St. Patrick's Church, Tawau

CHURCH	IN-CHARGE	TELEPHONE	ADDRESS	LOCATION
St Mark's Church	Rev Melter Tais	089 880420	PO Box 60164,	Lahad Datu
St Matthew's Church	Ps Clarence Chin	089 781903	PO Box 55,	Semporna
Firman Hidup	Rev. Jeniol Tuaty	089 778696	201, Jalan Dunlop	Tawau.
Good Tidings Church	Rev. Eddie Phua	089 714829	PO Box 77	Tawau.
St. Patrick's Church	Archdeacon Canon Albert	089 772212	201, Jalan Dunlop,	Tawau.

Indah Anglican Church	Rev. Yakub Ng	089 221785	PPM 455, Elopura,	Sandakan
St Michael's Church	Rev. Moses Chin	089 215860	PO Box 17,	Sandakan
Church of Good Shepherd	Rev. Chak Sen Fen	089 216051	PPM 474, Elopura,	Sandakan

In the 1960s St. Patrick's Anglican Mission in Tawau was a thatch-roofed wooden structure on the shore of Cowie Bay. The pews were rough hewn. There was no electricity, An Australian nun powered the tiny pump organ near the altar. Canon Walter Newmarch, an Australian missionary who had been spreading the Word in Borneo since 1954 on behalf of the Australian Church Missionary Society, lived in a comfortable home on stilts next to the entrance to the rudimentary church structure. Newmarch and his wife were open, friendly and genuine people. They made visitors feel at home, welcome. Little do they know what a positive impact they had on one young American who was learning to live in Asia.

It became a custom to attend Evensong at St. Patrick's on Sunday. The liturgy was simple, majestic and somewhat shorter than other Anglican eucharistic rites. Even in Borneo, though, it was clearly "high church" by today's Episcopal standards.

Gus Breymann : A Sabah Sojourn : http://urangsabah.blogspot.com/2009/12/

Rest in Peace, Alinah : http://thetrutheng.com/2013/06/20/rest-in-peace-alinah/

Feet Washing as a Ritual of Worship? : http://thetrutheng.com/2013/07/08/feet-washing-as-a-ritual-of-worship/