BISHOP DR ROBERT SOLOMON and the three Annual Conference Presidents – the Rev Dr Chong Chin Chung (Chinese Annual Conference), the Rev James Nagulan (Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference), and the Rev Dr Wee Boon Hup (Trinity Annual Conference) – will engage church members in a Dialogue at the chapel of Paya Lebar Methodist Church on May 21 from 7.30 pm to 9.45 pm.

Each of the four panel speakers will speak for 10 minutes. Their topics will be based on the 125^th Anniversary theme, “Together in God’s Mission”. The Rev Dr Chong will deal with being “Together”, the Rev Nagulan will focus on the word “God’s”, and the Rev Dr Wee will touch on “Mission”. Bishop Dr Solomon will round off the presentations.  The Rev Dr Chong will speak in Mandarin and there will be an English translation in PowerPoint presentation.

There will be a question-and-answer session after each talk.

The Dialogue is a departure from the past practice of inviting Wesleyan scholars and preachers to speak at the Aldersgate Convention. It is an opportunity for the Methodist family to interact with their own leaders and to hear from them the vision and directions of the church.

Said Bishop Dr Solomon: “It is not often that church members get a chance to discuss issues with the Bishop and the Conference Presidents, so here is an opportunity. We want to engage with fellow Methodists. We want them think of our rich heritage, and we want them to also think of the future.

“It will be an informal session. We don’t know how many people are coming, and we don’t know what questions to expect. We hope many will turn up and we look forward to a good session of interaction.”