When attending an online church service at home in front of your laptop, TV or tablet on a Sunday morning, have you been “sitting around in your singlet, with one leg up and coffee in hand”? Dr Mark Chan may have painted an extreme picture but his joke encapsulated the purpose of Conversations Episode 2: […]
HOSANNA, LOUD HOSANNA (UMH 278) Hosanna, loud hosanna the little children sang; through pillared court and temple the lovely anthem rang. To Jesus, who had blessed them, close folded to his breast, the children sang their praises, the simplest and the best. From Olivet they followed mid an exultant crowd, the victory palm branch waving, […]
Fanny and family in Hong Kong When 72-year-old Fanny Chiang emigrated from Hong Kong to Singapore 30 years ago, she was determined to live out her family’s firm belief that they are blessed to be a blessing. Despite the challenges that came with settling down in a foreign land, Fanny stepped up as a volunteer […]
Lent is an important season in the liturgical year because it invites Christians to observe and commemorate the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It draws us away from our busy schedules and urges us to pause and reflect on our relationship with our Lord and Saviour in whom alone we find the meaning […]
Henry (front, 3rd from right) and Mary (back, 5th from right) with Rev Philip Lim (front, middle) at a DISCIPLE class “To serve others is to share Christ’s love,” shared Henry Chan. His active and lively enthusiasm to serve the lonely, poor and elderly in Wesley Methodist Church belies his age. Henry, who turned 88 […]
Just one minute a day! Join our pastors and church leaders in prayer this Lent as we reflect, repent and thank the Lord for what he has done for us. Our Lent prayers began in 2021 as a united effort by all three Annual Conferences – CAC, ETAC and TRAC – to remember this season […]
Space Buds programme Parents in Singapore are spoilt for choice when deciding the preschool to send their children to for that very first taste of formal education at a tender age of three! There’s no lack of research pointing to the importance of early childhood education, both formal and informal, on a child’s development during […]
Alvin Tay at the DISCIPLE 30th Anniversary book launch Good Friday and Easter used to be nothing more than a guaranteed long weekend that I looked forward to every year—for three straight days, no school or no work. When I was baptised in 1988, however, I began to understand the significance of Good Friday, Easter […]
Kwok Wan Yee (second from left) and her family Several things mark my life as a Methodist. The first is the rich and meticulous teaching that I received from my pastors. Indeed, learning God’s word is a life-long endeavour. Any day of the week, in any of our Methodist churches, I am sure we can […]
