Last Saturday marked the beginning of our Fall Season 3E ALPHA Course. It was exciting to welcome around 30 new friends into our midst. Together we watched a funny English skit (written by Rick, performed by John S, John C, and Erich), learned a new English song (which Kelley led), practiced our English conversation with a fun group game (which Alicia led), learned some English vocabulary (Erich taught), and watched the first ALPHA Course DVD, in which ALPHA founder Nicky Gumbel encouraged us to consider our purpose in life, in light of the claims of Christ. Even though we English co-workers were unsure of how the first ALPHA meeting would turn out, the Lord really blessed us with a relaxed atmosphere in which we could start forming relationships with our (yet!) non-Christian friends.

• the people who registered for the course, but did not show up on the first meeting, to come this Saturday
• the people who came last Saturday to come back, and bring some friends!
• Unity among all the co-workers, Western and Taiwanese