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2015
ALL CHURCH MINISTRIES GOALS
Theme: From Generation to Generation
Psalms 145:4
Dear CCUC Members:
We are very pleased to present the 2015 all church ministries goals for each multi-site
congregations. This year’s goals are related to the 8 core values set forth as part of our mission
and vision. Each ministry team has met and set these goals in respect to the needs of their
congregations. Also, town hall meetings were held for discussion of these goals (in lieu of the
annual All Church Ministries gathering).
We know that it is the Holy Spirit which leads and guides us to accomplish these goals. We
trust that you will continue to work with the pastoral staff and deacons as we partner together.
We covet your prayers and hard work to help accomplish them for His Kingdom.
As always, feel free to contact your respective pastoral staff or any of the deacons if you have
questions or feedback.
We look with anticipation on how God will bless our church through this coming year of 2015.
With Christ Blessings,
CCUC Deacons and Pastoral Staff
I.
Eight Core Values
II.
Priority items of Deacons Board 2015
III.
Cantonese Congregation Ministry goals
IV.
English Congregation Ministry goals
V.
Mandarin Congregation Ministry goals
VI.
CCUC-South Ministry goals
VII. CCUC-West Ministry goals
VIII. Pui Tak Center (David Wu, Executive Director)
IX.
Outreach Ministry to Pui Tak Center in 2015 (Rev. Dai Vay To)
I.
EIGHT CORE VALUES
The Chinese Christian Union Church was birthed in 1915 to reach the immigrant Chinese
population in Chicago for Jesus Christ. The latest census statistics indicate that this population,
along with second generation Chinese, continues to flourish and grow. Thus our purpose as a
church remains viable in the new millennium.
Our vision is to be a Great Commission Church that glorifies God by reaching out to
Chinatown, Greater Chicago, and the world at large. Together we seek to be disciples of Christ
who reflect His image and impact our world. To achieve this vision, these are the core values
that will guide us:
A Commitment to Worship. We believe that God created humanity with the capacity to
worship and enjoy Him. Worship is that place where the created catch a glimpse of the
Almighty Creator and respond with reverence and adoration. "Oh come, let us worship and bow
down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker" (Psalm 95:6). Therefore, we are committed to
creating a worshipful atmosphere that is God centered, vibrant and inspiring whereby the
people of God are ushered into the holy presence of God to worship in Spirit and in truth.
A Commitment to Prayer. We believe that God delights in our prayers and that unceasing
prayer is essential to an authentic and transforming relationship with Him (1 Thess. 5:17).
Prayer is vital for developing a life of faith, deepening our understanding and love for God, and
for seeking to know His will. Therefore, we are committed to building a prayer-saturated church
where prayer permeates every ministry and is practiced by every member. We will prioritize
prayer, both corporate and individual, so that we will be a church totally dependent upon God.
A Commitment to Biblical Teaching. We believe that the Bible is God's fully inspired word (2
Tim. 3:16) with ultimate authority for every time and place. It forms the bedrock of our core
beliefs and values, and expresses the essence of who God is, who we are, and what we aspire
to be as God's children. Therefore, we are committed to sound biblical teaching and preaching
so that we will be equipped to share God's truth in the world.
A Commitment to Missions. The mission of the church is the Great Commission, a calling to
reach the lost of the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ in order to make disciples of all
nations (Mt. 28:18-20). Through both local and global missions (Acts 1:8), God raises up
worshippers from every people group through His church. Jesus shared the good news verbally
but he also ministered to the physical needs of people, healing the ill and the lame, and feeding
the hungry. Therefore we are committed to wholistic missions, with ministry to body, soul and
spirit. We will engage both with our local community and with the nations of the world, serving
all in the name of Jesus Christ.
A Commitment to Discipleship. We believe that discipleship is the act of one person making
an intentional impact on the life of another believer to become more like Christ (2 Timothy 2:2).
Through a personal relationship with His disciples, Jesus modeled the virtues of one who
follows God resulting in positive changes in their values, beliefs and lifestyle. Therefore we are
committed to investing resources for the discipleship of all believers of all ages so that they will
grow in maturity toward the fullness of Christ (Eph. 4:13).
A Commitment to Family Ministry. We believe that the church is the household of God (1 Tim.
3:15). As such, it should be multi-generational with people in every stage of life from newborns
to senior citizens. Furthermore there should be cross-generational activity that connects us as a
church family. Therefore, we are committed to creating a spiritual community where all are
cared for and have a place of belonging regardless of age, gender or marital status.
A Commitment to Multiculturalism. We are a church family that speaks multiple languages
and dialects, and are influenced by both Chinese and western culture. Scripture affirms that
there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for all are one in Christ (Gal.
3:28). Therefore, while embracing our many differences we also are committed to speaking
with one voice as we treat every member and each congregation fairly and equally.
A Commitment to Unity. We believe that church unity reflects the triune nature of God-Father, Son and Holy Spirit dwelling together as one (John 10:30; 2 Cor. 13:14). When believers
love one another, their unity provides a powerful and appealing witness to the world. Therefore
we are committed to seeking unity in the midst of our diversity as we value each other and seek
to use our gifts to work together to build up the body of Christ.
Our ultimate desire and vision is to be a Christ-centered church on mission to impact our world.
Despite our complexity as a multilingual, multigenerational and multisite church that meets in
multiple locations, we seek to move forward as one body as summarized by this statement:
Many languages, One voice
Many generations, One identity
Many places, One home
One Church Serving Christ
II.
Priority Items of CCUC Deacons Board 2015 - proposed
1) Focus on developing the 5 years church plan moving forward.
2) Celebrate the CCUC Centennial Celebration and bring the church together to count
God’s blessing and refresh our great commission to share the love of Jesus through All
Church Retreat, Anniversary Weekend and other Centennial Celebration activities.
3) With different ministries at CCUC, need unity and a common goal to focus on sharing
the gospel and making disciples
4) Deacon election – confirm calling of current deacons and identify new candidates.
5) Pastoral Staff search, especially CCUC-West Pastor.
6) Consolidate changes as a multi-site church.
III.
CANTONESE CONGREGATION MINISTRY GOALS
Worship
1. Aligning morning and noon worship services through adoption of similar format and
program and mainly with worship team leading the service. Music program provided by the
choir at noon worship service remains unchanged.
The basic program sequence of the noon worship service is as follows:
Singspiration
Worship Team
Prayer
Pastoral staff/deacon
Offering
Congregation
Special music
Choir
Message (Sermon topic)
Pastor Mark Chan
(Bible verses)
Response (hymn singing)
Congregation
Welcome and Announcement
Presider
Benediction
Pastor Mark Chan
2. Sharing Sunday School teachers between two Cantonese congregations so as to maximize
teaching resources.
--- new Sunday School classes for seniors attending morning service
--- new Sunday School classes for younger people attending noon service
Discipleship Training
1. Encourage everyone to participate in the "40-day Devotion Plan" that will be introduced in
January 2015. This Devotion Plan will also help those involved in discipleship training.
2. Currently there are 34 individuals participating in the Discipleship training plan called "Pass
it on". The first session of this plan (Preparation phase) will soon end, after completion of
the study of "Disciplemakers' Handbook". The second session is the Practice phase, during
which the trainee will take part in visitation and attend Sunday School class for new
believers, so as to establish relationship with new believers.
3. The Discipleship training program "Pass it on" will unite all the discipleship training
activities, thereby carrying out the Great Commission together.
4. In September 2015, a new cycle of discipleship training will commence. Those who have
already completed the first year of training will enter into the next stage.
5. Rev. Johann Lai will lead a seminar on Bible Exposition in February (2/13 - 15, 2015).
Church Unity
1. A new couple fellowship ("Grace Fellowship, for those married between 13 - 30 years)
has been formed, to complement the other two couple fellowships ("Joshua Fellowship"
and "Josiah Fellowship") to promote "fellowship living" together.
2. Youth work: the tutoring classes on Friday of the Nissi Fellowship need more volunteers
to tutor, counsel, teach, and do evangelism work.
Evangelism
1. "Yuun Fook Home" (Home of Grace and Blessing" is opened every Monday from 10:30
AM through 2:00 PM at Pui Tak Center (on second and third floors).
2. Easter Evangelistic outreach for Pui Tak ESL students on 3/27 - 28.
3. Music Evangelistic meetings by Christian Herald Organization will take place on 6/12 - 14
4. Pui Tak English Bible camp from 6/22 - 26.
5. Pui Tak English Bible camp from 6/29 - 7/3.
6. Chinatown Fair on 7/16.
7. Evangelism Tea party on 8/1.
8. Evangelism dinner party for senior citizen on 8/16.
9. Outing for Pui Tak ESL students on 8/22.
10. Thanksgiving lunch for Pui Tak new immigrants on 11/26.
11. Christmas outreach for Pui Tak ESL adult students on 12/11 - 12.
12. All Cantonese congregation "Loving and Caring" activity to encourage brothers and
sisters to send "Christmas Evangelism Presents" (prepared by the church) to nonbelieving friends and relatives in order to show the Lord's love for them.
Centennial Anniversary
曾思瀚博士
1. All Church Retreat on 5/23 - 25. Keynote speaker: Dr. Sam Tsang (
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2. Centennial anniversary celebration weekend on 10/16 - 18. Speaker: Dr. Stephen Lee
李思敬博士).
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Cantonese Ministry Team
Roman Leung
Ming Leung
Tat Tsang
Antony Chan
Larry Wong
Ivan Man
Kenneth Yeung
Wing Jue
Polan Tam
Danny Chendra
Rev. Mark Chan
Revl Dai Vay To
Min. Sally Song
Min. William Cheung
Erica Tam-Wang
Min. Johnson Hsu
Rev. Andrew Lee
ENGLISH CONGREGATION MINISTRY GOALS
IV.
There are eight core values that define our church here at CCUC: worship, prayer, biblical
teaching (fellowships; Sunday school), missions, discipleship, family ministry (children; youth),
multiculturalism and unity. We seek to ensure that these core values are imbued into
everything that we do.
For 2015, our ministry goals are focused primarily around the core values of unity, discipleship
and missions.
Ministry Goals
1. Unity/Community. In 2013, our goal was to stabilize our ABF systems and in 2014, our
goal was to encourage members and attendees to get more involved in congregational
life. In 2015, our goal is to foster a greater sense of belonging to the community here at
CCUC.
2. Discipleship. We plan to mature our discipleship initiatives, from youth to adults.
3. Missions. We also plan to encourage our congregation to do more outreach.
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Unity/Community
Encourage ABFs to involve more people in using their gifts to serve and build the
community of CCUC
Move towards smaller small group system to foster deeper community and stronger
interpersonal relationships
Develop strategies for welcoming and assimilating people in Sunday service into our ABF
community system
Encourage participation by the English Congregation in the overall CCUC community
Discipleship
For youth, implement new bi-monthly leadership program for DARE leaders. Also,
implement new four-fold philosophy of discipleship: service, prayer, sharing and biblical
learning
Tighten bridge between KS and DARE for more coordinated high school discipleship
effort
For adults, begin bi-weekly discipleship programs on leadership
Implement new discipleship system into ABFs
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Missions
Build a stronger connection between our Sports Outreach Ministries and CCUC
(Thursday night open gym basketball and volleyball, Saturday high school volleyball
clinic, Labor Day Sports Tournament).
Encourage fellowships to work with Pui Tak Center in outreach to community
Continue summer youth evangelism programs (VBC, JSP, Junior and Teen Camps)
Encourage respective fellowships to develop outreach programs
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Family Ministry (children and youth)
Continue YTW Service for junior high teens to teach Sunday worship as a regular, weekly
discipline; continue to transition graduating students into Sunday main service
Promote Sunday Service attendance at Friday night youth programs
Develop strategies to address barriers facing youth to attend on Sundays
Stabilize children’s ministry structure
Restructuring of age-breakdowns for youth ministries
Stronger oversight of youth ministry (youth board)
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Prayer
Continue to encourage participation in weekly prayer meeting
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Worship
Continue quarterly worship team meetings
Continue bi-monthly worship leader mentoring
Increase outreach to college and youth through new transportation system
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Multiculturalism/Biblical Teaching
Continue quarterly month-long Sunday School courses to promote intergenerational
fellowship
English Ministry Team
Dr. Roman Leung
Rev. Dr. Andrew Lee
Jay Lee
Gerald Huang
Julia Gin
Matthew Chan
Anthony Chan
Janice Yeo
Christine Cheuk
Chair of Deacon Board
Senior Pastor
Deacon
English Minister
English Congregation
English Congregation
English Congregation
English Congregation
English Congregation
V.
MANDARIN CONGREGATION MINISTRY GOALS
In 2015 the Mandarin Congregation will continue doing “Discipleship Training”, the theme of
Mandarin congregation for 2014 which is part of the 8 core values of CCUC. At the same time,
we hope to grow together with the congregation in Biblical teaching in which fellowship among
the members. We plan to firmly establish all the core values of the CCUC in the years to come.
The plan and goals for 2015:
1. Theme: proclaim God’s handiwork from generation to generation (Psalm 145:4)
2. Emphasis: practice of fellowship
3. Pulpit messages: a) first quarter: “Meaning for fellowship”; b) second quarter: “Reasons for
fellowship”; c) third quarter: “Obstacles to fellowship”; d) fourth quarter: “Channels for
fellowship”. Apart from messages, every quarter we will try to share topics of interest
forwarded by the congregation through distributed questionnaires.
4. Training courses: in the second and third quarters we will offer training courses for group
leaders, equipping them to lead different ministries/caring small groups such as cell groups,
sharing and caring groups, Bible study groups, and evangelism and fellow-up groups.
5. Establishing small groups: on entering the fourth quarter, we will promote formation of
new groups or changing existing groups. We plan to aim at the 180 odd Sunday attendees
for caring ministry, dividing them into groups of 10 persons. Hence, we will need 18 group
leaders and 18 group leaders in training. Our goal is “Fellowship with everyone, caring for
the whole congregation”. Afterwards we will hold sharing sessions for group leaders every 3
months, to make sure that small groups are growing in a healthy way.
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Plans for the whole ministry:
Discipleship ministry: continue 8-lesson discipleship training, helping members in need of
training or new believers to establish a good spiritual foundation, capable of self-growth
and becoming real disciples.
Ministries according to different ages: we plan to form a youth fellowship for high school
students, using tutoring classes as points of contact, to lead the youth to the Lord and train
them to be disciples.
Prayer ministry: strengthen the current Wednesday prayer meetings; form a prayer
network, organized through small groups as units and providing special seminars related to
prayers.
Worship ministry: establish inspirational worship services, allowing worshippers to meet
God through Bible preaching and hymn singing, and galvanizing action as response to God.
Unity ministry: teach and encourage members participate in the various evangelistic
activities such as picnic for the ESL students, Thanksgiving and Christmas luncheons etc.
Mission ministry: encourage and support members participating in short-term mission, so
as to know God’s will on our individual lives.
Mandarin Ministry Team
Nam Shiu
Rev. Ming Lee
Min. YiZhen Wang
Bo Shi
Wayne Li
Theresa
Randy Yeh
FuGao Song
Jonathan Liang
Henry Bu
Ryan Zhao
Deacon/Chairman of co-worker meeting
Associate Pastor
Pastoral Assistant (women ministry)
Worship (music)
Trustee/worship (audiovisual)
Worship (general administrator)
Worship
Small Group
Small Group
Trustee/Sunday School
Sunday School
VI.
CCUC-SOUTH CONGREGATION MINISTRY PLANS
Producing Disciples 2015
Worship
1. Continue to improve the A/V system for the services, including the translation station.
Training for the serving crews, including the moderator, song leader and usher.
2. Develop a ministry committee for the FHL youth worship.
Prayer
1. Implementation within the Discipleship Plan which include: Prayer and Worship, Biblical
Teaching, Missions, Fellowship, Serving
Biblical Teaching
Implementation within the Discipleship Plan
Missions
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Implementation within the Discipleship Plan
Taiwan and Nepal STM (June, July).
Implementation of the “Caring of Missionary” ministry by all Fellowships.
Plan for the Mission Seminar/Sunday.
Outreaching to the growing Chinese community by:“Fun Nights”/”Outings”/ ”BBQ”
/Celebration during the holidays, Gospel Sundays, and ESL ministry.
7. Training of the Gospel team about the Personal Evangelism.
Family
1. Recruit and equip of the Caring/ Visitation Team, more visits and care to our members and
their families.
Discipleship
1. Implementation of the Discipleship Plan, starting with 101 and 201, then followed by 301
and 401 later of the year.
2. YM: Develop and implement a 7th year curriculum template and student discipleship plan so
that the youth ministry teachings will be more structured, systematic, comprehensive, and
sustainable;
3. CM: Launching of AWANA.(Sept)
Multiculturalism:
1. Creation of youth ministry visioning documents: The youth ministry mission statement,
measurable three-year goals, statement of values, and structure.
Unity
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Recruit and equip of the Caring/ Visitation Team, more visits and care to our members.
There is Fellowship day to enhance the interaction of fellowships.
Participate in CCUC events.
Improve communication (translation, simulcast)
城南堂事工委員會
Associate Pastor 副牧師
Pastoral Assistant 牧師助理
Deacon 執事
Deacon 執事
Trustee 董事
Co-worker 同工
Co-worker 同工
CCUC-South Ministry Team
Rev. Alan Kwok
Min. Hazel Or
Wei Wu Chen
Jiang Hao
Brandon Zhang
Sheng Liang
Jonathan Jia
郭民昌牧師
柯志瑛傳道
陳偉武
江浩旋
張紹輝
梁岳勝
賈文征
VII.
CCUC-W Ministry Goals
1.
Discipleship
2.
主日學特別講堂
b. Weekend workshops 周末專題演講
c. Weekend discipleship classes 周末門徒訓練課程
d. Sunday school teacher training 主日學教師培訓教學認證
Missions 傳福音: Actively and intentionally doing follow-up and
outreach.專注関懷探訪和傳福音
a. Recruit members to serve 擴張関懷事工成員
b. Meet regularly for fellowship and prayer定期開會跟進,相互支持
c. Provide training 提供訓練課程
Actively search for pastoral candidate積極尋找合適牧者候選人
門徒訓練:
栽培新同工人選
Provide discipleship training and develop new leaders via
a. Sunday School special sessions
3.
CCUC-West Ministry Team
David Huang
Sandy Hui
Lie Li
Gordon Chi
Kai Han
Deacon
Trustee
Trustee
門徒訓練,
VIII. Pui Tak Center 2015 Plan
Pui Tak Center was started by CCUC to be a witness to Chinese in Chicago. Our programs serve
immigrants and others in the Chinatown and Bridgeport communities. Through service and
relationships, the Gospel can be shared (CCUC’s core value of Missions) and seekers/new
believers are transitioned to church (CCUC’s core value of Discipleship).
Ministry-Related
1. Work closely with CCUC including Outreach Ministry, Yunn Fook Home, Children’s Ministry
and Youth Ministry to transition seekers and new believers to CCUC.
2. Develop opportunities for CCUC fellowships to serve at Pui Tak Center.
3. Develop more opportunities for churches and Christians to be involved in our programs
through short term volunteer involvement and to support our work financially.
Program-Related
1. School: offer 7th grade during the 2014-2015 school year, continue exploring facility options
to enable the school to grow
2. Explore and develop services in the area of children, youth, services to children with
disabilities and employment assistance to ESL students.
Organization-Related
1. Work on issues related to recent strategic planning process including
• improve communication with volunteers and supporters;
• clarifying how PTC and CCUC work together;
• review board functioning and implement changes, as needed; and
• review and implement strategies to increase staff and volunteer engagement.
BOARD MEMBERS
Larry Wong – President
Sze Kin Wong – Vice President
Andrew Tang – Secretary
Paul Poy – Treasurer
Chun-Tao Che
Andrea Eng
Julia Gin
Rev. Andrew Lee
Victor Lee
Victor Louie
Rev. Dai Vay To
David Wu
Cheuk Yung
IX.
Outreach Ministry to Pui Tak Center in 2015
The Outreach ministry to Pui Tak Center focuses on:
1) Reaching out to adult ESL students and people who come to the Center through weekly
activities, special events, and personal contacts
2) Recruiting, equipping and developing volunteers for various programs and events.
3) Referring students who became seekers and new believers in the outreach programs to
Cantonese and Mandarin Congregations.
4) Accompanying seekers/believers to Sunday services/Sunday school to CCUC different
sites based on his/her situation.
A. Outreach Activities : Stay passionate and sharpen our approach in
Preaching
Bible teaching to believers, seekers and non-church people.
Counseling and meeting with student, volunteer and PTC staff.
Consolidating and improving existing weekly and seasonal programs.
Continuing to explore new opportunities
1) For Yunn Fook Home
• Adding a seeker class and a new believer class for Cantonese speaking students. The
classes will be overseen by the CE department.
• Coordinating with ESL teachers to enhance the English Corner hour.
2) Encouraging believers to get baptized.
3) Rallying further support from ESL teachers.
4) Enhancing the cooperation with Church Congregations in recruitment of volunteer and
follow up task.
5) Continuing to channel seekers and new believers who are available for Church activities
to respective Congregations.
6) Identifying potential future leaders.
Special events
1) Easter Outreach on March 27
and 28.
2) Spring English Bible Camp from
April 22 to April 24
3) Summer English Bible Camp
from June 29 to July 3
4) ESL student outing on August 22
5) Thanksgiving Day luncheon for ESL
New Immigrant.
6) Christmas Outreach on December
11 and 12.
B. Prayer Requests :
1) A female assistant minister.
2) The follow up and discipleship for students who became seekers, intercessory prayer requesters
and new believers.
3) The recruitment of new volunteers and the retaining of existing volunteers, especially for the
weekly Monday Yunn Fook Home ministry.
CCUC Pastoral Staff
Senior Pastor
Cantonese Associate Pastor
Mandarin Associate Pastor
CCUC-South Associate Pastor
Outreach Pastor to Pui Tak Center
English Pastoral Assistant
Cantonese Pastoral Assistant
Cantonese Pastoral Assistant
Mandarin Pastoral Assistant
CCUC-South Pastoral Assistant
Pastoral Assistant
Music Director
Rev. Dr. Andrew Lee
Rev. Mark Chan
Rev. Ming Lee
Rev. Alan Kwok
Rev. Dai Vay To
Min. Gerald Huang
Min. Sally Song
Min. William Cheung
Min. YiZhen Wang
Min. Hazel Or
Min. Johnson Hsu
Mrs. Erica Tam-Wang
CCUC Administrative Staff
Executive/Multi-Site Administrator
Multi-Site Multimedia Director
Facilities Manager
Ms. Annette Moy
Mr. Simon Yu
Mr. Craig Wong
2015 CCUC Deacon Board
Chairman, Roman Leung
Antony H. Chan
Larry Wong
Jay Lee
Hao Jiang
Vice Chairman, Ming Leung
Tat Tsang
Nam Shiu
Wei Wu Chen
David Huang
2015 CCUC Trustees Board
Chairman, Antony H. Chan
Secretary, Kent Lau
Treasurer, Ben Ng
Alex Leung
Sandy Hui
Henry Bu
Roger Hui
Wayne Li
Vice Chairman, Kin On Lau
Vice Secretary, Matthew ZW Chan
Victor Kwong
Toby Cheuk
Brandon Zhang
Ivan Man
Dan Nham
Lie Li