FAMILIES will experience transitions in many ways and the Church must journey with them through these periods, said speakers at a conference on “Families in Transition” organised by the Methodist Welfare Services, with support from the General Conference Women’s Society of Christian Service. “Transitions have both potentials and problems. Transitional moments are very fertile […]
THE 60th Anniversary dinner of Singapore’s first seminary that took place on Oct 3, 2008 at Orchid Country Club was marked by many new beginnings. The Principal of Trinity Theological College (TTC), the Rev Dr Ngoei Foong Nghian, announced the seminary’s new programme, upcoming degree, and even an upcoming professor. In a congratulatory message in […]
Bishop William P. Eveland, who superintended the Malaysia area from 1914 to1916, visited Japan for a short vacation in the summer of 1915. His appreciation of the serenity and beauty of the scenery is palpable. But his reactions to the school chapels and church services, and the interesting comparisons between the indigenous church leadership in […]
EARLY in my Christian life, I encountered a conundrum that puzzled me for some time. As an enthusiastic new believer, I was very keen to make the best use of my time and opportunities to serve the Lord. Books and sermons that urged me to “Go” for the Lord propelled me forward to an active […]
ONCE upon a time, there was this couple who at their every wedding anniversary would don their wedding clothes and have their picture taken in the living room of their house. They planned to do this throughout their life together and to collect the photographs in a single album. I imagine them on their 5th anniversary coming down to the living room for […]
Bishop reminds Methodists of our Connection with God, Connection with one another, Connection with a needy world BISHOP Dr Robert Solomon has spoken at length of the paramount importance of our connection with God, our connection with one another, and our connection with a needy world. In his Episcopal Address on the opening day of […]
NOT all of us may know this, but the idea of having a central Methodist agency to deal with social issues as well as be the Church’s outreach to the man-in-the-street was first mooted by the then Editor of Methodist Message, Mr Peter Joe Chia, in an Editorial of that publication in 1976. Five […]
PERHAPS the greatest heresy of 20th-century American religion was to make faith into a purely personal matter and a private affair, which went neatly with the rise of the consumer society. With the advent of the television preachers, faith was turned into an occasion for conspicuous consumption and effective fund-raising. Faith became merely another commodity: […]
THE Citibank-YMCA Youth For Causes has been conferred the Singapore Youth Award (Team) 2008 (Community and Youth Services category) for its excellence in youth development and for nurturing youths to support social causes through social entrepreneurship projects. Since its inception, the Citibank-YMCA Youth For Causes programme has seen 380 teams raise $2.1 million for 150 voluntary […]
DISCIPLE Agency (DA) has entered into a partnership with Gereja Methodist Indonesia (GMI – The Methodist Church in Indonesia) Region 2 for the translating of DISCIPLE materials into Bahasa Indonesia. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by Bishop Amat Tumino, Bishop of GMI Region 2, and Bishop Dr Robert Solomon of The Methodist Church in […]
