Kaohsiung churches celebrate Christmas and Kaohsiung’s upgrade with super-carnival

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3070 Edition

December 27, 2010-January 2, 2011

Church Ministry News


Kaohsiung churches celebrate Christmas and Kaohsiung’s upgrade with 
super-carnival



Reported by Sam Lee

Written by Lydia Ma



Kaohsiung City’s churches had much to celebrate this past Christmas – 
not only was the birth of Christ an occasion to proclaim joy to the 
city, the fact that Kaohsiung was now officially a special 
municipality was another cause to celebrate.



On the eve before all five special municipalities became officially 
“megacities” (December 25, 2010), various Kaohsiung’s churches got 
together and threw a Christmas party on December 24th to celebrate 
the birth of their Lord and the dawn of a new era for Kaohsiung.



Besides Kaohsiung City, Sinbei City, Taipei City, Taichung City, and 
Tainan City became 5 Special Municipalities or “megacities” on 
Christmas Day 2010.



This Christmas party or carnival was hosted by Presbyterian Churches 
and various other churches in Kaohsiung area and was held at the 
National Stadium (the venue of the World Games in 2010).



Throughout the night, several volunteers spread out to distribute 
Keng-sim, an evangelical brochure with heart-warming testimonies 
published by Taiwan Church Press, while others helped assist some 120 
booths that had been set up to serve food and offer fun games to the 
public. 



The best part of this carnival was that everything – including 
performances, food, games – was free because Kaohsiung churches 
simply wanted to share the joy of Christmas with the rest of the city.



The carnival’s convener, Rev. Chen Chien-yueh, was the speaker of the 
event. He said that God loved the world so much that he gave his one 
and only son, Jesus, to the world. It’s because of God’s love that 
humanity can find hope again and this is a message worth sharing with 
the world.



Chen also said that Christmas 2010 is particularly special for 
Kaohsiung because the amalgamation of Kaohsiung City with Kaohsiung 
County spells much potential for the future. He hoped that the new 
Kaohsiung would become a loving, giving, and charitable city – just 
like Christ.



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