Outreach

I WAS FORTUNATE that the taxi unknowingly took my team up the mud track (three km) from Dai Lai village to the Faith Farm – a drug rehabilitation centre. The Faith Farm in China, established in April 2003, was a leprosy rehabilitation centre but vacant for many years. I was pleasantly surprised to see a […]

SCHOOLS ACS (INTERNATIONAL) has a vision statement that speaks of “developing future leaders with international vision, moral character, intellectual ability and deep compassion for humanity based upon Christian belief and values”. What are these “Christian values”? All the Methodist schools in which I have worked have stressed not only that Christian values were an essential […]

  PHNOM PENH – It has been said that the most enduring ministry of the Methodist Church is with young people. More than a century ago, missionaries opened the first Methodist schools in Singapore. For the past 12 years the Methodist School of Cambodia (MSC) has followed that tradition by providing quality education and sharing […]

  AT THIS CELEBRATORY TIME of the year, Christ becomes the buzz word and His name is everywhere. Little kids sing it; shops shout it and advertisers make huge headlines out of it. However, it is in the context of the commercial CHRISTmas that Christ is being remembered by the larger community. Within the church, […]

  MR ALBERT LIM played the tuba in the school band which appeared on the back of the old $50 note. He was on the other end of the row when that picture was taken and just missed being included. He has contributed much to the needy in the community – a lot more than […]

  THE METHODIST MISSIONS SOCIETY’S (MMS) MISSION for China is to train disciples and disciple-makers so that many preaching points and churches will be planted by the nationals themselves. MMS missionaries and teaching teams from Singapore Methodist churches have been training the national preachers and workers through small groups and seminars in China. The MMS […]

  Volunteering with Agape Methodist Hospice: An outreach of Methodist Welfare Services “I ONCE FAINTED at the sight of my own blood, so I would have been the last person to volunteer at any kind of medical facility. Just thinking of the tubes and needles that are part and parcel of the work makes my […]

  THE REV SOMPHAN SANGKHEN comes from the remote village of Huey Paraai in the beautiful hill country, an hour’s drive west of Chiangmai, Thailand. About 20 years ago, his parents sent his older brother and himself to Chiangmai to get an education as there was no school in their village. It was an extremely […]

JUST HOW SMALL is a mustard seed? It is unbelievably miniscule! Smaller than the little full stop at the end of a sentence! Yet the Bible tells us faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains! An experiment was carried out with our Pastor bringing a small supply of mustard seeds. Amazingly, they […]

  UNITY is strength and a people united can achieve great things. Mountains can be moved if every one simply takes care of one little stone. What more in times of adversity? Through these trying times, the Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) is collaborating with even more partners to give the underprivileged and the needy a […]

  THE METHODIST CHURCH IN NEPAL is making good progress. By God’s grace every church has reported an increase in church attendance and the number of people baptised. By the end of this year, four new preaching points will be set up to strengthen the existing six churches. The national pastors and workers are now […]

  THE METHODIST WELFARE SERVICES’ Covenant Family Service Centre has been operating a Parenting Hotline for the past 20 years. It is the only helpline in Singapore manned fully by social workers and counsellors. Many of the callers seek advice and counselling on managing and disciplining their children and one of the key causes of […]