THE visit of Bishop Dr Robert Solomon, Bishop of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS), and Mrs Solomon to Zambia, on the invitation of the United Church of Zambia (UCZ), is a historic event in that for most of our life as a church the outside partnerships of UCZ have been with the West. Given […]
“For other FOUNDATION can no man lay that is laid, which is JESUS CHRIST.” – 1 Corinthians 3:11 AN EVIL is in the professed camp of the Lord, so gross in its impudence, that the most short-sighted can hardly fail to notice it. During the past few years it has devel-oped at an abnormal rate, […]
Church against setting up of casino CASINO operators are trying to set up shop in Singapore. What should be our response as Christians? Is there anything in the teaching of the Church that can guide us in our response? The Book of Discipline of The Methodist Church in Singapore has a chapter on our Social Principles. […]
PITTSBURGH — An Asian bishop said here that world Methodism is even more inclusive than The United Methodist Church, which met here in legislative session from April 27 to May 7, 2004. Bishop Dr Robert Solomon, Bishop of The Methodist Church in Singapore, spoke at the United Methodist General Conference, which represents 10 million […]
2004 UNITED METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE PITTSBURGH – After 10 days of debates and demonstrations, petitions and prayers, delegates to the 2004 United Methodist General Conference firmly committed themselves to the unity of the church. The nearly 1,000 delegates joined hands and sang the hymn, “Blest Be the Tie That Binds”, then overwhelmingly agreed that […]
Tips for Methodist Welfare Services senior staff and management volunteers WHAT are the important questions that a non-profit Christian com-munity service organisation should be asking with regard to stewardship and accountability? Are there similarities and differences between the private and public sectors that we can begin to articulate? A workshop specially tailored to help find […]
PART 10 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘WISDOM TO LIVE BY: MODERN REFLECTIONS ON AN ANCIENT TEXT’ Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 “Guard your steps when you go to the house of God.” (5:1). IN RECENT years, a number of Christian writers have commented on the erosion of the worship of the evangeli-cal churches. Be it the […]
Methodist Schools’ Foundation Charity Dinner LET’S have the best “Lgourmet dinner that will be the event most talked about in town!” said Mr Quek Chin Tiong, Chairman of the Methodist Schools’ Foundation (MSF) Charity Dinner – Culinary Inspirations. And so some of Singapore’s finest and best chefs, including Mr Justin Quek and Mr Sam Leong, […]
PRAY for the nation, but recognise that nations are penultimate realities, and avoid making God into a tribal God. This was the direction given by Bishop Dr Robert Solomon as he launched the national prayer movement styled “prayer@marketplace” on March 30, 2004 at a local restaurant. Initiated by a number of Christian professionals, the inter-denominational […]
THE results of the 2003 GCE “O” and “A” Level examinations have brought across an important lesson which is evident in the lives of the top students at St Francis Methodist School (SFMS), and that is, determination empow-ers one to accomplish great things in life. Indeed, their strong willpower in pur-suing their education is to […]
