Outreach
Of MWS pioneers who make the ‘invisible Church’ visible
NOT all of us may know this, but the idea of having a central Methodist agency to deal with social issues as well as be the Church’s outreach to the man-in-the-street was first mooted by the then Editor of Methodist Message, Mr Peter Joe Chia, in an Editorial of that publication in 1976. Five […]
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Plan to give Cambodian girls a better life
Emmaus Women’s Centre enhances teaching programmes AUGUST 1, 2008 marked the beginning of the 8th annual training session at the Emmaus Women’s Centre (EWC) in Angsnoul, outside the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. EWC’s manager, missionary Carol Ong from Toa Payoh Methodist Church, welcomed 16 new girls to the centre. Ranging from 14 to […]
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Daybreak Family Service Centre offers services for families in distress
DAYBREAK Family Service Centre is a community outreach of the Methodist Welfare Services. Situated in Yishun, Daybreak FSC offers a wide range of services for families in distress due to financial difficulties, parenting or marital issues. For couples planning to tie the knot we offer marriage preparation courses; and for children who have experienced family […]
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Understanding children with learning difficulties
PART 12: THE SOCIAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF THE METHODIST WELFARE SERVICES Ms Sheila Koh, a psychologist, was brought on board Daybreak Family Service Centre to kickstart a new programme for children with learning difficulties. ‘PS-ACT or Psychological Services – Assessment, Consultation and Training was launched in January this year. There are only a few such services in […]
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Preaching point in Nepalese village growing into vibrant church
PHULBARI (Nepal) – The scenery here is breathtaking, with beautiful greenery plains and majestic mountains. Phulbari village is situated on a hill overlooking the mighty Himalayan range, 45 km north of Kathmandu. Our Nepalese evangelist was led by God to interact with the local villagers while in the process of helping a foreign owner […]
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A missionary field in ‘our own backyard’
Brisbane Methodist Church reaches out to China workers BRISBANE – Since the voyages of discovery in the 15th Century, the pattern of missionary efforts has consistently been that of Western missionaries bringing the Good News to the East. This has changed over the last few decades. Globalisation and the development of regional labour markets have […]
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‘Ability to give total care to the terminally ill motivates me’
PART 11: THE SOCIAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF THE METHODIST WELFARE SERVICES The newly restructured Agape Methodist Hospice engaged Ms Moira Tan as its first homecare nurse supervisor last year. ‘MADAM Leong (not her real name), lives with her fourth daughter in a one-room rental flat. When I read the referral form from the […]
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Growing crops with a growing community
METHODIST Missions Society missionaries, Francis and Angela Lim, are using agriculture as a platform to proclaim the Word to reach out to the villagers in Fujian Province, China with much success. They have been living with the farmers and the community in a village there for more than a year, training them to practise […]
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MWS head: I am constantly resolving multi-faceted issues
PART 10: THE SOCIAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF THE METHODIST WELFARE SERVICES Ms Christine Wong, a trained counsellor with more than 25 years of experience in the social service sector, has helmed the Methodist Welfare Services as Executive Director since March 2005. Making sure the MWS runs smoothly is just one of her many tasks. […]
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MMS rendering help to Timor Leste orphanage
DILI – The Methodist Missions Society (MMS) is rendering help, through its missionary, Ms Lace Sim, to the Familia Hope Orphanage in Gleno, Ermera District of Timor Leste. There are 28 children and youths aged between 10 and 18 living in the orphanage. The MMS has seized opportunities to be a channel of God’s […]
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Core services of Tampines FSC
LIKE all Family Service Centres, Tampines Family Service Centre (FSC) has three core services: Information and Referral, Casework and Counselling and Preventive and Developmental Programmes. The following are some of its programmes: • The Children’s Club was set up for the children in the neighbourhood to enhance their social, physical, emotional and intellectual wellbeing. […]
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Being a good support to social workers ‘my biggest challenge’
PART 9: THE SOCIAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF THE METHODIST WELFARE SERVICES Ms Connie Ng, Tampines Family Service Centre’s Assistant Director, strongly believes in supporting and nurturing social workers to enable them to help others. ‘AS THE Assistant Director at Tampines Family Service Centre (FSC), my responsibilities include overseeing the general operations at the centre […]
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Korean congregation serves Hispanic ‘Street Angels’
ENGLEWOOD (New Jersey, US) – Steve Chung would drive past the labourers lined up on the streets of Palisades Park, New Jersey, each day, a Bible verse from the Gospel of Matthew constantly on his mind. “Whatever you did for the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me,” is how he […]
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Nepal hungry for Christian leadership training
THE training of Nepalese pastors has been done mainly in the capital city of Kathmandu. The city hosts more than 35 training institutes run by various organisations and more than half of them run three-to five-month residential courses. The main challenge that the churches outside Kathmandu face is that their trained people are unwilling […]
