Trust in God’s timing

“Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labour in vain.” (Ps 127:1) Whilst this Bible verse clearly speaks to building and estate management, there are at least two good…

Known and Loved

Rows of neatly arranged colourful art and craft work greet my eyes as my daughter and I step into the lobby of Faith Kindergarten. I immediately sense the cheerful and…

Building bridges, breaking walls

The structure of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) was instituted 44 years ago, with a General Conference and three Annual Conferences (ACs) along language lines. The demarcation was useful…

Giving Back to the Community

Florence (first from left) and another befriender in MWS Senior Activity Centre – Kebun Baru’s Community Befriending Programme chatting with a resident in the neighbourhood. Outgoing and friendly, Florence is…

National Day Awards 2019

Congratulations! Methodist Message congratulates the following who have received the 2019 National Day Awards:   Churches Aldersgate Methodist Church Ms Audrey Tan Yuet Ling The Commendation Medal Ang Mo Kio…

Make me a captive, Lord

We are now in the season of Kingdomtide. The season begins on the last Sunday of August and ends on the last Sunday of November (which is designated as Christ…

Help! I need somebody

One day while in primary school, I came home to find my mother in tears. A family friend, Tim1, had been so overwhelmed by his struggle with depression that he…

The Call to Companionship

One of Paul’s injunctions concerning the responsibility of Christians towards one another—familiar to many Christians, I am sure—is found in Galatians 6:2, where he writes: “Bear one another’s burdens, and…

You only live once

One of my roles in my job as counsellor is to be a clinical supervisor for counselling interns. As counsellors in training, they are given less complex cases to stretch…

Not a MITE would I Withhold

Evelyn (middle of front row, in jeans) with the hotelites of Sundermeier Home. In May 2018, I stayed at Sundermeier Home (SH) during a medical mission trip to Timor-Leste. After…

An Elder’s Depression Story

We were on holiday as an extended family. It was just weeks before our only daughter’s wedding and days after I had started on antidepressants. We were playing Taboo, a…

The desire for revival

Happy campers at the ETAC Camp at Batam, Indonesia. ETAC Camp 2019  Held from 19 to 22 June 2019 at Batam, Indonesia, the camp saw a record number of Conference…
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