KECHARA

82 PEOPLE • PASTOR ORDINATION
The new pastors are:
The 6th Pastorship Ordination
- Pastor Ng Kok Heng
- Pastor Patsy Gooi
- Pastor Antoinette Kass
(Sangha-to-be)
The 7th Pastorship Ordination:
- Pastor Lim Tat Ming
Pastors dedicate their time
fully to assist His Eminence by
nurturing fellow practitioners
along their spiritual path. Pastors
share the Dharma with others,
help them with their practice
and inspire them with their good
example. Pastors also prepare
fellow practitioners to receive
higher teachings and initiations
in the future.
Besides duties and works
that support the operation
of Kechara’s 12 departments,
including Kechara Forest
Retreat, the pastors’ duties also
include:
- Performing Buddhist
prayers and rituals at
Kechara Puja House or offsite.
- Performing last rites and
bereavement ritual services.
- Performing blessing
ceremonies.
- Performing marriage
registration ceremonies.
- Conducting public talks and
other outreach programmes.
- Conducting various
educational programmes.
- Providing counselling in
person and online.
- Providing Dharma support
and guidance to the Kechara
study groups in Peninsular
Malaysia.
Pastors need to always maintain
good conduct and ethical
behaviour, wear their pastor’s
uniform with integrity and
possess a strong sense of selfless
servitude to others. Pastors
should be ever ready to make
house calls for bereavement
prayers and to educate the public
on various aspects of Buddhist
practice.
We congratulate the new
pastors and wish them well in
serving others and spreading the
Dharma.