Church of the Good Shepherd (Taipei)
Community Outreach
Community Outreach
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The church also runs a historic kindergarten and a community center in its premises, which has received recognition in Taiwan for its practices. The Church's social services, with a focus on disabled and elderly care, are done in cooperation with the [Taipei City Government](/wiki/Taipei_City_Government "Taipei City Government").John Y.H. Yieh, “Anglican Social Ministries in East Asia,” in Anthony Milton and William L. Sachs, The Oxford History of Anglicanism, Volume 5 (Oxford, 2018\), 436\-437, citing Ju\-Hsueh Yen, “A Case Study of Community Care Management of the Church and Good Shepherd in Shilin District,’ Master’s thesis, 2012, Soochow University, p. 1\. In 2004 Good Shepherd and the nearby Sinkong Hospital held a symposium on community social work they conduct for the elderly.Reflections and Hopes on Care for the Elderly and Food Delivery: Sinkong Hospital and the Church of the Good Shepherd 5th Anniversary Symposium (Taipei: Sinkong Hospital, 2004\). The church also annually hosts the [St Kitts and Nevis](/wiki/St_Kitts_and_Nevis "St Kitts and Nevis") independence day celebration visited by high\-ranking [Taiwan](/wiki/Taiwan "Taiwan") government officials as well as the wider diplomatic community in Taipei. The remembrance activities related to the remembrance day for the [World War II](/wiki/World_War_II "World War II") allied prisoners of war in Taiwan under Japanese rule are also coordinated with the church.[http://www.taiwanpow.org/The%20Society/Newsletters/Kinkaseki%20Newsletter%20\-%2099\-Comb.pdf](http://www.taiwanpow.org/The%20Society/Newsletters/Kinkaseki%20Newsletter%20-%2099-Comb.pdf) 


What role do government officials play in supporting and attending events at the church?