Today is the last day of school for all government schools in Taiwan ~ YES! Tomorrow is July 1, and July means summer holidays! Pray for Advent Church Children’s Summer Camp (Holiday Club) tomorrow Friday July 1 and Saturday July 2 ~ being led by our students, who are very busy in preparation! Very very busy! Continue reading Summer Holidays a-coming!
Not just a day, more like Moving In Week with the students helping on Thursday….. Then more students helping on Friday, and then on Saturday, anyone available was welcomed to Advent Church to sort out, clean up, throw out and move in! Since the old kitchen was demolished and the construction started 2 years ago, all the kitchen stuff and musical instruments etc have been in storage in the back of the church during that time. The Sunday School and choir have also moved to the new centre. On Saturday about 30 people turned up for a day of hard … Continue reading Advent Church Centre Moving In Day!
Thanks be to God ~ YES! And this is it ~ our brand new Advent Church Center in the sun yesterday! Thanks be to hundreds of people who contributed their money, time and resources ~ YES! And thanks be to everyone who came along to participate in the grand opening events ~ note the plural, we’ve had 2, yes TWO grand openings, one for the church and community on Sunday June 5…. and one for St. John’s University (SJU) yesterday, Tuesday June 7…. And guess what? There’s another grand opening celebration still being planned, for the SJU alumni, who’ve been … Continue reading The Grand Opening of the brand new Advent Church Center @ St. John’s University, Taiwan! 聖約翰科技大學 長齡生命關懷中心 落成感恩禮拜 YES!
And the first ever wedding reception in our newly-finished-and-about-to-be-opened-next-weekend brand new Advent Church Centre ~YES! It was a beautiful sunny weekend for a very special wedding ~ always helps to have good weather for the tossing of the bride’s bouquet, and this time it was perfect! And the lucky girl was so happy! In fact everyone was so happy ~ and much due to the Tsai family, ah, they are so much loved by us all! Mr. 蔡秉桓 Tsai Bing-Huan is one of our most mature and active members of St. John’s University Student Fellowship ~ he’s just great, so polite, … Continue reading Wow, such an amazing day! JJ 廖健均 ＆ Anny 蔡昀臻’s Wedding @ Advent Church!
Things are moving along in our new Advent Church Centre, workmen are busy all day every day doing all the interior fittings ~ including making a cross in what would otherwise be a boring old wall which is just there to cover up the air conditioner! Looking good eh?! Continue reading Advent Church Centre Update!
Palm Sunday weekend and ideal for our Spring Retreat, helping us to focus on the coming Holy Week ~ today was the day, with about 30 of us from Advent Church, including quite a number of our fellowship students. A day retreat, like a ‘Quiet Day’, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, based in one of the conference rooms of St. John’s University, and wonderfully led by Fr. Gino Picca, S. J. 王秉鈞神父 from Holy Family R. C. Church, Taipei. Such a lovely friendly person! He was ordained in Taipei in 1969, but first came to Taiwan from Italy in 1964 … Continue reading Spring Retreat @ Advent Church
Today Bishop Lai and Mrs. Lily Lai came to Advent Church ~ a big welcome! 3 people were confirmed, 2 of them are members of our choir, one of whom started coming as a result of attending our community English class. Today was also a very special day for the Tan family ~ Tan Mama was taken ill in early January and in a sort of coma for about a month, but she’s gradually improved, and today was able to come to church for the first time with all the family, and receive communion and a blessing from Bishop Lai. … Continue reading Advent Church: a special welcome to Bishop and Mrs. Lily Lai!
Day 20: #prepare #預備 Friday December 18 ‘We have just days to get ready for Christmas and there is a lot to do. But the most important thing is that only you can say ‘yes’ to God. Only you can build that temple in your heart where the one whom the heavens cannot contain may dwell’. 聖誕佳節，我們有好多天可先行預備，卻有好多事要做。其中，最重要的就是，親自向上帝說：「是！」唯有你本人，才能在自己心中建立起聖殿，讓「天地之大，猶不足以容納」的那位，可進來住。 Thanks be to God ~ the occupancy permit for our new Advent Church Centre has finally been granted! The next step is all the interior fittings. Lots and lots to prepare ~ pray 4 us! Continue reading Advent Word, Day 20 ‘prepare’
Yep, the sky today is really this colour blue, and today is the first day of the new school year here at St. John’s University…. The construction of the new church centre has really moved along… this is it! Looking great eh? Thanking God for the progress so far and please continue to pray… Continue reading Advent Church Centre Construction Week 23….
Catherine Lee 