CHURCHES that are growing and dynamic almost always have a strong culture and history of youth ministry. With this thought in mind I set out to understand the youth ministry in Singapore through the eyes of paid church youth workers. In the second half of 2006 I conducted formal interviews with 35 stipendiary church-based youth […]
ON HOLY SATURDAY, April 7, 2007, about 4,500 students from the 15 Methodist schools and some 1,000 members from the Methodist churches came together as a Christian family to “Walk for Love and Walk for the School”. MethodistWalk 2007 was organised by the Methodist Schools’ Foundation (MSF) for the students to raise funds for equipment […]
PHNOM PENH – Singapore’s Ambassador to Cambodia, Mr Lawrence Anderson, visited The Methodist School of Cambodia on March 21, 2007. Accompanied by the Second Secretary, Mr Jonathan Lim, he was greeted at the school gate by the Rev Philip Lim, Country Coordinator of the Methodist Missions Society, and Mr Stephen Yeo, principal of the […]
THE “A” level results were released on March 2, 2007 to a jubilant cohort of 950 students, the largest in the history of Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC). By the grace of God and through the support of the community of parents, teachers and alumni, the Class of 2006 overcame the odds to set new benchmarks […]
RETIRED Methodist missionary Rev J. Harry Haines (picture above) passed away at the age of 89 on March 29, 2007 in Eugene, Oregon, leaving behind his wife, Loma Housley and two surviving sons. His missionary service spanned a total of 38 years, beginning in west China in the 1940s, then in the division of inter-church […]
BISHOP’S FELLOWSHIP WITH CHURCH LEADERS “SPIRITUAL formation has to do with making us holy.” With these words, Bishop Dr Robert Solomon engaged in a discussion with lay leaders on the topic “Teaching the Faith: Nurture and Formation”. He told the leaders at the lunch fellowship at Methodist Centre on March 31 that “spiritual formation is […]
It is clear that the Christian Tradition opposes abortion because it is the wilful killing of another human being. But are there no exceptions? What about pregnancies that result from rape? Should abortion be allowed in order to save the life of the pregnant woman? WHILE the Christian faith opposes abortion for reasons spelt out […]
Event celebrates Charles Wesley’s 300th birthday New arrangements composed by seven Asian musicians HOW better to celebrate the 300th birthday of Charles Wesley than to hear and sing his hymns in fresh new Asian settings? Singaporeans will have the chance to do just that at the Aldersgate Hymn Festival on May 20, 2007 at Victoria […]
THE Permanent Secretary of the Public Service Division in the Prime Minister’s Office, Ms Lim Soo Hoon, was named Her World’s “Woman Of The Year” on March 6, 2007. Ms Lim, who worships at Barker Road Methodist Church with her family, is a mother of two teenage boys. Older son Samuel, now 17, was diagnosed […]
BOYS’ BRIGADE CHARITY GOLF 2007 THE Boys’ Brigade Charity Golf 2007 was teed off on a sunny March 6 afternoon. The golfers played hard at the Tampines Course in Tanah Merah Country Club, which was not surprising especially when the hole-in-one prize was the attractive Lexus RX400h. This was the fourth Charity Golf game that […]
