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2001 METRO NY/NJ ASIAN AMERICAN MAJOR EVENTS AND MILESTONES

  • Effective Jan 01 Howard Chan takes up the position of Executive Director of Pastoral and Laity Ministries and immediately expands its work to include Korean Americans. 
  • Jan 01 PaLM is excited to have Victor Kim and Stephen Ro serve as PaLM Pastoral Associates.
  • May 23-Jun 05 PaLM Short-Term Missions Trip to Guatemala
  • July 01: ​Ben Kong accepts God's call to serve Queens Herald Church, C&MA as its English Ministry Pastor.​​
  • Jul 18-29 PaLM Short-Term Missions Trip to Navajo Reservation
  • Jul 18-Aug 01 PaLM Short-Term Missions Trip to Spain
  • 2001 Abraham Koo, Tom Siwicki and Kwok Wong are ordained. 
  • Ben Lin leaves Reformed Church of Newtown to serve Old Bricktown Reformed Church in Marlboro, NJ.
  • James Long leaves Winfield Reformed Church to serve Reformed Church of Newtown.
  • Lee Hearn retired and is now living on a farm in PA. 
  • Esther Lee Jhun now serves as Associate Pastor at Grace Fellowship Church of New York. 
  • Michael Chan leaves Brooklyn Chinese Christian Church and plants a church in Flushing called Harvest Community Church International
  • Daniel Hsueh leaves Touch Community Church to serve Taiwanese American Reformed Church
  • Ephod Shang is now the full-time Youth Pastor in Oversea Chinese Mission.
  • Living Faith Community Church moves out of Flushing High School and now holds their Sunday Service at Temple Beth Sholom.
  • Lenny Szeto moved into the area and is now serving at True Light Church.
  • Steve Shyu is now serving Brooklyn Chinese Christian Church.
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