Outreach
5 GMPS teachers now keen to serve less privileged
After a visit to Jakarta orphanage FIVE teachers from Geylang Methodist Primary School (GMPS) have acquired a deepening love for God and compassion for the less privileged following their return from a visit to an orphanage in Jakarta recently. The purpose of the trip was to find out more about orphanage work in Jakarta and […]
Outreach
A clinic at Telok Ayer Church
We now take maternity care for granted. But this was not the case in 1925 when a children’s clinic was opened at Telok Ayer Church Welfare Centre. ‘ANAK SAKIT – these are some of the sounds we heard the other morning down around our Telok Ayer Church building when an unusually large number of babies […]
Outreach
Ministering to people through education and social work
The three-storey Joy Community Services Centre in ChenDai. — Methodist Missions Society picture. Official Opening Ceremony of the Joy Community Services Centre in ChenDai, China The three-storey Joy Community Services Centre in ChenDai. — Methodist Missions Society picture. A GROUP of Methodist pastors, leaders and supporters led by Bishop Dr Robert Solomon went to […]
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The ‘Fishing Village’ Church goes afloat a ship
Worshipping on the sundeck. — Paya Lebar Methodist Church picture. Paya Lebar MC’s HOPE Methodist Mission celebrates first anniversary IMAGINE a church by the idyllic beach of Punggol … Imagine the waves lapping the shore while the Word of God is preached … Imagine the seagulls flying over your head while you enjoy God’s […]
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Early days of Malacca MGS
An early 1900 picture of, from left, Miss Tan Siok Kim, Mrs Shellabear and Miss Pugh. — Methodist Church Archives picture. Malacca MGS moved to new premises at Bickley Park in 1927, thanks to generous support from American well-wishers. But it was the early efforts of Mrs Shellabear and Miss Ada Pugh that brought […]
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‘Eye-opening’ trip to Thailand
Visit reminds PLMGPS teachers and pupils how blessed Singaporeans are A TEAM of two teachers and four pupils from Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ Primary School has returned from a trip to Thailand, thankful for the reminders that Singaporeans are blessed and God loves every person. The trip, from July 2 to 7, 2002, has truly […]
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Sembawang residents treated to Family Day at centre
Parents join their children for a time of “family games” on Family Celebration Day. — Methodist Message picture. FIFTY-THREE adults and children from 13 families turned up for the Sembawang Family Service Centre’s Family Celebration Day on June 2, 2002. It was their very first Family Day. The Family Celebration Day was held in […]
Outreach
Chen Su Lan Methodist Children’s Home: An inspiring, uplifting story
Dr Chen Su Lan … after whom the Methodist Children’s Home was named. – Methodist Church Archives picture. A pioneering Social Concerns project of Wesley Methodist Church, Chen Su Lan Methodist Children’s Home provides needy children between ages four and 14 years from broken homes with Christian nurture and prepares them for useful citizenship […]
Outreach
More schools than churches keen to launch BB companies
THE Boys’ Brigade (BB) exists to obey the Great Commission, and it actively seeks churches to be its “Partners in Ministry” to reach out to schools in Singapore. While the BB does not pretend to hold an exclusive claim to youth mission, it does claim to be one of the most effective outreach youth […]
Outreach
Growth of the early Methodist Church in Sarawak Christian colonisers
REV JIM HOOVER: Provided early leadership to the Sarawak Church. — Methodist Church Archives picture. Not many in Singapore appreciate how the Methodist Church began in Sibu, Sarawak, in near-disastrous circumstances. It has grown to become the thriving centre of the Sarawak Chinese Annual Conference today, nearly 101 years later. The missionary couple “Tuan” […]
Outreach
Methodist Mission in Cambodia to be set up next year
Leaders of the participating churches at the Zurich meeting, from left, the Rev Andreas Stampfli of the United Methodist Church in Europe; the Rev Dr Clarence Lim, The Methodist Church in Singapore; the Rev Li Ping-Kwong, The World Federation of Chinese-Speaking Methodist Churches; The Rev Dr David Wu, The United Methodist Church; Bishop Heinrich Bolleter, […]
Outreach
Methodist Schools’ Foundation distributes funds to 6 schools
THE Methodist Schools’ Foundation (MSF) distributed $150,000 last year to various Methodist schools to help in their PRIME programmes and purchase personal computers, audio-visual equipment and library books. This is an initial distribution, and more funds will be disbursed to the schools in future. The $150,000 was distributed to six schools: Geylang Methodist Primary […]
People
Two US missionaries to serve in MCS
The Martzen family. AFTER a lapse of the past few years, missionaries from the General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) of The United Methodist Church in the United States are once again serving in The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS). Bishop Dr Robert Solomon has appointed the Rev George Martzen, 45, as Minister attached […]
