13/12/2024 - 14/12/2024
Start: 13 December 2024 (Friday), 8pm
End: 14 December 2024 (Saturday), 6pm
Venue: 10/F Worship Hall (and other locations)
Let's celebrate Christmas by blessing our city! Our young adult ministries, Shift 20s (Vessel) and Shift 30s (Exchange) are co-hosting a Serve-athon consisting of 3 outreach initiatives with 3 different NGOs. You are welcomed to join any 1 of them, or all 3 of them and challenge yourself to a 10-hour Serve-athon!
Initiative 1: Light of the World
Gift preparation & outreach with Sons & Daughters
13 Dec 2024 (Friday), 8pm-11pm
Gather at 633 and prepare special gift packs, then set off to red light districts in Wan Chai and Jordan for distribution, conversations, and outreach.
Service partner: Sons & Daughters
Seeing transformation in Hong Kong’s red light districts, helping sexual workers abandon sex trade and walk freely as sons and daughters of God, through street outreach, aftercare programs and handcraft stores.
Initiative 2: Crown of Splendor
Storytelling & elderly lunch with Hope of the City
13 Dec 2024 (Fri), 8pm-10pm & 14 Dec 2024 (Sat), 11am-3pm
Be part of the annual joint Shek Kip Mei and Ngau Tau Kok Elderly Home Visit Christmas Lunch, and bless the elderlies and the regular volunteers through Christmas carols, nativity skits and interactions! We will first gather at 633 on Friday night to prepare and rehearse, then re-gather at Hope Center on Saturday for the Christmas lunch. Cantonese is highly preferred.
Service partner: Hope of the City
Transforming the lives of the underprivileged in Hong Kong by building bridges to foster relationships between the disadvantaged and those with resources, through regular visits, educational support, and outreach initiatives.
Initiative 3: Ashes to Beauty
Gift preparation & outreach with Inner City Ministries
13 Dec 2024 (Fri), 8pm-9pm & 14 Dec 2024 (Sat), 3:30pm-6pm
Gather at 633 and prepare special gift packs on Friday night, then return the next day to bless the workers in refuge stations in Jordan with gifts and the gospel!
Service partner: Inner City Ministries
Serving one of the most underprivileged and vulnerable groups in Hong Kong: the local Nepalese community (particularly in Yau Ma Tei and Jordan), through biblical and practical programs and classes for kids, youths and parents.
Important note: Please come in modest outfits and comfortable shoes. Kindly avoid short skirts/shorts, low-cut tops, expensive jewelry/handbags, or high heels.
Let’s make this Christmas a memorable and meaningful one through Serve-athon! You may indicate in the registration form below which initiative(s) you would like to join (or all three of them - the full Serve-athon!).