The congregation at the 125th anniversary service. “Ya, Isa kaseh!” rang out in KKMC’s Sanctuary, which was packed to overflowing with a 970-strong congregation on 20 Jan 2019. Baba Malay was indeed an appropriate language in which to rejoice in Christ’s love on the occasion of KKMC’s 125th Anniversary. Multilingual ministry has been in the […]
In Luke 10:27, it is recorded that an expert in the law asked Jesus how one might attain eternal life. Drawing on the Torah books of Deuteronomy and Leviticus, the expert in the law was able to find an answer for himself: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your […]
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.” (Ps 136:1) On 19 Oct 2018, the Methodist School of Cambodia (MSC) celebrated its 20th Anniversary. MSC first started in 1996 with a class of 15 kindergarten children under the leadership of the late Rev Dr Clarence Lim, then MMS’s […]
Josephus receiving the Pro Bono Ambassador Award by the Law Society of Singapore in 2013. This second part of Josephus Tan’s compelling testimony continues from the February 2019 issue of Methodist Message. After being called to the Singapore Bar in 2009, Josephus Tan, who attends Fairfield Methodist Church, began to make a name for himself […]
The Chinese Annual Conference (CAC) of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) entered a new chapter of her history with the adoption of Central Pooling. Apart from the structural changes, how can CAC churches work together in this transformational journey? 2 Corinthians 8:8–15 (NIV) describes an appeal to help other churches, where Paul exhorted the […]
Late last year, an MWS family service centre conducted a groupwork session for mothers and children whose families struggle with violence and abuse, poverty and unemployment. Their social workers and counsellors had referred them in the hope that they would benefit from the groupwork curriculum and be equipped to overcome their adversities. I was invited […]
Nanyang Technological University staff help to clean MWS Nursing Home – Yew Tee during their Corporate Social Responsibility volunteer session. Psalm 33:5 extols our God as a God of justice: “He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.” Throughout Scripture, we read of God’s laws and provisions to protect […]
“The focus of worship is God.” Bishop Emeritus Robert M. Solomon, the author of In Spirit and in Truth, takes pains to remind his readers, again and again, what the focus of worship should be, and what the modern worshipper has often forgotten— that “we should be careful that we do not sacrifice faithfulness to […]
The 70th Anniversary of the Inter Religious Organisation (IRO) was celebrated at the Fullerton Hotel on 19 Dec 2018. This charity dinner was sponsored by the Far East Organisation, with all the funds raised going to six beneficiaries of different faiths. The dinner was well attended and supported. The evening began with IRO’s “signature feature” […]
Many years ago, I met a group of Chinese Christians who do not believe in celebrating the Lunar New Year. The festival, in their view, has its roots in a pagan (Chinese) culture and is inextricably bound to the superstitions associated with it. But does being a Christian mean that one should abandon one’s culture […]
