THE BOOK OF JONAH begins with the rebellion of the prophet against God. Unwilling to submit to God’s plan led him to flee from God. Jonah boarded a ship going…
Ordination of three Thai pastors and Dedication Services for two churches CHIANGMAI – It was a time of rejoicing in Thailand when Bishop Dr Robert Solomon and Methodist Missions Society…
A GROUP OF 66 MUSLIM LEADERS from 15 mosques and the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) visited the Methodist Heritage Exhibition at our Methodist Centre on March 15 to…
NEW YORK – United Methodist response to the March 11 earthquake in Japan puts the spotlight on a rich mission history that began 135 years ago. The General Board…
MUSIC IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF WORSHIP. As a powerful form of art, it is important that choosing music is handled with proper care and understanding. For the Methodist…
THE METHODIST MISSIONS SOCIETY (MMS) will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year with the following events: Missions Conference – Aug 20 at Toa Payoh Methodist Church, MMS Thanksgiving…
Polycarp (65-155) POLYCARP IS MORE INTERESTING as a man and a martyr than a writer. The great early Church historian Eusebius (260-341) believed that Polycarp was acquainted with the apostle…
BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, the Methodist Welfare Services (MWS), in partnership with the General Conference Women’s Society of Christian Service (GC WSCS), will be operating a brand…
“We must let the younger generation know the value of singing hymns, and encourage them to sing more hymns. Perhaps we may have to contemporise some hymns so that they…
DR LEE LI ENG (left) has retired as Chairman of the Board of Management (BOM) of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) after serving in that position for 15 years. She is succeeded…
A CONVERSATION WITH A STUDENT a few months ago left me feeling dismayed and, perhaps naively, somewhat bewildered. In essence the all-too-brief discourse occurred at the time of the release…
ALDERSGATE CONVENTION 2011 will be held at Toa Payoh Methodist Church from May 20 to 23, and the key event – a new feature – will be the Evangelistic Rally…
THE SON WAS ACCOMPANIED by his mother for their first counselling session. “He is defiant,” she complained “and he never listens to me. We cannot get him to stop…
IN THE CITY OF PUNE in India stands the Oldham Memorial Methodist Church, which I visited recently. You may ask how Bishop William Fitzjames Oldham (1854-1937), who played a leading…
Bishop’s Lunch Fellowship with Lay Leaders “It is important that we know and sing our Methodist hymns because they are so meaningful and rich in Wesleyan doctrine. Many of the…
HOW DO WE GAIN a sense of the universal body of Christ? Singing with the worldwide church opens up possibilities. Those who seek to change prevailing worldviews need to…
