TRACkers at MWS service centres DILLON WAS ONE OF 15 TRACkers who were attached to some of the Methodist Welfare Services’ (MWS’) service centres in March through April this year. The attachments were part of an intensive disciple-making course organised by the TRAC (Trinity Annual Conference) Youth Ministry. The third phase of this programme […]
Aldersgate Service “I AM AN AMBASSADOR!” Congregants consisting of clergy and laity at the Aldersgate Service 2011 were encouraged by the speaker, the Rev Dr Eddie Fox, to say this phrase to each other, and they complied with much convivial laughter. Being ambassadors of God was the main theme throughout his sermon, which was engaging […]
Aldersgate Hymn Festival “GO, TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN,” sang attendees of the Aldersgate Hymn Festival on May 21, 2011, although it was nowhere near to Christmas yet. This well-loved hymn was aptly chosen as it tied in with the theme of the Aldersgate Convention – “Go and Tell: Proclaiming the Gospel Today”. It exemplified […]
A DEDICATION SERVICE on June 4, 2011 marked a milestone for Rangsit Methodist Church in Klong Si, Bangkok. The Rev Prasert Pornkiratikul, pastor of the church, leaders and church members received Bishop Dr Robert Solomon, Methodist Missions Society (MMS) directors and church leaders from Paya Lebar Methodist Church (PLMC) who flew into Thailand for […]
“I HAVE A DREAM.” Borrowing those famous words from Martin Luther King Jr, it is my dream and prayer that we, The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS), will truly live out what it means to be the body of Christ on earth. We call ourselves a connectional church, but what does connectionalism mean and what […]
A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” “‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything […]
SHANGHAI – Bishop Dr Robert Solomon led a five-member delegation to Shanghai and Suzhou recently to meet officials of the State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) as well as leaders of the China Christian Council/ Three-Self Patriotic Movement (CCC/TSPM) and other Chinese church leaders. The visitors were warmly received by Elder Fu Xianwei, Chairman of […]
IN A RECENT MESSAGE from my daughter she wrote, “Come Dad, motivate me!” This rather unusual appeal comes from a student preparing for her first-year university examinations. If one does not know my daughter, one would think that this is a rather desperate plea. I saw it as a rather tongue-in-cheek message but with […]
Wounded animals, abused children, damaged environment are being redeemed here by God’s grace “Those whose lives are wasting away, those who are wounded and lost, those who have been the victims of evil, those who are exhausted and whose strength has ebbed away, and those who have lost hope are all invited to enter into […]
“Not all forces in ministry momentum are of God … As the pace increases, more people are drawn into the movement … Not all will be motivated by noble aims …There will be those who are driven by ego and ambition. What develops therefore is a community seeking to do God’s will that upholds a […]
