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New Year Greetings from our Annual Conference Presidents! We thank God for a brand new year.

The Methodist Fathers Movement (MFM) celebrated its third anniversary on 14 October with the theme "The Heavenly Father and Earthly Fathers" at Tamil Methodist Church, Short Street (commonly known as SSTMC). Close to 80 fathers and their families from across the three Annual Conferences were present to commemorate this significant milestone.

"Gird us with love as shining light that we may help to set all free, to find in thee their peace and life." Close to 800 people were standing, hearts stirred, singing these words on 6 Oct 2023 at the grand ballroom of the Orchid Country Club.

On 9 September, worshippers from several churches came together at Pentecost Methodist Church for the event, The Faith We Sing: A Special Alleluia. It was designed to be inclusive and welcomed people from different generations and abilities. Parents could bring their children with special needs, and those who required physical assistance could attend as well.

If one were to recall Cairnhill Methodist Church (CaMC) in its pioneering days, there would be fond memories of the excitement of forming a new outreach point and establishing new relationships with her neighbours. Now 25 years later, we celebrated this milestone birthday with our eyes set on an even bigger target—ACS Tengah.

After 28 years of ministry, the Methodist Co-operative Society Ltd (MCSL) has ceased operations.

Worship band CityAlight was in Singapore for a one-night only Worship Night, "One in Christ", on 30 September 2023 at The Star Theatre. The Worship Night, and Workshops held on the Sunday after, were co-organised by Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC), Adam Road Presbyterian Church (ARPC) and Redemption Hill Church (RHC).

Hosted by Sabah Annual Conference, the World Federation of the Chinese Methodist Churches (WFCMC) 10th Youth Leaders' Conference (YLC) was held in Sabah, Malaysia from 6 to 10 July 2023. More than 150 Chinese Methodist youth leaders from West Malaysia, Sarawak, Sabah, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia participated.

In August 1888, a woman missionary, Miss Sophia Blackmore, started a class for eight Nonya girls in a little rented Peranakan house at Cross Street, which became known as Telok Ayer Girls' School. Through the years, it expanded and in 1912, under the leadership of Miss Mary Olson, it moved to Neil Road where it was renamed Fairfield Girls' School in honour of a generous benefactor, Mr James Fairfield, who donated the largest sum of US$5,000 for the new school building.

A multi-part video series tentatively titled Christian Perspectives on Education has been produced by the Council on Education under The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS). The aim is to provide Christian perspectives on the work and mission of Methodist schools.

The Methodist Missions Society (MMS) Student Sponsorship Scheme (SSS) is a programme that shares the love of Christ in a real and practical way by helping to break the vicious cycle of poverty. SSS has two donor schemes, for residential and non- residential students.

As the oldest seminary in Singapore, Trinity Theological College (TTC) has been equipping Christians for ministry since its founding in 1948. TTC celebrates its 75th anniversary this year with the theme "Changing World, Unchanging Light".