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8th International Christian Youth Conference in Teresopolis, Brazil THE 8th International Christian Youth Conference (ICYC), held at the Methodist Mission Camp, Teresopolis, Brazil recently, brought together 375 delegates from 42 countries. Speaking in more than 25 languages, including Appalachian and Australian, these young people, mostly aged 17 to 30, from the different continents, enjoyed a wonderful […]

  THE Rev Dr John Barrett, Principal of Anglo-Chinese School (International), has challenged teachers in Britain to come to Singapore to teach. “Why not come over to Singapore for one to three years either at the start of your teaching career or at the end of it?” he said. “I think you will find it […]

THE Methodist Church Kindergartens/Child Care Centres made history when their staff had a get-together for the first time at Methodist Centre on Sept 23, 2005. It was organised by the Methodist Kindergartens/Child Care Centres Principals’ Network, which comes under the guidance of Mrs Tang Poh Kim, the Education Secretary. This was the first time that […]

METHODIST SCHOOLS’ STAFF GET-TOGETHER 2005 THE Methodist Schools’ Staff Get- Together 2005 was held on Aug 26 with Bishop Dr Robert Solomon gracing the occasion as the Guest-of-Honour and also the speaker at the Thanksgiving Service. The theme was “Celebrating Family” and the Scripture verse chosen was “and every … house divided against itself shall […]

A DISCIPLE Trainers’ Event was held in Singapore – the first to be conducted outside the United States – from Aug 15 to 19, 2005. Sixty trainers from Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan, Britain and Singapore took part in the event, held at the River View Hotel in conjunction with the 10th Anniversary of The […]

Christine Lau: Began piano studies at the age of eight. – Methodist Schoolof Music picture. Chtchoukina Natalia: Studied under top Russian musicians. – MSM picture. Come catch the artistry of Natalia and Christine THE Methodist School of Music (MSM) will be featuring two talented faculty members at an evening of clarinet and piano works at […]

ONE hundred and one participants from China, Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia and Singapore met at Trinity Theological College (TTC) from Aug 10 to 13, 2005 to discuss Christian contribution to the society and nation today. The “Seek the Welfare of the City” Conference was sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Christianity in […]

Methodist Schools’ Foundation officials, ‘Community Swim’ supporters share joy TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Thum Ping Tjin has become the first Singaporean to swim across the English Channel, and the first group of fellow Singaporeans who were just as elated as he was were his sponsors, officials of the Methodist Schools’ Foundation, and his supporters who took part in […]

THREE Methodist leaders have been given The Public Service Star (Bintang Bakti Masyarakat) (BBM) in this year’s National Day awards. They are Dr Chua (Lee) Li Eng of Christ Methodist Church, Mr Lee Liat Cheng and Mr Patrick Wee Chow Sing, both of Barker Road Methodist Church. Dr Chua, Medical Director of Kwong Wai Shiu […]

A BUSINESS leader and human resources practitioner, Mr Richard B. Y. Khoo, has been appointed the Director of Finance, Administration and Programmes (DFAP) of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS). He started work at Methodist Centre on Sept 19, 2005. His appointment ends several months of search for a person to fill the top-level position. […]

TO THE glory of God, to the honour of those who have prepared a heritage, to the edification of all who stand here today, to the instruction of our children, we dedicate the Wesley Heritage Corner in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.” With these words, […]

Wide variety of courses, workshops for singers and musicians THE Methodist School of Music’s (MSM) Church Music Encounter 2005, to be held from Sept 3 to Oct 22, will comprise three courses and seven workshops. The courses are: “Explore The World of Singing”, “The Soloist”, both to be conducted by Ms Leona Quek, and “Beginning […]