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Bishops enjoying tea and a chat with President Nathan at the Istana. In the background in military uniform is Major Andy Yun, the President’s Aide-De-Camp. THE Methodist Church in Singapore hosted the Annual Gathering of the Fellowship of Asian Methodist Bishops (FAMB) at the Garden Hotel from March 13 to 15, 2004. Thirty Bishops from […]

THE 12th Company, The Boys’ Brigade will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a Thanksgiving Dinner at the ACS (Barker Road) Auditorium on Sept 4, 2004 at 7 pm. It will give thanks to God’s grace in producing pastors for ministry and Christian work in the Methodist and other Christian churches in Singapore as well as […]

Anglo-Chinese School family to have 6th new school THERE will be a sixth Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) next year. Come January 2005 Anglo-Chinese School (International) – ACS (International), a private school – will open at the Buona Vista area near Holland Village. It will cater to Singaporeans and foreigners who are attracted to the Singapore system […]

IT’S here – the Aldersgate Convention 2004. And registration is still open for the Aldersgate Day Seminar on “Nurturing Religion of the Heart” to be held at Sophia Blackmore Hall on the 6th floor of Methodist Centre on May 21 and 22, 2004. The early-bird concession of $50 per person has been extended to church […]

I WAS invited recently to watch the film The Passion of the Christ which has already created much discussion even before being released for public screening. On the one hand, there has been much excitement about the positive impact of the film. Many Christians, including pastors and evangelical leaders, have praised the film – for […]

In 1896, on one of his visits to Malaya to conduct the annual Malaysia Mission Conference, Bishop James Thoburn was accompanied by Dr B. F. West who was then stationed in Penang. Stopping over in Teluk Anson and Ipoh for a brief visitation enroute to Penang was a tiring, but uplifting for the Bishop, normally […]

THE Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) Campus has won a top award for landscape design (Institution Category). It won the hearts of the judges at a competition conducted by SILA, the professional body for qualified landscape architects in Singapore, at the 2003 competition. Every two years SILA (Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects) conducts a Professional Design […]

KAMPONG KAPOR METHODIST CHURCH CELEBRATES 110TH ANNIVERSARY KKMC to share joy with less well-visited welfare homes KAMPONG KAPOR Methodist Church (KKMC) celebrated its 110th Anniversary on Jan 25 this year with worship in song and dance in Malay (Peranakan), Mandarin, Tamil and English – the four official languages of Singapore. Bishop Dr Robert Solomon, the […]

Vera M. Edborg, a Methodist woman missionary, writes feelingly about the baptism of a Batak chief – a service conducted by the Rev Dr August Prussner, a German-born Methodist missionary who served in Sumatra, setting up and supervising churches and schools in the Batak villages of Simalungan District between 1927 and 1935. Tuan Nagori and […]

THE Centre for Development of Christian Ministry, Trinity Theological College, is organising a seminar on “Coping with Loss and Grief”. It will be held at Fairfield Methodist Church, Main Sanctuary (Level 2) on March 6, 2004 from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm. The speaker is Mr Anthony Yeo, Clinical Director of the Counselling and Care […]

Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital at Serangoon Road In 1911, Bishop William Oldham visited the “Cantonese Free Hospital”, now known as Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital, which was founded in 1910. Oldham was impressed by the efforts of the community to help its less fortunate members – poor people connected with three prefectures of Guangdong Province: Kwong-chau, […]