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Lay Leaders Fellowship LAY LEADERS and Local Church Executive Committee (LCEC) heads learned about Methodist connectionalism at the Bishop’s Lunch Fellowship on March 29. Bishop Dr Robert Solomon shared with the 55 lay leaders about the importance of being a connectional church. He pointed out that, unlike some other Protestant denominations in which each congregation is independent, Methodists share a mutual bond at various […]

Missionary William Thomas Kensett, MD, tells us of a little known aspect of early Methodist medical work in Singapore started by Dr B.F. West in 1889, the cradle of Telok Ayer Chinese Church. As a medical attendant on the HMS Orion, he was attracted to Methodist evangelistic work in Singapore and decided to become a […]

CHIANG MAI – In December 1994, a small seed was planted here. The Methodist Church in Singapore sent Mr Lim Chong Heng as a missionary supply pastor to Thailand. Today that tiny seed has borne much fruit. Our Bishop Dr Robert Solomon led a delegation of Singapore Methodist pastors and members to Chiang Mai in March […]

THE Class of 2007 at Methodist Girls’ School (MGS) has made its mark in the community with its outstanding achievements in the GCE “O” Level Examination. When the examination results were announced on Jan 24, the school found that it had excelled at the national level – five of them kept the MGS flag flying […]

School’s first batch of candidates rakes in 99.7-per cent pass rate ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (Independent) has been ranked among the top three schools in the world when results of its students who took the International Baccalaureate (IB) examinations were announced in January. The other two are a British school and an Australian school. Of the 357 […]

EASTER MESSAGE FROM BISHOP DR ROBERT SOLOMON THE cross is a key Christian symbol. And it can only be fully understood or experienced if we remember and consider the Person on the cross – our Lord Jesus Christ. It is the cross of Jesus that the Bible speaks about and which the Church has celebrated […]

32ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSIONS: PICTURE HIGHLIGHTS THE Methodist Church in Singapore reaped a bumper crop of eight new Deacons and six new Elders at this year’s 32nd Session of the three Annual Conferences. In addition, a Diaconal Minister, the Rev Jimmy Wong Phin Thau, was ordained during the Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC) Session, making him […]

THE Telugu people are an ethnic group primarily located in the south-eastern state of Andhra Pradesh in India, and Telugu is the official language spoken by them. Telugu is the second most spoken language in India after Hindi (including non-native speakers) and one of the 23 national languages of India. It is also spoken in […]

Our families face threats, Church must work to ward them off: TRAC head OUR families are under threat, and as Christians, we know that the Devil is constantly waging war against our families. Stating this in his President’s Address at Pentecost Methodist Church on Nov 20, 2007, the Rev Wee Boon Hup, President of Trinity […]

Accompanying Isabella Leonard on board the “Stettin”, Sophia Blackmore experienced probably her first encounter with natives. She was on her way to India (and Singapore) to becoming a missionary for nearly 40 years. Here, she recounts the Sunday in 1887 spent at a Wesleyan service in the little town of Matupi, New Guinea. ‘FROM Sydney […]

Bishop tells Church at Ordination-cum-Closing Service of 32nd Session of CAC BEWARE OF THE EVIL ONE ‘Integrity can be affected by temptation, and also by suffering and trials … Satan does not like upright men of integrity. He will use evil people to persecute and torment people of integrity. In such moments, one could give […]

How still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark street shineth The everlasting light; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight.