New principals at three Methodist schools

Three Methodist schools welcome new Principals appointed with effect from 15 Dec 2015. They are: Mrs Chaillan Mui Tuan, Anglo-Chinese School (Junior). She is no stranger to the Methodist community, having served as Principal of Fairfield Methodist School (Primary) for the past seven years. Prior to that, she was Vice-Principal of Catholic High School (Primary) […]

Cultivating the fear of the Lord

The remedy to worldly fears of suffering, rejection, failure, death, and losing favour with people is an even greater fear of the Lord, said Bishop Emeritus Dr Robert Solomon in his sermon at the Opening Service of ETAC’s 40th Session. He based his message on Psalms 76 and 2 Kings 18-19, where the Assyrian king Sennacherib […]

ETAC focuses on missions in 2016

In thanking God for His sustaining grace in another year as the Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC) President, the Rev R. Prabhu stated ETAC’s focus on missions in the coming year, based on its theme of “Strengthen your stakes” (Isaiah 54.2). This builds upon the emphasis on community outreach and social concerns in 2015, based […]

Methodist agencies to celebrate 25-year milestones

Disciple Agency (DA) and the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) will celebrate 25-year milestones in 2016, following The Methodist Church in Singapore’s (MCS) 130th anniversary last year. Originating from The United Methodist Church, DISCIPLE is a leading disciplined Bible study aimed at developing strong Christian leaders and its mission is to build the body of Christ […]

Bishop: ‘We are a sent people’

An integral part of our identity as Jesus Christ’s disciples is that we are all ‘sent’, even if it is not to another country or culture, said Bishop Dr Wee Boon Hup at the Ordination and Closing Service of the CAC’s 40th Session on 11 Nov. Referring to Mark 16:15, Matthew 28:19 and John 20:21, […]

CAC: Forging ahead

Building bridges with Mainland Chinese churches, better use of local church premises, future prospects of our Mandarin congregations, strengthening the family life ministry, and producing quality kindergartens were some points brought up by the Rev Dr Chong Chin Chung in his President’s Message at the 40th session of the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC). Speaking at […]

Showing up

Woody Allen said, “80 per cent of success is showing up.” In Numbers chapter 11, Moses was tasked by the Lord to gather 70 elders from the people of Israel. The Holy Spirit came upon the elders and they prophesied. “But two of the seventy — Eldad and Medad — were still in the camp, […]

MCSL: 20 years of God’s faithfulness

To commemorate 20 years of God’s goodness and faithfulness, the Methodist Co-operative Society Ltd (MCSL) held its first social outreach event to give back to the community on 4 Dec 2015 – a movie screening for 325 underprivileged families, children and youths-at-risk. Guest-of-Honour Mr Lim Biow Chuan, Member of Parliament for Mountbatten SMC, thanked the […]

Ecumenical Charismatic Healing Service

Prayer teams ministered to people who came forward for healing. About 1,600 Christians from various churches in Singapore gathered for the Ecumenical Charismatic Healing Service at Church of St. Mary of the Angels on 30 Oct 2015 for a time of worship and ministry. Bishop Dr Wee Boon Hup from The Methodist Church in Singapore […]

Seniors give back

  ‘Happy Hour’ at Bethany Methodist Nursing Home came from the belief that seniors can be empowered to age gracefully and continue to give to others.   When our Charis Activity Centre for Elders (Charis ACE) seniors started ukulele lessons at the centre last year, they did not imagine that one year later, they would […]