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PRESIDENT’S LETTER

本文中的學生照片攝於2016年寒假，原住民
工作會在苗栗的服事。
The pictures of students in this article were
taken during a student ministry association
mission trip to Miaoli during winter break 2016.

to equip students both in Christian character and Jesus Christ. Because Christian community is
professional abilities as life long learners; evangelizing founded solely on Jesus Christ, it is a spiritual
and discipling students in the Christian faith in a loving and not a human reality. Being a community
and nurturing environment; and preparing students to of grace at Christ’s College Taipei is not just a
go into the world and become Christ's ambassadors for wonderful dream; it is a divine reality but it is
change…” not a perfect community; we, as a community
of grace, are a work in progress. As such, we
None of those qualities of a community of grace such need to preach the gospel to ourselves every
as gratefulness, acceptance, hospitality, love and nurture day, reminding ourselves that “… the God of
come naturally to us, however. Dietrich Bonhoeffer all grace, who called you to his eternal glory
(5) reminds us that “Christianity means community in Christ, after you have suffered a little while,
through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ.” He goes on will himself restore you and make you strong,
to explain that Christian community is only possible firm and steadfast.” (I Peter 5:10)
because we belong to one another in and through

References:

1. Mission Statement of Christ’s College Taipei available at http://cct.edu.tw/about/about.html
2. Vision Statement of Christ’s College Taipei available at http://cct.edu.tw/about/about.html
3. Hekman, B. (2007) "Schools as Communities of Grace” in Schools as Communities, James Drexler, Ed.

Colorado Springs, CO: Purposeful Design.
4. Hoezee, S. (1996) The Riddle of Grace: Applying grace in the Christian life. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
5. Bonhoeffer, D. (1954) Life Together. London, UK: SCM Press Ltd.

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