Outreach
Ushering in God’s Kingdom with Singapore Methodists
…the ministry’s mission is to build communities of multiplying disciples through reaching, building and sending. Cru Singapore (previously Singapore Campus Crusade for Christ) is part of a world-wide evangelism ministry headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with ministry presence in 191 Vonette Bright in 1951 on the UCLA campus in California, the ministry’s mission is […]
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Precious Friendships Forged in a Foreign Land
What is it like to leave home, family and friends to serve in a nation where you often have to learn the language from scratch? It takes faith, passion, courage and an unwavering desire to do God’s will. In the first of a series on getting to know our missionaries, Doris Chan, Methodist Missions […]
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Rallying youths to take steps for a cause
When Jasper Ong, 28, and Leonard Chong, 26, heard about the STEPS For A Cause Runathon 2013, they spontaneously hatched a plan to rope in their friend Darryl Soon, 26, and raise funds for the needy at the same time. The trio, from Toa Payoh Chinese Methodist Church (TPCMC), threw down the gauntlet before the […]
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Methodist Welfare Services’ Golf Fund-raiser: Celebrating 25 years of ‘fellowship on the greens’
“Fellowship on the Greens” (FOTG) was first initiated by the late (then-former) Minister of State, Dr Tay Eng Soon and the late Mr Edwin Chan in 1989, for the purpose of bringing Methodists from different churches to socialise and strengthen bonds in the Methodist family over a game of golf. 92-year-old Cecil Wong is one of our most stalwart supporters and has played in almost every MWS golf fellowship since it first began.
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iSeniors at WSAC!
YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD to learn new technology – and the seniors at the Wesley Seniors’ Activity Centre (WSAC) are doing just that as they rave about a popular iPad game app that allows them to shape, fire, add patterns, colour and even auction off “pottery” to earn credits and shop for more materials! […]
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Join us to raise educational standards in Laos
Building strong educational foundations at the Singapore Mission School in Laos. – Picture courtesy of SMS Laos A LANDLOCKED, mountainous country with less than five per cent of its land suitable for subsistence agriculture, Laos today has gradually 0pened up to the world since the 1990s. Economic and business reforms were implemented in 2005 to […]
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Residence@St. George’s turns one
A FEW YEARS AGO, Anita’s* life was all about smoking, drinking, clubbing and gambling. Desperation for money and pressure from her ex-boyfriend led her to theft, for which she was convicted and sent to Residence@St. George’s (RSG). RSG is a girls’ hostel jointly run by Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) and the General Conference Women’s Society […]
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For a bag of rice and a few dollars a month
The interior and exterior views of Joy Methodist Hostel. – Methodist Missions Society pictures. HUCH YADA IS STUDYING Sociology at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. He stays at Joy Methodist Hostel, one of several hostels run by the coalition of churches under the Methodist Church in Cambodia (MCC) banner. He is from Kampong […]
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Youths meet specific needs in restructured internship programme
FOR THE FIRST TIME, the full cohort of 42 youths in the Trackers programme interned at Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) during the last segment of their three-part discipleship programme, run by Trinity Annual Conference Youth Ministries (Truthmin). This year’s internship also broke new ground in the way the youths served those in need. They carried […]
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New building marks growth of Thai church
The new building of Sanphranet Methodist Church, amidst surrounding rice fields.– Methodist Missions Society picture. WE WERE LOST! The driver had taken a wrong turn. After a phone call, we were back on track. Then we arrived. There in the cool morning air, Sanphranet Methodist Church (SMC) stood tall, towering over the rice fields […]
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Volunteers crucial for hospice care
WHEN AGAPE METHODIST HOSPICE (AMH) HOMECARE started in 1990, it focused on hospice volunteers, training and developing them for the hospice ministry in Methodist churches. It was only later that it gradually grew and expanded its services to having a full-fledged medical team that cares for those with advanced illnesses in their homes. However, AMH […]
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What’s business got to do with it?
HAVE YOU WONDERED if there is a role for business people in fulfilling the Great Commission? What is God’s purpose for work and business? What is the role of business in the mission of the church? What does this term “BAM” that we keep hearing about really mean? Under the auspices of the Lausanne Conference, […]
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Lessons from a Nepal mission
AS PART OF TRACKERS, a three-month discipleship course organised by Truthmin (Trinity Annual Conference Youth Ministries), our team comprising seven participants and two group mentors embarked on a mission trip to Nepal from February 18th to March 1st this year. Below are some of the reflections from our final debrief at Nargarkot, Nepal. Highlights Experiencing […]
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MWS lights the ‘Torch’ of mentorship for JC students
SIX MENTORS, six adolescent mentees and their parents met on March 2, 2013, to sign agreements to participate in Torch (JC), a new mentoring programme for the Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) Bursary Recipients who are currently in Junior College. The bursary recipients are students from low-income households. Mentors and mentees will meet face-to-face four times […]
