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教會2024~25年財政收支報告及2025~26年預算
NSCAC Financial Statements 2024 ~25 & Budget 2025~26

受浸者名單 Baptism List

(24/11/2024)	Annabella李聖恩姊妹、Janelle李炘桐姊妹、 Rita余雅婷姊妹、Derrick李鎮湧弟兄、 Oscar余韋澄弟兄、Lynn周玲华姊妹、蒋汀山姊妹、 张秀灯弟兄、吴月桂姊妹
(25/05/2025)	叢蘭滋姊妹、Yo Yo姚國友姊妹、Hannah Tam姊妹

轉入會友名單 Transfer-in Membership List

(24/11/2024)	祁吳燕卿姊妹、Crystal李怡德姊妹、Wing徐永生弟兄、Jason黃志聰弟兄
(25/05/2025)	Josephine邱麗笑姊妹、Elza潘曉瑜姊妹、Dawn鄧晞敏姊妹、Gary姜凱笙弟兄、 Karen楊嘉雯姊妹、Leo黃冠鳴弟兄、Miranda林詠欣姊妹、Ronny葉永平弟兄、 Sabina黃詠珊姊妹、Neutron鍾子雋弟兄、Pinky沈雅淘姊妹、Matthew黃悅安弟兄、Peggy鄧璧儀姊妹、Gordon廖嘉盛弟兄、Weilin Yu、Kai-Senn Yee

本年度結婚會友名單 Newly Married Member

(15/03/2025)         Matthew羅均顥弟兄與Ruby黃樂妍姊妹
(26/04/2025)         Nathan張子獻弟兄與 *Joy Yang姊妹 
(10/05/2025)         Isaac鄭恩陶弟兄與 *Millicent Tai姊妹 

* 非本會會友Non-NSCAC member

 本年度會友新生兒名單 New Born Baby

(01/2025)	Chloe (Chris徐承志與Kat夫婦之女兒)
(07/2025)	Aaki黄曉之 (Caleb 黃頌賢 與 Hayley 陳沛儀夫婦之兒子)
(07/2025)	Karis (Kant 林嘉彥 與 Winnie 曾穎宜夫婦之女兒)

We welcomed 2025 with a social in April this year, welcoming Janelle Or onto the ladie’s fellowship committee. Janelle will be helping Hayley with ideas, organisation, and logistics of the fellowship – please pray that we’ll be able to continue fostering a fellowship and safe space for deeper relationships to grow together in our walks with God for the ladies of EM.  

This year’s EQUIP conference was held on Saturday 21 June and we had over 20 ladies attend together in Hall 2 from 10am – 3pm, praise God for such a great turn out and for the men who volunteered to pick up and deliver lunch so that the ladies could focus on the conference. This year’s conference was a continuation of Revelation from last year (chapter 6 – 22), titled “Safely Home”. We were reminded how we are to live in the world now, knowing the victory has been won – to live “alert, but not alarmed” – the world has many distractions nowadays, but we must continue praying and seeking Jesus in all that we do till the very day we are safely home with him. We continued our discussions at EQUIP PLUS on Sunday lunch after service – this is a new activity introduced this year – it was an encouraging time to discuss together deeper on what we learnt or any questions we had from EQUIP the previous day. It was also a chance for those who weren’t able to come to EQUIP to learn from other ladies who went.  

Prayer triplets/groups have also started again in 2025, with many ladies eager to remain in the similar groups as last year to continue developing the relationship and safe space to honestly share life’s ups and downs. Praise God for our second year of prayer groups! Please pray that EM ladies stay disciplined, prioritising meeting up with one another despite busy life and schedules – so that we may share and carry each other’s joys, sorrow, and burdens and continue sharpening one another.  

For the remaining of the year, we have some 2 socials and a workshop planned as we continue our series on “growing together”. 

At the beginning of this year, Men’s Ministry made several changes to its schedule and activities. The leadership team reflected on the activities of last year and identified areas for growth to ensure the men of our congregation are supported and have a place to build Christ-centered brotherhood. 

The key change this year has been a shift from multiple workshops and sessions to a greater focus on prayer triplets. Last year offered a valuable introduction to the ministry, with a variety of sessions and activities that drew many brothers to come, learn, and share their experiences. The leaders are deeply thankful for everyone who participated. 

As the Ministry enters its second year, we recognised that last year’s pace was not sustainable. This was both in terms of leader capacity and the number of other church groups and events. By reducing the number of larger gatherings, the leaders thought to create space for men to invest in smaller yet deeper relationships through prayer triplets. 

Prayer triplets began close to the middle of this year. These small groups of three aim to provide a comfortable and trusted setting for men to share openly, encourage one another, and pray together. We pray that these gatherings will be fruitful, drawing the men closer to each other and to God. 

Thank you for your continued support and prayers for this ministry. 

In Christ, 

Chris and Daniel 

Matt Lo 

At the leadership level, we began the year by orienting our purpose on what God’s word says about the purpose of ministry. In Colossians 1:28, Paul says his ministry is all about proclaiming the riches of Jesus Christ – he teaches everyone the truths of the gospel so that they may grow to maturity in Him. 

Our vision is for growth groups to be built in such a way that people are taught and discipled into maturity in Christ. The strategy is for our communities to be centred around God’s word so that by studying it and applying it to our lives together, members would be grown as disciple-making disciples. To that end, we sought to teach our members the truths of God by studying the riches in the book of Ezra. Rich in symbolism and references to Israel’s history, we were challenged in our understanding of biblical theology, in reading in context and in distilling robust main ideas. God’s word can be challenging but is always good. 

At the end of Ezra, we are posed with a problem – the re-building of the temple does not solve the deeper heart issue of Israel – the peoples’ recurring rebellion against their God, their guilt before his righteousness.  

In the gospels we meet Jesus – God’s promised Messiah who becomes sin for us, so that his righteousness is imputed to us. For the second half of the year, our groups will be studying God’s work in the expansion of this gospel news in the book of Acts. Pray for us as we take seriously our call to be witnesses of the resurrected Christ. 

Thanks 

Annual Report – 09/2024 – 08/2025 

I want to begin our report with a prayer of thanksgiving:  

Father, we praise you for being our great Shepard in our church family over the past year, and over the past 37 years. I am encouraged and humbled by Your faithfulness and providence as I serve in the English ministry team. I pray that You will continue to lead Your church, empowering us with Your love and grace as we seek to honour your name in everything we do. I also pray that You will open doors for us to share the gospel with the wider community, and give us the wisdom to be salt and light in this world. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen. 

 “Worship where you serve and serve where you worship” has been the culture that we sought to nurture this past year. Our hope and prayer has been that our brothers and sisters will grow a deeper sense of family within our congregation as we draw each other closer to God. I praise God for His work among us – it has truly a blessing to see brothers and sisters across all age groups step out of their comfort zone to connect, serve, and bond on a deeper level.  

This year, MES has been journeying the Gospel of Matthew, reflecting on its message for the contemporary church. It has been a rich time of rediscovering the core purpose and vision of being His church. Our NSY, growth groups, Ladies’ and Men’s ministry have all strive to live out this vision, becoming places where people can encounter Jesus. The English Ministry Committee has continued to meet, pray, and reflect together – guided by the principle we learnt from “The Vine Project” – seeking God’s wisdom on how we might make adjustments and improvements to help us grow in Christ’s likeness.  

I am personally grateful to God for the opportunity to grow and serve as a pastor – taking on the English congregational pastoral role as well as leading our youth in NSY. God has been faithful in challenging me to depend on Him as I serve. I pray that God will give me wisdom in juggling the two roles I have at hand. I also would like to ask that we continue to pray for a new youth pastor so that we can better minister to our young people and provide the pastoral support our church family needs. 

One highlight of the year was the combine church camp held at Collaroy, where we enjoyed a weekend together with the larger church family. I praise God for the love and care thqat was evident throughout the camp and I am deeply moved by how God is drawing us closer together as one family in Christ.   

I also want to thank God for the opportunity to serve in the CAWF missional conference in Taiwan, alongside fellow pastors in the wider Alliance family. This trip broadened my perspective of ministry and deepened my heart for God’s mission. I pray that He will continue to use us and provide more missional opportunities both locally and globally. 

Finally, I praise God for everyone who has volunteered to serve over the past twelve months, across all areas of ministry. Our church family is unable to grow without people generously and faithfully giving their time and energy to serve. As we enter into a new year as a church family, I continue to pray that God will continue His transforming work in us, and that we will be humble, faithful, and united as one body in Christ.  

In Him, 

Pastor Eric Lai