From Gangway to Gharry … A Bright New World Author: Ow Wei Mei The Fairfield Methodist Schools Alumni Association 280 pages. $30 Available from Fairfield Methodist Secondary School (Tel: 6778-8702, General Office) WHAT caught my eye when the book was first handed to me were the unique cover design and the title which read: […]
Missionary with many talents FOR 36 years, the Rev Andrew Jack Williamson, who passed away on Oct 4 in Illinois, the United States, after a long illness, served as a missionary with the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC). He first came to Singapore in 1952 accompanied by his wife, Judy, who was a missionary in Hong […]
MCS leaders whip up dishes to raise funds for Pentecost MC extension LEARN how to cook specialty recipes from a select group of Methodist leaders, and hear them share about their private selves – all in a VCD which will hit the shops for Christmas. At $20, this would make an exclusive gift. The Bishop, […]
LETTER TO CHRISTIAN STUDENTS RECENTLY there has been a surge in the interest of the issue of “Intelligent Design” (ID) particularly in the United States but also elsewhere in Europe. What exactly is this idea of “Intelligent Design”? Here is a short history of the movement and two questions the ID movement raises for us. […]
GENERAL CONFERENCE OF GEREJA METHODIST INDONESIA GEREJA METHODIST INDONESIA (GMI) — The Methodist Church in Indonesia — celebrated its 100th Anniversary in October and elected two new bishops for the quadrennium beginning now and ending in 2009. At its General Conference in Lembang, outside Bandung in West Java, 316 delegates elected the Rev Dr H. […]
Tributes given at Appreciation Dinner for him HIS LANDMARK INSTITUTIONS ♦ The Stewardship Charter, which will serve the MCS well for many years to come as the cornerstone of financial governance. ♦ The Methodist Schools’ Foundation, which will have an impact on the lives of children. ♦ ACS (International), which is the forerunner of the next […]
“SHAPED by the Word” will be the theme for Aldersgate Convention 2006, from 24 to 27 May 2006. The keynote speaker will be the Rev Dr M. Robert Mulholland Jr, a New Testament professor at Asbury Theological Seminary. Planning is under way for the four-day preaching and teaching event, which will begin on May 24 […]
THE American Civil War sparked revival on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line. Between 100,000 and 200,000 Union soldiers reportedly converted to Christ, as did about 150,000 Confederates. Many soldiers’ quarters featured chapels, and it was during this conflict that military chaplains became common. The same era saw a flurry of hymn-writing and carol-writing, especially […]
IT WAS only four days before Christmas. The spirit of the season had not yet caught up with me, even though cars packed the parking lots of our local discount store. Inside the store was worse. Shopping carts and last-minute shoppers jammed the aisles. Buying for someone who had everything and deploring the high cost of […]
It will come as a surprise to be told that Li Denghui, one of the earliest old boys of Anglo-Chinese School, and one of William Oldham’s prized pupils, became the first President of Fudan University, now one of China’s elite universities. Among the first Nanyang Chinese to study at Yale he was one of the […]
