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St. John’s University and Advent Church Christmas Charity Bazaar 聖誕義賣 2016!

Catherine Lee

Our 20th year of holding a charity bazaar at Christmas for St. John’s University and Advent Church ~ and today was the day! A mammoth project and really a huge achievement to organize such a major event, involving faculty, staff, students, friends, church members and local people ~ and all coordinated by the clergy and staff of St. John’s University Chaplaincy and Advent Church, in particular Yu-lin, our youngest staff member ~ she is so multi-talented, patient and calm ~ and excels at organizing events like this! Publicity and preparations have been ongoing for weeks, selling coupons and accepting donations … Continue reading St. John’s University and Advent Church Christmas Charity Bazaar 聖誕義賣 2016!

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St. John’s University Student Fellowship Christmas Outreach 2016 ~ SJU愛的團契聖誕佈道會!

Catherine Lee

Supermaster and his Superfriends were in action last night at last ~ YES!  After 2 long months of rehearsals and preparation, their moment in the spotlight finally arrived ~ and what a great moment it was!   A whole evening of non-stop action, colour, noise, music, dancing and singing ~ and it was wonderful! This was the Christmas Outreach evening of our Student Fellowship at St. John’s University, held in our new Advent Church Center, in use for the first time for our Christmas Outreach Program. We had singing and worship, the Supermaster drama, sharing time from our chaplain Rev. … Continue reading St. John’s University Student Fellowship Christmas Outreach 2016 ~ SJU愛的團契聖誕佈道會!

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Advent 2 @ St. John’s University 2016!

Catherine Lee

It’s the second week of Advent and so to our second walkabout today to all the offices and departments of St. John’s University to light the 2 candles on the Advent wreath, also to have a short Bible reading, sing a verse of ‘Joy to the World’ and wish everyone a Merry Christmas’, finishing at the President’s office this afternoon.  A few photos…. Happy Advent to you all! Continue reading Advent 2 @ St. John’s University 2016!

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Advent @ St. John’s University 2016!

Catherine Lee

Every Advent, the chaplaincy team with some of our students go on a walkabout around St. John’s University, once a week for the 4 weeks of Advent, visiting every main office and department, lighting the appropriate candle(s) on the Advent wreath, and holding a short time of prayer.  Today was the first walkabout of this Advent, and today we prayed for every faculty and staff by name according to which office they are attached to. A small selection of photos of this morning! Wishing everyone at St. John’s University (or wherever you may be) a meaningful and blessed Advent season! Continue reading Advent @ St. John’s University 2016!

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St. John’s University Coming of Age Ceremony (成年禮) 2016!

Catherine Lee

Another November, another Coming of Age Ceremony at St. John’s University for all our first year university students, over 800 of them!  Smartly dressed in their SJU blue ties and white shirts, and accompanied by their tutors, faculty, our new SJU President Peter Ay, SJU Alumni and about 100 parents, the students all arrived at 3:00 pm on Wednesday afternoon for our annual event.  As you will see, the preparations took much time and a lot of experimentation – especially to get those ties looking good! The ceremony was organised by our SJU Chaplaincy and the Student Affairs Section, and … Continue reading St. John’s University Coming of Age Ceremony (成年禮) 2016!

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新北市淡水區興仁國小創校100週年慶祝會 ~ XingRen Elementary School, Tamsui celebrates 100 years!

Catherine Lee

Many congratulations to our local elementary school, XingRen 新北市淡水區興仁國小 on celebrating their centenary today, with beautiful sunny skies and temps of over 30 ºC! St. John’s University and Advent Church are in the XingRen Elementary School catchment area, and we have a really good relationship with the school ~ the principal, teachers, staff, children and parents are all our good friends, and there’s lots going on ~ here’s some of our friends on the school welcome desk this morning! Hundreds gathered for the centenary celebrations today ~ and we joined in! Advent Church has a drum class who were invited to perform, and … Continue reading 新北市淡水區興仁國小創校100週年慶祝會 ~ XingRen Elementary School, Tamsui celebrates 100 years!

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St. John’s University 2016 Opening Service ~ At Last!

Catherine Lee

Yes, we’re very late ~ delayed by the typhoon! Every semester we have an opening service for St. John’s University, held in Advent Church, and always on the second Wednesday of the new term. But this year, the original date of Wednesday September 28 saw us hit by Typhoon Megi ~ all classes and work were cancelled. So we had to reschedule, and after a delay of two weeks, the service was held this past week.  In the pouring rain of course!  It was the first opening service with our new acting chaplain, Rev. Wu Hsing-Hsiang, and with our new … Continue reading St. John’s University 2016 Opening Service ~ At Last!

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Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Tseng ~ and all the Tseng family!

Catherine Lee

Last Sunday was an auspicious lucky day in the Chinese calendar, so there were lots of weddings being held all over Taiwan.  It was the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, Chongyang Festival, which is also Senior Citizens Day, so there were many activities going on for older people as well as weddings. Mr. James Tseng works in our General Affairs Office at St. John’s University, after many years heading up the Student Recruitment Office, and last Sunday his elder son was getting married ~ and I was invited, yippee! He told me this morning that on that day, … Continue reading Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Tseng ~ and all the Tseng family!

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Freshers Week @ St. John’s University!

Catherine Lee

It’s that time of the year again, and we’re pleased to say we have well over 700 bright-eyed and bushy-tailed first-year students enrolled for St. John’s University for the coming school year, which officially starts on Monday September 19, after Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. 100+ of them are actually enrolled in the junior college program of St. John’s University, meaning they’re 15 years old, and opting first for 5-year junior college rather than senior high school ~ I’m so pleased that I met one, Jia-Yun who I recognized from my English Classes at our neighboring junior high school, Xian-Xiao! The whole … Continue reading Freshers Week @ St. John’s University!