An MWS nursing home resident shares her story of faith, receiving dignified care and regaining hope. Mdm Loo Jo Lee, resident at MWS Bethany Nursing Home — Choa Chu Kang This year, Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) celebrates 40 years of empowering life to the full. This is one of a series of stories from […]
Some of the PLMC youths with Rev Wendy Tay It is often said in Christian circles that the Church is always a generation away from extinction. For The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS), the need to engage and retain the youth in our churches has become more urgent, particularly as many appear to be moving […]
Like many fresh graduates, I was eager to dive into the workforce after I left university. My urgency was driven by the attraction of being financially independent and climbing the corporate ladder—and also because I didn’t want to be left behind by my peers. But with hindsight, I now know that a career lasts for […]
Barker Road MC medical mission team members praying for missionaries in Nepal in 2018 MMS was officially established on 30 Sep 1991 as the missions agency of The Methodist Church of Singapore (MCS). Its primary mission is to establish indigenous churches where none currently exist. MMS aims to be a disciple-making movement that touches and […]
Bishop Dr Gordon Wong is well-known for his golfing skills and has won several local charity golf tournaments. And as every good golfer and sportsman attests, Bishop Dr Wong believes that playing well requires practice and discipline. “My fitness regime? I play golf once or twice a week with friends and my 99-year-old dad. I […]
Puay See’s church in Hong Kong I was not born in a Christian family. I never studied in a Methodist School. I only got to know Christ through a death in the family. At a neighbour’s invitation, we visited Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church (TA) and somehow found the service reassuring. We have been worshipping […]
Founder of Methodist Welfare Services, former editor of Methodist Message Peter Joe Chia (1935–2021), Founder of Methodist Welfare Services, former editor of Methodist Message Mr Peter Joe Chia was a man who wore many hats. His full-time job with the Anglo-Chinese Schools, where he served with distinction as a teacher, a disciplinary master and then […]
Season of Creation The Season of Creation is the annual Christian celebration of prayer and action for our common home. From 1 Sep to 4 Oct, we unite with the global Church to pray and protect God’s creation. This year’s theme is “A Home for All? Renewing the Oikos of God”. Oikos is the Greek […]
Panel 1 (English track) “WFH” (work from home) has become a buzzword, so when the Methodist School of Music (MSM) announced their 2021 Worship Symposium, I signed up immediately to WFH: Worship From Home. The theme “Flow: the ancient way to do contemporary worship” was intriguing, and the topics seemed to flow from the MSM […]
David Ang with his family When I was 37, my church asked me if I would consider going into full-time ministry and becoming a pastor. But I knew that it was not God’s calling for me, as I felt that my personality, gifts and passions made me more suited to serve God as laity. (I […]
