Dr Ong with family at an outing to Gardens by the Bay As Singapore’s COVID-19 vaccination programme is underway, the campaign faces challenges from vaccine scepticism or rejection. A recent study of more than 30,000 people in Singapore revealed that roughly 40 per cent were agreeable to vaccination, 20 per cent rejected it and the […]
The Rev Dr Goh was re-elected as President for a second term during the CAC 45th Session in 2020. Meet the Annual Conference Presidents: The Rev Dr Gregory Goh Nai Lat (CAC) Anyone who knew the Rev Dr Gregory Goh Nai Lat when he was young might not have imagined he would one […]
Saras with an artwork she made during art class A safe and homely place to live in; love, care and support from family and the community. Many consider these to be the essentials for a happy, healthy and fulfilling life. But the sad reality is that these basic needs for a dignified life are beyond […]
Recently, many were unsettled, if not shocked, by news reports of a family’s cruelty to their domestic helper, who was abused and tortured to the point of death. Then there was the case of a son who abused his elderly mother for years. Fortunately, she survived, but her physical and psychological wounds will probably be […]
Charis MC’s Project Samaria 21 March 2021 was CAC’s Social Concerns Sunday, when churches collected a Second Offering for beneficiaries identified by the Board of Social Concerns and Outreach (BOSC). BOSC supports various social concerns programmes hosted by Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) or CAC churches. They include befriending programmes and social activities to engage seniors; […]
Mr Josiah Ng (extreme left) at the GMS(S) Founder’s Day celebrations Geylang Methodist Schools’ 97th Founder’s Day Ninety-seven years ago, with a class of 27 girls, Geylang Methodist Girls’ School (GMGS) began in a small classroom carved out from some space at Geylang Chinese Methodist Church. The setting up of this school for girls was […]
Interfaith dialogue hosted by Covenant Presbyterian Church “In times of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build walls.” —King T’Challa, King of Wakanda. On 27 Jan 2021, it was reported that a 16-year-old Christian had been detained for planning an attack on two mosques in Woodlands. It was intended as a copycat crime […]
Xavier Tan worships and serves at Ang Mo Kio Chinese Methodist Church “Religion is the love of God and our neighbour; that is, every man under heaven. This love rul[es] the whole life, animat[es] all our tempers and passions, direct[s] all our thoughts, words, and actions”.1 To me, being a Methodist means emulating Wesley and […]
Cambodia Group The seed of Flourish Flourish is a ministry God has provided for women in need to build livelihoods that impact and transform their lives and that of their families. It is also a ministry where God enables the volunteers to witness the seed of His faithful providence, to grow the seed of our […]
“I felt my heart strangely warmed.” These are the words which John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, used to describe his spiritual encounter with God on the evening of 24 May 1738. That spiritual heart-warming experience took place in a small group gathering somewhere along Aldersgate Street, London. Methodists celebrate 24 May each year as […]
