The Significance of Lent

Over the last 25 years, more and more Methodist local conferences have been observing Lent, the 46 days before Easter. The Lent season does not include the six Sundays that fall in this period as churches generally regard Sunday to be the day for commemorating and celebrating the resurrection of the Lord. When we take […]

Tamil Methodist Church: Remaining relevant

There is a young, vibrant and energetic population in and around TMC. Remaining relevant Since the genesis of Tamil Methodist Church (TMC) 133 years ago, we continue to hold on to the belief that it is God Himself who has strategically positioned us in this neighbourhood so that we can reach out. Beginning our ministry […]

A Most Precious Christmas Gift

The Rev Irene Thung leads in worship. On 11 Dec 2019, the Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC) Seniors Ministry celebrated Christmas at Faith Methodist Church with a record attendance of about 500 senior adults at the festive worship service themed “A Gift”. The shofars announced the beginning of the service, and the celebrations began with the […]

MSM School Concert 2019

The performers. An SG Bicentennial Special 10 Dec 2019 was a big day for everyone. That evening, approximately 50 students and staff of the Methodist School of Music (MSM) came together to present a concert at the Esplanade Recital Studio. The event was in the form of a musical story in line with Singapore’s Bicentennial […]

LENT brings us together

Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, which falls on 26 February this year. Lent is that season of the year when the Church prepares for Easter by first observing a period of fasting and prayer in remembrance of our Lord’s sufferings and ultimate sacrifice. These 40 days is yet another opportunity for us to encourage one […]

Christmas at the Fort

Over four days, 13,000 people came to CATF. A Journey of Faith Twenty-three years ago, at Christmas at The Fort (CATF) 1996, God answered the prayers of Wesley Methodist Church (WMC) and miraculously stopped the rain during the two practices and the three-night event at Fort Canning Park. It poured only on the day after […]

A Methodist Journey

The Rev Derrick Lau at the BB enrolment ceremony at COSI, Cambodia, 2019. My journey as a Methodist began by the grace of God leading me to faith in Christ through a series of events even though I was raised in a predominately Chinese folk religion environment. First, in the early 1970s, whenever I walked […]

Impact Lives as a Methodist Family

EAT SHARE CONNECT with the less fortunate Seventy-four-year-old Mr Lim Boo Seng lives alone in a two-room rental flat. He used to work as a dish collector at a food court but he had to stop working in 2018 when his health deteriorated. Staff of MWS Wesley Senior Activity Centre – Jalan Berseh subsequently arranged […]

A Season of Songs

An Advent Presentation by the Methodist Festival Choir Jubilate Deo, omnis terra; servite Domino in Laetitia. Introite in conspectus ejus in exultatione. (Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.) With these joyful words from Psalm 100, the 70-strong Methodist Festival Choir […]

Jesus’ hands were kind hands

We enter a new year, and a world that is getting more challenging to live in. Climate change is causing more extreme weather; the rapid development of technology is affecting our lifestyles; racism is becoming more pronounced; and social pressures are increasing. Will having a set of kind hands serve as a good response? Perhaps […]