Totes full of thanks

Sheerah’s design featured on some of the Singapore Together Pack tote bags Sheerah Sanjana Pandian, 11, will forever remember the thrill of receiving the news that her artwork would be featured on the National Day Parade (NDP) Singapore Together Pack tote bags. NDP fun packs have traditionally only been given to those who attend the […]

Who are you a neighbour to?

Who are you a neighbour to? The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect our lives, despite the easing of control measures. For those who have fewer resources and are more likely to lose their jobs, the impact is substantially heavier. From a Christian perspective, the current pandemic is providing followers with ample opportunities to obey Christ’s […]

Love Beyond Education

Health checks, masks and sanitisers are the order of the day, as the country recovers from COVID-19 “Train up a child in the way he should go; Even when he is old he will not depart from it” Prov 22:6 When it was time to choose a pre-school for their children, Jeremy Ang and his […]

Turn back the battle at the gate

Crystal (third from right) at FUSION 2017, a Truthmin worship event Truthmin is a conference-wide ministry under the Trinity Annual Conference that seeks to serve the Church and local church youth ministries in nurturing Christ-centred youths in culturally-relevant ways through worship, discipleship and leadership development. Our work includes Trackers (a three-month youth discipleship program), Fusion […]

God’s purpose prevails over Covid-19 obstacles

“We humans keep brainstorming options and plans, but God’s purpose prevails.” (Prov 19:20, The Message) The Trinity Annual Conference Women’s Society of Christian Service (TRAC WSCS) invited Dr Aw Swee Eng in 2019 to speak on events of the End Times. He agreed and based on Matthew 24:37, suggested the title “The Endtime events of […]

Together as one body

“But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.” (1 Cor 12:24b–26) The Structural Review […]

Singing in the Spirit

Does the practice of “singing in the Spirit” in charismatic worship services contravene the Bible’s instruction in 1 Corinthians 14:13–20?1 Several years ago, I visited a charismatic church. Halfway through the contemporary worship set, the congregation was invited to sing in tongues. Everyone broke out in glossalalic singing for a minute or so. That was […]

Uplifting Lives One Step at a Time

Bishop Dr Chong and MWS Board Member Albert Lim at Mohamed Ali Lane In a joint effort to raise funds for Methodist Welfare Services (MWS), five teams consisting of the MWS Board of Governance, MWS Patron Bishop Dr Chong Chin Chung, Presidents of the Annual Conferences and General Conference Women’s Society of Christian Service (GCWSCS) […]

Could you imagine life without the Bible?

Mountain province in the Philippines “After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands.” (Rev 7:9 NLT) Did you know that […]

Our precious youth

Methodist youth and their impact on Singapore and the world Nelson Mandela once said, “The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow.” The youth are our hope for the future and they are the most precious assets of a country. The same rings true for the Church, because without her youth, the Church will […]