1.1 Master of Ministry Program
| Date | Subject | Lecturer |
| 04-08/04/2016 | Pratical Church Management | Rev. Dr Su Chii Ann |
| 11-15/07/2016 | Church Leadership in the 21st Centyry | Rev. Dr Ling Tung King |
| 11-15/07/2016 | Advanced Preaching | Rev. Dr Tie King Tai |
1.2 TEE Family & Counseling Ministry Program:
| Date | Subject | Lecturer |
| 30/03-03/04/2016 | Marriage Education & Counseling | Dr. Lee Tou Ying |
| 25-29/07/2016 | The Change of Family Structure | Dr. Rachel Ting Sing Kiat |
| 07-09, 21-23/10/2016 | Family Counseling Case Studies | Rev. Dr Khoo Ho Peng |
Prayer items:
– Pray for the good health of the lecturers. Pray that God will grant them wisdom in their teaching.
– Pray for the students to have good health to study during the intensive course.
Recruitment of Pre-Theological Program
Purpose: To prepare the students to become more mature and confident before commencing the vigorous theological training.
Subjects:
– Bible Knowledge
– Self-growth
– Conversational English –
-Basic Music
– Introduction to Philosophy
– Field works
– Kingdom of God and the World
Language: Chinese / Iban
Duration: 19th June – 29th October, 2016 Closing date for application: 30th April, 2016 Applicants can get the application form from your church pastor or MTS. You may also browse through our website: ww.mtssibu.edu.my to obtain the form. Application form must be sent to:
“Academic Dean” or “Principal” Methodist Theological School
No.51, Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg, P.O.Box 78, 96007
Sibu, Sarawak.
Tel: 084-321409 Fax: 084-341409
Email: general@mtssibu.edu.my
Prayer Items:
Pray for the recruitment of Pre-Theological program. Pray for those who have responded to God’s calling to go for full time ministry, are willing to take up Pre-Theological program, to prepare themselves to be more mature and confident before commencing the theological training
3.MTS Night & Dedication Camp in Miri
4.1. MTS Night
Venue : Mei Ann Methodist Church, Miri
Date : 25 June 2016
Time : 7:30pm
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Tie King Tai
4.2. Dedication Camp
Venue : Mei Ann Methodist Church, Miri
Date : 26 June 2016
Time : 2pm
Prayer items:
– Please pray for all the preparation works (per-son-in-charge: Rev. Dr. Francis Wong King Sing). Pray for God’s guidance during the preparation and also pray for safe journey to and fro Miri.
– Please pray for the speaker, choir, rehearsal time, the order of service for the night, venue, PA system, and weather.
– Please pray for the participants. Pray that more brothers and sisters are willing to response to God’s calling
4. Passion with MTS
Date: 22-26/03/2016 (Tuesday – Saturday) 1. Theme: “Passion and Dedication”
2 During Holy week MTS morning chapel service will have different subtheme every day The services are designed
in preparing the participants to have a humble heart to rethink about the Pas: ion of Christ and to offer ourselves to Christ. All brothers and sisters in Christ are welcomed to join us.
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Date |
Subtheme |
Venue I Time |
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22/3 (Tues) |
Obey |
Wesley Methodist Church, Sibu. |
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23/3 (Wed) |
Self-sacrifice and loving |
5:15am-6:15am |
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24/3 (Thurs) |
To taste and bear together |
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25/3 (Fri) |
Retrospection on the Passion (1): The Lenten Sketches |
Masland Methodist Church, Sibu. |
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3pm |
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26/3 (Sat) |
Dedication Camp |
Wesley Methodist Church, Sibu.
9am |
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Prayer items:
– In conjunction with the Holy Week, daily morning chapel service with the theme “Passion and Dedication” will be geared to replace the annual event – “MTS Night” in Sibu district. We hope that through this, the participants can reevaluate their own life, and be willing to response to the love of God by dedicating themselves to Him. May the Holy Spirit works among brothers and sisters in Christ, so that they are able to and be willing to wake up early, in order to participate in MTS morning chapel services during the Holy Week.
– Pray for God’s guidance among all the participants, through the order of worship and also the Word of God, that they are willing to response to God’s calling
5. Interaction Forums on Contemporary Issues
MTS Wesley Centre takes up the challenge to organize interaction forums on contemporary issues from time to time, in order for the church to play a prophetic and mis¬sional role in the society.
The first interaction forum in year 2016 was held on 28th January at Wei Kuok Hall, Sibu, on the issue “Can Chris¬tians participate in the ‘Lion Dance’?”. The speaker was Rev. Dr. Francis Wong King Sing, the lecturer of Chris¬tian Theology and Apologetics in MTS.
The Centre is going to host three more interaction forums in 2016:
1) 14/4/2016 (Thursday) SCAC Sibu West District Combined Prayer meeting cum Interaction Forum Theme: Anti-Corruption: Mission Impossible?
Speaker: Brother Hii Chang Kee ( one of the lay leaders of SCAC and the Resident of Sibu Division)
2) 28/7/2016 (Thursday 8:30-9:30pm) Wei Kuok Hall, Sibu Theme: Is Heavy Metal Music evil?
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Lu Chen Tiong (Director of Worship and Music program, MTS)
3) 13/10/2016 (Thursday 8:30-9:30pm) Wei Kuok Hall, Sibu Theme: Hudud Law from a Christian perspective
Speaker: Brother Wong Seng Ho (a lawyer and member of Mei Ann Methodist Church, Miri).
(We welcome all to the above forums. Admission is free.)
Prayer items:
– Please pray for every speaker, venue, PA system, electricity supply for every interaction forum.
– Please pray that all the interaction forums will run smoothly.
6.9th Wesleyan Seminar
Theme: Wesleyan Views of Eschatology Date: 15th – 17th August 2016
Purposes:
1) To have a more in-depth study of Wesleyan theology and its impact in the area of eschatology.
2) To spread scriptural holiness across the land of Malaysia and other countries, bringing along the renewal of churches and transformation of nations, through a profound biblical as well as Wesleyan understanding of eschatology.
| Topics | Speakers |
| Eschatological Living in John Wesley’s Theology | Rev. Dr Wong Tik Wah |
| Wesleyan View of Heaven and New Creation | Rev. Dr. Khoo Ho Peng & Rev Nigkan Galung Ak Suring |
| Wesleyan View of Hades and Hell | Rev. Thomas Lau Sie Ngiu & Rev. Dr. Angela Ting Siew King |
| Wesleyan View of Millennium | Rev. Paul Ting Huat Ung & Rev. Dr. Tie King Tai |
| Wesleyan View of Judgement | Rev. Dr. Ling Tung Kiing, Rev Dr. Francis Wong & Rev. Elizabeth Emjut Ak Salang |
| Wesleyan Hymns on Eschatology | Rev. Dr. Lu Chen Tiong, Ms Cecilia TIng & Ms. Irene Lai |
| A Wesleyan Response to “I” Eschatology | Rev. Hoo Sing Hang & Rev. Bonnie Sedau |
(Please refer to our website (www.mtssibu.edu.my) for details.) Prayer items: – Please pray for all the speakers: good health, and wisdom. – Please pray for all the participants: to be receptive and teachable
7. How You Can Support Our Ministry
A. To Prav for our needs and to support our General Fund The estimated expenses for year 2016:
2016 Budget for Expenses
The total expenses of MTS for year 2016, estimated to be about one million and forty thousand Ringgit Malaysia. Please pray for God’s providence to¬wards “MTS General Fund”. Pray that more brothers and sisters are willing to give and support MTS ministry financially. We welcome brothers and sisters to participate in the work of God. Please specify your offering as “MTS General Fund”.
B. To become “Friends of MTS”
There are some students from the lban churches and foreign nations such as China who need committed churches and church members to support them. Besides the needy students, we also have lecturers who need con¬stant upgrading in order to provide better training for our students. Such upgrading also needs funding. We are inviting you to prayerfully consider supporting them.
We thank the Lord for the responses from some churches and members in becoming the “Friends of MTS”. As until 1st January, 2016, amounts received for “Friends of MTS” are as follow (based on the number of stu-dents for this year):
1. Among the 10 I ban students, 3 are supported: received RM95,278. Still short of RM 172,320 to support the other 7 lban students until they graduate.
2. Among the 7 students from Chi¬na, 5 are supported: received RM 167,200. Still short of RM48,930 to support the other 2 students from China until they graduate.
3. Support in Faculty upgrading: RM 20,900
If the Lord leads you to support our needy students and lecturers, we will acknowledge you as “Friends of MTS”. Please fill up a “Friends of MTS” Sponsorship form and submit to MTS. You may pledge to sponsor one or more students until gradu¬ation. You may also choose to do¬nate a sum of money on a regular or irregular basis. Please refer to our website (www.mtssibu.edu.my) or come to MTS for details. May the Lord bless you as you give.