PELITA - The Methodist Church Newsletter
Listed below are articles abstracted from past issues of PELITA
December 2006 - Chinese Annual Conference is 70 Years Old!
The CAC celebrated its 70th Anniversary on Friday 17 November 2006 at the end of its 31st Session. Held at the Kuala Lumpur Chinese Methodist Church it also combined with the Thanksgiving Service for the completed extension of the church sanctuary.
It was followed by a joyous celebration dinner of 150 tables at the Grand Hall of the Confucian Independent School.
The guests of honour included Bishop Dr. and Mrs. Hwa Yung, Rev. Koo Tiong Ling (past President of CAC), Rev. Tevaraji (President of TAC), Rev. Dr. Su Chii An (President of SCAC), Rev. Ling Heu Uh (President of SPAC), Rev. Khoo Cheng Hoot (President of CAC, Methodist Church in Singapore), and Bishop James Ha Chang Hua (Chinese Methodist Church Australia).
Bishop Dr. Hwa Yung in his message spoke from Isaiah 62:1-7 recalling God's delight and love for His people. And he exhorted the church to pray for her revival in order to bring hope to the country as we face difficult and perilous times. Only a revived church can give a nation a real future, for without God there is no hope. Bishop Hwa Yung believes that God has blessed CAC this past 70 years and will continue to pour His blessings not only to the Methodist Church but every church as well.
Rev. Boh Che Suan, President of CAC, noted that CAC is growing not only in structure but also in numbers, all through God's blessings. He reminded everyone that the church has to reach out to the neighbourhood, to participate and serve the community, for example through the ministries of Beautiful Gate to the disabled community.
The 31st Annual Conference Session, held at the Federal Hotel Kuala Lumpur, saw 315 delegates come together. Six Deacons, one Local Deacon and two Elders were ordained by Bishop Hwa Yung. Another six were received as Members-on-Trial.
In conjunction with the 70th Anniversary Celebration, the Conference also raised funds for the refurbishment of Wisma Methodist which has served CAC these past 32 years. The much needed renovation will give it a modern design but also will enable it to serve the churches in an expanded ministry for the future.
These seventy years have seen God's blessings on the Chinese Annual Conference, which has given the church the experience, the ministers, and the structures to meet the challenges of the future to come.
Praise be to God!
Adapted from the Report by
CAC Secretarial and Article
posted on the CAC website.