Christmas 2011 at the Hsinchu TEAM Church

The church family ambitiously took on the challenge of producing a musical play for Christmas.  The day of the dress rehearsal, others gathered to decorate the hall (not with boughs of holly!) in preparation for the following day's festivities.

Trying on costumes and making sure everything works was also an important task the day before the BIG day!

Then on Sunday came the big presentation -- everyone outdid themselves!

(these are still photos from dress rehearsal, but you get the idea!)

Staff Retreat

There is no better place than the mountains of Taiwan, to get away from the busyness of everyday life and take time for quiet reflection and planning.

My coworkers Dai and Joy and a board member, Teacher Tang, went for an overnight planning retreat in the mountains of central Taiwan.  We had a wonderful time of fellowship as well as making some significant progress in planning the next year's activities for Precept Taiwan.

Joy, Dai and Teacher Tang

Nothing like the beauty of the mountains!

Leader Training

Early in December, Stephen (Pac Rim Regional Director for Precept Ministries International) and Grace Lim came to Taiwan to give a two day bilingual training in "How to Plan and Lead Effective Discussions" of Precept Upon Precept Lessons.  We were thrilled to have 25 current and potential leaders attend the training.  The local staff will follow up this training with another practice day and then once classes begin in March we will have weekly leaders' meetings in which we work through the whole process together.