Four acts of worship in one hymn

  Called To Gather As God’s People Called to gather as God’s people, We assemble in this place To unite our hearts and voices In thanksgiving for God’s grace: For the birthing of creation, For Christ’s rising from death’s hold, For the coming of the Spirit, Week by week claimed and retold. Taught and formed […]

Evangelistic soccer tournament by Tamil churches

The Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC) Board on Evangelism organised anevangelistic five-a-side soccer tournament at the Singapore Indian Association on Aug 24. The Rev R. Prabhu, President of ETAC, greeting players at the tournament. The eventsaw participation by 10 teams from ETAC churches and various other churches with Tamil congregations such as St. Paul’s Church, […]

Dynamic monarchianism

One of the most important tenets of the Christian faith (perhaps the most important) is the Trinity. Since its inception, the Church has taught that there is only one God. Like Judaism, Christianity is a monotheistic religion. But Christians have a very unique understanding of the oneness of God. For although Christians maintain that there is […]

Christalite Methodist Chapel: Shining for Christ in Geylang schools

  Over a decade ago, Christalite Methodist Chapel began with a simple mission: To share God’s love with the Geylang Methodist Schools and the Geylang community. Spurred by the Holy Spirit’s leading, a small group of leaders and members from Christ Methodist Church moved to Geylang Methodist School to start a preaching point in September […]

Ushering in God’s Kingdom with Singapore Methodists

  …the ministry’s mission is to build communities of multiplying disciples through reaching, building and sending.   Cru Singapore (previously Singapore Campus Crusade for Christ) is part of a world-wide evangelism ministry headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with ministry presence in 191 Vonette Bright in 1951 on the UCLA campus in California, the ministry’s mission is […]

Precious Friendships Forged in a Foreign Land

  What is it like to leave home, family and friends to serve in a nation where you often have to learn the language from scratch? It takes faith, passion, courage and an unwavering desire to do God’s will. In the first of a series on getting to know our missionaries, Doris Chan, Methodist Missions […]

Pure nostalgia or note-worthy?

  We need to strike a balance, as in so many things, between the past and the present. We need to have in our lives a place for things and practices from the past that are noteworthy, that are still of value.   In the previous article, I talked about memory. Recently, the following memory […]

One People Meet in London

About 300 people representing more than 100 countries gathered at the historic Wesley’s Chapel at City Road, London for the World Methodist Council Meeting from September 10-13. Bishop Ivan Abrahams, General Secretary of the World Methodist Council, shared that “… the goal for this meeting is not only to reconvene our worldwide family, but to […]

Let me be homo unius libri

“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” Colossians 3:16 (NASB) I pray that the above John Wesley quote will be better known, and better embraced, by Methodists in Singapore. Homo […]

Defeating Enemies Within

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.1 Peter 2:11 (ESV) Who is this enemy? … They are the natural selfish human desires whose sole purpose is to find satisfaction outside of the influence and control of God’s Spirit. We hear […]