DR. TIMOTHY LIN went home to be with the Lord on Sun., Oct. 11.

Funeral service will be held on Sat., Oct. 24, 12 noon at the FCBC Worship Center.

Viewing: Fri., Oct. 23, Rose Hills Mortuary Chapel 120.

In lieu of flowers, please make donation to one of the following:

1) Dr. Lin Scholarship Fund of FCBC, LA (make it payable to FCBC);

2) Dr. Lin Scholarship Fund of CES, North America (make it payable to CESNA);

3) Dr. Lin building Fund of CES, Taiwan (make it payable to China Evangelical Seminary Association).

A Response by Pastor Simon Tsoi, Executive Director, to Pastor Benny Wong:

Dear Pastor Benny,

Greetings to you, your dear family, and church family!

Thank you very much for your kind e-mail.

We shall certainly keep our churches informed promptly.

Again, on behalf of myself and our Fellowship I would like to express our most profound condolences to Dr. Lin’s dear family and your church family.  The physical presence of such a sweet saint, is surely sorely missed.  We are thankful, however, that he has now rested from his labor and is enjoying the eternal bliss in our Father’s bosom.  His good deeds follow with him.

It was such a blessing to benefit from his splendid service less than a year ago when we of the Fellowship meeting in your church had the privilege to hear him expound God’s Word, to pose for a photo with him, and to have the pleasure of feasting with him.  These are certainly marvelous memories to be cherished.  Thank you for your part of having made this possible.

Be assured of our prayer for you, Dr. Lin’s family, and your dear church as you celebrate Dr. Lin’s lovely life in his “commendable commencement” at noon on October 24, 2009.

May our faithful Father richly reward you all!

Lovingly because of Christ’s compelling agape,

Simon.

Greetings to you, your dear families, and church families!

I write to exhort you that you please encourage God’s precious people in your dear churches to continue to pray for and give to our needy kin-people in Taiwan resulting from the recent savaging typhoon.  Intercede for our fellow-believers who were spared from serious damages that they may reach out to the non-believing country-men/women, boys and girls for our saving lord Christ Jesus.

Let us, who are blessed with peace and prosperity in North America, heed the teaching of our blessed lord’s instruction to share with those who are in need.

I thank our loving lord for you and your precious partnership in this marvelous ministry.

Please send your collected gifts, designated “Taiwan Typhoon Morakot Love Gift”, to our treasurer Paul T. Cheung, who will send them to our sister Taiwan Baptist convention.

Rev. Paul T. Cheung
4 Monroe Street, #1002
Rockville, MD 20850

E-mail 電郵： ptacheung@yahoo.com
Phone： 電話：(301) 942-0491

May our faithful father richly reward you and yours!

Lovingly because of Christ’s compelling agape.

Simon Tsoi

PDF: Letter – 2009-08-25 Taiwan Typhoon Relief Followup

以主耶穌基督的名，本人與梁會長向您們、您們的家庭與教會家庭問安。

我以最緊急之情，請求您們與您們的教會為最近莫拉克颱風在臺灣造成的重創代禱，並請求您們參與救助災民。他們是我們最親愛的同胞，有許多是我們寶貴的基督徒弟兄姊妹 們。一位當地牧師向臺灣浸信聯會總幹事曾敬恩牧師的見證報導：在一個受難村莊57 個受難家庭中，5 個是浸信會家庭，12 個長老會家庭，其他是衛理公會、天主教等。

感謝您們帶領您們的教會參與代禱與奉獻捐款。請將收到的捐款，備註「臺灣莫拉克颱風捐款」寄到本聯會司庫張天祥牧師代轉：

4 Monroe Street, #1002
Rockville, MD 20850
電郵： ptacheung@yahoo.com
電話：(301)942-0491

我們期望您的捐款最遲能在9 月15 日前收到。我們預定在8 月31 日與9 月25 日將款項送交臺灣浸信聯會。

願我們信實的天父豐豐富富地獎賞您們和您們全家！

在祂信實的愛裏
蔡漢良(Executive Director)

PDF File: Letter – 2009-08-14 Taiwan Typhoon Relief

Dear Pastors,

On behalf of Fellowship Pres. Peter Leong and myself I write to send greetings to
you, your dear families, and church families.

I write most urgently to ask you and your dear churches to pray for and participate in giving to the victims of the recent savaging Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan. They are our precious kin-people, many of whom, our dear fellow-Christians. A local pastor’s eyewitness report to Rev. Dr. Joseph Tseng, Executive Director of Chinese Baptist Convention in Taiwan, said about only one village: 57 victimized families – among whom 5 were Baptist, 12 Presbyterian, the rest being Methodist, Catholic, and others.

Thank you for leading your churches to join us to pray and give. Please send your collective gifts, designated “Taiwan Typhoon Morakot Love Gift” to our Treasurer Paul T. Cheung:

4 Monroe Street, #1002
Rockville, MD 20850

E-mail: ptacheung@yahoo.com
Phone: (301)942-0491

We hope to receive your gifts by September 15. We will send them to our sister Taiwan Baptist Convention on 8/31 and 9/25.

May our gracious God and faithful Father bless you bountifully!

Lovingly in His loyal love,
Simon Tsoi (Executive Director)

PDF File: Letter – 2009-08-14 Taiwan Typhoon Relief