On Oct 1-2, 2016, the two-day's Parents Fellowship Retreat of Fuzhou Huaxiangtang Christian Church was held in Huanxi Village house church with 32 members attending.
On Oct 1, Pastor Chen Xiaoyong gave a sermon titled "Rooted in Truth, Guardians of the Family". From the traditional to the modern family point of view, Pastor Chen set forth what family means and why God established families, together with our roles and duties in our families. In the evening, the members carried out an activity called "Live out Love to the World", and shared experiences of fellowship work. They shared their thoughts and personal experiences since they had started working for the fellowship and summarized the inadequacy in fellowship work and made speeches for the future development of the fellowship.
On the morning of Oct 2, Teacher Lin Xiaoqing, the person in charge of the Parents Fellowship shared on marriage and family, parenting, Christian families, and 12 total related topics. Lin shared from both the biblical and social point of view and started the discussion, with all the members expressing their opinions freely with a lively atmosphere. In the afternoon, all members attended the service in the house church. The Parents Fellowship praising team sang as the choir and Teacher Lin Xiaoqing gave a sermon. The retreat rounded off in praise, prayer, sharing, encouragement and inspiration.
