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My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 4 πŸ‘Όβ›ͺπŸ””

Catherine Lee

#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day4: This is Chuan-You 全佑, the youngest member of our Advent Church PCC / Vestry Committee and also in charge of the Advent Church Sunday School. He works in Taipei as a software engineer, and became a Christian through the student fellowship at St. John’s University, of which he was later elected to serve as chair for a year. Like many of our student fellowship, he is the first and so far only Christian in his family. Today he and his team are running a Board Games outreach event for 40+ local children in the Advent Church Centre, and … Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 4 πŸ‘Όβ›ͺπŸ””

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My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 3 β›ͺπŸŽ„β­πŸΎ

Catherine Lee

#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day3: This is Rev. Hsing-Hsiang Wu 吳興η₯₯牧師, chaplain at St. John’s University (SJU) and rector of Advent Church on the SJU campus. Aged 37, he’s the youngest priest in the Taiwan Episcopal Church, and is blessed with a very lovely wife, Yu-Ru. Sadly, both of them have kidney disease, his inherited from his mother (who’s already been on dialysis for over 10 years), while Yu-Ru’s started as a child, with no family connection. They both try their best to follow their doctor’s advice, eating healthily with sufficient exercise and rest, but they have to be very careful not to … Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 3 β›ͺπŸŽ„β­πŸΎ

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My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 2 πŸŒŸπŸŽ„πŸ””

Catherine Lee

#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day2: This is Jia-Wei ε˜‰ε‰ from Hong Kong, one of our students at St. John’s University, now in his third year studying Computer Science & Information Engineering. In his first year he joined our student fellowship and is now on the leadership team, in charge of fun activities like games ~ he’s very talented, and a real blessing to us all! Jia-Wei is the only son in his family, and his parents and grandparents are all followers of traditional Chinese folk religion. He would dearly love to be baptized this Christmas Eve, but he needs courage to first talk … Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 2 πŸŒŸπŸŽ„πŸ””

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My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 1 πŸ•―οΈπŸŽΆπŸ§Έ

Catherine Lee

It’s December 1, the first day of #MyAdventCalendar2021 and so here I start with a photo a day for the next 24 days of people here in Taiwan who I would like to ask you to pray for. It’s not really well-planned in advance, but they will all be real people who I invite to open that day’s window on the Advent Calendar to enjoy the chocolate inside, yum yum! Day 1: this is Yi-Ting 依婷, our newest and youngest colleague on the staff at St. John’s University (SJU) Chaplaincy, Taipei, she’s here sponsored by the Taiwan Episcopal Church. Yi-Ting … Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 1 πŸ•―οΈπŸŽΆπŸ§Έ

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Thanksgiving Turkey Celebrations! ζ„Ÿζ©η―€εΏ«ζ¨‚!

Catherine Lee

πŸ¦ƒ Happy Thanksgiving!πŸ¦ƒ πŸ¦ƒ ζ„Ÿζ©η―€εΏ«ζ¨‚!πŸ¦ƒ And let’s celebrate the traditional American way, which includes turkey ~ so these are our Thanksgiving Turkeys, made last Friday at Xingren Elementary School, each child writing what they are thankful for – photos supplied … Continue reading Thanksgiving Turkey Celebrations! ζ„Ÿζ©η―€εΏ«ζ¨‚!

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Taiwan Methodist & Episcopal Churches Sign Historic Agreement of Cooperation in Theological Education 葛理η₯žε­Έη ”η©Άι™’θˆ‡δΈ‰δΈ€ζ›Έι™’εˆδ½œη°½η΄„θ―εˆζ„Ÿζ©θ–ι€ε΄‡ζ‹œ

Catherine Lee

This special event was given added significance through the kindness of Mr. Gregory Chen ι™³εœ‹η‘ž of the Roman Catholic Church, who designed and made four beautiful stoles for the occasion, two for each church. The stoles have the logos of … Continue reading Taiwan Methodist & Episcopal Churches Sign Historic Agreement of Cooperation in Theological Education 葛理η₯žε­Έη ”η©Άι™’θˆ‡δΈ‰δΈ€ζ›Έι™’εˆδ½œη°½η΄„θ―εˆζ„Ÿζ©θ–ι€ε΄‡ζ‹œ

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Rev. Samuel King-Ling Liao 廖金陡牧師 (1947-2021) In Memoriam

Catherine Lee

Rev. Samuel King-Ling Liao 廖金陡牧師 died on September 23, 2021 in Tainan, Taiwan. His Cremation was held in Tainan on September 30, 2021, followed by Interment of Ashes within St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei the following day. The Memorial Service was … Continue reading Rev. Samuel King-Ling Liao 廖金陡牧師 (1947-2021) In Memoriam