Myanmar nationals fervent in worship at the first anniversary of the Myanmar service at Hakka Methodist Church. — Methodist Message picture. By LEONG WENG KAM Congregation of 50 worship at Hakka MC 5 FOREIGN LANGUAGES The new service brings the total of non-traditional or foreign languages being used in Methodist churches to five. […]
” … Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him (Jesus) and asked, ‘Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!’ ‘Martha, Martha,’ the Lord answered, ‘you are worried and upset about many things, […]
Bishop Dr Solomon officiates at Dedication of school gift shop PL Perisseia ENTREPRENEURIAL skills are being taught to students of Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School, and Aug 8, 2003 marked a milestone for the school at Lorong Ah Soo as its gift shop, the PL Perisseia, was officially dedicated by Bishop Dr Robert Solomon. The […]
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Khoo Boon Hui: An Old Boy of 12th BB Company. THE Commissioner of Police, Mr Khoo Boon Hui, who has been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, heads the list of members, Old Boys and Volunteers of The Boys’ Brigade in Singapore who have received National Day Awards this year. […]
We begin this month with a series of reflections on the Book of Ecclesiastes entitled ‘Wisdom to Live By: Modern Reflections on an Ancient Text’. SINCE time immemorial human beings have been pondering over the meaning of life. “Why is there something, and not nothing?”, enquired the ancient Greek philosophers. What is the purpose […]
THE Oasis Family Life Education Centre has developed a programme, with empahsis on the qualities of Christian character and beliefs, to prepare pre-marital couples in countering the challenges in their life journey together. Besides dealing with the common issues which most marriage preparation courses do, it also highlights the application of the basic qualities of […]
The writer and her husband Ivan: Moving away from what is familiar and comfortable. — Methodist Message picture. Kwa Kiem Kiok is a contributor to Methodist Message. In mid-August she and her husband Ivan Tan left for Asbury Theological College in Wilmore, Kentucky, for a sabbatical. Below are their reflections on taking this step. […]
CHRISTIAN leaders will have recently received a new periodical in the mail. Conversations, A Forum for Authentic Transformation, is a bi-annual Christian journal about transformational theology. Bishop Dr Robert Solomon, who sits on the Editorial Board of Conversations, was drawn to the periodical through his friendship with American psychologist Dr David G. Benner. “He has […]
The Rev Dr Kobia: First African churchman to be elected WCC General Secretary. — WCC picture. GENEVA — The Rev Dr Samuel Kobia, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Special Representative for Africa, has been elected as the new General Secretary of the WCC. He will succeed the Rev Dr Konrad Raiser, and will […]
Methodist Boys’ School in Kuala Lumpur. — Methodist Church Archives picture. The Rev Dr Ho Seng Ong, for many years Headmaster, Anglo-Chinese School Malacca and Methodist Boys’ School Kuala Lumpur, and Methodist Education Secretary, District Superintendent and Editor of Methodist Message, recounts his early days as a schoolboy in Kuala Lumpur. ‘I CAME to […]
