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Former MM Editor celebrates 100th birthday
MRS Lorinne Reinoehl (above) celebrated her 100th birthday on Feb 25, 2003 at a nursing home in Claremont, California. She is the oldest past Head of Anglo-Chinese Middle/Primary School. Before her marriage to the Rev Waldo Reinoehl, she taught the ACS Cambridge classes at the start of her missionary service from 1927 before being […]
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FUSION sets off day of energetic learning for 300
FUSION noun: a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy A “simultaneous release of energy” is exactly what was achieved on Jan 25, 2003 as more than 300 youths and their mentors gathered for a day of learning, networking and glorifying our God. FUSION 2003 […]
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It began as ‘family church’
The simple wooden structure that is the Kirirom Methodist Church. EQUALLY hospitable to the Singapore delegation were Pastor Pon Navi, his wife and members of the Kirirom Methodist Church, a three-hour’s drive from Phnom Penh. What started as a “family church” is now a flourishing church serving an entire village. Again, we were more […]
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How leprosy patients came to know Christ
The mission to the lepers was a regular feature of the women missionaries. Mrs A. J. Amery gave a graphic account of the work that she, Miss Edith Hemmingway and other women missionaries were doing. Their example is worth emulating. ‘THE Lord’s crops spring up in queer places. It takes a spiritual expert to calculate […]
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‘Servant Bishop’ will be missed
BISHOP LUNDY The last missionary Bishop of the Methodist Church in Malaysia and Singapore. Obituary: Bishop Robert Fielden Lundy (March 29, 1920-Jan 22, 2003) BISHOP Robert F. Lundy (1964-1968) passed away at his home in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, on Jan 22, 2003 at the age of 82. Born into the home of a […]
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Rev Rajaspuran Mannar: Learning what God is doing
The Rev Raj with his wife Adarsh and Anjali, six months. AT A time when some Western communities either actively oppose or barely tolerate Christian missionaries, the Rev Rajaspuran Mannar, 50, is in an unenviable position: he is in the midst of what he terms as the “post-Christian, post-modern culture” of North America. Stationed […]
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Rev George Barathan: Journeying on God’s ships
TWO missionary pastors from Short Street Tamil Methodist Church came back recently on home leave. JASMINE DANIELS spoke to them to find out what they had been doing these past years. HE LIVED on a tear-drop shaped island in the Indian Ocean, south of India. But the Rev George Barathan’s real voyage began with […]
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‘How I found peace’
Japanese student Y. Toyama sought the truth in one of our educational institutions in Japan. ‘MOST consciously and most cheerfully I accept Jesus Christ as my Saviour. About nine years ago I believed that there must be in the universe an Almighty Power, and also believed the immortality of the soul. But as I […]
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Christian books brought to millions via the Net and CD-ROM
THE Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) [http://www.ccel.org] has brought great Christian books to millions of people around the world by CD-ROM and the Internet since 1994. It is a non-profit project, using mostly volunteer labour, seeking to make great Christian writings widely available. The CCEL grew out of a family crisis I went through in […]
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MWS, CCMC lauded for running Sembawang FSC
Declaring the Sembawang Family Service Centre open was Dr Warren Lee. Applauding (from left) are Mr Hsieh Fu Hua and Bishop Dr Robert Solomon. — Sembawang FSC picture. A delightful song-and-dance item from children of the centre. THE Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC, Dr Warren Lee, has commended the Methodist Welfare Services […]
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US missionary, music minister dies
The Rev Zimmerman: Well-known as a choir director. — Methodist Message Archives picture. OBITUARY: THE REV N. WILLIAM (BILL) ZIMMERMAN THE Rev William Zimmerman passed away on Nov 13, 2002 at the age of 76. He leaves his wife, Ruth Anne, four daughters – Karen, Alisa, Deborah, Cynthia – and two grand-daughters, Hillary and […]
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UMC accepts three new mission churches
STAMFORD (Connecticut) – Churches in Cambodia, Honduras and the Cote d’Ivoire have been formally approved as “mission churches” by the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries. A welcoming service concluded the presentation at the board’s Oct 21-24, 2002 annual meeting, marking the initial entrance of the three church bodies into the United Methodist Church. The […]
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Methodist Co-op reaps first surplus
DESPITE the adverse economic climate, the Methodist Co-operative Society Ltd was able to report a surplus of about $200,000 for the first time after seven years of operation. At its annual general meeting at Toa Payoh Methodist Church on Nov 9, 2002, it was agreed that $6,000 would be contributed to the Common Good Fund. […]
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Memorial Service for 2 CAC stalwarts
THE CAC paid tribute to two of its women stalwarts when it held a Memorial Service for Madam Huang Kuan Eng and the Rev Tan Phek Geok on the second day of its 27th Session at Foochow Methodist Church. Madam Huang passed away on July 13, 2002 at the age of 89. She first served […]
