Conducting a combined river baptism service in Siem Reap and Udor Meanchey district At an age when most Singapore youths are preoccupied with pursuing academic success, doing National Service or securing their first job, the Rev Lun Sophy, who was recently elected the first President of The Methodist Church in Cambodia (MCC), was in a […]
Prayer in session Besides the Wednesday Worship Service, which was inaugurated on 15 August, TRAC Seniors Ministry has also been conducting a Tuesday Prayer Service. Both services are held once a month at Faith Methodist Church at 2.30 p.m. Located within Faith Methodist Church, Charis Hall sits snugly on Level 4, and is where a […]
The Christmas story (recounted in the second chapter of Luke) has a very important but often overlooked theme: “receiving”. God gave His precious only Son to the world with all His love. But the world did not receive the Lord, the Word Incarnate. “Receiving” is also an important theme of many Bible stories. Abraham received […]
Not yet a teenager but holding a pride of scholars, Pharisees and Sadducees spellbound in the temple in Jerusalem—men of letters and good standing who prized their scholarship above all. How could he at twelve engage them, greybeards admired for erudition, in learned discourse bringing profundity, knowledge and insight into issues seminal to life, creation, […]
In 2005, Seletar Tamil Methodist Church moved to a new place of worship, St George’s Chapel, in Changi. It was around this time that then Bishop Dr Robert Solomon encouraged us to plant a preaching point in Bedok as there was no Tamil ministry in the area. He also connected us with the leaders of […]
“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” (2 Chron. 7:14, NIV) ETAC’s theme for the quadrennium is “Renew, Revive, Reorganise and […]
In life, many of us face ups and downs. For some, their obstacles can be debilitating. 18-year old Agnes*, who currently resides at MWS Girls’ Residence, suffered horrific abuse by her stepfather as a child. Without adequate parental care and support, she ran into trouble with the law. Another of our beneficiaries, Mr Lai, was […]
Storytellers have long used anthropomorphic animals as characters in morality tales. Anthropomorphising helps children to identify with what they are reading on a metaphorical level, encourages imagination, and interweaves morals into fantastical plotlines that might not otherwise make sense if the characters were human. And of course, bears are cute. Dr V Gilbert Beers, the […]
Doris with her students from The Methodist School of Cambodia in 2001 “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Cor 12:9, NIV) How was I able to sustain 20 years of ministry in Cambodia? It was one thing to be forewarned about the ups and downs, and […]
We love the Lord and want others to know him, so many of us do our part to share Jesus with others. We have a ready presentation that we are quick to dish out to anyone who will listen. We target people whom we think are easy to give this message. If they don’t believe, […]
