是祢的愛 -- St. James' Preschool Christmas Party, 2013

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台灣聖公會附設台中市聖雅各幼兒園【是祢的愛】聖誕歡樂會

時間：2013 年 12 月 7 日（星期六）下午
地點：向上國中 向上館 2 樓
主持人：張莉梅、許晴雅

(一) 唱詩：平安夜裡真平安（全體人員） → (二) 祈禱（何睿恩會吏） → (三) 讀經：路加福音二章 8-14 節（邱幼珠園監督） → (四) 信息：聖誕佳音（林立峯牧師） → (五) 唱詩：平安夜（全體人員） → (六) 祝福（陳金地牧師） → (七) 歡樂會節目：（共有 15 個精彩的節目，請參閱下列照片；下列照片由 Mookoo Liang 提供。）

上圖：林立峯牧師 分享 聖誕佳音

 下圖：陳金地牧師 祝福 與會嘉賓及師生

上圖及下圖：節目主持人 許晴雅老師、張莉梅老師

以下三圖：聖雅各幼兒園全體老師演出《是祢的愛》

追尋一種美 (Beauty Be Somewhere In Between!)

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又一次想起印度詩人泰戈爾 (Rabindranath Tagore) 的名句：「願生時麗似夏花、死時美如秋葉！」是在立冬之後，當我獨自出門，行走於 霧峰 山中產業道路上的時候。

那天陽光特別亮麗，我心中連日來的陰霾，終於可以多少做一些釋放，而肉身的疲勞、虛弱，也能藉著溫暖的日光，取得某種能量的補強。只不過，當我沉甸甸的身軀拖著疲軟的雙足，正沿著蜿蜒山路緩緩前行的同時，腦海中依然反覆浮現父親的身影。那是一個年邁體弱的長者步履維艱的身影啊！也是為人子女者必須用心服侍、加強看護的情況！ 父親的健康，在他多次進出醫院之後，似乎未見實質的改善，常是「一波未平、另一波又起」的現象。這情況，教我如何能寬心？

於是，我沉思。默禱。追憶從前的種種。回想所學的一切。而且我盼望著，盼望著 . . . 但願在崎嶇山路上踽踽獨行的我，能有來自造物主（就是天父藉著聖子及聖靈）的特別引領，還有古今中外文人哲士的勉勵或慰藉，讓思緒不再紊亂、作息也回復正常！

願生時麗似夏花，死時美如秋葉！

--- 泰戈爾《漂鳥集》82

Let life be beautiful like summer flowers 

and death like autumn leaves.

-- from Stray Birds, LXXXII, 

by Rabindranath Tagore 

(1861-1941)

走吧！餵鴨鴨去！（或看牛吃草！）

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Zou ba! Wei yaya qu! Huozhe kan shuiniu chicao!

Let's go, Little Bee. Let's go and feed the ducks (in the pool), and/or see how a buffalo eats grass!

Zhexie shi shiyi yue zuihou yige xiawu (dagai si dian ban zuoyou) zai Shengyihui Jinian Yuanqu -- jiushi Lifayuan Zhongbu Bangongshi suo paishe de zhaopian. Zu-sun zou zai nuannuande dongyang li, gewai juede wenxin a!

The photos below were taken on the very last afternoon of November, around 4:30 p.m. We enjoyed walking, playing, and bathing in beautiful rays of the winter sun.

The Wedding of Shunren and Yijia

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最美好的時刻，留下無比珍貴的照片，實實在在地見證了這對新人「連理枝、比翼鳥，此情永不渝」的永恆誓約！

Even a small number of photos [which I took on Shunren and Yijia's wedding day, November 24, 2013] will tell you (and remind me of) such a lot of beautiful things: These, including the ones seen and unseen, are not only beautiful but also true and good. -- May the three that I've just mentioned (namely, truth, goodness, and beauty) be blessed by our Lord! May these three be combined (or interwoven or integrated) in a three-in-one form, for which the best name I've thought of is holiness! May the Lord, who is perfectly holy, bless the bride and groom!

Oh! How happy Jean and I are to have attended the wedding of Shunren and his wife! In fact, Jean was asked to play Matchmaker, and I was one of the six car-drivers working for the groom today. We were so pleased to do something for the groom, for he had been taught by both of us for years when he was growing as a school student.