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>3043 Edition

>June 21~June 27, 2010

Church in Tainan bids farewell to old building with fond memories

>Reported by Chen Yi-hsuan

>Written by Lydia Ma

Tung-Kuang Presbyterian Church in Tainan City held a thanksgiving  service on 
June 20, 2010

just before the church building was scheduled to be torn down and  rebuilt. 
During the service,

children’s drawings and old photos of the church covered the  walls of the 
sanctuary.

Tung-Kuang was founded during PCT’s “Doubling  Movement” decades ago and the 
church is

celebrating its 49th anniversary. However, last year’s  Typhoon Morakot damaged 
the church’s

roof and flooded the building with more than a foot of water.

After repairs proved too difficult, and in view of a growing  congregation that 
was exceeding

the building’s capacity, church leaders and members voted to  rebuild and 
expand the church building.

The old church building will be torn down at the end of August and  the new 
church building,

complete with 5 floors, will be completed in 295 days. In the  meantime, the 
church will rent a

nearby community center to hold services and meetings.

Tung-Kuang Church’s pastor, Rev. Hong Wen-jou, mentioned  during his sermon 
that the

church had already gone through 7 years 7 times, and 2011 would  actually be 
the church’s

50th anniversary, or “year of jubilee”. Having a new  church building for such 
an occasion would be a wonderful thing.

As the congregation looked at old pictures and relished on fond  memories, Hong 
hoped the

church’s future glory would surpass its present glory and  that it would become 
a good model

for its surrounding communities and a place blessed and dwelt by  God.

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