THE Boys’ Brigade (BB) exists to obey the Great Commission, and it actively seeks churches to be its “Partners in Ministry” to reach out to schools in Singapore. While the BB does not pretend to hold an exclusive claim to youth mission, it does claim to be one of the most effective outreach youth […]
A Place Apart: Monastic Prayer and Practice for Everyone Author: M. Basil Pennington MANY honest seekers are interested in spirituality. We are restless and look for peace and serenity. Intellectually we know that we need to devote time for solitude and silence. We try to keep our Quiet Time and read the Bible daily. […]
ASIAN Methodists now have a common platform to do mission work and a voice in world forums with the recent formation of the Asian Methodist Council (AMC). The AMC was established at the First Asian Methodist Convention in Seoul. Some 300 participants from 14 Asian countries attended the convention from June 14 to 18, 2002. […]
WSCS members guiding some young women at a sewing class. — Methodist Message picture. ALL Methodist women who have a desire to see women’s needs met have been invited to volunteer their services with the Methodist Women’s Ministries. Extending the invitation, Mrs Laureen Ong, President of the General Conference Women’s Society of Christian Service (GC-WSCS), […]
METHODIST MESSAGE PICTURE THE Rev Dr John Barrett, the new Vice-Chairman of the World Methodist Council (WMC), receiving a bound copy of Methodist Message 2001 from Bishop Dr Robert Solomon when he and Mrs Barrett paid a courtesy call on the Bishop recently. He was elected the WMC Vice-Chairman at the 18th World Methodist Conference […]
AS I stared at Ground Zero, New York City, looking at the huge hole in the ground where the World Trade Center once stood, I was filled with a sense of dread. It was eerie and psychologically very disturbing. But I was also feeling rather numb and anesthetized. It must have been all the repetitions […]
PART 3 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATION ON ‘FAITH TO LIVE BY’ 3. ‘Father Almighty’ THE Creed describes God as “Father” and as the “Almighty one”, and it is important that we do not separate these two distinct descriptions. As we consider the first description, we must alert ourselves to a mistake that is very […]
TRINITY Annual Conference (TRAC) is once again organising the “Individually Directed Silent Retreat” this year following its success last year. It will again be held at St Francis Xavier Major Seminary in Ponggol, this time from Sept 5 (6 pm) to Sept 8 (11 am). Most of the retreat will be spent in silent listening […]
OUR age may be characterised as the age of euphemisms. In some circles the use of politically correct expressions has been developed into a fine art. Foreign students are now called international students; the blind are politely referred to as the visually disabled, the lame the physically disabled; the Third World has become the Two […]
PENTECOST SPECIAL HOW do you turn fear into confidence? Bitterness into joy? Rudeness into civility? What turned a small band of downcast fishermen into bold heroes of faith? PENTECOST reminds us of the power of God to transform lives. Pentecost is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The Season of Pentecost continues the celebration begun […]
