wfn.org | Church holds mini-fair to raise funds for homeless walk-in clinic

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>      Taiwan Church News

>3037 Edition

>May 10~16, 2010

Church raises funds for homeless walk-in clinic

>Reported by Chiou Kuo-rong

>Written by Lydia Ma

Right after Sunday worship services ended on Mother’s Day,  Chi-Nan 
Presbyterian Church’s

patio was abuzz with chatter and activity. One could hear people  calling out 
the names and

prices of different items on sale – much like peddlers do when  they pass by 
your

>neighborhood.

Chi-Nan Presbyterian Church has held a mini-fair every  Mother’s Day in recent 
years to raise

funds for social organizations. Full proceeds from this  year’s fair will go to 
En-You Clinic.

En-You Clinic was established last year near Taipei Train Station  to serve 
homeless people

that frequent that area. Every patient that enters the clinic is  financially 
poor and cannot afford

to see a doctor, but those are precisely the people the clinic  wants to serve.

According to Chi-Nan Presbyterian Church’s deacon, Lin  Shih-hong, the church’s 
mini-fair is

very much like a flea market. Every item on sale is second-hand,  but still in 
very good

>condition.

Furthermore, not only does the mini-fair promote reusing resources  and 
environmentalism, it

also enables church members to do something tangible to  demonstrate their love 
for their

>neighbors.

The mini-fair offers both short-run and long-run benefits for the  church, said 
Lin. In the short-

run, it increases interaction among church members as they plan  for this event 
together. They

also feel fulfilled and content after taking part in an event that  supports 
organizations that

>assist less fortunate people.

In the long run, the mini-fair helps the church link up and  partner with 
social organizations in

advancing social justice, giving the church many opportunities to  make Christ 
known, and

>bring glory to God.

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