Centennial Celebration of Songs

As a part of our Centennial Celebration, the Church had organized a program called Celebration of Songs on the 23rd May 2008. I have attached few photos taken during the special program.

Final touch by the choir director….the choir is getting the pitch right. Director sudah naik tension...half of the choir members were not there at 7.00pm (very heavy rain ma....)

The kids we preparing for the parade..........

Choir all set to go.....just about to walk forward to take their place.

Opening song.....choir is in action..accompanied by the children with their opening dance.

Full strenght choir..........50 beautiful singers...full of dedication...commitment....and prayerful attitude. Infact, they will back me up on the 31st May 2008.
Musicians for the day.

The crowd..the faithful members of Tamil Methodist Church, Tamil Settlement...around 300 people attended the service inspite of heavy down pour.

The man behind the scene.....Mr. Anbalakan.....our most beloved Choir Director......man of discipline and order. He drilled the choir for the last 5 months for this event.

Thanksgiving Service

In commemorating the 100th year anniversary of the Church, the Centennial Celebration Organizing team headed by Mr. D. Vilson has organized a Thanksgiving Worship Service on the 31st May 2008. We as a church, truly wants to give all the glory and honor to God alone for His good work done amongst us for the last 100 years. With that being our focus, we want to extend our warm greetings to all to attend to this Thanksgiving Service. We are expecting around 2000 people to attend to this Worship Service that will be held on the 31st May 2008 at 5.00pm in Tamil Methodist Church, Tamil Settlement, Buntong, Ipoh. We are also truly privileged to have our dear Bishop, Rev. Dr. Hwa Yung to preach God’s Word to us. After the Worship Service, we will celebrate together the goodness of God in a Thanksgiving meal and witness the fire works presentation.

To God be the Glory.

Century of Grace

‘Century of Grace’ – is the most accurate theme for the 100th Year Celebration of Tamil Methodist Church, Tamil Settlement, Ipoh. The theme describes clearly the foundation of this mega church with its mega structure. Indeed Tamil Methodist Church, Tamil Settlement is a pride of the Tamil Annual Conference (TAC) of Methodist Church in Malaysia. This church is also known as the biggest Tamil Church both in terms of its building structure and membership. The Church is made up of more than 1000 full members.
The year 1908 marks the beginning of a ministry among some Indian migrant workers who were brought in from Thirunalveli, India by the British government to work in the plantation areas here in Ipoh. Those migrants workers were our forefather who started worshipping God in a small village called Tamil Settlement in Buntong, Ipoh. In fact, the place was named after the Tamils who arrived and settled therein as plantation workers.
The above picture shows a majestic church building. However, the beginning of this church was filled with lots of tears, sorrows, poverty and many struggles. The Tamil migrants toiled very hard on a foreign land to meet their basic needs to live. Their lives were filled with limitations. But, in the midst of all these limitations and struggles of life, these faithful Christians never ceased praying and worshipping God in this area. God in His mercy and abundance of grace blessed this Church over the years.
Today, the Church stands tall as the largest Tamil congregation in whole of Malaysia because of God’s grace. It was through His grace the Church was founded, and it was His grace that caused it to grow and multiply in number, it was His grace that raised many Pastors and Conference leaders from among its members and it is also His grace that this year we are celebrating the 100th year anniversary of the Church. Indeed, ‘Century of Grace’ is the perfect theme to describe God’s faithfulness over His people in Tamil Settlement.