Highlights

PERHAPS the greatest heresy of 20th-century American religion was to make faith into a purely personal matter and a private affair, which went neatly with the rise of the consumer society. With the advent of the television preachers, faith was turned into an occasion for conspicuous consumption and effective fund-raising. Faith became merely another commodity: […]

A total of 4,237 students from both schools, parents, teachers, the alumni and other stakeholders set a new record in the Singapore Book of Records for the largest human formation of a school crest at the secondary school field in Dover Road. FAIRFIELD CELEBRATES 120 YEARS: 1888 – 2008 FROM the early days of educating […]

Gather around Jesus for holy conferencing: Bishop Dr Solomon THE 9th Session of the General Conference of The Methodist Church in Singapore, which was held at Methodist Centre from Sept 8 to 13, has been adjourned to Dec 4 and 5, as originally scheduled. Forty-two delegates, 14 from each of the three Annual Conferences – the […]

Group reflection: Participants break into groups to reflect on the speaker’s message GLOWING YEARS MINISTRY CONVENTION 2008: PENANG PENANG – The TRAC Board of Seniors Ministry held a five-five-day GYM Convention 2008 in Penang from June 30 to July 4 with the theme “Above Sacrifices – The Marks of Genuine Maturity” based on 1 Sam. […]

PICTURE HIGHLIGHTS Soothing music from Wesley Dawnbreakers. MOST of the people who came for the Aldersgate Convention 2008, held at Wesley Methodist Church from May 19 to 24, found it “worth attending”. Not everyone, however, agreed totally with what the two speakers had presented, but most of the attendees said they “have learned something interesting […]

UNTIL 1988, the fastest man who ever lived  was Ben Johnson, a broad-shouldered Canadian sprinter. In the Seoul Olympics of 1988, he ran the fastest 100 metres in history, clocking 9.79m seconds. But do not look for his name in the record books because he was disqualified. Not because he was not fast. Not because […]

A roaring applause to a musical performance at the amphitheatre. It marks another milestone in history of college THE ACJC Faith Centre for Performing Arts (CPA) was officially unveiled on May 23, 2008, which marks yet another milestone in the history of the college. The CPA is the culmination of the hopes and dreams of […]

It is giving to God what He desires and requires of us WORSHIP is a matter of giving to God what He desires and requires of us. It is not, and never was, intended to be a spectator sport or the performance of the few for the benefit of the many couch potatoes in the […]

MENSA is an exclusive organisation composed of those who are deemed to be geniuses. Only the truly intelligent need apply. They have meetings where they express their erudition and a newsletter of the same name that is, presumably, full of intelligent and brilliant insights. Doctors and scientists and members of “think tanks” join this group. They […]

THE Methodist Children and Youth Centre (MCYC) has been appointed by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) to help recruit foster parents to join the Fostering Scheme. Methodists have always answered the call to social action, to express God’s love in practical ways. This is one more avenue of social action that […]

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 […]

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 […]