My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 6 ๐โ๐
#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day6: This is Bishop David J. H. Lai ่ณดๆฆฎไฟกไธปๆ and his wife, Lily who we visited today at their home in Tainan. Bishop Lai retired as Bishop of Taiwan in February 2020, and really enjoys welcoming visitors to drink tea and enjoy fellowship, while Lily is out at art classes & learning new things like Nordic Walking ~ they both love being retired! Due to the pandemic, they have not yet been able to visit their children & grandchildren in New York since they retired, but they say they are so grateful to God and to you all for … Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 6 ๐โ๐
My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 5 ๐๐ถ๐
#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day5: This is the Rev. Lily L. L. Chang ๅผต็ฒ็ฒ็งๅธซ, Rector of St. James’ Episcopal Church, Taichung, looking forward to celebrating her 60th birthday on December 27! ๐ฅณ๐๐ Congratulations and Happy Birthday Lily!ย ๐ฅณ๐๐ She is very busy looking after 2 lively congregations (Chinese & English), a large kindergarten and education institute, plus many diocesan responsibilities ~ and with so much going on for Advent and Christmas, she asks for your prayers for her health and strength. ๐ Thank you! Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 5 ๐๐ถ๐
My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 4 ๐ผโช๐
#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day4: This is Chuan-You ๅ จไฝ, 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 ๐ผโช๐
My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 3 โช๐โญ๐พ
#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day3: This is Rev. Hsing-Hsiang Wu ๅณ่็ฅฅ็งๅธซ, 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 โช๐โญ๐พ
My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 2 ๐๐๐
#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day2: This is Jia-Wei ๅๅ 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 2 ๐๐๐
My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 1 ๐ฏ๏ธ๐ถ๐งธ
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 ไพๅฉท, 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 ๐ฏ๏ธ๐ถ๐งธ
Thanksgiving Turkey Celebrations! ๆๆฉ็ฏๅฟซๆจ!
๐ฆ Happy Thanksgiving!๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๆๆฉ็ฏๅฟซๆจ!๐ฆ 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! ๆๆฉ็ฏๅฟซๆจ!
Taiwan Methodist & Episcopal Churches Sign Historic Agreement of Cooperation in Theological Education ่ก็็ฅๅญธ็ ็ฉถ้ข่ไธไธๆธ้ขๅไฝ็ฐฝ็ด่ฏๅๆๆฉ่้คๅดๆ
This special event was given added significance through the kindness of Mr. Gregory Chen ้ณๅ็ 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 ่ก็็ฅๅญธ็ ็ฉถ้ข่ไธไธๆธ้ขๅไฝ็ฐฝ็ด่ฏๅๆๆฉ่้คๅดๆ
The Soul Still Trembles …. CMS Link Letter #84
Published today by the Church Mission Society, my latest link letter, click on the link belowโฆ The title, The Soul (Still) Trembles is taken from the exhibition by Shiota Chiharu running at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum until Sunday October 17. … Continue reading The Soul Still Trembles …. CMS Link Letter #84
Catherine Lee 