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“When Lucien was a newborn, I had prayed to God to not let him grow up so fast, so that I could enjoy his early childhood years for a longer time. I often joke that I did not mean for God to slow him down by so much!” Cheryl Mah’s wry humour belies a tough […]

If you were to meet Paul Ang today, you would be surprised that his approachable demeanour belies a past spent running from the law, having committed a series of crimes from armed robberies to drug smuggling. Years of living on the wrong side of the law came to an abrupt halt when his attempt at […]

Some 15 years ago, Aldersgate Methodist Church (AMC) sent a request to its members for volunteers to reach out to the residents at MWS Bethany Nursing Home (Choa Chu Kang). Among those who stepped forward were Loh Han Chew and Benson Woon, who were from the same cell group at AMC, and they started a […]

Jessica Lee is a Sunday School teacher at Mighty Power Kids (MPK), Paya Lebar Chinese Methodist Mission (PLCMM). She first joined PLCMM when she was six years old, after church volunteers came knocking on her door, inviting her mother to send her for tuition at PLCMM, and thereafter to attend Sunday School. Jessica’s mother had […]

I’ve always had mixed feelings about parenthood. I’ve heard from friends about the sleepless nights of looking after their newborns, the “terrible twos and threes”, navigating the education landscape in Singapore, and the challenges of communicating with sullen or rebellious teens. These are real struggles of parenthood, and parents now have to raise their children […]

Bishop Dr Gordon Wong preaching at Wesley Methodist Church on Easter Sunday It’s been two weeks since churches started ‘opening up’. The relaxation of Safe Management Measures for religious organisations from 29 March 2022 has meant allowing more worshippers to attend service without adhering to specific zones, to be seated close together and to sing […]

The team that produced Clean Hands, Pure Hearts and Beautiful Feet Daniel could not wait to tell the story of his recovery to others. As he shared his story, some who had knowledge of sorcery told him, “Even if you had died after two weeks, your God is still a great God, because this type […]

In the fifteenth chapter of Paul’s first letter to the Christians at Corinth, we find the earliest and most extensive discussion on the resurrection in the New Testament. The integrity of the Christian faith, the apostle insists, hinges on the facticity of the resurrection of Christ. “If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching […]

Sharon Liew runs an inclusive dance school When Sharon Liew embarked on a career in dance in the 1990s, inclusive dance—that is, persons with disabilities (PWDs) dancing alongside persons without disabilities­—was unheard of. Into her third decade of teaching community dance classes, and running a private dance school that supports inclusive dance, she credits her […]

Rev Saravana Kumar is a pastor at Sembawang Tamil Methodist Church “He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap.” Psalms 113:7 I praise and thank the Lord for his abundant grace in my life. It is a joy to be part of the family of The Methodist Church […]

Marcus See When I joined the Ang Mo Kio Methodist Church (AMKMC) family in 2006, I took six months to get to know the people in church before plunging into its Worship & Music Ministry. I was warmly welcomed from the start and over the years, I have been privileged to serve as Music Director […]

Henry (front, 3rd from right) and Mary (back, 5th from right) with Rev Philip Lim (front, middle) at a DISCIPLE class “To serve others is to share Christ’s love,” shared Henry Chan. His active and lively enthusiasm to serve the lonely, poor and elderly in Wesley Methodist Church belies his age. Henry, who turned 88 […]