Cheow Tong commends MWS for running Bethany Home

Mr Yeo and Bishop Dr Solomon unveiling the plaque for Bethany Methodist Nursing Home while Mrs Woo Chu Sin, BMNH Chairman, and Mr Chan Kum Kit, MWS Chairman, look on.   Official opening and Dedication Service of Bethany Methodist Nursing Home FEBRUARY 22, 2003 was chosen to commemorate the official opening and Dedication Service of […]

Asian Methodist Council head calls on Bishop

METHODIST MESSAGE PICTURE   BISHOP Chang Kwang Young (centre in picture), Chairman of the Asian Methodist Council (AMC), called on Bishop Dr Robert Solomon at the Methodist Centre on March 7, 2003. Accompanied by the Rev Dr Jeong Tae Joon (right in picture), the AMC General Secretary, he was en route to the AMC’s Executive […]

Meet ‘John Wesley’ at Aldersgate Service

  Celebrating the 300th anniversary of John Wesley’s birth COME and meet “John Wesley” at the Aldersgate Convention 2003. John Wesley will be dramatically presented at this year’s Aldersgate Service, to be held in the auditorium of the newly rebuilt Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) on May 24 at 7.45 pm. Mr Brian Chirnside, a teacher […]

Powerful singing matched by vibrant dance movements

So riveting and joyful, the way the African Children’s Choir sing, swing and sway. — KKMC picture by LYNDON GAN.   AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR THE African Children’s Choir is singing and executing a vibrant dance pattern (above), much to the delight of Kampong Kapor Methodist Church members and guests, including representatives from the Inter-Religious Organisation. […]

Wesleyan insights into Faith and Reason

  IN TODAY’S world with so many voices competing for attention, is it still possible to affirm the centrality of the Gospel? Can Christians still believe in Jesus Christ? Is faith even rational? These concerns will be addressed at the Aldersgate Convention 2003 from May 21-24 when Dr William Abraham speaks on the topic, “Faith […]

A fast-growing and vibrant church

Happy faces greet the Singapore delegation at the Prek Ormpel Methodist Church.   THE Singapore delegation that witnessed the ordination of the 10 Cambodian pastors and the mass baptism of 98 Cambodians also travelled several hundred kilometres to visit two village churches and the COSI Children’s Village run by the Methodist Missions Society. The first […]

Sir Alan Walker, 91, dies

SIR ALAN WALKER: A Methodist preacher for 70 years.   NEW YORK – Sir Alan Walker, whose ministry spanned most of the 20th century, died in Sydney on Jan 29, 2003 at the age of 91. A Methodist minister, he was the first person to hold the position of World Director of Evangelism for the […]

Fulfil your God-given mission, SKMC told

Bishop Dr Robert Solomon (far right) delivering his sermon to an attentive congregation. — Sengkang Methodist Church picture.   Consecration Service of Sengkang Methodist Church JANUARY 12, 2003 marked a milestone in the establishment of Sengkang Methodist Church (SKMC). Representatives from 16 CAC, ETAC and TRAC churches, as well as the Women’s Society of Christian […]

The struggle for peace

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” — John 14:27. THE imminent war between the United States and Iraq has created anxiety and fear across the globe. […]