A Touch Of Love

take care of old mother – young female hand giving a red heart to old hand of a mother And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, […]

Learning to live in worship

At the Methodist School of Music (MSM) Worship Symposium, held from 15-17 June 2017, participants from many different churches, denominations, and countries came to understand more about spiritual worship, experience different forms and styles of worship, train their skills in leading worship, and encounter God together as a community in worship. Spiritual worship The symposium […]

Interview: Secrets to successful social enterprise

Small Business Strategy Marketing Enterprise Concept Q: Can you share with us what social entrepreneurship is about, and how is it applied to social problems? Social enterprise or impact investing is intentionally finding a business solution to a social problem. Rather than tackling social problems through aid and through charity, we find business people with the […]

A C.L.A.S.S act The Methodist Co-operative Society Ltd

By Methodists, for the Christian community Formed by Methodists under the auspices of the Council of Christian Social Concerns in 1995, the Methodist Co-operative Society Ltd (MCSL) continues to be the channel for like-minded Methodists to be involved in the co-operative movement, and an enabler of regulated social enterprises that meet the needs of our […]

A cup of water holds God’s fresh grace

Woman holds a glass of water. Give a glass of water. Drink more water. Water for life. Black background. “A large city is a place where people are lonely. This loneliness is not the result of an absence of people; rather, it is due to a lack of genuine caring relationships.”1  This was the observation […]

Wesley and Christian social witness

John Wesley had a wholesome view of holiness and Christian witness. Not only interested in personal spiritual development (important though that is), his spirituality expressed itself in the social dimension of his life and ministry.  Against the temptation of Christians to keep their faith a private matter, his faith interacted with life and encouraged responsible […]

Bringing hope to the nations over 180 years

A running theme in the work of the Lord is that He often brings forth mighty movements from small, humble beginnings – a shepherd boy who would one day defeat a giant, win battles, and be king; a baby born in a manger to commoner parents who would go on to be the Saviour of […]

Sembawang Tamil MC: Bringing care and transformation to the community

We continue our series of profiling local churches from our three Annual Conferences of The Methodist Church in Singapore. As we come to have a better understanding of each other’s history and ministry, we may discover more opportunities to forge cross-church partnerships and collaborations. Sembawang Tamil Methodist Church (STMC) was instituted 83 years ago in […]

A practical guide to ‘workshipping’

“The reality, as Mark Greene has said, is that 98 per cent of people in church will spend 95 per cent of their time outside of church, and their pastors should be thinking more creatively about equipping them for those mission fields.” (Preface to Workship) There is growing awareness among Christians that our faith is […]

Compassion as a way of life

child holding a small pink heart. symbol of love family hope. Backgrounds for cards on Valentine’s Day. Backgrounds for social posters about the preservation of the family and children. One of the great figures who comes to mind when we talk about serving the marginalised is Mother Teresa. She is a great inspiration to the […]