台灣教會公報新聞網

In the afternoon on Sept 26, The One Youth Group (TOYG) mission held the ‘Enjoy 4.0' assembly at Gu-Ting Church of Chi-Hsin Presbytery. Entitled as “Genesis of Poetic Arts", the ‘Enjoy 4.0’ assembly encourages young people to witness the gospel through versatile music and arts: such as music composition, artistic crafts, cross-church fraternity networks and etc.

The documentary, There Will Be Light, was premiered at Huashan Spot Theatre in the evening on September 17. This footage is directed by Nelson Yeh Tien-lun, produced by the National Museum of Human Rights, funded by Ministry of Culture, and filmed under the agreement of Gikong Church and Chilin Foundation. On the day of the documentary premiere, a team of cadets from the Training Institute under Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Justice (MJIB) also visited Gikong Church to learn the Lin Family murder for a fair and careful law-enforcement.

Cheng-San Church of Tainan Presbytery held a thanksgiving service on its 130th anniversary of mission on September 6. Many pastors, elders, deacons and senior church members were invited to “visit their mother chapel at Daliao”. Meanwhile, Koupi Church of Tainan Presbytery and three indigenous churches of Nanpu Presbytery, including Ainung, Lavulang and Avi, were also invited to offer their praise and worship in the service. A jubilant banquet after the service with more than 80 tables were opened and joined by more church members to celebrate and witness the historic mission under God’s blessings in the past 130 years.

The 15th International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) Club Crew World Championships (CCWC), jointly organized by Hualien County Government and Chinese Taipei Dragon Boat Association, was held at Liyu Lake, Hualian County, from Aug 29 to Sept 6. A dragon-boat team of 53 players, named PADS (Philippine Accessible Disability Services Inc.), came to attend the CCWC on Sept 1.

Facing China’s absurd installment of a Cairo Declaration monument in Egypt to claim the sovereignty of Taiwan, many Pro-Taiwan’s Citizen Groups and Taiwan Nation Alliance held press conferences on August 27 and 28 respectively to stress Cairo Declaration is only a press brief document with special political interests.