Bishop Dr Robert Solomon, the guest
preacher for the celebration service, noted with interest that
KKMC is the only Methodist church that conducts weekly Sunday
services in the four official languages of Singapore.KAMPONG KAPOR METHODIST CHURCH CELEBRATES
110TH ANNIVERSARY
Worship and songs
in Spore's four official languages
KKMC to share joy with less
well-visited welfare homes
By WONG QUEK HIN
and LYNDON GAN
KAMPONG KAPOR Methodist Church
(KKMC) celebrated its 110th Anniversary on Jan 25 this year with
worship in song and dance in Malay (Peranakan), Mandarin, Tamil
and English - the four official languages of Singapore.
Bishop Dr Robert Solomon, the guest
preacher for the celebration service, noted with interest that
KKMC is the only Methodist church that conducts weekly Sunday
services in the four official languages of Singapore.
The service was 110 years to the very day when 22 Malay language
worshippers met at 155 Middle Road to form the "Malay Church"
in 1894. The church moved to its present location at 3 Kampong
Kapor Road in 1930.
The anniversary theme, "Forward in Christ", was inspired
by Hebrews 13:5 ("I Will Never Leave You Or Forsake You"),
and KKMC intends to bear witness to God's presence with the church
over the years and to encourage a fresh vision of God's work through
the church.
Cutting
the Anniversary Cake, from left, the Rev Chiang Ming Shun; the
Rev Dr Kang Ho Soon; the
Rev Michael Wong; Mr Leong Kwok Thye, LCEC Chairman of KKMC; Bishop
Dr Solomon; the
Rev T. C. Nga; and the Rev Ho Chee Sin. - KKMC picture by LYNDON
GAN.
Therefore, instead of a traditional celebration dinner, KKMC has
decided to host dinners and have fellowship with residents of
four less well-visited welfare homes:
· Thuja Home at Pelangi Village - Home for 245 destitute
females on March 13;
· Jenaris Home at Pelangi Village - Home for 187 destitute
males on May 8;
· Sunlove Abode for the Intellectually Infirmed, Lorong
Buangkok - Home for 206 mentally ill male and female patients
on August 4; and
· SILRA (Singapore Leprosy Relief Association), Lorong
Buangkok - Home for former leprosy patients, on Nov 13.
KKMC's 24 LifeGroups located in
the four Zones in Singapore will host the "Visit to Homes"
events, which, it is hoped, will become a regular feature of the
church's social concerns activities.
Over the years, God has blessed
KKMC with 20 full-time missionaries serving across three continents.
Four more candidates are currently undergoing missionary training.
To celebrate God's Great Commission given to KKMC, a "Festival
of Missions" fortnight will see all its missionaries returning
back for a series of four events from Aug 29 to Sept 5:
· "Worship With The Nations", a multicultural
Hymn Festival featuring the worship forms from KKMC's mission
fields on Aug 29;
· "Prayer With The Nations" on Sept 1;
· "Feast With The Nations", featuring the cuisines
from our mission fields on Sept 4; and
· "Communion With The Nations", a communion service
binding us to believers in the fields KKMC's missionaries labour
in on Sept 5.
Other events include a Church
Family Day at Sentosa Island on June 26 for some 1,000 members,
their families and friends, and a closing musical concert on Dec3.
Wong Quek Hin is Chairman of
KKMC's 110th Anniversary Celebrations Committee, and Lyndon Gan
is a Lay Ministry Staff at KKMC.