The 3Fs: Faith, fellowship and fruitful ministry

To me, being a Methodist means a strong faith, great fellowship and fruitful ministry exercising scriptural holiness. Faith: I received Christ in the Methodist Church, and that means it is the Church that gave birth to my faith. My church life is basically built upon the rich heritage of the Methodist Church’s Wesleyan spirit. Fellowship: […]

A Missionary’s Heartbeat

The Dunamis House hostelites Methodist Missions Society (MMS) started its hostel ministry in Timor-Leste with the setting up of Sundermeier Home in Gleno, Ermera District, in 2016. The home serves to provide high school youths with a safe and healthy environment to continue their education and to grow with the right spiritual values. Joseph Manner […]

Religion of the heart

In his letter to Titus his protégé, the Apostle Paul exhorts the young pastor to “Teach what befits sound doctrine” (Titus 2:1). Orthodoxy (right belief) is important for the Christian faith because Christians believe that God has revealed something about Himself and His purposes for the world in Scripture. However, even a cursory reading of […]

Worshipping in spirit and in truth

In John 4:24, Jesus is recorded as saying: “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” (2011 NIV) Do you notice the minor difference from the following earlier translation? “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” (1984 NIV) The 2011 NIV adds a […]

Let our light shine during the COVID-19 crisis

Many of the families MWS serves are households from the bottom 10 per cent income group who struggle with the costs of daily living As Singapore battles the COVID-19 outbreak, new measures are being introduced throughout the country at quick succession to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Almost overnight, Singaporeans find ourselves living a […]

The Boys’ Brigade in Singapore celebrates 90 years of enriching young lives!

47th Singapore Company, sponsored by Trinity MC and Serangoon Garden Secondary School With The Boys’ Brigade (BB) having its roots in Scotland, the 1st Singapore Company was founded on 12 Jan 1930 at Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church by Scotsman James Milner Fraser. Before leaving for Singapore to work in 1927, Fraser had promised his old […]

Surviving social distancing

Social distancing is one of the strongest tools available to slow down community transmission of the COVID-19 virus. People are not to gather in groups, all nonessential movement outside of one’s home is curtailed, and schools and workplaces, unless deemed essential, are closed. These measures were unheard of barely three months ago. Now, whole cities […]

Our Strength Every Morning

The title of the 2020 TRAC WSCS devotions booklet could not be more appropriate as we look to the Lord during this COVID-19 crisis. The Lord indeed is our strength every morning. In January this year, ladies of 10 TRAC churches attended a devotions-writing workshop led by the Rev Dr Gordon Wong. The result of […]

Methodist Women’s Conference

The attendees of the Methodist Women’s Conference from Malaysia and Singapore The Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC), Singapore, and Tamil Annual Conference, Malaysia, jointly organised a first ever Methodist Women’s Conference from 7 to 9 Feb 2020. The theme of the conference, “Together We Serve”, provided a platform for leaders from both countries to learn […]

A church that helps to shape a society

Visitation outreach to pre-believers The Church is the most important institution in the world. The assembly of the redeemed, the company of the saints, and the children of God are more significant than any other group or organisation. God has not called together mere servants or “employees” to work for Him. He has raised up […]