Preaching Point

opens in

Murdoch

varsity in Perth

PERTH – Immanuel Methodist Church (IMC) in Perth, Western Australia has launched a preaching point in Murdoch University to reach out to the students there and families living in the surrounding suburbs. Many Singapore and Malaysian students study at tertiary institutions in Perth.

The Murdoch Preaching Point was also set up to cater to the growing number of worshippers at IMC. It was commissioned on Feb 7 this year, almost a year after the second English service at IMC was started on Feb 3, 2009.

Currently, more than 70 worshippers attend the worship service held at the Murdoch University Worship Centre. IMS is targeting for 100 worshippers by the end of this year and hope to establish a church by then. – Methodist News, Newsletter of the Chinese Methodist Church in Australia.

Vatican names

new ecumenical

leader

LAKE JUNALUSKA (North Carolina) -- Following the retirement of Cardinal Walter Kasper on June 13, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Kurt Koch, Bishop of the Diocese Basel, Switzerland, as the new President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity (PCPCU).

Bishop Koch is the author of That All May Be One: Ecumenical Perspective. The publication represents an excellent summary of the present state of ecumenical dialogue and relations from the perspective of the Catholic Church.

The World Methodist Council looks forward to a continuing, rich experience with the Pontifical Council under Bishop Koch’s leadership as it did under the leadership of Cardinal Kasper. – World Methodist Council First Friday Letter.