The Future of the City, the Future of the Church, and the Lord’s Return 城市的未来、召会的将来与主的再来

很喜乐与弟兄姊妹们一同配搭。这则周讯头版,是第二次弟兄们联名发出周讯头版。传达了这个KYBC服事的意义:它需要的是一个身体的配搭,也是一位一位,有名有姓的弟兄姊妹们,无私无我的奉献与摆上。

It is a great joy to coordinate with the brothers and sisters. This front page of the weekly newsletter marks the second time the brothers have jointly issued a front page. It conveys the significance of this KYBC (Kaohsiung Youth Blending Center) service: what it needs is the coordination of one Body, as well as the selfless and egoless consecration and offering of every individual, named brother and sister.

很久很久的以后,我们(或他们)怎么回头看这段过程呢?

A long, long time from now, how will we (or they) look back on this process?

我们(或他们)也许看不见那一位站在C位闪耀的人,但可以看见好多人好多人,有一整代的青年人,一整代的父老兄姐们,都是一个身体,一起发光!

We (or they) may not see a single person shining in the center position, but we will see many, many people—a whole generation of young people, a whole generation of elderly saints—all as one Body, shining together!

城市的未来、召会的将来与主的再来
—高雄青年相调中心的定位、需要与奉献

The Future of the City, the Future of the Church, and the Lord’s Return
—The Positioning, Need, and Consecration for the Kaohsiung Youth Blending Center—

城市发展有未来
 当前在传统工业转型与内政部“高雄新市镇特定计划区”、高雄市“南部半导体S廊带”等政策指引下,全球特大型科技厂自2022年起陆续进驻楠梓等地区,动工建厂乃至量产及扩厂,高科技产业聚落在楠梓、仁武一带汇聚成型,桥头科学园区、仁武产业园区等陆续完工并厂商进驻,都使得以楠梓、桥头为核心的周遭地区,近年在市容景观及人口结构有着大幅度的变化。纵使高雄整体仍存在人口衰退、青年流失、人口高龄化等趋势,但楠梓、桥头、仁武、左营等地区的人口数近5年来却仍持续逆势成长,不减反增。究其原因,相关科技产业带动青年及家庭不断迁入,使得城市整体发展呈现青年人口迁入及发展重心北移等明显现象,在在勾勒城市发展的未来面貌。

Urban Development Has a Future
Currently, guided by policies such as the transition of traditional industries, the Ministry of Interior’s “Kaohsiung New Town Specific Plan Area,” and the Kaohsiung City “Southern Semiconductor S-Corridor,” ultra-large global tech factories have been successively moving into areas like Nanzih since 2022, beginning construction, and even reaching mass production and expansion. High-tech industry clusters are taking shape around Nanzih and Renwu. The successive completion of the Ciaotou Science Park and Renwu Industrial Park, along with the moving in of manufacturers, have caused significant changes in the cityscape and demographic structure of the surrounding areas centered around Nanzih and Ciaotou in recent years. Even though Kaohsiung as a whole still faces trends of population decline, youth emigration, and an aging population, the population in areas like Nanzih, Ciaotou, Renwu, and Zuoying has continued to grow against the trend over the past five years, increasing rather than decreasing. The reason is that the related tech industries have driven the continuous influx of young people and families, causing the overall urban development to clearly show phenomena such as the influx of the youth population and the northward shift of the development center, continually outlining the future face of the city’s development.

召会预备,迎接主来
 主的仆人提醒我们,我们必须醒起,按世界局势看,主再来的时机成熟了。多年来我们在主再来的光中进入职事的说话,使得我们必有领悟,目前世界局势的维持,乃是为着召会生活在地上有真正且完全的恢复。启示录二十一章二节:“我又看见圣城新耶路撒冷由神那里从天而降,预备好了,就如新妇妆饰整齐,等候丈夫。”约翰福音三章二十九节:“娶新妇的,就是新郎”,都说出主再来时要以新郎的身分迎娶新妇,就是召会,并且是预备好的召会,也就是得胜的召会。今天我们必须过预备好迎见神的生活(摩四12),为着主恢复的将来,刚强召会的见证,继续在召会生活开展并扩增,好建造基督的身体,预备召会作新妇,迎接主的再来!

The Church Prepares to Welcome the Lord’s Return
The Lord’s servant reminds us that we must wake up; according to the world situation, the time is ripe for the Lord’s return. For many years, we have entered into the speaking of the ministry in the light of the Lord’s return, giving us the realization that the maintenance of the current world situation is for the true and complete recovery of the church life on the earth. Revelation 21:2 says, “And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” John 3:29 says, “He who has the bride is the bridegroom.” Both indicate that when the Lord returns, He will come as the bridegroom to marry the bride, which is the church, and it will be a prepared church, that is, an overcoming church. Today we must live a life prepared to meet God (Amos 4:12) for the future of the Lord’s recovery, strengthening the testimony of the church, and continuing the spreading and increase in the church life, in order to build up the Body of Christ, prepare the church as the bride, and welcome the Lord’s return!

青年相调中心的定位
 目前正在推动的青年相调中心预定地,位处上述新市镇计划西侧住宅与生活圈内,紧邻捷运青埔站,生活机能方便,未来附近地区持续开发,更多青年人口及家庭移入势必可期。所以,此次规划盖造二层楼使用的青年相调中心,一面来说,是优先在此一未来重要发展地段提早布局,成为召会未来发展的重要据点。此外,因应该区域持续移入大量青年人口,该会所在一楼配置青职弟兄、姊妹之家,并有小型会场应付区、排聚集之扩增需求。而二楼大型会场除青年运动相调外,更足以应付全台相调聚会、全召会各专项集中聚会、千人大型聚集等,使诸如各照顾区年终感恩团聚等大型聚集,有聚会及爱筵相调场地,全体圣徒得以喜乐欢聚。提摩太前书三章十五节:“这家就是活神的召会”,召会就是神的家,借着此一相调中心,我们得与更多神家亲人欢乐团聚。更重要的是,青年人借此机会对召会生活有更深刻负担,愿意将身体、时间、财物献上,起来同过活力生活,在校园、职场、家庭作神福音勤奋的祭司,在神的殿中作建造的柱子,成为时代的得胜者。

The Positioning of the Youth Blending Center
The designated site for the Youth Blending Center currently being promoted is located within the residential and living circle on the west side of the aforementioned New Town plan, adjacent to the Cingpu MRT station. The living functions are convenient, and with the continuous development of the nearby areas in the future, the influx of more young populations and families is definitely expected. Therefore, the planning to build a two-story Youth Blending Center is, on the one hand, an early deployment in this important future development area, making it an important stronghold for the future development of the church. In addition, to cope with the continuous influx of a large youth population into this area, the first floor of the meeting hall will feature the Young Working brothers’ and sisters’ houses, and there will be small venues to meet the expansion needs of district and small group meetings. The large venue on the second floor, besides being used for youth sports blending, will be more than sufficient to accommodate island-wide blending meetings, concentrated meetings for various specific items of the whole church, large gatherings of a thousand people, etc. This will allow large gatherings such as year-end thanksgiving reunions of various caring districts to have a venue for meetings and love feasts for blending, so that all the saints can gather joyfully. First Timothy 3:15 says, “Which is the church of the living God.” The church is the house of God; through this blending center, we can joyfully gather with more family members of God’s house. More importantly, through this opportunity, the young people will have a deeper burden for the church life, be willing to offer their bodies, time, and material possessions, rise up to live a vital life together, be diligent priests of God’s gospel on campuses, in workplaces, and in families, be pillars of building in the temple of God, and become overcomers of the age.

青年相调中心的需要与奉献
 按照评估盖造总经费约为1.35亿元,明年4月底完成盖造建物本体的经费约为1亿元。为此弟兄们同心交通,盼望在明年4月底前,“全召会同心合意,一心拼一亿”。一亿元的负担看似甚重,然而以全召会常聚会人数超过5千人之人数计算,不论是全体或部分圣徒响应,其实都没有超过我们的能力负担。关于盖造大会所的财物需要,主的仆人曾见证并鼓励我们:“只要弟兄姊妹们按着在主面前的心愿,一步一步奉献,大会所的完成一点也不是什么重担。我们相信主的祝福是继续不断的”、“按着历史和圣经的应许来看,我们若忠心为着主,主定规敞开天上的窗户,倾福于我们”、“只要弟兄姊妹看见主的需要,有远大的眼光,把一切归给主使用,那是一个极大的祝福,极大的荣耀”。求主记念,借着众圣徒爱里的奉献与摆上,见证极大的祝福与荣耀!

The Need and Consecration for the Youth Blending Center
According to estimates, the total construction cost is about 135 million NTD, and the cost to complete the main body of the building by the end of April next year is about 100 million NTD. For this, the brothers fellowshipped in one accord, hoping that by the end of April next year, “the whole church in one accord, striving together for 100 million.” The burden of 100 million seems very heavy; however, calculated based on the number of regular meeting attendees in the whole church exceeding 5,000, whether it is responded to by all or a portion of the saints, it actually does not exceed our capacity to bear. Regarding the financial needs for building the large meeting hall, the Lord’s servant once testified and encouraged us: “As long as the brothers and sisters offer in consecration step by step according to their vows before the Lord, the completion of the large meeting hall is not a heavy burden at all. We believe the Lord’s blessing is continuous”; “According to history and the promises of the Bible, if we are faithful to the Lord, the Lord will surely open the windows of heaven and pour out blessings upon us”; “As long as the brothers and sisters see the Lord’s need, have a far-reaching vision, and give everything to the Lord for His use, that is a great blessing and a great glory.” May the Lord remember, and through the consecration and offering of all the saints in love, testify to a great blessing and glory!

施一帆、伍恩杰、黄威龙、欧恩赐

Shi Yifan, Wu Enjie, Huang Weilong, Ou Enci

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