施恩座十年感恩 Thanksgiving on the 10th Year of the Mercy Seat｜跟隨神 Following God EP215｜張恩年牧師

施恩座十年感恩
施恩座正式啟用至今已十年，是神給教會莫大的賞賜。我每次坐在這裡敬拜，就滿心感謝神，因為這一切不是理所當然的。
教會2007年從北角碼頭搬到荃灣，在一樓富麗大堂聚會。當時樓上的施恩座前身是戲院，後來前業主買下改建老人院，試圖把原來傾斜的地板，用鐵、磚頭、水泥等填充物填平，結果地板負荷超重下沉，造成嚴重漏水。我們在樓下富麗大堂，要用七十個水桶來接屋頂的漏水。然而感謝神，祂是奇妙策士，把「水災」化成祝福，最後前業主無法繼續施工，不得不放棄，2009年把物業賣給我們。
施恩座恰好是坐落在最頂層，我們得以在天花板建造玻璃的十字架，讓陽光照射進來，會眾可以很強烈地感受到神的同在。五年的翻新工程歷盡艱辛，承包工程的幾間公司或倒閉或退出，但神的恩典從沒間斷，最後建成今天所見神的殿。
神在賜下聖殿的同時，也賜下新酒湧流。2014年6月11日舉行獻殿禮，恰巧之前兩個主日信息都講到新酒新皮袋，而來自印尼的敬拜隊的名字又恰巧叫New Wine。神的恩典像新酒一樣湧流不息，讓我們的生命不斷與祂對齊，渴慕，倒空，裝載，湧流。
這十年來，神賜下兩個新的核心價值，其中「有愛有信任」讓我們緊抓著走過社會運動和疫情的日子；又啟示給我們心版十誡、雅歌、創造系列等等的信息，豐富而深廣，讓教會的身量不斷擴張，漸漸長成生命樹，並開始遍植。並且，廣闊的舞台空間和巨型的熒光幕，上演了三十套以上大型音樂劇，讓年輕人興起，從台前到幕後，恩賜發揮得淋漓盡致，而且生命互相連結，不斷提升。
施恩座是神賜恩典的地方，充滿了祂的同在、祂的榮耀，我們置身其中，除了讚歎，只有感恩再感恩！願一切的榮耀頌讚都歸於神！■【2024.05.12】
Thanksgiving on the 10th Year of the Mercy Seat
It’s been ten years since the opening of the Mercy Seat and it is a great gift from God. Every time I worship there, I am filled with gratitude as we are so unworthy of all these blessings.
We moved to Tsuen Wan from North Point in 2007 and held our gatherings in the main hall of Wealthy Garden on the first floor. The old venue of the Mercy Seat on the second floor used to be a cinema and the former owner bought it and tried to rebuild it into an elderly home. The slanted floor was covered with iron materials, bricks, cements and so on to level it up. As a result, the floor was overloaded and sank and caused the leakage of water. Downstairs on the first floor, we placed 70 buckets to hold the dripping water. But God is the Wonderful Counselor! He turned the flooding into a blessing. At last the former owner could not carry on the work anymore, so the property was sold to us in 2009.
As the Mercy Seat was located on the top floor, we were able to build a glass cross on roof top to allow the sunlight in so that people inside could strongly feel God’s presence. The five-year renovation work was filled with difficulties and the companies involved in the project either quit or were closed down. But God’s grace kept pouring in and the Sanctuary as we see today was finally built up.
Together with the temple, God has given us new wine too. For two consecutive Sundays before the Dedication Ceremony held on June 11, 2014, messages delivered at the services were about new wine and new wineskin. Coincidently the name of the worship team from Indonesia who came for the Ceremony was called “New Wine”. God’s grace has been flowing out like the new wine, leading us to align with Him continuously, to keep longing, emptying, filling and overflowing.
In these two years God has given us two more core values, in which the “More Love More Trust” has brought us through the days of social movement and the pandemic. God has also revealed us messages on the Ten Heartified Commandments, Song of Songs and Creation Series and more, which are abundant, deep and wide, leading us to expand in capacity and to grow up gradually to become a Tree of Life. We have also started to plant the Trees of Life everywhere. Besides, the wide stage space and the giant LED monitors have had more than 30 large-scale musicals shown and young people have been risen up to fully develop their gifts from on-stage to behind the scenes. Their lives are connected with each other and uplifted continuously.
God keeps giving us His mercy at the Mercy Seat and it is filled with His presence and glory. In the Mercy Seat, all we can to is to give thanks upon thanks! May all glory and praises be to our God!■【2024.05.12】
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