Methodism was a movement, not an institution—we have been reminded of this again and again. Most recently, Bishop Emeritus Dr Hwa Yung, who spoke at Aldersgate SG 2019, referred to a Methodist Message article from June 2016, “Rethinking the Methodist Church in Singapore”, by Mr Tan Gee Paw, member of Barker Road Methodist Church and […]
9 June 2019 is Pentecost Sunday, the 50th day of our Easter journey. It marks a new season—the Sundays after Pentecost. In his book Calendar: Christ’s Time for the Church, Laurence Stookey explains that the “Day of Pentecost is about the church as the community of the Spirit, not merely about the work of the […]
The panel from YWAM (from left): Judy Foo, Eleana Ho and Lin Hui Hui For the third year running, TRAC WSCS organised the VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) conference, a conference for women (the men don’t get it!) by women. Each conference has been refreshingly different and uplifting, with various speakers sharing testimonies and […]
In arguably one of their most iconic songs, the folk rock group of the 1970s, Crosby, Stills and Nash, offers this perennially sound advice: “Teach your children well, / Their father’s hell did slowly go by.” From an infinitely more authoritative source, we find these words: “Train up a child in the way he should […]
Over the last four years, around the middle of each year, around May and June, my wife and I have taken leave from work to do long walks together—about 20 kilometres a day over a six-day period. We are sedentary urbanites who rarely walk more than 3000 steps on an average day. So how did […]
When my elder daughter hit primary school-going age, my husband and I reviewed our options. We could send her to my alma mater, Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (PLMGS), or another one of my alma maters, a SAP school. Admittedly, the first things that come to mind when I think about my own formative years […]
Education has always been a vital core ministry of the Methodist Church. Its missionary work in Singapore began in 1885 and the Anglo-Chinese School (ACS), a primary school for boys, was established the following year. Two primary schools for girls, Methodist Girls’ School (MGS) and Fairfield Methodist Girls’ School (FMGS), were subsequently set up in […]
From left: Bishop Emeritus Dr Robert Solomon, Bishop Emeritus Dr Wee Boon Hup and Bishop Dr Chong Chin Chung It was a historic occasion. Almost 250 pastors and leaders from the three Annual Conferences (ACs) gathered at Toa Payoh Chinese Methodist Church to listen to the perspectives of three bishops’ on the MCS Structural Review […]
The Dr Rev Niam Kai Huey (second from right) with her family As we celebrate Mother’s Day, we give thanks to God for blessing us with mothers, and recognise their sacrifices in nurturing and caring for us. The scriptural definition of “family” is broader than the core family unit with which we are familiar. The […]
Dr Tang (first from right) with the medical and dental team from Barker Road Methodist Church and Sengkang Methodist Church in Nepal in Nov 2018 “Well done, good and faithful servant… Enter into the joy of your Master.” (Matt 25:23) It is never easy to come to terms with the loss of a very dear […]
