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THE challenge to take the Gospel within Indian traditions to the 20 million people in the Indian Diaspora (“Indian Diaspora” means the peoples from the Indian Sub-Continent) in a fast-changing world is the vision of the Fellowship of Indian Denominational Churches (FIDC). On Oct 16, 2000, the FIDC was formed at a consultative meeting initiated […]

THE Boys’ Brigade Sharity Gift Box (BBSGB) project has been awarded the Singapore Youth Award 2004, Community and Youth Services (Team). The Singapore Youth Award [SYA] is the highest youth accolade in Singapore. It confers national honour upon youths and organisations in Singapore which have significantly achieved excellence and contributed to the community. The SYA […]

THE National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS) has issued a statement explaining why it does not favour the building of a casino in Singapore. It is responding to the Singapore Government’s recent announcement that the Government is exploring the feasibility of developing an entertainment resort which may also include a casino. Here is the NCCS’ […]

A COMPACT DISC of Christian songs from both the East and West produced by the Methodist School of Music (MSM) was launched at the recent Aldersgate Convention in May. “Endless Praise — From East and West” comprises 17 songs and hymns in English, Mandarin and Hokkien written by such great composers from the West as […]

  PITTSBURGH — An Asian bishop said here that world Methodism is even more inclusive than The United Methodist Church, which met here in legislative session from April 27 to May 7, 2004. Bishop Dr Robert Solomon, Bishop of The Methodist Church in Singapore, spoke at the United Methodist General Conference, which represents 10 million […]

  2004 UNITED METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE PITTSBURGH – After 10 days of debates and demonstrations, petitions and prayers, delegates to the 2004 United Methodist General Conference firmly committed themselves to the unity of the church. The nearly 1,000 delegates joined hands and sang the hymn, “Blest Be the Tie That Binds”, then overwhelmingly agreed that […]

Tips for Methodist Welfare Services senior staff and management volunteers WHAT are the important questions that a non-profit Christian com-munity service organisation should be asking with regard to stewardship and accountability? Are there similarities and differences between the private and public sectors that we can begin to articulate? A workshop specially tailored to help find […]

Methodist Schools’ Foundation Charity Dinner LET’S have the best “Lgourmet dinner that will be the event most talked about in town!” said Mr Quek Chin Tiong, Chairman of the Methodist Schools’ Foundation (MSF) Charity Dinner – Culinary Inspirations. And so some of Singapore’s finest and best chefs, including Mr Justin Quek and Mr Sam Leong, […]

PRAY for the nation, but recognise that nations are penultimate realities, and avoid making God into a tribal God. This was the direction given by Bishop Dr Robert Solomon as he launched the national prayer movement styled “prayer@marketplace” on March 30, 2004 at a local restaurant. Initiated by a number of Christian professionals, the inter-denominational […]

THE results of the 2003 GCE “O” and “A” Level examinations have brought across an important lesson which is evident in the lives of the top students at St Francis Methodist School (SFMS), and that is, determination empow-ers one to accomplish great things in life. Indeed, their strong willpower in pur-suing their education is to […]

VOICES of Praise will present an evening of sacred classics and spirituals entitled “Sing Sing Sing” at Queenstown Chinese Methodist Church on June 4 and at Kim Tian Christian Church on June 12 in aid of their building funds. The full concert programme will also feature several Chinese songs, including two familiar favourites, “Flowers of […]

A group of pastors discussing the significance of the Holy Communion. – Methodist Message picture.   COMBINED PASTORS’ RETREAT AT SOFITEL PALM RESORT, JOHOR: APRIL 13-15, 2004 “THE ministry of the Word” was the theme for the Combined Pastors’ Retreat when nearly 100 Methodist pastors gathered at Sofitel Palm Resort in Johor from April 13-15. […]