An enthusiastic crowd of 51,000 Christians gathered in thanksgiving and prayer at the National Stadium on 5 July for the Jubilee Day of Prayer (JDOP), the largest multi-denominational Christian event in Singapore’s history. It was also streamed live on YouTube and attracted over 4,000 views. Bishop Dr Wee Boon Hup of The Methodist Church in […]
Guest-of-honour Mr Lui Chong Chee arriving at Oldham Hall’s Thanks Giving Dinner in 2014. Imagine, at a young age, leaving your friends, family and country – all that is familiar to you – to go to a foreign land to study. What could help you stave off loneliness and homesickness as you grapple with a […]
What Pastors Want Christians to Understand: The Singapore Jubilee Edition Advisor: The Rev Dr Wee Boon Hup, Bishop of The Methodist Church in Singapore Published by Genesis Books, an imprint of Armour Publishing, 216 pages Get a special 15% discount when you order from Armour Publishing’s online store at www.armourpublishing.com Also available at Armour Publishing’s […]
Martin Luther King Jr. once said: “Intelligence plus character, this is the goal of true education.” St. Francis Methodist School (SFMS) believes firmly in character education, evidenced in big bold letters at the entrance to the school: “Guide a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart […]
One only has to turn on the news to hear of sad stories of all kinds – a mother killed by a drunk driver, a child dying of cancer, war between nations, earthquakes leaving villages in ruins, not to mention the issues surrounding ISIS. So, does Christianity have an adequate response? Where to begin? […]
I do not truly grieve for him, my father, the great King, whom the world revered for his unsurpassed wisdom and untold riches; for his Palace – the House of the Forest of Lebanon with its forty-five pillars of cedar embellished with five hundred gold shields that left visitors breathless with wonder at its opulence; […]
Children at last year’s Camp GROW. “I am very glad that Celina can have an earlier start than my son. The programme is a great help to my children as I am unable to help them with English.” Chinese language preschool teacher Mdm Lu Xiaoyan was relieved and thrilled when her daughter, Celina, finally could register […]
Count Your Blessings (Baptist Hymnal 1991, #644) When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done. Refrain: Count your blessings, name them one by one; Count your blessings, see […]
Secularists have long ridiculed religion by portraying it as dangerous and divisive. Secularism, they insist, is not only objective since it is based on the natural sciences and empirical rationalism; it is also more tolerant and neutral, and therefore the best guarantor of social peace. Secular neutrality has been brandished about as if secularism is […]
Saying the Filipino pledge together during International Day Celebration. From a rented semi-detached house at Mayflower Rise and an average attendance of 35 persons in 1977, Ang Mo Kio Methodist Church (AMKMC) has come a long way as the first church building project undertaken by the General Conference of The Methodist Church in Singapore. […]
