MethodistWalk2009 WHAT a sight to behold at 7.15 am on Saturday, March 28, 2009! A sea of eager and bright faces of more than 5,000 students and church members gathered at the ACS (I) Astroturf in anticipation of the biennial MethodistWalk. Everyone was sporting a white T-shirt with the colourful walk motif which symbolises the united […]
MAKING WAVES Missionaries creating ripples of impact: More village chiefs want to invite them to conduct English lessons THE Methodist Missions Society (MMS), together with Transformation Alliance (TA), is committed to helping to foster a culture of reconciliation and peace in Timor Leste. We must continue to serve with joyful patience filled with hope. The […]
FATHERS are special. They are the role models our sons emulate and sad is the child whose father is not around in his tender years. My sons have been blessed with a very good father. I thank God for my husband as he truly loves and cares so much for our children. He tries to […]
ALDERSGATE Methodist Church, which is celebrating its 30th Anniversary with a host of activities, saw very encouraging response to two of its major programmes last month. More than 700 church members and guests turned up for the Anniversary Thanksgiving Service at Fairfield Methodist School (Primary), adjacent to the church, on May 3. After the service, […]
NASHVILLE (Tennessee) – A perilous adventure on the high seas, a star-crossed love affair, mob violence, rioting, attempted assassination – not the elements one might expect in a film about the founder of Methodism. The director and producer of “Wesley” believes, however, that the dramatic and often surprising story of John Wesley will attract moviegoers of […]
Methodists proudly refer to John Wesley as their founding father, but it may be doubted that few know much about the man himself. Here is a window to the great outdoor preacher. EXCLUDED from preaching in the Established Churches, Mr Wesley (to use the respectful honorific) travelled at least 250,000 miles in his lifetime, preaching between 40,000 […]
The Bible speaks of the importance of drawing both lines and circles. It is not a question of either/or but both/and. Strong lines are drawn between the worship of the true God and idolatry, between righteousness and unrighteousness, between light and darkness, between the children of God and the children of the devil, between heaven […]
GOD’S MIRACLE ‘When we have understood how far-reaching the meaning of “Emmanuel” is, it will remind us of God’s stupendous miracle of God becoming man to dwell amongst His people.’ EMMANUEL, “God with us”. It is indeed an apt name for our Conference as it serves as a daily reminder that without Him we are […]
FATHERS who have lost their jobs or are facing difficulties in the current recession can get help from the Methodist Welfare Services (MWS). The MWS has Family Service Centres in five districts which can help those in need to obtain financial aid and direct them to relevant agencies for other assistance such as upgrading their […]
The Methodist Church in Malaysia TWO new Annual Conference Presidents in The Methodist Church in Malaysia have been elected with three incumbent Presidents re-elected at their respective 33rd Sessions in various parts of Malaysia. The Rev Jayaraj Chelliah is the new President of the Tamil Annual Conference (TAC) and the Rev Steward Damat is the […]
