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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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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!

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聖方濟安老院開幕慶活動 Grand Opening Day @ St. Francis Care Home, Toucheng, Yilan!

Catherine Lee

An amazing morning spent at an amazing place, at the Grand Opening Celebrations of St. Francis Care Home 聖方濟安老院 in Toucheng, Yilan County 宜蘭縣頭城鎮 YES! Last Christmas, under the leadership of Rev. Lennon Chang, the charity bazaar and fundraising efforts organized by St. John’s University Chaplaincy raised NT$ 340,000 (US$ 10,350 / £ 6,985) for St. Francis Care Home.  At the end of December, a large group of us from the chaplaincy and Advent Church went there to present the donation to Sr. Betty, who had kindly come to visit us to share about their ministry.  For my blog post about that visit, … Continue reading 聖方濟安老院開幕慶活動 Grand Opening Day @ St. Francis Care Home, Toucheng, Yilan!

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Farewell to St. John’s University President Chen Jean-Lien!

Catherine Lee

St. John’s University President Chen Jean-Lien is retiring this month after 8 years at the helm, and today was our Grand Farewell and Great Send-Off Day!  The ceremony and buffet lunch was held in our new church centre at Advent Church, emceed by Shu-Jing from our chaplaincy office, and attended by faculty, staff and students.  Sadly the Chair of the SJU Board of Trustees, Dr. Cecilia Koo was unable to come at the last moment ~ fortunately Bishop Lai was in attendance, representing the trustees.  We had speeches, flowers and gift presentations, songs from our student fellowship and a very … Continue reading Farewell to St. John’s University President Chen Jean-Lien!

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2016 降臨堂 ‘奔向節制’ 兒童喜樂營 Advent Church Children’s Summer Camp!

Catherine Lee

You’d never believe that anyone could have so much fun and laughter on a summer camp, and see so many smiling faces on all the children, when the theme of the summer camp is – guess what?  Potentially the world’s totally least attractive and least interesting theme for a summer camp ever!  Particularly when the key elements of a summer camp are always fun, fun and more fun! Every year Advent Church holds a 2-day non-residential summer camp (like a holiday club) for children aged 5-12 ~ those in the local community plus children of staff and faculty at St. … Continue reading 2016 降臨堂 ‘奔向節制’ 兒童喜樂營 Advent Church Children’s Summer Camp!