Outreach

  YOUNG PEOPLE these days are exposed to information, lifestyles and issues that challenge the values they have been brought up with. It is not unusual for teenagers to test their parents’ authority, challenge traditions and beliefs and explore new ideas and lifestyles. How parents respond to their teens is important, and while teenagers want […]

  MAKING WAVES Missionaries creating ripples of impact: More village chiefs want to invite them to conduct English lessons THE Methodist Missions Society (MMS), together with Transformation Alliance (TA), is committed to helping to foster a culture of reconciliation and peace in Timor Leste. We must continue to serve with joyful patience filled with hope. The […]

MMS PRAYER NIGHT I WAS greatly encouraged. About 100 people spent three hours chatting informally with some of our Methodist Missions Society (MMS) missionaries and staff, getting updated on the key happenings in the seven countries we are involved in and then praying with us. We are convinced that your prayers are vital for the […]

“There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.” – 1 Corinthians 12:6 (NIV). SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – plausible? For the most part, I think so. While slums and rubbish dumps may not be a part of the Singapore scene, the hard life of Jamal Malik in the […]

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION THE events of Dec 21, 2008 brought great joy to the hearts of all present – and I think to God’s heart as well! The COS Children’s Village (COSI – supported mainly by Bedok Methodist Church, Pentecost Methodist Church and other Methodist individuals) and the Emmaus Women’s Centre held a combined Christmas celebration. […]

MICHAEL, 12, had an older brother, John, 18, who had just started his military service. John was so happy when he received his first pay cheque. “I’m rich,” he said, looking at his bank statement. “In just a few months I will be able to buy something I have wanted for a long time – […]

IT HAPPENED again last month. Missionaries, pastors and church leaders are very passionate about planting new churches. One pastor said: “We prefer to plant churches using the established model of Singapore’s Methodist churches. Each church should have a full-time pastor and a proper church building.” Another pastor disagreed. “CPM! CPM! The established model is too […]

IT IS imperative for churches today to equip lay people who wish to serve as group leaders in a caring ministry in the church so that help may be rendered to those who need it before it is too late. Though some Christians have turned to their churches for counselling, they have found that there […]

GC WSCS-supported programme benefits 261 students compared to 200 in 2007 EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Imran (not his real name) has once again received the Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) Bursary for 2009, much to the relief of his mother, Madam Hanifah (not her real name). “At least, my burden is lighter. We have a lot of financial problems […]

SEVEN years ago, three-year-old Murthi Mizeer John Mallare lost his mother. Then his father, Anthony, had his left forefoot amputed because of diabetes, which has also robbed him of sight in his right eye and left him with partial vision in the other. Anthony’s kidneys have also failed and he needs haemodialysis thrice a week. […]

THE Methodist Welfare Services officially launched Agape Methodist Hospice (AMH) on Oct 4 following a restructuring exercise that transformed AMH into a clinical homecare service with a full-time doctor and two palliative care nurses. The launch is a milestone in the history of AMH, which has served 67 patients since its homecare service resumed operations in […]

  FAMILIES will experience transitions in many ways and the Church must journey with them through these periods, said speakers at a conference on “Families in Transition” organised by the Methodist Welfare Services, with support from the General Conference Women’s Society of Christian Service. “Transitions have both potentials and problems. Transitional moments are very fertile […]