Early this year, Dr Loh Ban Chye, a 63-year-old general practitioner who is a member of Covenant Community Methodist Church, survived a heart attack and recovered from a highly fatal disease of the aorta – the body’s biggest blood vessel – all within one month. In a testimony he shares with Methodist Message Editor Peter […]
AS A 17-YEAR-OLD, my family is of the utmost importance to me. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, my parents provide for my material needs. On hindsight, I realise this is also one of the many ways they show their love to me. With their help in this area, I am able to focus […]
37TH SESSIONS OF EMMANUEL TAMIL ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND THE CHINESE ANNUAL CONFERENCE: NOVEMBER 2012 Five CAC Elders ordained EMMANUEL TAMIL ANNUAL CONFERENCE (ETAC) has a new President, while the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC) has re-elected its incumbent President for the next quadrennium at their respective 37th Sessions. ETAC’s new President is the Rev R. Prabhu, Pastor-in-Charge […]
37TH SESSIONS OF EMMANUEL TAMIL ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND THE CHINESE ANNUAL CONFERENCE: NOVEMBER 2012 ETAC holds appreciation dinner AS BISHOP DR ROBERT SOLOMON retires as Bishop of e Methodist Church in Singapore this month, the Chinese Annual Conference and Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference gave tributes to him during their respective 37th Sessions last month. […]
THESE DAYS, it is as if Darwinism has returned with a vengeance – though it is no longer “survival of the fittest” but now “survival of the smartest”. is thought drove home to me when I wondered why the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) has become such a big national event. Am I exaggerating […]
ANOTHER CHURCH YEAR and another quadrennium have come to a close. What does this mean to us who belong to the family of e Methodist Church in Singapore? Amongst many other things is the coming of change. With the changing of guards from the position of bishop down to the officers in councils, boards and […]
There is every reason to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but be aware of the danger of cultural distortions EMBELLISHED STORIES “The biblical Christmas stories in Matthew and Luke are wonderful in their beauty and simplicity … but we have embellished the biblical stories with traditions and customs that have been collected over the centuries.” […]
DURHAM (North Carolina, US) – Health and wellness was an integral part of the ministry of the Rev John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, said the Rev Randy Maddox, a noted Wesley scholar. Indeed, Wesley’s most popular publication in his lifetime was Primitive Physick, a book of medical advice first published in the 1740s. “Wesley […]
“BE THOU MY VISION” has its roots from an 8th century Irish prayer (some sources say it was a poem): Rop tú mo baile, a Choimdiu cride: ní ní nech aile acht Rí secht nime. The prayer was attributed to an Irish poet, Dallan Forchella, who was believed to have spent so much time […]
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD DESY KRISTIANTI never thought that she would have the chance to pursue a higher education, never mind at the prestigious University of Oxford, Oriel College. “It was easy for my classmates to say that they would go to university, but for me, it was different. The costs of higher education would be unbearable for […]
