Methodist News Connect-002
Methodist News Connect-002 - Winter 2019
Methodist News Connect-002 - Winter 2019
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
DISTRICT NEWS<br />
INTRODUCING DS. LUI<br />
Picture a bicycle wheel… if the<br />
Bishop is the hub of CMCA, then<br />
District Superintendents (DS’s) are<br />
the spokes radiating outward,<br />
connecting all the local churches<br />
together to form a connectional<br />
church structure. Based primarily<br />
on geography, CMCA’s three DS’s<br />
carry out their connectional functions<br />
in their respective districts:<br />
East, South & West. Let’s get to<br />
know our DS’s, beginning with<br />
District East.<br />
Rev. Alexis Lui is the DS of District<br />
East, constituting these four<br />
local churches – Eight Mile Plains<br />
(QLD), Sherwood (QLD). Carlton<br />
(NSW), Redeemer (NSW) – and<br />
one preaching centre: Canberra.<br />
Hailing originally from Hong Kong,<br />
DS Lui has served 19 years in<br />
ministry, all of them at Eight Mile<br />
Plains. Also included in his pastoral<br />
duties is the preaching point<br />
at Wishart.<br />
With Rom. 8:28 as his favourite<br />
Scripture, DS Lui’s life is some<br />
sort of a reflection of what it says:<br />
‘And we know that in all things<br />
God works for the good of those<br />
who love him, who have been<br />
called according to his purpose.’<br />
While in Darwin as an expatriate,<br />
DS Lui helped 15 young people in<br />
a Chinese church. Through this,<br />
he discovered that God has given<br />
him a heart to love people, espe-<br />
7
Change language