MY DEFENCES ARE RAISED every time I am with a group of Christians and they begin to share. The word “share” has special meaning in Christian parlance. It denotes giving public testimony to the work of God in our lives. This is often understood as proclaiming victories over various difficulties and challenges and these […]
FOR THE FIRST TIME since the current series of annual Aldersgate Conventions was held in 2002, there will be an Evangelistic Rally during this year’s programme. The rally will be held on the evening of May 21, a Saturday. The entire programme of Aldersgate Convention 2011 will be held at Toa Payoh Methodist Church from […]
Although written in a local church journal some 60 years ago, Yap Pheng Geck’s idealism derived from his experience in the Band of Christian Brothers in the ACS of the 1920s never left him. But it is idealism of this kind that Methodists should surely maintain and propagate in a culture that has become too […]
SINFUL MOTIVES “Many things done in church can be clothed in piety but hide deeper and subtler sinful motives.” WHAT DO YOU DO when a whole nation is on the move in the arid desert, and there is no water to drink? at was Moses’ problem. e frustrated grumblings of the people were growing in […]
“To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.” – Micah 6:8. THE THEME FOR THE CHINESE ANNUAL CONFERENCE (CAC) for 2011 is “Act Justly”. This is a challenge for us and I believe we can begin by showing concern for the last, the lost, and the least in our […]
DECEMBER 18 and 19, 2010 will long be remembered by some 4,000 residents from the Lavender area who attended the Christmas Carnival organised by Hinghwa Methodist Church in partnership with four community organisations. To many of them, it was their “most memorable” and “best Christmas” ever, and this delighted the Guests-of-Honour, Dr Lee Boon Yang […]
WORD FROM THE EDITOR THIS LAST CHRISTMAS, as in past Christmases, Christians all over the world sang “O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie …” But how ironical it is that Bethlehem and its surrounding regions in the Middle East are not as still and peaceful as they seem to be. […]
ST PETERSBURG (RUSSIA) – In the midst of a brutal winter in 1921, with a heavy wrap gathered around her slight shoulders, Sister Anna Eklund became a familiar figure standing in the middle of a sleigh loaded with provisions donated by Methodists overseas. At her side was Pastor Oskar Pöeld. Although they had little […]
THE TRAC BOARD OF SENIORS MINISTRY celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a Thanksgiving Dinner at Ban Heng Pavilion Restaurant @ Harbour Front Centre on Nov 11, 2010. The anniversary theme was “Celebrating God’s Grace, Goodness & Love”. The Guest-of-Honour was the President of Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC), the Rev Dr Wee Boon Hup, who was accompanied […]
Adapted from the “poverty simulation” kit developed by the Missouri Association for Community Action, the “Walk-A-Mile” (WAM) Experiential Journey is a programme conceptualised by the Community Services of Central Singapore Community Development Council to increase public awareness about issues related to poverty. The participants are asked to walk in the shoes of the poor […]
