HINGHWA METHODIST CHURCH (HMC) and the People’s Association Staff Club (PASC) raised more than $100,000 for the needy in the Lavender community with a jointly-organised charity walk on Sept 3, 2011. At the cheque presentation ceremony, the Rev Dr David Koh, Pastor-in-Charge of HMC, announced that a total of $119,825 had been raised – $67,580 […]
I WAS PRIVILEGED to join a team from the Methodist Missions Society to Timor-Leste from Sept 27 to Oct 1 this year. It was a most fruitful fact-finding and relationship-building trip. Timor-Leste as a missions field is ripe. It is a young nation with many needs including health, infrastructure, industry, education and agriculture. On […]
THE METHODIST CHURCH IN SINGAPORE (MCS) and The Presbyterian Church in Singapore (PCS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Oct 25, 2011 to allow the PCS to translate and use the DISCIPLE Bible Study material distributed by the DISCIPLE Agency of the MCS. Bishop Dr Robert Solomon represented the MCS, and the PCS was represented […]
WHEN I WROTE LAST (Methodist Message, May 2011), I referred to the ills of much of the current state of education in schools and posited an alternative approach of a truly holistic education as worthy of serious consideration. I did not at that point identify one of the logical implications of such an approach namely, […]
ANGLO-CHINESE JUNIOR COLLEGE (ACJC) received eight awards, including the prestigious School Excellence Award, from the Ministry of Education (MOE) this year. The MOE Masterplan of Awards recognises schools’ efforts in providing a holistic education, and requires schools to have a framework to chart their own progress towards continuous improvement. The School Excellence Award is the […]
IN A 1995 REVIEW ARTICLE, Judith Harris proposed a provocative theory on child and adolescent development. After reviewing the research done in this area, she concluded that parents’ behaviours do not have any long-term influence on child and adolescent outcomes. Instead, she proposed that, beyond the influence of genetic effects, children’s peer groups outside their […]
“We do not have to be enormously wealthy in order to help … You do not have to look too far for the needy. They are all around us, perhaps even sharing a pew with you.” I CONFESS THAT I SOMETIMES SHED TEARS watching these episodes. What I find moving is seeing grown […]
“Remembering the Past”, “Passing on the Present” and “Sending Forth”. These were the three segments of the Thanksgiving Service which was held in memory of the 110th birth anniversary of Dr John Sung, the great Church Revival evangelist.
HOPING TO BE MASTERS of their own fate, many Christians are seeking prophecies and revelations pertaining to their personal lives. ese people want to know their future with the view of either being prepared for those events or in the hope that they can take steps to turn the tide in their favour. eir justification: […]
‘Jesus’ and ‘Immanuel’ have profound meaning and say something of the identity of the baby THE EYES SAY IT ALL “The eyes of her baby confirmed all that Mary saw – for she saw in them the majesty, holiness and love of God.” THERE WAS SOMETHING about the baby that made them bow in worship. […]
