Paul Nga succeeds him as Director, Ministry in Schools and Director of TRAC Youth Ministries THE Rev Dr Norman Wong has been appointed the new Executive Director of the Methodist Missions Society (MMS). His appointment took effect on Jan 1, and he will serve a three-year term ending Dec 31, 2008. He succeeded the […]
ABOUT 90 participants from Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, China, the Philippines, Singapore, Korea and America (Korean Americans) attended the Asia Christian Women’s Leadership Training and Dialogue in Incheon City, South Korea recently. The theme was “What Does the Lord Require?” The trainers, from the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church in the US, […]
It is the 20th TRAC church and with its formation MCS now has 43 churches JURONG Preaching Point became Agape Methodist Church on Dec 4, 2005. It is the 20th Local Conference of Trinity Annual Conference of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS). This means that the MCS now has 43 churches. Agape MC has […]
THERE is a great renewal today in the topic of spirituality. For that reason it is well to find someone who can cut through the many variations and provide a central guiding metaphor. The Rev Dr M. Robert Mulholland, the keynote speaker for the 2006 Aldersgate Convention, does this with his “biblical spirituality”. The focal […]
The Rev William Oldham arrived in Singapore in February 1885 and his name is properly remembered as the missionary who pioneered the beginnings of the Methodist Church in this part of the world. Less well known is his wife and her part in his ministry. Meet Marie Oldham … SHE was a tiny lady, hardly […]
ARSENIUS, one of the Desert Fathers who lived in the early centuries of the Church, joined his fellow pilgrims in a serious pursuit of God and His righteousness. His life was marked with a deep hunger for God and a determined effort to be totally available to God. His longing to be Christ-like and to […]
BLOGGING is a common phenomenon among those who have utilised the Internet frequently. A blog is a shortened form for “weblog”. This word has been broken into the phrase “we blog”. A blog is an online publication of numerous posts of individuals and groups who write about their daily experiences and views that would be […]
NOVEMBER 13, 2005 marked the 100th Anniversary of Geylang Chinese Methodist Church. Thanks be to God for He blessed us with a clear blue sky that day amidst the monsoon season which began early that month. The congregation and guests came early in the afternoon with the purpose of giving our God of faithfulness the […]
‘Surely the Lord is in GMSS’ IT IS difficult to see the bulldozers and cranes congregate at what used to be the school grounds of Geylang Methodist Secondary School (GMSS) without feeling a tinge of awe and sadness. Awe because the sight of those mammoth earth-moving machines makes you realise the reality of the new […]
OBITUARY: TAN CHIN TUAN (Nov 21, 1908 – Nov 13, 2005) MR TAN CHIN TUAN, an Old Boy of Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) who had become almost iconic for his generosity to his alma mater, died on Nov 13, 2005. In his time, he made a series of donations amounting to more than $10 million for buildings […]
