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PCT pastors mix networking with friendly table tennis match

      Taiwan Church News

      3049 Edition

      August 2~8, 2010

       

       

      PCT pastors mix networking with friendly table tennis match

       

      Reported by Chen Yi-hsuan

      Written by Lydia Ma

      Photo by Chen Yi-hsuan

       

       

      The 3rd annual Barclay Cup, a friendly table tennis match between PCT 
pastors, was held on 

      July 30-31, 2010, at Municipal Jinsyue Elementary School in Tainan. 
Players included pastors 

      from East Coast, Taichung, Shou-Shan, Kaohsiung, Tainan, and Chiayi 
presbyteries.

       



      A worship service was held before the games began where the speaker, Rev. 
William Tseng, 

      delivered a sermon honoring Rev. Thomas Barclay. He highlighted the 
purpose of Barclay 

      Cup was to help pastors socialize and network with one another.

       



      Chang Jung Senior High School Principal Wang Chao-ching said it was an 
honor for the 

      school to sponsor this event this year as part of the school’s 125th 
anniversary celebrations. 

       



      She added that she hoped to invite Rev. Barclay’s mother church, the 
United Reformed 

      Church in UK, to Taiwan in the future to take part in this event as well 
so that Barclay Cup 

      could become an international event and a means for pastors to encourage 
one another.

       



      At the end of this exciting and competitive event, Kaohsiung, Taichung, 
Shou-Shan, and 

      Tainan presbyteries won first, second, third, and fourth place 
respectively in the group 

      competition segment of the games. There were also singles and doubles 
tournaments on that day.

       



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