄交通到，主的桌子在普拉托设立，不是终点，乃是新的起点。盼望众圣徒在正确观念里继续往前：第一，认识主的桌子是召会生活的开始；第二，在福音结果子上有负担，今年先以结两至三个果子为小目标；第三，扩增核心弟兄群组与事奉团，鼓励更多姊妹们一同配搭服事。弟兄也勉励众人，召会是由每一位“活石”建造起来的，无论恩赐大小、服事粗细，都当有负担，人人学习成为能立住的柱子，为着主在当地的见证站住。最后，众人同心仰望，愿主祝福这座城市，使普拉托成为祂明亮的灯台。
