MCS leaders whip up dishes to raise funds for Pentecost MC extension
LEARN how to cook specialty recipes from a select group of Methodist leaders, and hear them share about their private selves â all in a VCD which will hit the shops for Christmas. At $20, this would make an exclusive gift. The Bishop, Annual Conference Presidents, District Superintendents, and some of the spouses, General Conference Womenâs Society of Christian Service (WSCS) President and the WSCS President of Pentecost Methodist Church (PMC) are whipping up their favourite dishes in their own kitchens, and each will also be talking about a side of themselves previously unseen and unheard.
The VCD is part of PMCâs efforts to raise $4 million for its church extension.
Another year-end fund-raising project is the Christmas concert, âA Ceremony of Carolsâ on Dec 20 at Mrs Lee Choon Guan Concert Hall, ACS Barker Road. Professional harpist Huang Yu Hsin takes centre stage. The eveningâs entertainment will also feature choral and instrumental ensembles.
Tickets at $30 and $150 for premium seats are available from PMC at tel: 6584-0297 or pentecost@pmc.org.sg
Other projects include the sale of Thanksgiving Tiles at $500, a funfair in 2006 and other community-bonding activities.
PMCâs extension will offer much needed facilities in terms of an enhanced sanctuary, chapel, multi-purpose hall, expanded office, prayer rooms, a roof terrace and new classrooms for the kindergarten.
Lim Yeen Fong is the Church Manager of Pentecost Methodist Church.
Donations come in for Pakistan quake victims
CASH donations are being received by The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) for victims of the earthquake in South Asia following an appeal by Bishop Dr Robert Solomon to all the 42 Methodist churches here.
The MCS will decide on where to direct the funds, according to needs and opportunities.
âWe will monitor the situation and hope to use the donations collected for relief, reconstruction and rehabilitation work,â said Bishop Dr Solomon in his appeal letter of Oct 20 to the churches.
Meanwhile, two TRAC Crisis Relief Taskforce teams have been visiting the earthquake-hit areas in Pakistan since Oct 19 to assess the situation there and to provide medical and other basic supplies.
The basic supplies the teams gave included dry food rations such as dates and peanuts, and utensils such as pots and plates. Petroleum jelly and soap were also given out.
Among the villages and towns they visited were Kone, which became a âtent villageâ, Batal, where many of the houses were destroyed, Gharry Doppata, which also suffered massive destruction, Sangar, and Abbotabad.
Even as the team members were carrying out relief work, they experienced some after-shocks on some days.
They also rendered medical aid at clinics. Altogether, they attended to about 1,700 patients in various places.