WINNING A GOLD MEDAL at an international choir festival was an unexpected thrill that the Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Primary) or PLMGS (Pri) Choir had the privilege of experiencing on its first-ever overseas trip. The 39th International Choir Festival, also known as the Festival of Songs, was held in the town of Olomouc in […]
■ Greater cooperation in missions ■ Better ways at helping migrant workers ■ Paying more attention to youth HONG KONG – Seeking greater cooperation in missions, looking for better ways to help Asian migrant workers and paying more attention to youth remain the Asian Methodist Council’s (AMC) three top priorities in the coming years. The […]
ERIC ERICKSON, A FAMOUS PSYCHOLOGIST, introduced the theory that everyone develops through eight phases. One of these is the stage of Generativity versus Self-absorption or at times described as Generativity versus Stagnation, which was the subject of recent discussion between my client and me. She is in her mid-50s and had sought help for […]
RELIGION OF THE EAR “Both the physical and spiritual ears are important in the exercise of our faith. The other senses may be important in their own ways, but if we have to choose just one of the senses, the Bible’s choice is always the sense of hearing, for it represents the religion of the […]
“DON’T LET ANYONE look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity … ” (1 Timothy 4:12). Paul’s letters to Timothy clearly show his deep concern for nurturing youth. The church is not a rigid organisation and its […]
Official opening of new Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) campus “TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, much is expected,” acknowledged Mrs Kathryn Koh, Principal of Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) or ACS(J), as she welcomed guests and well-wishers to the consecration and official opening of the school’s new campus at Winstedt Road. The combined themes of deep gratitude to God […]
NASHVILLE (Tennessee, US) – Tears ran down “Samuel’s” hollow cheeks as he held the chalice and served Holy Communion to his congregation. The 52-year-old homeless man with five teeth, a beard that looks like steel wool and tangled blond hair, suffers with poor physical and mental health. He wept as he offered “the blood of […]
VARNA (Bulgaria) – For more than 70 years, a beautiful bell rang in the tower of the Methodist Church in Varna, Bulgaria. From the time it was given as a gift to the Methodist Church in Bulgaria in 1890, it called the people to worship with joy and expectation after their liberation from 500 years […]
Take my life and let it be Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee. Take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless praise. Take my hands and let them move at the impulse of Thy love. Take my feet and let them be swift and beautiful for […]
Irenaeus of Lyons (d. 202 AD) ONE OF THE GREATEST THREATS to the Church in the second century is Gnosticism, a multifaceted and polymorphous sect whose origins can be traced to ancient Iran and Babylon. A mixture of Hellenistic philosophy, Iranian mysticism, heterodox Judaism and Christianity, Gnosticism exerted a powerful and corrosive influence in the early […]
