Frederick Shiu Chung Young

Frederick Siu Chung Young was born in Foshan, Guangdong, China, the seventh child of thirteen brothers and sisters. His parents had become Christians through the witness of missionaries, so Fred grew up attending church. The family migrated to Macau to escape the war during his primary school years, and then eventually settled in Hong Kong where he received his secondary education at King’s College. It was here that he met his three best friends with whom he remained close throughout their lives. Fred excelled at school, and though he had to stop his formal education after Form 4 (Grade 10) to work to support his family, he studied on his own and successfully completed all of the matriculation exams in the same year as his peers. He applied and was accepted into the school of architecture at a university in Australia, but again had to give up that dream to continue to work to support his family. Nonetheless, he diligently made the most of every opportunity to learn new skills and prove his abilities, which led him to eventually work in the Hong Kong Lands Department. During the years of struggling to establish a career, God had blessed him with a Christian wife, an amazing answer to his prayer. The Lands Department sent Fred to study Land Management at the University of London, so he left his wife, Anita, and his two-year-old daughter, Winnie, and newborn son, Greg, waiting for him in Hong Kong. Then, completing his studies in a year, he returned home and almost immediately prepared the family to immigrate to Vancouver, Canada in 1969.

In Canada, the local Chinese Christian church became the family’s stable source of community and support during the difficult early immigrant days of adapting to life in a new land, where Fred worked to gain local accreditation, work experience and professional recognition, moving from Vancouver to Calgary and back again. Fred’s faith in God grew as he learned to rely on Him through all the challenges. He also faithfully studied the Bible and served in different leadership positions in the church.

In serving the church, his giftedness in academics and teaching was affirmed and it became his spiritual calling and vocation. In obedience, he left the lucrative private sector closing his own consulting firm, and became an instructor and the program coordinator of the Real Estate Investment Analysis program at Langara. While working full time, he also pursued, first, a Master of Adult Education from Western Washington University, and then a PhD in Adult Education at Nova Southeastern University, and finally, a Master of Divinity at Regent College. Equipped with these academic credentials, he took early retirement and prepared for God to open ministry doors for him to return to Asia.

After serving in different capacities in Hong Kong, he eventually became a volunteer lecturer of Christian Education at the Alliance Bible Seminary in Cheung Chau Island, Hong Kong. With his wife by side, Fred spent the happiest nine years of his life ministering to the students there. Then, due to health issues, they returned to Vancouver in 2009, where he continued to teach and preach in local churches. Many students, and brothers and sisters who have received his ministry have expressed how blessed they have been because Fred was faithful to God’s calling.

In 2018, Fred experienced his second stroke, and he became too weak to serve, but he continued to enjoy happy times with his family and watched his four grandchildren grow up to be wonderful God-loving young adults. His life testifies that living in pursuit of obedience to God is more blessed than living in pursuit of one’s own ambitions.

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楊小松弟兄（Frederick Siu Chung Young）出生於中國廣東佛山，總共有十三兄弟姊妹。父母都

因著宣教士的傳道而成為基督徒，小松在父母的帶領下在教會長大。他小學時期，為了躲避戰亂

，隨家人遷居澳門，最後在香港定居，並在英皇書院接受中學教育。在那裡他結識了三位摰交朋

友，與他們保持了一生的深厚友誼。小松學業優異，儘管在中四（相當於10年級）後因要幫補家

計而被迫中斷正規教育，但他仍自修學習，得到大學入學資格。他亦曾申請澳洲一所大學的建築

學院並被錄取，但為了繼續養家糊口，再次放棄了這個夢想。儘管如此，他仍然積極利用每一個

學習機會，展現自己的才能，最終進入香港地政署工作。在努力建立事業的那些年裏，神奇妙地

應允他的禱告，賜給他一位基督徒的妻子。及後他被派往倫敦大學修讀土地管理，他只有把妻子

Anita，兩歲的女兒,Winnie,及剛出生的兒子,Greg,留在香港,獨自前往英國進修，一年後學成回

港繼續工作，直至六十年代後期。於1969年小松與家人一起移民到加拿大溫哥華，並加入本地的

華人基督教會，一邊適應加拿大的生活，一邊爭取本地的工作經驗。之後小松獲取加拿大估價學

會的專業資格，並得到同業的推崇。同時小松的信心隨著各樣的挑戰，更加曉得仰賴神而得以堅

固，加上他不斷研讀聖經，參與教會不同的侍奉，讓他感受到無論在學術上，教導上及靈性上，

都有神給他的呼召和使命。後來他更結束自己的顧問公司，進入Langara學院的房地產投資分析學

系，担任講師及課程策劃主任。在全職工作之餘，又考取成人教育碩士及博士學位，後來也獲得

維真神學院之神學碩士。擁有這些學術資歷後，他便選擇提前退休，準備讓上帝為他開啟在亞洲

服事的機會。最後他成為香港長洲建道神學院宗教教育課程的義務講師。在多年的健康挑戰中，

他在妻子的陪伴下愉快地為學生服務了九年多，那是他最幸福愉快的時光。隨後由於健康問題，

他和妻子於2009年返回溫哥華，並繼續在教會中參與教導和講道的事奉。許多學生和教會弟兄姊

妹都曾分享他們因著小松對神的呼召和回應，而得到的激勵。直至2018年小松經歷了第二次中風

後，無法繼續服事神，讓他有機會享受與家人共渡晚年的時光，並陪伴着四個孫兒孫女的成長，

又看見他們成為敬愛上帝的年輕人。他的一生也見證了追求順服上帝的生活比追求個人野心更為

蒙福。

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