Combined worship service, publication and dinner mark the special day FOR worshippers at Bukit Panjang Methodist Church (BPMC), the Sunday of June 3, 2007 will be a special day to remember for a long time to come. On that beautiful Sunday, the church reached a significant milestone in its history and development – it was 70 […]
Pasir Panjang Tamil Methodist Church turns 80 PASIR PANJANG Tamil Methodist Church celebrated its 80th anniversary on June 3, 2007. Bishop Dr Robert Solomon delivered the message from Matt 5:11-12. He called on the church members to live in the ever-present light of God and challenged them to seek God for their next phase of […]
HOW can God be known? After all, the universe is a huge place and any God who created it must be even bigger. How can our finite minds ever understand God? These issues must always be beyond us. But as a Christian what if God, the infinite God, decided to reveal himself to the finite mind in […]
AT A recent meeting, the main governing body of the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) – the MMS Executive Committee – decided to concentrate on planting self-supporting churches in the region. This is not how we do it here in Singapore, but for our work in the region, we must adapt and use a different […]
Retired missionary Dr Douglas Wingeier recalls his maternal grandfather, Charles S. Buchanan, who came to Singapore in 1896, taught at Anglo-Chinese School and became Principal from 1903 to 1905. His preparation and attitude made him and his wife devoted and effective missionaries when they went to Java in 1907 to serve until 1923. MY MATERNAL […]
A GROUP of researchers caused a stir in 1965 among scientists studying human aggression. In a review of several studies they found that 3 per cent of the male prisoners in maximum security prisons and hospitals in a British region had an extra Y chromosome in the 23rd pair, i.e. they were XYY males. Normally […]
WE METHODISTS are known as a singing people. The singing of songs and hymns is integral to our liturgy and worship experiences. The Wesley brothers, John and Charles, had a shared theology and together they gave us many theologically profound hymns. This year, Methodists from all over the world are celebrating the 300th birth anniversary of […]
Speaker David Wilkinson peppered with many questions IT WAS the most well-attended Aldersgate Convention to date. It also saw much more participation from the participants in terms of interaction and questions asked. And many of the questions were “profound”, in the words of the speaker himself. The Rev Dr David Wilkinson, who addressed participants at […]
Part Five of the series on the Methodist Welfare Services highlights programmes and services on parenting. We continue to witness the life journey of a couple, Jin Han and Susanna, as the former reminisces in a love letter to his beloved wife. MY DEAREST WIFE Susanna, By the time Charis was nine years […]
MELBOURNE – The 5th Session of the Chinese Methodist Church in Australia Annual Conference (CMCA), held here recently, has elected the Rev Albert Chiew as the new bishop, and Mr Joseph Ting as the Lay Leader. During the conference, the long-expected Annual Conference Building was officially declared opened by Bishop Dr Hwa Yung of […]
