The other day, my client’s husband was taken aback when she said she was no longer sure that she wanted to give their marriage a second chance, as she doubted…
We are deeply thankful to be able to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Charis Methodist Church (MC), as well as several milestones. On 26 April 2019, URA informed us of…
The other morning, I met an acquaintance from a foreign mission agency. He shared about his work in countries where Christianity is banned by the authorities, and this was the…
(From left) Panel moderator the Rev Dr Edmund Fong, Dr Mathew Mathews, BE Dr Robert Solomon and Dr Goh Wei-Leong. No quick and easy sound bites emerge from the gamut…
The Methodist Festival Choir and Orchestra. Bishop Emeritus (BE) Dr Robert Solomon rounded off the three-day Aldersgate SG 2019 event with his sermon during the Celebration Service on 25 May…
What is courage? Simply put, it means “having guts”. A courageous person is not afraid. A brave person is without fear. In the New Testament, “courage” and “boldness” are from…
Minsu village ministry For more than 84 years, Sembawang Tamil Methodist Church (STMC) has been serving God and His people. Though instituted in 1934, the church has been working with…
A time to celebrate, praise and learn. Methodists in Singapore gathered from 23 to 25 May 2019 to celebrate our Wesleyan heritage and commemorate what it means to be Methodist.…
As missiologist Paul Hiebert says, for a long time, life was fragmented into different spheres, e.g. public and private; economic, social and political, and religious; rich and poor. In the…
In 2015, Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) developed the GOOD (Getting Out of Debt) programme to commemorate The Methodist Church in Singapore’s 130th anniversary and Singapore’s 50th Jubilee. Methodist churches contributed…
For the past 23 years, MMS has organised biennial banquets to raise funds for major projects in our mission fields. The banquets, titled “My Father’s Business”, reference Jesus’ response when…
Methodism was a movement, not an institution—we have been reminded of this again and again. Most recently, Bishop Emeritus Dr Hwa Yung, who spoke at Aldersgate SG 2019, referred to…
9 June 2019 is Pentecost Sunday, the 50th day of our Easter journey. It marks a new season—the Sundays after Pentecost. In his book Calendar: Christ’s Time for the Church,…
The panel from YWAM (from left): Judy Foo, Eleana Ho and Lin Hui Hui For the third year running, TRAC WSCS organised the VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) conference,…
In arguably one of their most iconic songs, the folk rock group of the 1970s, Crosby, Stills and Nash, offers this perennially sound advice: “Teach your children well, / Their…
Over the last four years, around the middle of each year, around May and June, my wife and I have taken leave from work to do long walks together—about 20…
When my elder daughter hit primary school-going age, my husband and I reviewed our options. We could send her to my alma mater, Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (PLMGS), or…
Education has always been a vital core ministry of the Methodist Church. Its missionary work in Singapore began in 1885 and the Anglo-Chinese School (ACS), a primary school for boys,…
From left: Bishop Emeritus Dr Robert Solomon, Bishop Emeritus Dr Wee Boon Hup and Bishop Dr Chong Chin Chung It was a historic occasion. Almost 250 pastors and leaders from…
The Dr Rev Niam Kai Huey (second from right) with her family As we celebrate Mother’s Day, we give thanks to God for blessing us with mothers, and recognise their…
