Welfare

A place for breakthroughs and second chances

In celebration of International Women’s Day in March, Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) takes a look behind the scenes of our work with young women at Residence@St. George’s (RSG), one of…

Serving for as long as they are able

At 87 years of age, Mr Peter Kow, a long-time volunteer with Bethany Methodist Nursing Home (BMNH), is not letting age get in the way of serving. Rather, the Charis Methodist…

Bursaries help needy children stay in school

The Rev Lim Jen Huat, Pastor-in-Charge of Bedok Methodist Church, presenting the bursary award to a beneficiary. …“The bursary awards enable the children to start the school year with less…

Helping poor families eat better

There is a dire need to address the issue of bad eating habits that could lead to diet-related chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart problems, and high-blood pressure in the…

Personal loss transformed into GIVING

Ms Yvonne Poh ministering to seniors at Bethany Methodist Nursing Home (BMNH) by translating into Hokkien a sermon by the Rev Derrick Lau. The Rev Lau is Pastor-in-Charge of the…

Rallying youths to take steps for a cause

When Jasper Ong, 28, and Leonard Chong, 26, heard about the STEPS For A Cause Runathon 2013, they spontaneously hatched a plan to rope in their friend Darryl Soon, 26,…

Methodist Welfare Services’ Golf Fund-raiser: Celebrating 25 years of ‘fellowship on the greens’

“Fellowship on the Greens” (FOTG) was first initiated by the late (then-former) Minister of State, Dr Tay Eng Soon and the late Mr Edwin Chan in 1989, for the purpose of bringing Methodists from different churches to socialise and strengthen bonds in the Methodist family over a game of golf. 92-year-old Cecil Wong is one of our most stalwart supporters and has played in almost every MWS golf fellowship since it first began.

iSeniors at WSAC!

YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD to learn new technology – and the seniors at the Wesley Seniors’ Activity Centre (WSAC) are doing just that as they rave about a popular iPad…

Residence@St. George’s turns one

A FEW YEARS AGO, Anita’s* life was all about smoking, drinking, clubbing and gambling. Desperation for money and pressure from her ex-boyfriend led her to theft, for which she was…
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