Hope

Like countless young girls, Steph Low dreamed of marriage, children and a blissful family life. During her twenties, she thought she had the life she envisioned … until things took an unexpected turn with the arrival of her second child, Xavier.

I came to know God during high school and entered a deeper relationship with the Lord after marriage. As I look back at my journey with God over the years, I can see two parallel activities—God's work in me and his work in the field where he was going to place me.

Rev Henry Yeo and his wife, Sungwan Yeo, were sent out by the Methodist Missions Society, Singapore (MMS) to help establish the Methodist Mission in Thailand (MMT) in 1998. Rev Henry served as the Country Coordinator and then later as Country Director. Sungwan is a native Thai from the province of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

Mr Chua Wah Liang recalls a haunting visit to a museum in Poland when he was in his 30s, encountering heart-wrenching images of Holocaust victims and a poignant exhibit of a pile of shoes belonging to those who had lost their lives at Nazi concentration camps.

I am a hopeless romantic, and Jesus must know this. One day in May 2003, a longtime friend texted me to ask if I would be interested in accompanying her to a dinner and dance by her cousin’s National Service unit. Her cousin’s platoon mate was looking for a date to bring to the event. I was single at the time so I gamely agreed. Little did I know that that would be the day that I would meet the earthly love of my life and eventually, my love for all eternity.

What comes to your mind when you think of "work"? Is work a curse or a blessing? Is work a means to an end? Do we only work out of economic necessity? Some Christians may even feel that secular work is a spiritual hindrance, thinking, "If I could just get out of the rat race then I can be holy and really go on with God to serve him in missions."

"I'm miserable. It would be better if I was dead." Samuel Soong recalls encountering residents at MWS Nursing Home – Yew Tee expressing such distress. Faced with chronic health conditions coupled with loneliness, some of them grapple with a deep sense of hopelessness.

Methodist Missions Society (MMS), the denominational missions agency of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS), delights in mobilising the local churches in fulfilling the mandate of the Great Commission, i.e. to preach the Good News to the nations. Jesus said to his disciples in Matthew 9:37, "The harvest is plentiful…

After her daughter's death sent her into the depths of despair and teetering on the brink of suicide, discovering she wasn't alone became a lifeline for a 90-year-old.

My creative journey kicked off in my teens, after immersing myself in Comms and Media internships at age 16. Despite showcasing a portfolio I took immense pride in, a lingering emptiness persisted within.

In December 1997, at the end of my fourth year in secondary school, Mrs Chow Yook Wah, my accounts tutor, extended an invitation and generously sponsored me for Fairfield Methodist Church's (FFMC) youth camp—an event that profoundly altered the course of my life.

Ms Lim Joo Teng vividly recalls the day her life took a dramatic turn. Two decades ago, her father, with whom she had been living with since her parents' divorce, received a call from their estranged mother notifying them that her brother, Joo Phiau, was in critical condition in the hospital after a tragic car crash.