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【空中英語教室】彭蒙惠老師Doris Brougham 下課了
Dr. Doris Brougham Graduates from Life at 98 years-old

救世傳播協會/空中英語教室創辦人、美籍宣教士彭蒙惠（Doris Marie Brougham），因年長多重器官衰竭，已於8月6日於台北淡水馬偕醫院安息主懷，享年98歲。彭蒙惠老師在遺囑中特別交代：「把所有一切全捐出。」
救世傳播協會董事長洪善群表示，真正的下課時候，終於到來！彭老師最後長眠之地選在台北陽明天境，可以俯瞰救世傳播協會，那是彭蒙惠老師對華人最起初的愛與最具體的落實。她為信仰一無所求，因著基督無所缺憾，心裡從來沒有退休的念頭，每一次吹奏著她的小喇叭，她總念茲在茲、不厭其煩的叮囑大家：「你拿到天國的護照了嗎？」
洪善群感懷，彭老師終於與76年前來華，在西雅圖碼頭一別即成訣別的父母在天上團聚，更能夠面對一生拚赴的基督信仰；她是最稱職的英語老師，底子裡從來都是那樣，義無反顧、頭也不回的宣教士。
救世傳播協會會長謝光哲表示，彭老師於1962年創辦空中英語教室，1963年創辦天韻合唱團，一生致力於英語教學和福音音樂傳教。彭老師的「彭蒙惠紀念音樂會」將遵從彭老師的遺願，她一向喜歡熱鬧，喜歡我們開心，她說她希望參加她音樂會的人是快樂開心的來參加，因為她已到天堂和耶穌及父母、兄弟姐妹見面了。
救世傳播協會/空中英語教室治喪委員會近期將決定「彭蒙惠紀念音樂會」的時間和地點。
Overseas Radio & Television, Inc. (ORTV) , Studio Classroom and Heavenly Melody Founder, missionary Dr. Doris Brougham, passed away at Mackay Memorial Hospital in Zhuwei on August 6 of multiple organ failure. She was 98 years old. Brougham stated in her will to donate everything she had.

ORTV Board Chairman Dr. Simon Hung said Brougham had graduated from life. She will be buried in Yangmingshan, Taipei. Brougham loved the Chinese-speaking people. She had great faith, and never thought of retiring. Every time she played her trumpet, she would remind the people she met: “Have you got a passport to Heaven?”

Hung expressed that Brougham must be thrilled to be reunited with her parents in Heaven. The the last time she saw them was on a dock in Seattle when she said goodbye 76 years ago to board a steamer for China. She must be also rejoicing with her Lord, who she so faithfully served her entire life. Hung said she was a superb English teacher and a missionary who was steadfast in her vision and never looked back.

ORTV CEO Daniel Hsieh stated that Brougham, who founded Studio Classroom in 1962, and Heavenly Melody Choir in 1963, devoted her life to English teaching and sharing God’s love through music. Thus, ORTV will hold a “Doris Brougham Memorial Concert” to comply with Brougham’s last wish to have a concert in lieu of a traditional memorial service. She loved music, a lively atmosphere, and would want us to be joyful. She said she hoped people who came to her memorial concert would be joyful, because she had gone to Heaven and was reunited with her parents and siblings.

ORTV/Studio Classroom/Heavenly Melody will announce the date and venue of the “Doris Brougham Memorial Concert” in the near future.