METHODIST students at Trinity Theological College converged on the South Buona Vista campus of the National Community Leadership Training Institute from Jan 18 to 20 in order to “Stay Tuned”. The annual retreat, which drew 38 ministry and post-graduate students, was called “Stay Tuned”, with emphasis on faithfulness to the Christian leaders’ vocation, ministry and […]
THANKSGIVING SERVICE OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE WOMEN’S SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE LIKE a master portrait-artist, God has plans for us – and He gives us the opportunity to participate in His work of shaping our lives so that the finished picture will be in accordance with His purpose. Our part is to respond with passion […]
THE Ninth Session of the General Conference of The Methodist Church in Singapore will be held from Sept 8 to 12 and Dec 4 and 5, 2008 at Sophia Blackmore Hall, 6th floor, Methodist Centre. The theme is “Rooted and Built up in Christ” (Col 2:7). The conference sessions will be intertwined with daily morning worship, […]
Pioneer Methodist missionary W. E. Horley, who faithfully and successfully served the Mission for 40 years, penned this telling critique of the difficulties which missionaries faced, and still face. This may perhaps give us a better understanding of what missionary work entails. ‘LET us look at a few of the difficulties which surround the missionary […]
THE Aldersgate Convention 2008, to be held from May 19 to 24, will present challenging insights and vital inspiration about the end times from the teachings of the New Testament. With the theme, “The Road to Glory: The Future in Wesleyan Perspective”, the convention will feature two speakers, the Rev Dr Ezra Kok, Principal and […]
JENNY, a mother of three teenagers, recently expressed to me her fear that both her daughter and son seemed to be flirting with things that were harmful to their spiritual health. I asked her what made her think this. She said that both had come home with the smell of cigarettes on their clothing […]
EASTER MESSAGE FROM BISHOP DR ROBERT SOLOMON THE cross is a key Christian symbol. And it can only be fully understood or experienced if we remember and consider the Person on the cross – our Lord Jesus Christ. It is the cross of Jesus that the Bible speaks about and which the Church has celebrated […]
John Wesley LAKE JUNALUSKA (North Carolinia) – “Do no harm. Do good. Stay in love with God.” Nearly 1,000 United Methodists from throughout the world learned those three simple rules recently and committed to teach them to others as they extend the church’s mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of […]
ANADARKO (Oklahoma) – Native American languages have been under “extreme and direct attack” for generations and many are in danger of extinction, said the director of a project working to save the Euchee language. Mr Richard Grounds, Director of the Euchee (Yu-chee) Language Project in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, works with the five remaining fluent Euchee speakers […]
LONDON – Three hundred years to the day since prolific hymn writer, poet and priest Charles Wesley was born, worshippers gathered at St Marylebone Parish Church to celebrate the life of a man whose 7,000-plus hymn legacy has shaped Christian worship ever since. Like his older brother John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, Charles […]
