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Article | Author | Page |
Let there be Light – The Lunar New Year (English & Chinese) | Eddie Goh | 2 |
LO-HEI! The Christian Way – Possible Christian Practice and the Tossing (English & Chinese) | 4 | |
Fishing for Souls | Mary Foo | 8 |
No Monkey Business | Ong Hon Yuh | 10 |
Companions in Christs(CIC) – Rev Paul Nga, Lee Park Ming | 11 | |
Spiritual Disciplines – That First Sabbath | Kwa Kiem Kiok | 12 |
Baby Talk – Don’t Touch! | Tricia Tong | 14 |
Precept Upon Precept 2016 | 16 | |
DISCIPLE 1 – Facilitated by Rev Paul Nga & Philip Khoo | 17 | |
In and About TMC – OSC Christmas Party and MWS Bursary Awards; Rev Peter Goh’s Retirement Service; Christmas Celebration for Domestic Helpers; Mandarin Service Baptism; Christmas Service 2015 including Children’s Baptism; Reception of New Members | 18 | |
Celebrating 60 Years of God’s Faithfulness – TMC60 Timeline | 20 | |
The 60-Minute Blessing | 21 | |
The First Decade. 1956 – 1966 | 22 | |
1956. Small group of married couples in Serangoon Garden Estate envisaged a Methodist Church; Malaya Annual Conference at Ipoh appointed Syn Wai Yin (a senior Trinity College student to begin work in Serangoon Gardens). Dr F Olin Stockwell, lecturer of Trinity College, provided spiritual leadership | ||
1957. First meeting of Small Group; First Sunday service by Mr Syn Wai Yin at the home of Mr and Mrs Tong Kum Toh at 85 Cowdray Ave; First Sunday School class at home of Mr and Mrs Tan Hoay Gie at 15 Huddington Ave with Mrs Nancy Lee as Superintendent; First service at St Peter’s Church; TMC was officially constituted as part of the Singapore Methodist District of the Malaya Annual Conference; Rev Syn Wai Yin left for further studies; Mr Kenneth Chellappah succeeded Reverend Syn as a Student Pastor with Dr F Olin Stockwell as Associate Pastor, Mr Denis C Dutton as Student Assistant. | 22 | |
1958. WSCS was inaugurated with Mrs Daisy Chellappah as its first President; Mr Tong Kum Toh was elected by Quarterly Conderence as Chairman of the Church Building Fund Committee; Church purchased a piece of land at Lichfield Rd for $60,000 . | 23 | |
1959. Church Fair was held at St Peter’s Church to raise $2,500. First Methodist Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan, donated US$5,000; Mr Larry Cheah Chee Yoon was appointed Pastor and Rev Christopher Smith (Methodist Church of Great Britain and lecturer at Trinity College) was Associate Pastor. | ||
1960. Easter Day, members pledged $11,000 towards Building Fund; Trinity Methodist Youth Fellowship (MYF) was formed with Ms Lucy Lau as First President; Mr Willaim Lim of Malayan Architects Co-partnership was engaged to prepare building plans; Rev Christopher Smith was appointed Pastor by Annual Conference with Mr Peter Lee, Trinity College student, as Associate Student Pastor. | ||
1961. First MYF meeting with Dr Olin Stockwell preaching; Membership increased to 57 and debt for site was fully settled. Board of Trustees of the Methodist Churh loaned $60,000 for the building project. | ||
1962. The Official Church Board accepted a tender of $66,000 for construction of the Sanctuary; Second Grand Fair was organised under patronage of Mrs Celeste B Amstutz; Ground Breaking Service; Construction work started the next day under the supervision of Mr Tong Kum Toh and Mr P Sathiasingam; Candlelight Watchnight Service and a farewell dinner to Rev and Mrs Smith were held. | 24 | |
1963-1964. Church was declared open by Bishop H B Amstutz. Lay leader, Mr Andrew Lee and Trinity student Mr Tang Kin Wah took charge of church services; Membership increased to 69 and Sunday School attendance grew; Grand Fair was held under the patronage of Mrs Eileen Smith to raise Building Fund. | ||
1965. Dedication ceremony for the Church was officiated by Bishop Robert F Lundy; Rev Chew Hock Hin was appointed to TMC where he served 5 years. A full church choir under Mrs Chew Chin Jin was formed. | ||
Pastors in the first decade | 25 | |
The Old Guard- Lawrence and Catherine Pang | Lim Sue Yien | 26 |
The Old Guard – Violet Kwan | Rose Tan | 30 |
Where Disciples Make Disciples- Seeing Christ in You | Rev Dr Lorna Khoo | 32 |
60 with TMC- Me? Sixty? | Koh Soo Yee | 34 |
60 with TMC – 60 is the new 40 | Victor Cheong | 36 |
Bibliotheque – TMC Resource Centre | 38 | |
Marriage Preparation Course (MPC) | 39 | |
Back Cover – Events | 40 |