Global Warning: Local Acting WHEN we were preparing to leave the United States after completing our studies, our friends asked us, “What will you miss about the States when you return to Singapore?” Our reply was, “Apart from friends and the four seasons, we will miss the recycling bins!” We had developed the practice of […]
Importance of our connectionalism shines through issues METHODIST connectionalism – that important link which is inherent in our tradition – was pushed to the forefront in the last few months by several international conferences held in Singapore and the region. There was plenty of sharing of ideas and experiences and a time of close fellowship […]
PHNOM PENH – The Methodist School of Cambodia (MSC) in Phnom Penh saw 100 per cent of its Primary 6 students pass the National Examination, which was held from June 26 to 29, 2007. This is a marked improvement compared with a 92-per-cent pass rate secured in 2006. Two MSC students, Monita and Tida, […]
Reach for the stars, Minister tells MGS girls METHODIST GIRLS’ SCHOOL (MGS) celebrated 120 years of its founding on July 25, 2007 Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports and Second Minister for Information, Communication and the Arts, was the Guest-of-Honour at the Founder’s Day Service and Graduation Ceremony. In his address […]
ON ONE occasion when John Wesley was feeling particularly exasperated at the way things had developed at Kingswood, the school he founded near Bristol, he exclaimed: “I will have a Christian school or I will have no school at all.” What is a Christian school? When we describe the ACS schools as Christian schools what […]
Their swim, biking and run net $225,000 for MWS THREE pastors, the Rev Dr Norman Wong, the Rev Alvin Chan and the Rev Lim Jen Huat, exchanged their clerical collars for sports gear on July 29, 2007 to swim, cycle and run in the Osim Singapore International Triathlon to raise funds for the Methodist Welfare […]
THE Trelawny Male Choir, formed to carry out a tour of Singapore and New Zealand to promote Cornish music and singing, will be performing at the Esplanade Concert Hall on Oct 17, 2007 at 7.30 pm. Proceeds from the concert will go towards the Methodist School of Music (MSM) fund. The 90-member choir will present sacred, […]
It simply warns against confounding these images with God Are Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians disobeying the second commandment when they use images and icons in worship? THERE is no consensus on the interpretation of Exodus 20:4-6. Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians maintain that these verses refer not to Christian icons but pagan idols. According to […]
On parade: The Singapore flag. ON AUG 8, 2007, all six schools of the Anglo-Chinese Schools Family gathered at the Queenstown Stadium to celebrate National Day as ONE ACS. This was the first time that ACS has come together as one family to celebrate National Day. The stadium was filled with teachers and students brimming […]
I KNOW our Lord said – and I believe that it is true – that it is very hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. But I also believe, although it is not listed as one of the spiritual gifts, that some of you reading this have been given the […]
