Amanda Chia enjoys online aural training on her own in the comfort of her home. – MSM Picture. THE METHODIST SCHOOL OF MUSIC (MSM) is the first music school in Singapore to embark on E-Learning or electronically-supported learning for its General Music Education programme, and the only music school to do so at the time […]
SIBU (Sarawak) – The 13th Graduation Ceremony of the Methodist eological School (MTS) Sibu was marked by three “firsts”, or first-time events, in the history of the school. Gao Shuang Ying was the first student from China to graduate from the MTS with a Bachelor of Theology. Another student, Ling Yih, was the first graduate […]
O Wondrous Sight, O Vision Fair O wondrous sight! O vision fair of glory that the church shall share, which Christ upon the mountain shows, where brighter than the sun he glows! From age to age the tale declares how with the three disciples there where Moses and Elijah meet, the Lord holds converse […]
IN MAY 1961, the Rev Dr Gunnar Teilmann Jr christened a Wesley Methodist Church (WMC) choir, “Dawnbreakers”, because they would come together each Sunday to sing and break the dawn. Today, 50 years later, they continue to stand, praising and thanking the Almighty God. The Lord has blessed the Dawnbreakers abundantly. “Because of the Lord’s […]
BOETHIUS WAS A CHRISTIAN SCHOLAR and philosopher who lived at the time when the classical world of late antiquity was receding and what scholars call the early Middle Ages was about to dawn. His full name, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, indicates that he belonged not just to the aristocracy of Rome, but also to the […]
THE METHODIST WELFARE SERVICES (MWS) is taking its first foray into social media with a new Facebook account, not just to create more awareness but to engage the younger generation and web-savvy professionals. In a survey conducted in 2011 with non-profit professionals, it was revealed that Facebook is the most commonly-used tool for web communications. […]
Bishop Dr Robert Solomon sending greetings to ETAC on the opening day of their Session on Nov 11, 2011. He is flanked by ETAC President James Nagulan (left) and ETAC Vice-President Stephen Shadrak. – Picture by DANIEL LIE. Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC) delegates responding to a suggestion by their President, the Rev James Nagulan, […]
A member of Rangsit Methodist Church (in boat) distributing food to flood-affected residents in Bangkok. – Methodist Missions Society picture. IN LATE SEPTEMBER 2011, many countries across Asia encountered severe flooding. This coincided with high tides in mid-October. In just a few days, many provinces in Thailand and Cambodia were inundated, causing loss of […]
“I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word”. – Psalm 119:16. SOLOMON TOLD IT RIGHT when he said, “Of making many books there is no end” (Ecclesiastes 12:12). The number of books extant today would dwarf any library Solomon ever saw or imagined. We have old books, new […]
“WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON REINCARNATION?” This was definitely not a question I was expecting. I had just completed the warm-up phase with my group of energetic 17 to 21-year-old students when this question was posed to me by one of them who was known to be a pious Buddhist. I was breathing hard and […]
