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…
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…
PART 10 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘WISDOM TO LIVE BY: MODERN REFLECTIONS ON AN ANCIENT TEXT’ Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 “Guard your steps when you go to the house of…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
OBITUARY: REV WILLIAM DENVER STONE (Dec 11, 1926 – May 8, 2004) THE Rev William Denver Stone who passed away on May 8, 2004 at a nursing home in Greensboro,…
Trying to help one of the pupils in the girls’ school in Sibu, Sarawak, missionary Rev J. M. Hoover tells of the strange encounter he and his wife had with…
TRY this thought experiment. You wake up one morning and prepare to go to work. You go to the kitchen and greet your wife but she does not return your…
Inspiring Aldersgate Service enhanced by sterling performances of singers and musicians THE beauty of Wesleyan songs was evident. The singing of the Method-ists was stirring. The joy was bursting. And there was…
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…
“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…
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…
TWENTY-FIVE years ago, with the revival of the institutional church in China after the Cultural Revolution, some painted a very bleak picture for Christians there: widespread persecution, heresy due to…
PART 9 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘WISDOM TO LIVE BY: MODERN REFLECTIONS ON AN ANCIENT TEXT’ Ecclesiastes 4:7-16 ONE of the most poignant songs by the country-rock group…
Dr Ong and Bishop Dr Solomon unveiling the plaque to mark the dedication of the Methodist Children and Youth Centre. – Methodist Children and Youth Centre picture. DEDICATION SERVICE…
“A Chinese Christian”, evidently a doctor, reflects on his insightful meditation after a hard day’s work, physically, mentally and spiritually tired. It was an uplifting experience which we can share,…