Methodist School of Cambodia needs teachers and books

  PHNOM PENH – The Methodist School of Cambodia (MSC) needs volunteer teachers as well as books for its library. In the next academic year 2010-2011, the MSC will have 20 classes, and it needs volunteers to teach Grade 10 and 11 English classes. Retired teachers who have a burden for the education of the […]

Methodism: ‘Religion of the heart’

SOCIAL HOLINESS “For Wesley, the true Christian “knows of no religion but social; no holiness but social holiness”.” METHODISM IS ASSOCIATED WITH JOHN AND CHARLES WESLEY, sons of an Anglican rector and his wife, Susannah. Together at Oxford, the Wesley brothers formed the Holy Club (ca 1725), and gathered around them students who were concerned […]

It is God who grows the church

  IN MY GROWING YEARS I looked up to my father as my hero and model. Many people in our neighbourhood knew that he was a very serious person who did not tolerate nonsense. Interestingly, after I became a father myself, people said the same thing about me, especially the friends of our children. But […]

Parents in Youth Ministry

I ONCE VISITED A YOUTH MINISTRY in Seattle on the invitation of Gene, an American youth pastor. Entering the foyer, I was surprised to see a white-haired man in his 60s manning the Youth Ministry’s information counter. Another in his 40s walked past me carrying a cup of coffee as he headed towards a group […]

Telok Ayer Chinese MC now one of three end-points

Methodist Heritage Day Walk and Exhibition TELOK AYER CHINESE METHODIST CHURCH (TACMC) will now be one of the three end-points of the Methodist Heritage Day Walk on Oct 31, 2010. This follows a request by the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC) to use the church as an end-point instead of Kum Yan Methodist Church, as originally […]

ETAC campers find ‘Joy in the Journey’

PARTICIPANTS OF THE EMMANUEL TAMIL ANNUAL CONFERENCE (ETAC) biennial family camp found joy when they gathered at Rompin Beach Resort, Pahang, from June 9 to 12 for a time of bonding and spiritual journey. They signed up with expectations of a well-balanced camp that would include challenging theme talks, meaningful discussion topics, engaging workshops, fun-filled […]

‘Let no man put asunder’

  WITH THESE SOLEMN WORDS, we are reminded that no man should be allowed to come between a husband and wife. Whilst most couples do their utmost to guard against this, the invaders that ultimately undermine a marriage can take shapes and forms that we least expect. I want to focus on a disruption of […]

Challenges, opportunities in Sarawak

When Methodist missionary Rev James Hoover was sent to Sarawak in the early 1900s to help develop the fledgling Christian settlement, he faced many and diverse problems as well as opportunities. But the potential was already apparent. “ … WITH THE RESIDENT, I have put in a lot of hard, trying work this (1905) year, […]