Lively exchange at 125th Anniversary Dialogue THE METHODIST CHURCH IN SINGAPORE (MCS) faces three challenges today as it celebrates its 125th Anniversary. It needs to: • Acknowledge God’s absolute authority and supremacy in our lives, both personally and corporately; • Strengthen our “togetherness” both as a spiritual reality and as an operational reality; and • […]
US musician leads Wesleyan Hymn Festival HYMN SINGING is alive and well, as evidenced on May 18 and 19, 2010. At the invitation of the Methodist School of Music, Dr Michael Burkhardt, a name relatively unknown to Singaporeans but well-known in many parts of the world, arrived on our sunny shores. His mission – to […]
“CAN WE GIVE them more money?” “Do we give them our mobile phone numbers?” “Can we accompany them to see the doctor?” These were among the questions raised by a group of about 30 people gathered at Wesley Methodist Church in April at a briefing session on befriending chronically poor families. The briefing was […]
SCHOOLS ELLIE CHOI CI-EN is one of two top students who obtained eight distinctions for all her subjects at the 2009 A-Level Examinations, including a distinction for H3 Proteomics. In 2008, Ellie was the recipient of the Scholastic Merit Award for outstanding academic performance in the Promotional Examinations. She also represented ACJC at the Singapore […]
I MUST SAY that I stumbled upon teaching as a career. It was totally unplanned. As the years unfolded though, I realised that while it may not have been a part of my plans, God certainly had it in His plans for me. Upon completing my A-levels, I took on a relief teaching assignment at […]
“DO YOU COUNSEL CHILDREN?” the anxious mother asked me, to know more about the counselling services I offer. “Yes”, I replied and added, “I would like you and your husband to come too.” The couple turned up with the child in tow. They were eager to tell me all the problems they were having […]
‘RENEWAL OF THE CHURCH is seen by most thinking Christians to be essential, so that it becomes more and more the instrument of God in a relevant way in today’s world. In the 1968 Discipline of The Methodist Church in Malaysia and Singapore is a paragraph under the section “The Ministry” which needs to be […]
SPIRITUAL NUMBNESS “A biblical text like Numbers 7 reminds us that we approach God and His truth on His terms, not ours. It tells us that often it is the constant search for novelty and that which is sensational that numbs our souls to the things of God. Strangely and mysteriously, it is a repetitive […]
SLIDE BEGINS IN THE HEART “The slide in standards creeps upon us unsuspectingly. But it always begins in the heart.” IT IS A REMARK that frequently crops up in our family after a meal, whether in a fine restaurant or the neighbourhood food centre, or even at home. “Standard dropped.” Usually, it is in reference […]
MORE THAN A THOUSAND VOICES SANG and praised God as a people called Methodists worshipped Him at the Combined 125th Anniversary Thanksgiving and Aldersgate Service at Paya Lebar Methodist Church on May 22, the highlight of Aldersgate Convention 2010. The large turnout of Methodists from churches of the three Annual Conferences and guests also saw […]
