THE pathetic figure tried to run along the dusty road, his face a strange mixture of eager anticipation and fearful dread. He attempted to speed up his progress, but he did not have the strength to do it, his hunger and physical weakness having taking their toll on him. He wore the torn and soiled […]
MESSAGE OF HOPE ‘In all that we do, we do not forget to take every opportunity to proclaim the message of hope, the Good News of Jesus.’ THE Chinese Annual Conference’s theme for the 2009-2012 quadrennium is “To be a Disciple-Making Church: to Study God’s Word, to Show Mercy, to Act Justly and to be […]
He has given 20 years of faithful missionary service ON MARCH 14, 2009, Bishop Dr Robert Solomon affirmed what we have known for a long time. He ordained the Rev Henry Yeo as an Elder of The Methodist Church in Thailand. This young church now has two Elders and three Deacons. The other Elder is the Rev […]
MOSCOW – Metropolitan Kirill is the new Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. The 62-year-old Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad was elected at a Local Council meeting in Christ the Saviour Cathedral here on Jan 27. He received 508 ballots (72 per cent) out of 702 votes cast. To be elected Patriarch, a candidate […]
MMS PRAYER NIGHT I WAS greatly encouraged. About 100 people spent three hours chatting informally with some of our Methodist Missions Society (MMS) missionaries and staff, getting updated on the key happenings in the seven countries we are involved in and then praying with us. We are convinced that your prayers are vital for the […]
How should Christians think about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? DECEMBER 10, 2008 marked the 60th anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is debatably the most important document in the moral, cultural and political history of the world. Composed in […]
AS PART of Suicide Awareness Week this year, the SOS (Samaritans of Singapore) is planning to organise a workshop on “Working with Survivors on Suicide Grief” specially for Methodist pastors and leaders. There must be at least 20 participants before the SOS can conduct the three-hour workshop, from 9 am to noon, at the SOS Training […]
ON MARCH 2, 2009, representatives of the ACS Board of Governors, The Methodist Church in Singapore and the Methodist Schools’ Foundation joined members of the Board of Management, staff, students and parents of ACS (International) for the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Sport Complex. The Guest-of-Honour was Mr Peter Lim, who has had two children […]
Church gearing up for 30th Anniversary joy ALDERSGATE Methodist Church (AMC) is gearing up for its 30th Anniversary celebrations in May with a host of activities and programmes to remind its members of their “Journey of Faith”. This journey of the church pioneers was full of anxieties, trials and tribulations and it took 17 years […]
GROWING UP WITH KIDS AS A Christian mother of two sons, aged 21 and nine, I have been richly blessed by the Lord. The older boy is now studying in the United States, while the younger one is studying in Primary 4. Being a stay-at-home mother, I supervised the school work of my two sons […]
