People

“Voices from Scripture” is a work of fiction based on some references in Scripture to “minor” characters. As the Bible gives us few lines about these people, this series imagines what they would have been like, their personality, and what their thoughts could have been in the situations mentioned. It is hoped that as the […]

A picture taken in 1960 of the Rev David Tsutada (centre) on a visit to his alma mater, ACS. Others in the picture: his teachers, from left, Mr S. K. Pradhan, Mr Yap Ah Chuan, Dr Thio Chan Bee and the Rev C. B. Paul. – Methodist Church Archives picture, courtesy of Dr Eunice Thio. […]

Voices from Scripture is a work of fiction based on some references in Scripture to “minor” characters. As the Bible gives us few lines about these people, this series imagines what they would have been like, their personality, and what their thoughts could have been in the situations mentioned. It is hoped that as the […]

LOUISE McKEE: Died within a few hours of her arrival in Singapore. – Methodist Church Archives picture. METHODIST Girls’ School pupils, past and present, will surely remember the Louise McKee Wing at Mt Sophia, and now at Blackmore Drive. But they may not know that Louise was the daughter of James N. McKee who accompanied […]

I PRAISE and honour God for giving me the opportunity to give my testimony at the GC-WSCS Thanksgiving Service. I was married for five years and I was childless. My husband and I wanted to have a baby as early as possible. I was called “barren”. All of us know that the word “barren” is […]

lashback: President Trajkovski (left) receiving the 2002 World Methodist Peace Award. – UMNS picture.   PRESIDENT Boris Trajkovski, a United Methodist who helped unite his country of Macedonia and was admired in many circles for his skills at peacemaking and bridge-building, died on Feb 26, 2004 in a plane crash in southeastern Bosnia. The 47-year-old […]

NASHVILLE – Retired United Methodist Bishop R. Marvin Stuart, 93, who advocated full clergy rights for women in the denomination, died on Nov 11, 2003 at his Palo Alto, California, retirement home. He is survived by his son, Robert Lee Stuart of San Francisco. A memorial service was held on Jan 17 at First United […]

OBITUARY: MRS T. R. DORAISAMY (Nov 4, 1923 – Jan 27, 2004) MRS ANNABELLA CHRISTIE DORAISAMY (picture in centre), wife of the late Bishop Emeritus Dr T. R. Doraisamy, passed away on Jan 27, 2004 at the age of 80. She was the daughter of Mr J. D. Christie of Seremban and studied at the […]

OBITUARY: MRS TAN SHOOK FUND THE Principal of Fairfield Methodist Primary School, Mrs Tan Shook Fund (above), who was holidaying with her family in Thailand, drowned in the sea on Dec 11, 2003 while trying to save her four-year-old son Darryl, who had been swept away by strong waves. Her husband, Dr Terence Tan, 42, […]

San May: “Christian values and teachings are good influences.”   LOW SAN MAY, 17, who obtained eight A1s and one A2 in her “O” levels in 2002, could have gone on to any top junior college in Singapore last year. In fact, she was offered a place in Hwa Chong Junior College. Yet, she chose […]

Mrs Lundy. She said that their lives have been enriched by the years spent in Malaysia and Singapore. – Methodist Church Archives picture, taken in August 1966.   MRS ELIZABETH LUNDY, widow of Bishop Robert F. Lundy, has written a letter to her friends in Singapore expressing her deep appreciation for their love and concern […]

LET us bring the women of that first Christmas to the fore! We hear so much about the men – Joseph had to go to Bethlehem for the census; the Innkeeper gave a stable; the Shepherds heard the news first; the Wise Men brought the gifts. Let us spare a thought for the women involved, […]