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, and raise funds for the needy at the same time. The trio, from Toa Payoh Chinese Methodist Church (TPCMC), threw down the gauntlet before the […]
Imagine this scenario: you’re all set to relocate to Italy – but on arrival you hear “Welcome to Holland!” How would you react? You would have to change all your plans – learn a new language, buy new guidebooks, be prepared for experiences that you have not anticipated. Emily Perl Kingsley used the above analogy […]
Dixie Wong was just 24 when she was diagnosed with leukaemia. Now after a decade of agonising treatment with no improvement in sight but just constant decline in her physical condition, she came to this conclusion: “I’m sick and tired of the treatment because it is clearly not helping. The side effects are more unbearable than […]
I searched in my heart how to gratify my flesh… while guiding my heart with wisdom… I made my works great… I acquired male and female servants… So I became great… Therefore I hated life because The work that was done was grievous to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind… God gives […]
Which worship style is best? Contemporary, or traditional? This divide in worship style only came about 30 years ago, when a wave of new songs for musical worship were written in a style popular in the 1970s. Gradually the word “contemporary” was used as a prescriptive term to promote this new style of worship. Christian […]
Lang from Wesley Child Development Centre (Toa Payoh) receiving her 25-year Long Service Award from Bishop Dr Wee Boon Hup at Paya Lebar Methodist Church on July 12. She was one of 23 staff from various Methodist pre-schools who received their Long Service Awards that day, cheered on by the 155 other staff present. Mrs […]
Pasir Panjang Tamil Methodist Church (Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference) 85 Wishart Road S(098727) Sunday service: 10 am (Tamil and English) Contact: 6273-5911 or email [email protected] We need bricks to build churches, but did you know that one local Methodist church played a key role in the production of bricks themselves? Pasir Panjang Tamil […]
Thecolourful ranks of students and teachers gathered on the field for our Founder’s Day Service. Many have shared that they “found God in Chapel”. Even parents speak of the Christian culture they witness in the school as teachers see value in every pupil. For many families, Fairfield Methodist School has formed the common core of […]
Manichaeism grouped its followers into two distinct categories: the Elect were those who have attained knowledge by renouncing all sexual and physical pleasures, while the Hearers were second-class devotees who were not required to refrain from sexual activities as long as they did not regard them in a positive light. One of the most troubling […]
Has your tongue ever got you into trouble? Mine has – countless times. It has uttered things I later regretted. And hurt people closest to me, particularly my wife. Thank God, my tongue has also served me well – to teach, win friends, get on in life, and share the good news of our Lord, […]
