Outreach

A NEW WEB PORTAL aimed at facilitating the participation of Methodists in community work was unveiled by the Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) at its 30th Anniversary Thanksgiving Dinner. Dr Lee Wee Leong, Board member of the MWS and Chairman of the IT Sub-Committee, presented to dinner guests the portal, which has the aim of bringing […]

  THE METHODIST WELFARE SERVICES (MWS) aims to work closely with Methodist churches in bringing more help to those in need, said its new Chairman, Mr David Wong Cheong Fook. Mr Wong, who is the Local Church Executive Committee Chairman of Wesley Methodist Church (WMC), and who also serves as an independent director on several […]

  I WAS PRIVILEGED to join a team from the Methodist Missions Society to Timor-Leste from Sept 27 to Oct 1 this year. It was a most fruitful fact-finding and relationship-building trip. Timor-Leste as a missions field is ripe. It is a young nation with many needs including health, infrastructure, industry, education and agriculture. On […]

  Ground-blessing ceremony of Prek Omperl Methodist Church outside Phnom Penh SUNDAY, AUG 14, WAS A BLESSED DAY as eight members of Aldersgate Methodist Church (AMC) worshipped with their Cambodian brothers and sisters on the site of the future Prek Omperl Methodist Church (POMC) building outside Phnom Penh. Over the years, POMC has grown from […]

  THE TYPICAL MISSIONARY EXPERIENCES STRESS LEVELS between three and four times higher than that considered to be “at risk” under normal circumstances. This is due to the discomfort of being in a different country and culture, facing high expectations from sending churches or agencies, the unconventional nature of mission work, being distanced from supportive […]

  FOUR METHODIST PASTORS raised more than $100,000 for the Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) in the MWS 30th Anniversary Pastors’ Challenge 2011. On May 28, about 25,000 people descended on a remote part of Changi for the Adidas Sundown Marathon. Among them were four pastors: the Rev Dr Wee Boon Hup who is the President […]

  WITH MANY YOUNG SINGAPOREAN FAMILIES setting up their first homes in the Punggol and Sengkang estates, the Rev Jasper Sim of Changi Methodist Church saw a valuable opportunity to address a social service gap in the northeast region. “The church leaders and I prayed for more than a month as we felt God calling […]

  Methodist Missions Society starts work in Anhui province, China METHODIST MISSIONS SOCIETY (MMS) LEADERS and the MMS Country Coordinator for China have been cultivating close relationships with government officials and leaders of the Three-Self Church in a town in Anhui province for several years. Recently, they were invited there to conduct their staff retreat […]

  TRACkers at MWS service centres DILLON WAS ONE OF 15 TRACkers who were attached to some of the Methodist Welfare Services’ (MWS’) service centres in March through April this year. The attachments were part of an intensive disciple-making course organised by the TRAC (Trinity Annual Conference) Youth Ministry. The third phase of this programme […]

  A DEDICATION SERVICE on June 4, 2011 marked a milestone for Rangsit Methodist Church in Klong Si, Bangkok. The Rev Prasert Pornkiratikul, pastor of the church, leaders and church members received Bishop Dr Robert Solomon, Methodist Missions Society (MMS) directors and church leaders from Paya Lebar Methodist Church (PLMC) who flew into Thailand for […]

  They get update on some key programmes unique to MWS FSCs TESTAMENT TO THE IMPORTANCE of the work of the Methodist Welfare Service’s (MWS) four Family Service Centres in helping needy families in the community, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, paid a special visit to the MWS Family Service […]

  NEW YORK – United Methodist response to the March 11 earthquake in Japan puts the spotlight on a rich mission history that began 135 years ago. The General Board of Global Ministries and the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) are working in the crisis with church organisations that continue a mission story which […]