An MWS staff shares his former struggles and journey towards empowering others Benny Thiam, Social Worker at MWS Family Service Centre – Yishun This year, Methodist Welfare Services celebrates 40 years of empowering life to the full. This is one of a series of stories from people who felt empowered to empower others through […]
Yes, we can! X-Culture-Collab participants A key feature of missions across geographical borders in the “new norm” is capitalising on the digital platform more than ever before. Both digital natives like millennials and students as well as the older digital novices need to creatively explore the digital platform to be on the frontiers of cross-cultural […]
Each year, over 21,000 students aged six to 18 years attend one of our 15 Methodist schools. Another 1600 aged three to six are in 11 Methodist preschools. What makes for Christian education, particularly from the Methodist perspective? Secular education is focused on the human being, where man is the measure of all things—his knowledge, […]
(From left to right) Monica and her children, Andre and Lesley-Anne, on Christmas 2003 My daughter, Lesley-Anne, was a precocious child. Long before she could speak, she could understand multi-level instructions. She did not start talking early but when she did, she spoke in perfectly formed sentences. She was generally a thoughtful and obedient child. […]
Keith Tan is a member of Holland Village Methodist Church, and a member of the MCS Council on Communications I stumbled into the Methodist Church almost by accident in 1996. My now-wife, whom I was dating at the time, was a non-practising Catholic and I was from a charismatic church. We needed to find a […]
Fairfield Methodist Church 73rd Anniversary Undeterred by the COVID-19 pandemic, Fairfield Methodist Church (MC) celebrated her 73rd Anniversary with 100 members and friends gathering for a live worship service on 31 Jan 2021. Given the government’s safety measures, the rest of the congregation tuned in from home via livestream to join those in church to […]
A tribute to the outgoing Secretary of the Trustees of The Methodist Church in Singapore Kim Seah Teck Kim (extreme left) serving as BOF chairperson, one of the many roles he has taken on in MCS, at the 37th TRAC session Kim Seah Teck Kim was born in 1954 and attended the (then) Anglo Chinese […]
On 19 May 2021, a group of boys, their parents, and staff from Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) were quarantined for Covid-19. But this being ACS, the ACS Old Boys Association (ACSOBA) immediately organised a series of Zoom activities to provide emotional and spiritual support—such as a workout with Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin, a humorous session […]
The Secretary of the Trustees for the new quadrennium Guan Yeow Kwang with his family Guan Yeow Kwang was appointed to the office of Secretary of the Trustees (SOT) of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) with effect from 24 May 2021. He was elected at the 12th General Session General Conference in September 2020 […]
Love God by Loving Our Neighbour Clockwise from top left: Rev Dr Niam Kai Huey (Pastor-in-Charge of Sengkang MC); Dr (Mrs) Teo Li Bee (President of GCWSCS); Mr Jeffrey Lim (General Conference Secretary); Rev Stanley Chua (TRAC President); Rev Dr Gregory Goh Nai Lat (CAC President); Bishop Dr Gordon Wong; Rev Philip Abraham (ETAC President) […]
