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Taiwan Church News 2620  May 19, 2002
Selected and Translated by David Alexander

CCA Sunday in Taipei
    May 12th was Asia Concern Sunday in churches across the
Christian Conference of Asia. This year's focus was Asia's newest
independent nation, East Timor, and its CCA member Protestant
Church.  The event was marked in Taipei with a special service of
worship held at Chi-nan Presbyterian Church that evening.  In
preaching, song and drama, the story of East Timor was presented
and its struggle was lifted to God in prayer.
   Students from the music department of the Presbyterian Bible
College in Hsin-chu offered an anthem and led the congregation's
singing.  A bell choir directed by Professor Cheng Li-sun
performed.  Organizers also arranged for a child to bring a
sapling to be placed in front of the platform. It represented the
hope and life of East Timor.  The Timorese representative spoke
of her people's hopes for new life and the reconstruction of
their nation.  A group of young dramatists presented a skit, "The
Voice from East Timor."
    The Protestant Church of East Timor has 17,000 members, most
of whom are engaged in agriculture and fishing.  This church has
been participating in the CCA for two years.

For more information: Susan Chuang  susan@mail.pct.org.tw

Taipei Sacred Music Festival Scheduled
    The 16th World Chinese Sacred Music Festival will take place
in Taipei this year at the end of May.  Choirs and musicians from
Taiwan and several overseas countries will take part in the
workshops, and will perform on a night of Sacred Music on May
28th  at Taipei's International Convention Center.
    The event is sponsored by Overseas Radio and Television
(ORTV).  The concert, to be given by choirs and musicians from
Taiwan, Singapore and the United States, will include traditional
and contemporary music forms.
    ORTV Chariman Hong Shan-chun said that groups and musicians
coming from several lands and dialects, though unable to
understand each other's words, will be able to praise God freely
and enjoy each other's musical gifts at a deep level.

For More Information:  ORTV  www.ortv.com.tw
                        FAX +886 2 2533 1009

Taiwanese Bible Story Telling Contest for Youth
    To celebrate the 130th anniversary of Protestant mission work
in Northern Taiwan, the Northern Synod of the Presbyterian Church
in Taiwan (PCT) and Taiwan's ROC Bible Society are sponsoring a
Taiwanese Bible Story Telling contest for youth.  Elementary and
junior high school students are encouraged to sign up.
    Members of Sunday School's in the synod are eligible to join.
Local churches should hold their own contests before the end of
June and send their brightest and best to the semi finals at
Meng-Zu Church on July 12th.  Finals will be held at Taipei's Sun
Yat Sen Memorial Hall on August 31st.

For More Information:  The Northern Synod  FAX +886 3 883 2211
                        Meng Zu Church  FAX +886 2 2375 4842
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Tunghai University Graduate Department Of Religion Hosts Religion
and Community Seminar
    Tunghai University's graduate department of religion will host
a seminar on Religion and Community on May 31 and June 1.
Through lectures, discussions and panels, theoretical and
practical approaches to the problem will be presented.  Professor
Jerry G. Pankhurst from Wittenburg University (USA) will present
lectures on Cross Cultural Societies' Religion and Community
Relationships." Scholars will present papers on: "The
Interdependence of Religious Groups and Communities", "The
Ideology and Practice of Religious Groups Regarding Community,"
and Dialog Between Religious Groups and Communities".  Finally,
members of religious groups representing several religions
involved in community work will share their theory and
experience.

For more information:  Tunghai University Department of Religion
                        TEL: +886 4 2350 7631  OR +886 4 2359 2134

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