Youth band kicks off street evangelism project in least Christian township

From "Taiwan Church News" <enews@pctpress.org>
Date Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:27:33 -0700

      Taiwan Church News

      3050 Edition

      August 9~15, 2010

       

       

      Youth band kicks off street evangelism project in least 
Christian township

       

      Reported by Chen Wei-chien

      Written by Lydia Ma

       

       



      A small band of young adults assembled in front of a McDonald’s 
in Yuanlin 

      Township to perform worship songs on the afternoon of August 8, 
2010 – a day 

      coinciding with Father’s Day in Taiwan and the first 
anniversary since Typhoon Morakot. 

       



      Not only was this team from Yuanlin Presbyterian Church eager 
to tell people about 

      God’s love through their music, they felt compelled to announce 
it in the township 

      with the smallest percentage of Christians in Taiwan.

       



      This event sponsored by Hosanna Band from Yuanlin Presbyterian 
Church lasted 

      about 2 hours and captured the attention of townspeople who 
gathered in a circle to 

      watch performances. A short message from He-Ping Presbyterian 
Church’s pastor, 

      Rev. Chang Wen-ming, was part of the presentation.

       



      Rev. Chang reported that Hosanna Band had about 10 members, 
most of them 

      from his church. The average age of band members was 30. It’d 
been serving and 

      performing during He-Ping Church’s Sunday services in the past 
few months. This 

      community outreach project was one of the many events planned 
for the church’s 

      52nd anniversary celebrations this year.

       



      While planning for this event and making arrangements, Chang 
discovered that the 

      owner of a McDonald’s near where they’d be performing happened 
to be a 

      Christian. In the end, not only did the owner welcome them to 
perform, but also 

      treated church staff to a free drink. Chang reflected afterward 
that God had 

      everything planned out from the very beginning.

       



      This McDonald’s is located in the busiest and most bustling 
area of Yuanlin. A lot of 

      people heard the songs these youths were performing and the 
blessings and 

      messages they wanted to convey. This experience turned out to 
be very 

      encouraging for all band members and their pastor expressed his 
hope that the 

      band would hold similar events again to win villagers to 
Christ. 

                                   

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