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Pray for Charis Methodist Church as we seek to be more deliberate in engaging our youths.   This year, Charis Methodist Church (Charis MC) celebrates our 25th anniversary and the theme is “Celebrating 25 years of God’s Faithfulness”. “Charis” means “God’s grace”, and the history of Charis MC is indeed a sojourn of grace. From […]

Chinese New Year (CNY) is an important festival in the Chinese calendar – the beginning of the lunar year symbolises the act of “starting over”, with renewed hopes for happiness and prosperity. It is also a time to renew ties with family and friends, through family reunion dinners and social visits. However, celebrations are traditionally […]

If we are to make resolutions for the new year, we could consider once again following the instructions in the General Rules. This will be of great help to us as we continue to evidence our faith in our lives. The latest edition of The Book of Discipline of the Methodist Church in Singapore (BOD) […]

“Religious harmony is not about harmonising religions and beliefs, but about finding harmony between people of diverse religious faiths.” In these days of increased religiosity, the need for inter-faith dialogue has become more pressing. Yet, for the church, this need has never been an easy thing to acknowledge. The reason is not hard to find: […]

  “What and where is MCI?” are two questions commonly posed to our members. Methodist Church of the Incarnation (MCI) is located in the north-western part of Singapore and has a congregation smaller than most of our sister churches. Yet, God never fails to magnify His glory through our 370-member church in the humble neighbourhood […]

Ministers, lay delegates and Christian ministry staff of Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC) enjoyed the warm and generous hospitality of Ang Mo Kio Methodist Church over four days in November, as updates and reports were received from different agencies and councils. Just as much as the Annual Conference was held to discuss “business”, time was put […]

“It is imperative,” said the Rev Dr Chong Chin Chung, “that ministers and laity work as one.” As President of the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC), he was giving his Address at the Conference’s 38th Session, held Nov 11-14 last year at Ang Mo Kio Chinese Methodist Church. In light of the multi-faceted challenges facing the […]

SONY DSC In his inaugural Presidential Review, given at Ang Mo Kio Tamil Methodist Church last year, Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC) President Rev R. Prabhu steered the Conference to focus on the task at hand, setting as priority the theme selected for the quadrennium: “Making Disciples of all Nations” (Matt 28:19). The sub-themes for […]

Afew of my classmates in seminary were Indonesian pastors. In one of our informal theological discussions, some of them shared with me that in Indonesia they spoke of teologi kucing (cat theology) and teologi monyet (monkey theology). They explained that the mother cat picks up its kitten with its mouth when it moves around; the […]

This portrait of Nelson Mandela was finger-painted on the iPad with the Procreate App by David Chong Woon Tien, a self-taught hobbyist who specialises in traditional pencil, pen, and digital iPad paintings. David is a member of Faith Methodist Church.   Former South African President and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela died December 6, 2013, from […]

Geylang Methodist School (Primary), which will be celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, is a mission field with a harvest waiting to be reaped, and it is in urgent need to raise another $1.1 million for its school upgrading, as building works started last month. Only 20 per cent of students at the school come […]

  A voice says, “Cry!” And I said, “What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it.” Indeed, the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the […]