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多倫多中華聯合教會的門是為所有人而開的。我們是一群多元年代的基督徒以一個開放，坦白，及公義的態度來關懷上帝的創造。這個信仰群體是建基於耶穌基督的福音。我們欣賞以一個多元化，開放，及誠實的心來尋找生命的意義。我們十分歡迎您與我們一起去經歷耶穌奇異的愛和一起面對生命的未來。我們歡迎您!
Toronto Chinese United Church’s doors are open to all. We are a group of multi-generational Christians who have committed ourselves to offering openness, understanding, justice and caring to God’s creation. We are a community of faith rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We value diversity, openness, and honest quest of meaning. You are welcome to join us to experience the radical love of Jesus and to face the unknown journey of life. You are welcome here!
鄒梓嫻牧師 Rev. Cathy Zou
鄒梓嫻牧師出生於廣東深圳，2005年在火車旅行時遇見一位傳福音的旅客，深受感動并決志信主。在因各種環境限制未能有教會生活的情況下，上帝透過聖經和聖靈的感動不停更新改變她的生命。蒙上帝奇妙的帶領，她於2011年前往香港讀大學，期間加入校園團契，并加入教會，並於2012年接受洗禮。2013年於港九培靈研經大會上，蒙召服侍。2014年大學畢業後，便全時間攻讀神學，在2017年於香港中文大學崇基神學院取得神道學碩士學位。畢業後便加入神召會母會，成為全職傳道同工。又因著上帝奇妙的帶領，鄒牧師與先生、女兒一家於2022年9月來到多倫多，於同年11月正式在本堂牧會。
鄒牧師熱愛與弟兄姊妹查考聖經、分享上帝的話語、見證上帝的愛，也樂於與不同的人建立真誠分享、開放聆聽的同行關係。她能以廣東話、普通話、潮州話及英文與不同的群體交流。若你想認識上帝、經歷祂的愛，或是在你孤單無助的時候、需要尋求聆聽和靈性的幫助，歡迎你聯絡牧師，更歡迎你來到我們的教會當中！
Rev. Zou was born and raised in Shenzhen, Guangdong. She did not know God until the age of 12 when she came across a stranger sharing the gospel of God on a train. She was touched by the gospel message and immediately converted to Christianity. Despite that she could not join the church due to certain constraints, God did not stop to shape her life by His Word and in His Spirit. Thanks to the miraculous grace of God, Rev. Zou moved to Hong Kong in 2011 and started her degree study. She began to join the campus fellowship and the church. She was baptised in 2012, and received the call to be a full-time servant of God in 2013 Hong Kong Bible Conference. Upon the completion of her undergraduate degree, Rev. Zou enrolled in the Master of Divinity Program at the Divinity School of Chung Chi College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. After graduation in 2017, she became a full-time minister at her mother church, the denomination of which is Assembly of God. Following the marvellous guidance of God, her whole family moved to Toronto in September 2022. Rev. Zou started her ministry at our church from November 2022.
Rev. Zou loves studying Bible, sharing the words of God, witnessing the love of God with brothers and sisters. She is also enthusiastic to establish the caring relationships with people through sincere sharing and careful listening. She is able to communicate with people speaking in Cantonese, Mandarin, Chiu-chow dialect, and English. If you hope to know more about God and experience His’ love, or if you need sincere listening and spiritual support when you feel lonely or helpless, do not hesitate to contact Rev. Zou, and, you are mostly welcome to our church!
Rev. Liz Mackenzie
在我的一生中，我曾在四個不同的國家、四個不同的省份和一個地區生活。我曾是西北地區、艾伯塔省北部和安大略省奧克維爾的高中法文和英文老師。然後我決定回到學校，獲得工商管理碩士學位，並擔任人力資源管理顧問，在薪資和就業公平以及就業人權領域工作多年。由於我擁有MBA學位，我是一位可以閱讀財務報表的牧者…
1997年，我終於決定做我從13歲就一直覺得自己有使命感的事情──成為牧師。我最小的女兒開始上初級幼兒園的那一天，我開始在以馬內利神學院就讀，於2003年畢業，並獲道學碩士學位(是當年學科的金牌得主)，並被加拿大聯合教會多倫多議會按立成為牧者。自此，我完成了議會的要求，被任命為監察部監察員兼意向臨時部長。我還擁有滑鐵盧大學頒發管理衝突和領導教會的證書。
我曾於彼得堡、密西沙加、多倫多、咸美頓、士嘉堡和賓頓此不同地區被呼召或委任為暫署牧者。2015年，我被任命為沙省議會牧職人事部部長，一直任職至2019年1月1日加拿大聯合教會架構重組。我於2019年2月返回南安省，於Dewi Sant聯合教會擔任暫署牧師，一個族裔文化事工信仰團體。經歷一段豐富的時光，Dewi Sant 信仰家庭向我介紹了威爾斯語言和文化，他們十分出色。(我的血統是蘇格蘭和冰島。)
我是一名合格的冰壺運動員，也是大多倫多跨宗教冰壺俱樂部的成員，並是加拿大滑雪巡邏隊的成員，在卡利登滑雪俱樂部負責巡邏。我獲得了高級急救認證。我是兩個女兒的母親，也是五個孫子的 Amma (冰島語是祖母的意思)。
我期待在2024年1月至6月與多倫多中華聯合教會眾弟兄姊妹一起事奉，並與鄒梓嫻牧師同工。我們在一起的時候，我將會說出和展示我內心的希望，聆聽和觀察你們的感受和內心的盼望；因為我們一起跟隨上帝的呼召，成為多倫多中華聯合教會的肢體。
Over the course of my life, I have lived in four different countries, four different provinces, and one territory. I was a high school French and English teacher in the Northwest Territories, northern Alberta, and Oakville, ON. Then I decided to go back to school, receiving a Masters of Business Administration, and was a human resources management consultant working for many years in the fields of pay and employment equity and human rights in employment. Because of my MBA, I’m a minister who understands how to read financial statements…
In 1997, I finally decided to do what I had always felt called to do from the age of 13 – become an ordained minister. I started at Emmanuel College the day my youngest daughter started Junior Kindergarten and in 2003 I graduated with a Masters of Divinity (as that year’s gold medalist) and was ordained by Toronto Conference of the UCC. Since then, I have completed the requirements and been designated as Ministry of Supervision Supervisor and Intentional Interim Minister. I also have a Certificate in Conflict Management and Congregational Leadership from Conrad Grebel University College (University of Waterloo).
I have had calls, appointments, and Intentional Interim Ministry appointments with congregations in rural Peterborough, Mississauga, Toronto, Hamilton, Scarborough, and Brampton. In 2015, I was called as the Saskatchewan Conference Personnel Minister, which I served until the change to the United Church of Canada’s structure came into effect on January 1, 2019. I returned to Southern Ontario in February, 2019, serving as Intentional Interim Minister (IIM) with Dewi Sant (Saint David) Welsh United Church, an Ethnic-Cultural Ministries community of faith. It was a rich time of ministry and the Dewi Sant faith family did a wonderful job of introducing me to the Welsh language and culture. (My heritage is Scottish and Icelandic.)
I am a passable curler and member of the Greater Toronto Interfaith Curling Club and I am a member of the Canadian Ski Patrol, patrolling at the Caledon Ski Club. I am certified in Advanced First Aid. I am a mother to two daughters and an Amma (Icelandic for grandmother) to five grandchildren.
I am looking forward to ministering with TCUC and being in team ministry with the Rev. Cathy Zou for the next 6 months. In our time together I will speak and show the hope that is in me and listen and watch as you speak and show the hope that is in you as together, we follow God’s call to us as the body of Christ that is Toronto Chinese United Church.