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MMS building homes, fishing boats for tsunami-hit families in Phuket
THE Methodist Missions Society (MMS) is rebuilding 18 homes for the families hit by the December 2004 tsunamis in the Namkim (Morgans) Gypsy Village in Baan Nam Khim province, Phuket. This province was the worst hit area in the Thai island resort. The MMS is also working with the church of a local pastor, Pastor […]
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In a farewell interview, retired MMS Director Clarence Lim says: ‘More Methodists are rallying to the work of MMS’
THE Rev Dr Clarence Lim, 65, who retired last month as Director of the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS), is extremely happy and grateful that more Methodists are giving their money, time and service to the work of the MMS. “There is a marked steady increase in financial giving […]
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OBITUARY: REV ANDREW JACK WILLIAMSON (Feb 19, 1929 — Oct 4, 2005)
Missionary with many talents FOR 36 years, the Rev Andrew Jack Williamson, who passed away on Oct 4 in Illinois, the United States, after a long illness, served as a missionary with the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC). He first came to Singapore in 1952 accompanied by his wife, Judy, who was a missionary in Hong […]
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ACS Old Boy headed Fudan University in Shanghai
It will come as a surprise to be told that Li Denghui, one of the earliest old boys of Anglo-Chinese School, and one of William Oldham’s prized pupils, became the first President of Fudan University, now one of China’s elite universities. Among the first Nanyang Chinese to study at Yale he was one of the […]
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A celebration for Miss Gruber’s life
SHE has gone home to be with the Lord, but it was a celebration for her life. And all her friends who came to celebrate spoke of American missionary Miriam Jean Gruber as a woman of substance and a woman of God. Every single one of them had been touched by her life. The Memorial […]
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OBITUARY: CHAN SIEW JIANG (July 5, 1903 – Aug 23, 2005)
He moulded many generations of ACSians BORN on July 5 1903, Mr Chan Siew Jiang, who passed away on Aug 23, was 102 years old. Completing his Junior and Senior Cambridge years at Anglo-Chinese School (ACS), and Normal training class, he became a qualified teacher of Standard 4 at ACS on Feb 1, 1922 – when […]
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Singaporeans praised for reaching out to needy Cambodians
Singapore envoy pays tribute to church groups, volunteers and NGOs SINGAPORE’S Ambassador to Cambodia, Mr Lawrence Anderson, has paid tribute to the many Singaporeans involved in different forms of assistance, support and welfare programmes for needy Cambodians. One of the most satisfying aspects of his job, he said, is when he is invited to […]
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A tale of two sisters: Emma and Della Olson
It is remarkable that these two sisters from far-off Wisconsin became missionaries to this part of the world – the elder Emma from 1911, the younger Della from 1918. Having served more than 70 years between them, they have an interesting tale to tell. IN DECIDING to serve the Lord overseas, some 6,000 miles away from […]
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Methodist leader made Knight by French Govt
MR CHOU FANG SOONG (above), Chairman of the Local Church Executive Committee of Bedok Methodist Church and Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Methodist Missions Society, was recently conferred the title of Chevalier dans l’Ordre National du Merite by the French Government. He was awarded the title for his “sustained contributions to the betterment […]
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Story behind the song ‘Jesus Loves Me’
“Jesus Loves Me” “Jesus loves me! This I know For the Bible tells me so Little ones to Him belong They are weak, but He is strong.” ANNA BARTLETT WARNER (1827–1915) and her sister Susan were the unmarried daughters of a prominent New York lawyer who lost his fortune during the 1837 depression. […]
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Changing attitudes with hospice palliative care
A VERY common misconception of hospice care is that it is only for the dying. However, the essence of hospice care is love and it is patient-centred and holistic. As it is motivated and centred on love, hospice care has the power to change society and human life In our medically technologically advanced society, there […]
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OBITUARY: MIRIAM J. GRUBER (Aug 27, 1914 – July 23, 2005)
She sacrificed so much for our women MISS Miriam Gruber, who passed away on July 23 in Ashville, North Carolina, the US, had often referred to death as a celebration and coronation, and a beautiful sunset the evening she died was a reflection of her life as a person and as a missionary. Born in […]
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A tale of two pairs of Olsons
Mary and Elizabeth: Education Within the first 20 years of the 20th century, there were, remarkably, two pairs of sisters from two unrelated Olson families who served as missionaries in this area. Mary and Elizabeth Olson hailed from Minnesota and served mainly in Singapore; Emma and Della Olson were from Wisconsin and served mainly in […]
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London bombings: British Methodists rendered first help
LONDON — In the early moments after bomb blasts rocked London on July 7, Methodist churches in the city centre did whatever they could to help people caught up in the explosions. More than 50 were killed and as many as 700 wounded. Located across the street from the train station where one of the rush-hour […]
