The mystique of space and galaxies is fascinating to adults and children alike. It invokes curiosity, sparks imagination and fuels the quest to explore, discover and learn about the unknown. That is the objective of the Methodist Preschool Signature Space Buds Programme.
On 24 March 2023, students and staff from ACS (International)’s Christian Fellowship (CF) led in a joint community effort with a community library in Holland Village, to engage preschoolers from the nearby Sparkletots branch through educational and fun activities.
Students, teachers, parents and alumni of Methodist schools and Methodist church members gathered at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) bright and early on 25 March, a Saturday morning, for MethodistWalk 2023.
It’s still early days in my parenthood journey, but I feel like God has filled the first year with so many teaching moments. Through my experiences and the wisdom of mummy friends, here are five lessons I’ve learnt. Fathers, I hope that this will help you understand what your wife, a new mother, is going through.
As we observe Aldersgate Day this month to commemorate Wesley’s transformative experience of the grace of God in his life on 24 May 1738, let us turn our attention to one aspect of his theology of grace, namely, prevenient grace.
The Generations Project is impressive for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is not a boring sociology textbook, although the breadth and depth of the research that forms the book, and the authors’ thoughtful conclusions, should qualify it as “a sociology text with a church slant”.
If you look at Rev Prof David Wilkinson’s CV, the first thing that strikes you is that he is both a scientist and a Methodist theologian. Many Methodist pastors have had very different careers before becoming pastors, but for Rev Prof Wilkinson, the change in career trajectory came immediately after he had obtained his PhD in astrophysics from Durham University in the United Kingdom.
At the peak of the pandemic, Sheryl Tan* found her life falling apart. Her taxi driver husband’s income was hard hit by Covid-19, and the couple was chalking up debt to fund their three children through school.
After overcoming a battle with cancer, and then serving in Faith Methodist Church for three years, I was all set for a new season of service in my life. The Board of Ministry had assigned me to serve in Timor-Leste. But when my husband and I arrived in Timor- Leste in 2020, there was a change of plans.
There are no easy answers as to why some children have behavioural issues such as school withdrawal, low moods, angry outbursts, anxiety and fears. We can start to understand them if we ask the question, “What unmet psychological needs could be driving these behaviours?” The idea of psychological needs is not new. In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, we learn that human beings are motivated to get these needs met—the physiological needs of rest, food, safety and shelter, and at higher levels the psychological needs of love, acceptance, belonging and esteem.
