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DR NALLA TAN (May 12, 1923 – March 27, 2012) DR NALLA TAN, the first Singapore woman to have served in the World Methodist Council (WMC), died of pneumonia on March 27, 2012. She was 88 and left a daughter and two sons. She was a widow; her husband, Dr Tan Joo Liang, a general […]

MANY ADULT CHRISTIANS DREAD being unable to “connect with the youth”. We often think that we have to engage today’s youth at their level, and a plethora of youth services, less “stifling” worship styles, and even specialised “youth pastors” have emerged from this movement. Are the youth attending youth services because of peer attraction, style […]

MR K. SAMUEL, a member of Sembawang Tamil Methodist Church, celebrated his 100th birthday on Feb 11, 2012, alongside family and church members. A clip of the event was featured on MediaCorp’s news programme and a Tamil variety show. Mr Samuel has served in ushering, reading the Bible for worship services and even going to […]

ENCOUNTER WITH THE RISEN LORD JESUS “Christian worship offers an encounter with the risen Lord Jesus. This occurs through the reading of the Scriptures and preaching and through the Lord’s Supper. Accordingly “word” and “meal” form the core of Sunday worship in many churches, and the move from the former to the latter is the basic structure of worship.”   “WHY DO THE PYRAMIDS […]

CALLING ALL METHODISTS. Aldersgate Convention 2012, to be held at Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church 2 (TA 2) from May 24 to 27, is an event you should not miss: It tells you what you wish to know about the Aldersgate experience. You will find out about John Wesley’s heart-warming experience, how he was touched […]

RESTORING PASSION “The speaker affirmed the power of the resurrected Christ in reviving our waning faith, recovering our lost hope, and restoring our passion for the Lord.” I ATTENDED THE Easter Sunday service at one of our local Methodist churches. Its Pastor-in-Charge delivered the sermon, “ The Risen Christ on Sunday at Patmos is Alive”, […]

ACS 126th Founder’s Day Celebrations: At Anglo-Chinese Junior College TRUE SUCCESS HAS TO DO WITH the cultivation of character, said Bishop Dr Robert Solomon in his address as Guest-of-Honour at the Anglo-Chinese Junior College’s (ACJC) 126th Founder’s Day celebrations on March 1, 2012. He was speaking about the “educational mission” of e Methodist Church in […]

The Malaysian visitors with their Singaporean hosts at the MCS Archives and History Library. Visit by the Council of Archives and History, The Methodist Church in Malaysia A DELEGATION FROM THE COUNCIL OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY (CAH) of The Methodist Church in Malaysia (MCM) visited the Archives and History Library in the Methodist Centre on […]

AS A WORD (LOGOS) about God (Theos), worship expresses the church’s deepest beliefs about God. For example, the doctrine of the Trinity is set forth in many traditional worship texts, e.g. the Gloria Patri (“Glory be to the Father … ”), the Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds, and the Benediction (“ … and the blessing of […]

Aldersgate Convention 2012 at TA 2: May 24-27 THE FULL PROGRAMME: • Thursday, May 24, 7.45 pm: Aldersgate Service • Friday, May 25, 7.45 pm: Rally 1 – Topic: “Scriptural Holiness – The Sanctifying Spirit” • Saturday, May 26, 7.45 pm: Rally 2 – Topic: “Th e World is My Parish – The Missionary Spirit” • Sunday, […]

The wooden cross: A precious possession of Aldersgate Methodist Church. ITEM OF HERITAGE “Aldersgate Methodist Church’s Archives and History Committee would like to find out whether there are other churches still in possession of an “Ong Chaik Ghee” cross so that we can all share this little item of heritage of Aldersgate during this Easter […]

TRANSFORMING POWER “God’s grace will find us guiltless in Christ when He returns. That grace has the power to transform us now. For that to take effect it requires great effort on our part to make some critical changes in the way we live now.” IF THERE WERE A VOTE for the epistle in the […]