By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, Nov 12: The Unit for Other Religions (Unifor) has presented a cheque for RM1 million to St Francis’ Church Samarahan today.
According to a Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) news report, the
cheque was presented by the minister-in-charge of Unifor, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, who is also the Deputy Premier, to the acting priest in charge of the church, Rev Wilston Trin.
The cheque will go towards the church’s construction fund of RM2.5 million.
The church, which was completed in May 2019, was consecrated on Sept 29 of the same year.
Regarded as among the biggest churches in the Samarahan district, it can accommodate up to 1,000 worshippers.
The church was also built to address the needs of Kota Samarahan’s growing population, as the church before it was unable to do so.
In addition, the church was also built with hopes of being able to accommodate ecumenical services like Combined Christmas Services and National Day Services, and other activities such as youth camps and gatherings. — DayakDaily
