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Ecumenical Scholarship Exchange Committee

During the year the following types of Scholarships were
available:

(1) One Visiting Fellowship of $1,500 will be available at the
Canadian School of Missions and Ecumenical Institute, Toronto,
in each of the academic years 1968-69 and 1969-70.

The purpose of this Fellowship is to enable a scholar
with prior experience and interest in the fields of Missions
or Ecumenics to spend an academic year (or portion thereof)
at the Institute doing research in some subject within one
of these fields.

Preference will be given to men and women, ordained or
lay, between the ages of 28 ahd 40, who have already had
experience of the mission field or of ecumenical activity,
and who give promise of producing original work which may
promote the cause of the Church’s Mission in Unity.

(2) One Ecumenical Scholarship Exchange Scholarship - The purpose
of this scholarship is to enable a student to do post-graduate
studies in the USA.

(3) East Asia Christian Churches Scholarships - There are 26 free
places offered by Colleges and Universities in the East Asia
Countries.

Young men and women who are preparing for full-time Christian
service and have completed all or most of their basic theological
study; candidates for the ministry and pastors, persons preparing
for other forms of full-time employment in the church or related
organizations, if they meet the necessary qualifications, are
all eligible to apply for any one of the stated scholarships.

We are happy to report that during the year, an ESE
Scholarship was awarded to Mr. Kong Pao Ling to study in
Princeton Theological Seminary in U.S.A. We have also received
one application for the same scholarship for 1970 - 1971. The
above scholarships .are still available for the Academic year
1970 - 1971. Those interested should apply now.

AUDIO VISUAL EVANGELISM COMMITTEE

The purpose of the Audio Visual Evangelism Committee is to
promote the use of audio visual resources in presenting the Christian
message by a growing number of churches, missions and groups.

AVEC has two departments, Visual Aids and Broadcasting, carried
out its programs.

The firm evidence of results in the Visual Aids department can
be seen in the growing use of the Cantonese dubbed sound tracks.
As soon as we are finished with the dubbing of the sound track,
the usage of the films increase. With increasing costs in ongoing
budgets, we have cut down Prison showings from 238 in 1965 to 114
in 1968. We hope to interest local churches in underwriting this
as part of their local outreach.

Our workshops this past year have frequently had immediate
results in the use of the less sophisticated forms of Visual Aids.
Bringing teachers and leaders to the centre has often resulted in
several of the participants staying longer to preview and rent
out filmstrips. Others have come back later to begin using
filmstrips.