Hope

  In 2011, we went on a two-week mission trip to Nepal. God melted our hearts and we fell in love with the country and its people. As friends, we yearned to return to Nepal together, never imagining God would lead us there this year, and use us this way… We departed Singapore for Nepal on […]

A dance item by Anglo-Chinese Junior College titled ‘Centre of Asia’.   More than 3,000 families, cyclists and beneficiaries celebrated two milestones – Singapore’s Golden Jubilee (SG50) and the 130th Anniversary of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS 130) – at Wheels for GOOD, a charity event organised by Methodist Welfare Services (MWS). The event on […]

The financial education workshop by MWS’ GOOD Programme which was held at the Kampong Kapor Family Service Centre on 4 July 2015.   It was humbling to learn of the financial challenges that the attendees face, and I was grateful for the opportunity to participate in the MWS outreach effort for the GOOD Programme’s beneficiaries. […]

  At the tender age of 12, Mr Benjamin Lee heard God’s call to missions. It is little surprise that his favourite Bible passage is Matthew 28:18-20 where Jesus proclaimed the Great Commission, to “go and make disciples of all nations”. This conviction took him to Cambodia in early 2012, together with his wife Serene […]

MMS relies heavily on the support and donations from the Methodist community to support its works in Cambodia, East Asia, Laos, Nepal, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam. By the grace of God, the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) has grown steadily and provides widening opportunities in the harvest fieldds – evangelising, equipping and nurturing new believers, making disciples, […]

  Mr Andy Chew, 43, is a veteran fundraising cyclist. Over the past four years, he has cycled for different charitable causes, and raised almost $40,000 in total. This year, despite nursing a broken thumb, Andy is taking on the Wheels for GOOD SG50 Scenic Ride. He has also persuaded three of his cycling buddies […]

Children at last year’s Camp GROW. “I am very glad that Celina can have an earlier start than my son. The programme is a great help to my children as I am unable to help them with English.” Chinese language preschool teacher Mdm Lu Xiaoyan was relieved and thrilled when her daughter, Celina, finally could register […]

Phoebe has big dreams.   Since she saw a lawyer at work when she was 18 years old, she knew she wanted to be one. But she has huge obstacles in her way: Phoebe comes from a low-income family.   Experts say Phoebe’s chances of realising her dreams of entering law school are very slim – […]

Help is sought to continue sponsoring children like these at COSI, so they can attend school. How good is your memory? Take this test and find out. (Answers are provided below, but don’t cheat!) Fifteen years ago, what was the cost for these items? A cup of coffee A plate of chicken rice A loaf […]

As Christians, how should we view the various people from aboard who have come to the shores of Singapore to work and live? Singapore receives these immigrant friends to this beautiful land as fellow Asians who will contribute their skills and talents to the country and in turn be blessed. Those who come aspire to […]

Education is not ultimately about training people to be clever or successful, but about discovering what it is to be the human beings God fully intended for us to be!1   A recent UNESCO policy paper revealed that 58 million children aged six to 11 are not attending school. As if this were not bad […]

The research study also revealed that, contrary to popular belief, these families in chronic debt are primarily intact families with four or five family members in the household, making up 69 per cent of the programme participants.   A significant majority of Singaporeans in chronic debt have $100 or less in savings, a research study […]