A BUILDING TO LAST … AUGUST 25, 2007 is a milestone in the history of Geylang Methodist School (Secondary) – it celebrated its 83rd Thanksgiving and Prize Presentation Day and held the Dedication Service of its new building and campus. The Dedication Service was conducted by Bishop Dr Robert Solomon, who was the Guest-of-Honour, in a […]
CELEFEST 2007 CELEFEST 2007 on July 14, 2007 was the biennial carnival of ACS (International) organised by the Parent School Partners (PSP), and this year a new concept was introduced to it – a concert with a programme that would provide seamless live entertainment throughout the day that set the mood for Celefest. The provision […]
THERE will be leadership changes at three Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) units with effect from December 2007. Three people will be involved – Mr Ng Eng Chin, Mr Peter Tan and Mrs Kathryn Koh. Announcing this, Mr Tan Wah Thong, Chairman of the Anglo-Chinese Schools Board of Governors (ACSBOG), said Mr Ng, Principal of ACS (Barker […]
Who are the “New Atheists”? Do their proposals threaten to undermine the Christian Faith? IN RECENT years there has been a rash of books challenging Christianity in particular and religion in general. The authors of these books are sometimes referred to as the “New Atheists” and they are a motley crew of scientists, philosophers and freelance […]
Bishop to school staff: Share God’s ‘hospitality’ with others TEACHERS and those in authority need to look upon their jobs as “a calling” to share God’s “hospitality” with others, and they could do this by being “harsh towards self” and “tender to others”, said Bishop Dr Robert Solomon. The school, he said, must be a […]
PART 3: THE SOCIAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF THE METHODIST WELFARE SERVICES The July 25 wedding of Renior Tabboga and Desiree Bernadino created a buzz at Bethany Methodist Nursing Home. Desiree, the bride and a senior nursing aide at the Home, talks about their vocation. ‘OUR wedding was very special for many reasons: Renior […]
The SCS Great Singapore Duck Race 2007 EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND rubber ducks swam down the Singapore River in the SCS Great Singapore Duck Race 2007 on Sept 9. Each had been “adopted” at $10 by members of the public. A total of $850,000 was raised for seven charities, including two Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) centres – […]
‘I must be about my Father’s business’ YOU remember the story. Jesus was 12 years old. His parents had brought Him to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. But because they were travelling with a large group of relatives – they left Jerusalem without Him! They found Him in the Temple courts sitting […]
Another Methodist layman we remember is Yong Ngim Djin who gave practically the whole of his adult life to the service of the Methodist Church and Anglo-Chinese School which had nurtured him in his youth. THE man with arguably the longest direct and continued association with Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) and The Methodist Church in Singapore in […]
IF WE read the Bible carefully, we will discover a list of things that were left behind. When God encounters individuals, the biblical pattern is that something is left behind as a result of that encounter. Take, for instance, the case of Abraham, who lived in pagan Ur, where the moon god and goddess were worshipped. There is a legend about how Abraham […]
