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  They get update on some key programmes unique to MWS FSCs TESTAMENT TO THE IMPORTANCE of the work of the Methodist Welfare Service’s (MWS) four Family Service Centres in helping needy families in the community, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, paid a special visit to the MWS Family Service […]

  NEW YORK – United Methodist response to the March 11 earthquake in Japan puts the spotlight on a rich mission history that began 135 years ago. The General Board of Global Ministries and the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) are working in the crisis with church organisations that continue a mission story which […]

  THE METHODIST MISSIONS SOCIETY (MMS) will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year with the following events: Missions Conference – Aug 20 at Toa Payoh Methodist Church, MMS Thanksgiving Service – Aug 20 at Toa Payoh Methodist Church, Missionaries’ Retreat – Aug 22 to 24 at Methodist Centre, and MMS Fund-raising Banquet – Aug […]

  BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, the Methodist Welfare Services (MWS), in partnership with the General Conference Women’s Society of Christian Service (GC WSCS), will be operating a brand new service – the first of its kind in Singapore. It will be a hostel which will cater to troubled teen girls aged between 16 […]

THE COMBINED CONGREGATION SIZE of Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC) is just over 1,000 members. However, the small numbers were not a deterrent when it came to reaching out to the chronically poor in the Community Outreach Project of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS). A total of 86 befrienders from ETAC churches came forward […]

Prison Fellowship Singapore (PFS) runs a weekly Saturday programme called the Care Club for children of prisoners. Among the activities is a reading, story-telling, and drama programme conducted by three 13-year-old school girls. These girls have been conducting the weekly lessons for over a year, often battling fatigue and discouragement. One of the girls, Kimberley, […]

  HAVING DEFINED ITS STRATEGIC MISSION, vision and goals in 2009, the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) has begun to intensify the key goal of equipping its indigenous churches abroad to be more intentional in disciple-making. Its mission is to fulfil Christ’s Great Commission to make disciples of all nations. Matthew 28:18-20 reminds us that our […]

  THE SEED FOR THE FORMATION of the Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) was sown by Mr Peter Joe Chia in June 1976. It bore fruit in 1977 when the Board of Social Concerns of Trinity Annual Conference under the leadership of Mr Lee Liat Cheng appointed Dr Chia Lin Sien to draft a constitution for […]

  MMS Volunteers’ Appreciation Night THE METHODIST MISSIONS SOCIETY (MMS) celebrated Volunteers’ Appreciation Night at Sophia Blackmore Hall on Jan 7, 2011. It was an opportunity for the MMS to express heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the many individuals who have contributed their time, talents, knowledge and experience to it. We said “Thank You” in […]

  EXACTLY A YEAR AGO, in February 2010, The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) launched a Community Outreach Project to help the chronically poor in Singapore in celebration of the MCS’ 125th Anniversary. While the year-long celebration is over, the community project is still continuing, well into 2011. Since April 2010, the number of families […]

WORD FROM THE EDITOR THIS LAST CHRISTMAS, as in past Christmases, Christians all over the world sang “O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie …” But how ironical it is that Bethlehem and its surrounding regions in the Middle East are not as still and peaceful as they seem to be. […]

  ST PETERSBURG (RUSSIA) – In the midst of a brutal winter in 1921, with a heavy wrap gathered around her slight shoulders, Sister Anna Eklund became a familiar figure standing in the middle of a sleigh loaded with provisions donated by Methodists overseas. At her side was Pastor Oskar Pöeld. Although they had little […]