As schools re-open to a brand new year this month, three Methodist schools will be welcoming new principals. Appointed with effect from Dec 15 last year, they are: Ms Beatrice Chong, Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC). Beatrice holds a Masters of Education from Harvard University, and comes from a family where four generations of men are […]
O Christ the Healer O Christ, the healer, we have come To pray for health, to plead for friends. How can we fail to be restored, When reached by love that never ends? From every ailment flesh endures Our bodies clamour to be freed; Yet in our hearts we would confess That wholeness is […]
The Rev Lim Jen Huat, Pastor-in-Charge of Bedok Methodist Church, presenting the bursary award to a beneficiary. …“The bursary awards enable the children to start the school year with less anxiety; the amount given helps them to buy textbooks, stationery, and uniforms, which can get increasingly expensive.” Sam* is a single parent to […]
“What and where is MCI?” are two questions commonly posed to our members. Methodist Church of the Incarnation (MCI) is located in the north-western part of Singapore and has a congregation smaller than most of our sister churches. Yet, God never fails to magnify His glory through our 370-member church in the humble neighbourhood […]
…“None of the great ‘heretics’ of the history of dogma have borne this name so unjustly as Nestorius.” Nestorius, the Bishop of Constantinople, is arguably one of the most controversial figures in the history of Christian theology. A student of the revered Antiochene theologian Theodore of Mopsuestia, Nestorius strongly affirmed the deity of the Son […]
November 24, Sunday, was a day of answered prayers for Prek Ompel Methodist Church (POMC) in Cambodia. The morning sun broke through heavy clouds and shone brightly over the village as church members made final preparations for the consecration service of their newly-completed church building. It had been raining so heavily that some claimed to […]
Ministers, lay delegates and Christian ministry staff of Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC) enjoyed the warm and generous hospitality of Ang Mo Kio Methodist Church over four days in November, as updates and reports were received from different agencies and councils. Just as much as the Annual Conference was held to discuss “business”, time was put […]
“It is imperative,” said the Rev Dr Chong Chin Chung, “that ministers and laity work as one.” As President of the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC), he was giving his Address at the Conference’s 38th Session, held Nov 11-14 last year at Ang Mo Kio Chinese Methodist Church. In light of the multi-faceted challenges facing the […]
SONY DSC In his inaugural Presidential Review, given at Ang Mo Kio Tamil Methodist Church last year, Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC) President Rev R. Prabhu steered the Conference to focus on the task at hand, setting as priority the theme selected for the quadrennium: “Making Disciples of all Nations” (Matt 28:19). The sub-themes for […]
Afew of my classmates in seminary were Indonesian pastors. In one of our informal theological discussions, some of them shared with me that in Indonesia they spoke of teologi kucing (cat theology) and teologi monyet (monkey theology). They explained that the mother cat picks up its kitten with its mouth when it moves around; the […]
