Ps Jeremy Yap, his wife Lydia and their three children Being a Methodist means I have been adopted and connected to a large and loving family of God. While I was brought up a Christian, I was not brought up a Methodist. It was after I met my wife that I decided to sink roots […]
Ps Ian Wong, his wife Eeleen, and their four beautiful daughters To the Chinese brothers and sisters in our Methodist Family, blessed Lunar New Year! Food is often at the centre of our celebrations, and many of us know the value of food hospitality. We will go to great lengths to make sure our guests […]
We were blessed by Awaken Generation’s spirit-led Praise and Worship The Methodist Missions Society (MMS) was established on 30 Sep 1991 as the missions agency of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS). MMS’s 30th Anniversary last year served as an occasion for us to reflect on God’s faithfulness and blessings over the past three decades. […]
A recent invitation to be a panel speaker in a webinar on “hope” led me to mull over this multi-faceted subject. Here, I shall consider the importance of hope in relationships that matter to us. Before going on, allow me to define hope as a feeling of expectation, a desire with an anticipation that something […]
Lunar New Year, in the recent few years, has become a season of poignant reflection for me. It was during Lunar New Year that I saw my grandmother and grandfather for the last time, in 2011 and 2014, respectively. In my grandmother’s final years, she was really sick. My dad constantly nagged at me to visit […]
A. Susila is a member of Jurong Tamil Methodist Church Methodist Message (MM): The COVID-19 pandemic has been going on for two years. It has been hard for everyone, but even more so for children who have started going to preschool during the pandemic. How can parents help their children develop normal interpersonal relationships with […]
Cecil Wong is a lifelong Methodist, having attended Kampong Kapor Methodist Church (MC) and Wesley MC. He was a student at Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) and served as a member of the ACS Board of Governors from 1955 to 1958, and was President of the ACS Old Boys’ Association from 1958 to 1960.
It happened on a bus one day last June. Out of the blue, an elderly woman spoke up and asked the teenager seated beside her for some help. While the request was unexpected, it was—especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic—not unknown. But God—He knew what it was about. By His leading, the “chance” […]
Seek the Lord while he may be found, Call on him when he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to God for he will freely pardon. Isaiah 55:6–7 We seek God, he […]
Living in the wake of a pandemic has meant living with unrecognised loss—the loss of things we used to take for granted, such as meeting friends in large groups, playing football, having a class reunion or travelling. Christmas celebrations were curbed, the New Year was subdued and now Lunar New Year will follow suit due […]
