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Inaugural Methodist Schools Debate Cup Fostering friendship, debating culture in the Methodist family of schools
Neha with the Best Individual Performance Challenge Cup named after Mr Earnest Lau (right). — ACJC picture. THE inaugural Methodist Schools Debate Cup, a tournament organised by the Oratorical and Debating Society of Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC), was a resounding success. The idea for this tournament was mooted earlier this year: it would be a […]
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CAC strategy to lift ministry of its churches
27TH SESSION OF THE CHINESE ANNUAL CONFERENCE: NOV 12-14, 2002 THE Chinese Annual Conference (CAC) is keen to implement several resolutions, which it adopted at its 27th Session, in the coming year. It aims to lift the life and ministry of the CAC churches through the successful implementation of this strategy. The following are […]
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Kelvyna Chan appointed new ACJC Principal
MRS KELVYNA CHAN A former student of MGS and ACJC. ANGLO-CHINESE JUNIOR COLLEGE (ACJC) welcomed back a former student, Mrs Kelvyna Chan Swee Ai, as Principal on Dec 16, 2002 as Mrs Lim Han Soon retired on the previous day after a stewardship spanning more than five years since 1997. A member of Christ […]
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ACS (BR) gets 1m shares from well-wisher
A WELL-WISHER has donated 1 million shares in Trek 2000 International Ltd to Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road). This was disclosed by Mr Tan Chee Chye, Chairman of the Methodist Schools’ Foundation (MSF), in his annual report for the year 2002. Mr Tan said that the MSF is holding the shares as trustee for ACS (BR) […]
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Bishop to TTC students: Share your faith
Bishop Dr Solomon answering a question from the floor. — MM picture. INTER-RELIGIOUS relations should be about sharing our faith, not just proselytising, Bishop Dr Robert Solomon told a group of Methodist students at Trinity Theological College (TTC) recently. Some 50 Methodist students at TTC gathered at the invitation of Bishop Dr Solomon on […]
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Task force tackles questions of science and theology
NASHVILLE (Tennessee) – A surgeon pauses to pray before entering the operating room. The family wonders: Does that mean he doesn’t know what he is doing? A college freshman struggles with what she learned in church and what she just heard her professor say: “We are not spiritual beings, just a collection of molecules.” A […]
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Simon Chan inducted as Earnest Lau Professor of Systematic Theology
Bishop Dr Robert Solomon (left) inviting the congregation to pray with him for Dr Simon Chan after Dr Chan’s induction. Beside the Bishop, partly hidden, is Bishop John Chew, Chairman of the TTC Board of Governors. — TTC picture. THE Dean of Studies at Trinity Theological College (TTC), Dr Simon Chan, has been inducted […]
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PLMGSS gets SQC award
PL Lites singing their way to second place at the Sing Singapore Competition 2002. — PLMGSS picture. PAYA LEBAR Methodist Girls’ Secondary School (PLMGSS) was one of five schools that were conferred the Singapore Quality Class (SQC) in July this year. The award, by SPRING Singapore (Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board), gives recognition to […]
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Methodist Volunteers: Bishop to launch movement on Dec 28
The logo was designed by Ms Catherine Lim, a member of Aldersgate Methodist Church. THE two blue circles, together with the curves at the top of the heart, represent volunteers with The Methodist Church in Singapore united in their service to the community. The heart symbolises the care and love of Methodists as they reach […]
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Possible earliest reference to Jesus found
WILMORE (Kentucky) – The Rev Ben Witherington III is in the middle of a whirlwind dating back to AD 63. A New Testament professor at Asbury Theological Seminary and a writer for the Biblical Archaeology Review, the Rev Witherington, a United Methodist pastor in the Kentucky Annual Conference, was one of those who announced to […]
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Seoul to host World Methodist Conference in 2006
OSLO (Norway – Seoul has been chosen to host the 2006 World Methodist Conference. The decision was made on Sept 18, 2002 after the World Methodist Council (WMC) Executive Committee took two votes on potential sites for the next meeting. Brisbane (Australia) and Durban (South Africa) were the other two possibilities. The WMC, representing 77 […]
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Lay leaders request for more dialogues
Experiencing our Methodist connections. — Methodist Message picture. BISHOP’S TEA FELLOWSHIP WITH LOCAL CHURCH LEADERS LAY LEADERS from all three Annual Conferences have expressed keenness in having more dialogues with Bishop Dr Robert Solomon. They find such sessions “enlightening” and “very useful”, and many have even asked for more time for discussions. They made […]
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Teachers, non-teaching staff honoured
These “Hands” are made for “talking”. — Methodist Message picture. METHODIST SCHOOLS’ STAFF GET-TOGETHER SCHOOL teachers and staff they are, but when it came to acknowledging their colleagues for their years of long, dedicated service, they applauded loudly and sent forth roars of approval, just like schoolchildren. The occasion: The Methodist Schools’ Staff Get-Together […]
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Living Hope MC finally gets land for building
The 3,064-sq m piece of land at Tampines Street 33 on which Living Hope Methodist Church will rise. — Living Hope Methodist Church picture. It bid $6m for Tampines Street 33 site Over: Decade-long search for building site AFTER a decade-long search, the former Tampines Methodist Church, known now as Living Hope Methodist Church, […]
