8TH SESSION OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE: OCT 18-22, 2004 Importance of educating Methodists IN HIS Episcopal Address, Bishop Dr Robert Solomon drew attention to his role as an educator in the (first) four years of his episcopacy. He observed that we live in a time of sweeping changes – foundational worldviews, values and social structures […]
GC session adjourned to Dec 8 Episcopal Re-dedication Service at BRMC on Dec 9 THE 8th Session of the General Conference of The Methodist Church in Singapore, which was held at Sophia Blackmore Hall, Methodist Centre from Oct 18-22, 2004, has been adjourned to Dec 8 at the same venue. It will end with the […]
8TH SESSION OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE: OCT 18-22, 2004 AT THE morning worship on the second day of the General Conference , Bishop Roy Sano from the United Methodist Church said that the phrase “with one voice” for the conference theme “explains our focus”. He said: “Paul says ‘with one voice’ glorify God. “Why? Because […]
8TH SESSION OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE: OCT 18-22, 2004 ■ GENERAL CONFERENCE REPORTS BY PETER TEO AND EARNEST LAU ■ METHODIST MESSAGE PICTURES BY DANIEL LIE PREACHING at the morning worship of the General Con-ference of The Methodist Church in Singapore on Oct 21, Bishop Dr Hwa Yung of The Methodist Church in Malaysia drew […]
MRS DAISY ONG is retiring as Principal of Anglo-Chinese School (Primary). Announcing this, Mr Tan Wah Thong, Chairman of the Anglo- Chinese Schools Board of Gover-nors (ACSBOG), said that Mrs Ong had served 42 years in the teaching profession with distinction. She joined ACS (Barker Road) as the Vice-Principal of the Primary Section in 1995 […]
FROM January next year, Methodist Girls’ School will offer a unique and customised scholastic programme for its upper primary and secondary school students. This programme is tailored for the intellectually gifted and builds on the proven strengths of the MGS education, which is well known for its emphasis on all-round development, character training and Christian […]
Christmas reminds us of our Christian duty to be sensitive to the needs of the poor, the lonely and those seeking liberation in all its manifestations. IT WAS Christmas Eve, and the streets of the city were crowded with happy fathers, mothers and children. Their faces were bright and smiling and their arms were loaded […]
Michael Tan Soo Guan’s design will be used as logo for 19th World Methodist Conference in 2006 A SINGAPOREAN Methodist has brought honour to The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) when his entry for the logo design for the 19th World Methodist Conference was picked the winner. Mr Michael Tan Soo Guan, a member of […]
YEVEGENY YEVTUSHENKO told a moving story concerning prisoners of war that were forced to march through the streets of Moscow in 1941. Russian soldiers and policemen struggled to control the noisy crowd watching that parade. Curiosity was not on the mind of the onlookers, most of whom had lost either a father or a husband, […]
Jesus was born among the lambs THE birth itself was clearly a miracle. The mother was a virgin. We profess this in the Apostles’ Creed when we declare that Jesus “was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary … ” What is also special about the birth of Jesus is that He […]
