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Giving students a second chance
A physics lesson at St Francis Methodist School. — SFMS picture. 80 years ago, Anglo-Chinese Continuation School was set up Eight years ago, St Francis Methodist School was opened EIGHTY years ago, a Methodist missionary pioneered Anglo-Chinese Continuation School (ACCS), giving students a second chance to be educated in Singapore. The circumstances leading to […]
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‘Siang Chwee a true sister-in-Christ’
MRS KATHLEEN TAN BENG LEONG: A long-time leader of the WSCS. TRIBUTE TO KATHLEEN TAN BENG LEONG KNOWN to us as “Sister Siang Chwee”, Mrs Kathleen Tan Beng Leong was a friend, mentor, comforter, leader, mother, and most of all, a true sister-in-Christ to all who knew her. She served in the Women’s Society […]
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Methodist Co-op aims to provide affordable medical care
Towards a Methodist healthcare ministry THE Methodist Co-operative Society Ltd is introducing the Methodist Co-operative Healthcare Card (MCHC) scheme for members to see its panel of healthcare professionals. There will be a fixed schedule of fees and members will pay the healthcare professionals directly. The Co-operative Society has drawn up an agreed schedule of fees […]
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Much is being done in Cambodia
Pentecost Methodist Church members lead in singing in a Cambodian village. – Pentecost MC picture. Reflections on a mission trip ONE of the objectives of the 10-year Vision for Pentecost Methodist Church is being involved in missions. To encourage responsible leadership, the Local Church Executive Committee (LCEC) organised a mission trip to Cambodia to […]
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Half of Fairfield MC’s members volunteer for social work
VOLUNTEERISM is alive and well at Fairfield Methodist Church. More than half of the congregation are involved in outreach to the local HDB flats and one eighth volunteer with the church’s registered social service programme, Yong-en Care Centre. Blessing Project (BP), an outreach ministry of Fairfield MC, involves 450 members and friends who adopt and […]
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Camps to enrich family life
A HIGHLY-SUCCESSFUL two-day “Family Life Education Camp” held last year to motivate parents to get involved in transmitting faith to their children and nurturing them through family life has encouraged its organiser to open more of such camps to church members and even non-believers. The Oasis Family Life Education Centre at Wishart Road is now […]
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Malacca’s first Chinese Methodist wedding
Mr and Mrs Chew Cheng Yong. — Methodist Church Archives picture, courtesy of Associate Professor Ernest Chew. In this interesting memoir, the Rev William Shellabear’s younger daughter, Fanny, recounts the wedding of Mr Chew Cheng Yong to Mr Tan Kiong Keng’s eldest daughter, Siok Kim, “Besar”, the first Chinese Methodist wedding in Malacca nearly […]
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Newly-formed Caleb Connexions seeking church partnership
Participants break up for group discussions. APRIL 1, 2003 was a historic day when 50 participants from 30 churches and mission agencies turned up for breakfast and a missions consultation at the International Baptist Church. The event was organised by the Caleb Connexions, a newly-formed ministry, which wanted to find out from the pastors […]
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Turning her passion into a tool of evangelism
Ms Yeo Cher Eng … “Literature is a ministry for me.” Church worker Cher Eng’s winning literary works published as books A TWO-TIME winner of writing awards — the Golden Lion Award (Non-fictional) and Golden Point Award (Short Story) — Ms Yeo Cher Eng’s works have been collated and published in two books, “Seeking” […]
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Methodist beginnings in Penang
In her Record of 40 Years of Woman’s Work in Malaya, 1887-1927, Miss Sophia Blackmore recounts the challenges and satisfaction of pioneering Methodist work in Penang. ‘IT WAS in the year 1891 that our Mission Conference decided to extend our work. A Mr Moore almost at once began to visit in wealthy Chinese homes. His […]
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Cheow Tong commends MWS for running Bethany Home
Mr Yeo and Bishop Dr Solomon unveiling the plaque for Bethany Methodist Nursing Home while Mrs Woo Chu Sin, BMNH Chairman, and Mr Chan Kum Kit, MWS Chairman, look on. Official opening and Dedication Service of Bethany Methodist Nursing Home FEBRUARY 22, 2003 was chosen to commemorate the official opening and Dedication Service of […]
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Powerful singing matched by vibrant dance movements
So riveting and joyful, the way the African Children’s Choir sing, swing and sway. — KKMC picture by LYNDON GAN. AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR THE African Children’s Choir is singing and executing a vibrant dance pattern (above), much to the delight of Kampong Kapor Methodist Church members and guests, including representatives from the Inter-Religious Organisation. […]
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A fast-growing and vibrant church
Happy faces greet the Singapore delegation at the Prek Ormpel Methodist Church. THE Singapore delegation that witnessed the ordination of the 10 Cambodian pastors and the mass baptism of 98 Cambodians also travelled several hundred kilometres to visit two village churches and the COSI Children’s Village run by the Methodist Missions Society. The first […]
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Sir Alan Walker, 91, dies
SIR ALAN WALKER: A Methodist preacher for 70 years. NEW YORK – Sir Alan Walker, whose ministry spanned most of the 20th century, died in Sydney on Jan 29, 2003 at the age of 91. A Methodist minister, he was the first person to hold the position of World Director of Evangelism for the […]
