THERE has been a leadership change at Fairfield Methodist Secondary School (FMSS). Miss Elaine Lim, its Principal for the past seven years, has been posted to the Ministry of Education (MOE), and is succeeded by the Vice-Principal, Mr Victor Owyong. Miss Lim, an Old Girl of the school, counts it her privilege to rejoin the […]
Ms Kon Mei Leen succeeded by Bukit Panjang Government High School Principal Mrs Shirleen Ong MS KON MEI LEEN has stepped down as Principal of Methodist Girls’ School (MGS) after 30 illustrious years of service to the school. She was Principal for the past 14 years. Succeeding her from December 2007 is former Bukit […]
What was Jesus referring to when he spoke of the unpardonable sin? THROUGHOUT the history of the Church, Christians of every stripe have wondered about the meaning of Jesus’ statement regarding the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit which is recorded in all three synoptic Gospels (Matt 12:31-32; Mark 3:28-30; and Luke 12:10). In Mark, Jesus […]
32ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSIONS: PICTURE HIGHLIGHTS THE Methodist Church in Singapore reaped a bumper crop of eight new Deacons and six new Elders at this year’s 32nd Session of the three Annual Conferences. In addition, a Diaconal Minister, the Rev Jimmy Wong Phin Thau, was ordained during the Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC) Session, making him […]
ONE of the sad facts that any youth ministry faces is the number of people who were active in God’s work in their youth who are now not active in service or completely backslidden. Youth for Christ (YFC) has had to face this fact and admit with sorrow that many who were active with us […]
“OUR Methodist missionaries should not have to worry about raising money for their support – we want them to concentrate on just doing their work!” I was deeply impressed by the pastors and leaders of the Sarawak Chinese Annual Conference. Each month every church – even the ones that did not send any of […]
PART 6: THE SOCIAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF THE METHODIST WELFARE SERVICES In five years, Brenda Khong has progressed from being a nervous newcomer to supervising young colleagues as Sembawang Family Service Centre’s senior social worker. ‘I JOINED Sembawang Family Service Centre (SFSC) in 2002, shortly after graduating with a degree in social work […]
The Rev Ling Ching Mi, a respected scholar and District Superintendent of the Foochow Annual Conference, was recruited for work in Singapore, and arrived in 1897. He became the founding pastor of the Foochow Church whose members were then worshipping at the Middle Road Church. Here, he gives a moving account of his “missionary journey” […]
The following is a conversation between a senior demon (SD) and a junior one (JD). The conversation is imaginary but the lessons are real. JD: SIR, thank you for seeing me at such short notice. I have been trying my best to learn as quickly as I can in my new assignment. The Department of […]
‘Is there a difference if Indonesian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Chinese, Myanmar or Cambodian helpers and workers work for a Christian? Is God’s love for humanity through us obvious to them?’ BINTULU (Sarawak) – For years I have been living with aliens, but actually I was the alien. The Khmer word for foreigner is “boh-re-teh”. The older […]
