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Celebration Of Hope

May 2019 WHAT DOES HOPE MEAN TO YOU? As believers, we know the hope we celebrate: The love of the Father. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. And our fellowship with the Holy Spirit. But what about those around us who haven’t discovered the joy of knowing Jesus? THAT’S WHAT THE...

Come, listen, sing and be blessed!

Apr 2019 Come join the Methodist Festival Choir (MFC) to commemorate Palm-Passion Sunday. Prepare your hearts for the Holy Week by encountering afresh—through Scripture and song—Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and His painful journey to the cross. “To the cross, Lord, lead us singing, singing with the hosts on high, Calvary’s anthem...

MethodistWalk 2019: Get Up and Walk

Mar 2019 Join us for this important milestone in the calendar of our Methodist schools as they unite with our churches in the MethodistWalk 2019 on Sunday 30 March 2019. This edition of the biennial fund-raising walk is brought to you by the Methodist Schools’ Foundation (MSF), together with the 15 Methodist...

How you can contribute to The Giving Methodist 2019

Feb 2019 Give Time: Join a community to bless a Methodist church or volunteer at an MWS centre Does your heart beat for children who are disadvantaged, youths-at-risk, or families and elderly living in distress? Take this first step if you have never volunteered before. It takes only a few hours of...

Dad and Mom Go Back to School

Jan 2019 CAC Board of Family Life (BOFL) has started a series of English and Mandarin workshops aimed at reinvigorating fathers and mothers to become spiritually healthy parents, who serve their families and churches faithfully. Modelled after the Duranno Father / Mother School in Korea, the workshops help fathers and mothers recognise...

Trinity Theological College: 70 years of Serving the Church for 70 years

Dec 2018 Trinity Theological College (TTC) has been, since 1948, at the forefront of educating and equipping leaders of churches and denominations for the manifold ministries of the Christian Church across Asia. TTC offers a conducive environment for preparation for ministry because of its wholesome community life, the diversity of its student...

GLORIA! Celebrating the Christmas Story

Nov 2018 Enjoy a vibrant musical kaleidoscope of seasonal choral anthems, carols and songs with the 100-strong Methodist Festival Choir and Festival Children’s Choir, directed by composer/organist Michael Burkhardt from the USA. With music from the majestic pipe organ, brass ensemble and piano, Daniel Fong (baritone) and an item by the MSM...

The Boys’ Brigade and Girls’ Brigade joint thanksgiving service

Oct 2018 Come join The Boys’ Brigade in Singapore and The Girls’ Brigade Singapore to give thanks for God’s manifold blessings upon our ministries and to enjoy a time of fellowship as one family! The President of the National Council of Churches in Singapore and Bishop of The Lutheran Church in Singapore,...

Prison Ministry Conference 2018

Sep 2018 At the heart of prison ministry is the choice to love as Jesus loves, to empathise with inmates’ suffering, and to journey through life with them as we would a brother. But what does that look like? Engage in this conversation with us at this year’s Prison Ministry Conference. Organised...

National Day Thanksgiving Service 2018

Aug 2018 First held in 2004, the National Day Thanksgiving Service is organised by the National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS) to coincide with our National Day celebrations. Customarily held a week after National Day at St Andrew’s Cathedral, the annual event brings together Christians from different churches, denominations and walks...

Fire up preaching with help from Eagles

Jul 2018 Be the best preacher you can be for the Lord and your congregation! Be further equipped, enabled, empowered, and encouraged at Eagles Communications’ 3rd Preaching Conference – Fire in Your Bones: The Dynamics of Preaching – on 20 and 21 July 2018 at Faith Methodist Church. Hear the Rev Canon J. John (known...

Realising the power of life’s liturgy

Jun 2018 The 9th Worship and Liturgical Conference of the World Federation of Chinese Methodist Churches (WFCMC) seeks to promote a deeper understanding as well as enhance believers’ personal experience of the ‘liturgies’ of life. It has been more than a decade since the Liturgical Conference was last held in Singapore. This...

REACHING THE CITY – GoForth National Missions Conference

May 2018 According to the World Health Organization, 54 per cent of the world’s population lives in cities. Do we know how to reach them? What many of us have learnt about doing missions in rural, undeveloped areas may not apply to reaching the unreached in cities and urban environments! In urban...

Calling all families, ‘just as we are’

Apr 2018 What comes to mind when you hear the word “family”? The same word could trigger varying responses: a warm, comforting sense of love; a deep, aching hurt or confusion; a sharp, bitter anger or resentment; or a cold, empty apathy and ambivalence. These mixed emotions towards family are inescapable –...

Risen Above: A festival on the 40th day of Easter

Mar 2018 Fifty days has Easter: the 40th day of Easter is called Ascension Day, and the 50th day is Pentecost. Although replete with theological significance, Ascension Day is often overlooked in the church calendar. The Book of Acts and the Gospel of Luke both narrate Jesus’ ascension to heaven. In Jesus’ final...

Begin your Lent journey with The Giving Methodist

Feb 2018 The Giving Methodist aims to galvanise all Methodists to come together to perform acts of mercy and give generously in benefit of the poor, in need, distressed, and elderly sick. This season of Lent, join our campaign and use the gifts you have been given to honour Christ. Give time:...

Visit TTC – where God prepares His people for service

Jan 2018 Ever wondered... how you might deepen your understanding of the Gospel and develop a spiritually mature and vibrant faith? Ever wished… you could receive a theological education that is grounded in Holy Scripture, informed by Christian tradition, and serious about your formation as a disciple of Christ? Ever contemplated... God’s...

Joyfully sounding Christ’s birth at Orchard

Dec 2017 What if you had a chance to proclaim Christ’s birth to the world at our doorstep? According to the Singapore Tourism Board’s statistics for 2016, more than 1.5 million visitors entered Singapore last December. Most visitors are likely to stroll along Orchard Road this season, not forgetting foreigners working here...

The Promise: An Advent service

Nov 2017 The people of God waited: Who would save them from the hostilities of the world? Who would liberate the oppressed? Who would bring peace and justice to the poor and needy? God’s promise to them was revealed through the prophet Isaiah: “A shoot will come up from the stump of...

Learning from the Reformation

Oct 2017 Did you know that 31 Oct 2017 will mark the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation? It is one of the biggest transformational movements in church history. Yet, as Bishop Emeritus Dr Robert Solomon (left) of The Methodist Church in Singapore observed, “most Protestant churches do not observe this day and...

Reaching vulnerable children and youth in Singapore

Sep 2017 In the recent National Children and Youth Survey, one critical ministry gap was for the Church to do more to minister to disadvantaged youth and children. The Church is indeed called to serve the “least of these,” and the church in Singapore is especially well-equipped to reach out to them...

Join Christians here to build a righteous Singapore

Aug 2017 The annual National Day Thanksgiving Service returns once more on 17 Aug 2017, calling Christians here to join fellow Singaporeans in celebrating our 52nd National Day, by acknowledging God’s providence and the goodwill that continues to thrive among our people. This year’s theme is “To Build A ‘First World’ Righteousness”, based...

The TRINITY Lectures 2017: Job and the question of unjust suffering

Jul 2017 It is a common adage that sooner or later, suffering will come knocking on our doors. The ‘appointment’ becomes exponentially much harder to bear when we believe that such pain has come to us unjustly or through no fault of our own. The question of unjust suffering has long troubled...

‘My Father’s Business’ 2017: Building a school in Timor-Leste

Jun 2017 Two years ago, the “My Father’s Business” Banquet organised by the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) raised funds for building projects in Nepal, Thailand, East Asia and Laos, enabling continued growth in education, training, outreach and church ministry. This year, MMS once again calls on your generosity in order to make...

Speaking up through pictures: Impacting Lives Challenge 2017

May 2017 By the Methodist Welfare Services Communications Team Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) is inviting youths between 13 and 30 years of age to join our inaugural Instagram photography and videography initiative that spotlights the less fortunate in Singapore. The Impacting Lives Challenge 2017 provides the opportunity to interact with and speak...

Celebrating MSM 20 Our hope for years to come

Apr 2017

The Methodist School of Music (MSM) invites you to share in the joy of its 20th anniversary at a Thanksgiving Service themed “Our Hope for Years to Come”. It will be held on 29 April 2017 at 4 p.m., at the Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church TA 2 Sanctuary (61…

Sing, listen, reflect: Love Unknown

Mar 2017

After the celebrative mood of Christmas, New Year and Lunar New Year, we enter a quieter season in Lent. Lenten meditations which are focused on the themes of repentance and renewal may be offered in our local churches. Various books on Lenten reflections are recommended for our quiet time. This…

‘Walk Together’ to raise funds for our schools

Feb 2017 “Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:12, NIV Join us for this important milestone in the calendar of our Methodist schools, as they unite with our churches in MethodistWalk 2017. This year, the biennial fund-raising walk falls...

Our strength, your future – an invitation to TTC Open House

Jan 2017 During the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, the leaders of the major Christian denominations were incarcerated together in Changi Prison. Out of this episode emerged the vision of a union theological college, where all Christian leaders in Singapore would be trained together. And so Trinity Theological College (TTC) was set up...

CCIS 2016 to hold evangelistic concert for the first time

Dec 2016 “Even in tough economic times, the call to follow Christ’s example (1 Peter 2:21) rings out, as Celebrate Christmas in Singapore (CCIS) labours in Christ to ‘Touch Lives, Share the Moment and Bless the Community’ for the 13th year at CCIS 2016,” notes Canon Dr Louis Tay, Board and Exco...

A chance for youths to step out in faith

Nov 2016 Transitions are challenging times for most of us – and youths increasingly face the disruption of transitions in their lives. How can they be supported to step out boldly in faith through the transitions they face? In the story of Jesus walking on water, we find the disciples trapped on...

An Asian perspective on theology and ICT

Sep 2016 Come and hear eminent public servant and Methodist Dr Tan Gee Paw, as he shares insights on “Theology in the midst of an InfoComm Technology Revolution – an Asian perspective” at the upcoming ETHOS Institute Annual Lecture 2016. Dr Tan was appointed Chairman of the PUB, Singapore’s national water agency,...

Christians in Singapore: Gather in thanksgiving and prayer

Aug 2016 Following from last year’s euphoric Jubilee Day of Prayer, where 51,000 Christians gathered in thanksgiving to God for 50 years of blessings, the National Day Thanksgiving Service is back once again, to galvanise the Christian community here in celebrating Singapore’s 51st National Day. There is much to give thanks for....

Songs for ERCO: 3 tips

Jul 2016 Even the Rocks Cry Out (ERCO) is a song-writing competition that has been held annually since 2010 to encourage youths to write worship songs. Firstly, ERCO was set up as a means to encourage our youths to write songs of their generation. Secondly, ERCO functions as a platform for youths...

Human Sexuality, Marriage and the Church

Jun 2016 One of the most important issues in contemporary society is that of human sexuality and marriage. In recent decades, significant shifts in society’s views on marriage and family have resulted in the introduction of unprecedented changes to its oldest institution. How should Christians respond to these changes? What does the...

The Family: Threats, Tensions, and Biblical Truths

May 2016 Many feel that the family is facing pressures and challenges of all kinds today and that its future is under threat. We need to turn to the Bible to gain perspective and direction, to understand God’s blueprint for family life, how human sinfulness has marred it, and how God’s grace...

Confident and consistent faith

Apr 2016 The theme for this year’s Aldersgate Convention on 22 and 23 May is “Methodists in the Marketplace – Why does my work matter?” A theme like that resonates well with a lot of us as working adults seeking to balance our Christian identity and mission in a secular world –...

Making your work matter?

Mar 2016 What would you do if you felt trapped in a dead-end job? You may have felt like the protagonist in the short story “There Was This Cashier", originally taken from a 2008 Japanese book by Haruhiro Kinoshita, which quickly gained popularity when it was posted on a blog, and subsequently...

Sharing Christ this Chinese New Year

Feb 2016 The Chinese New Year Evangelistic Concert was started in 1995, initiated by Overseas Radio & Television (ORTV). ORTV noticed from many evangelistic outreach events held previously that the testimonies of well-known Christian artistes, in particular, touched and spoke to the hearts of pre-believing attendees. The artistes were familiar faces and...

Come visit a Singaporean theological institution

Jan 2016 What are some reasons for you to consider joining us at the Trinity Theological College (TTC) Open House on 20 Jan 2016? TTC has established itself as a Singaporean theological institution: Our faculty members are now predominantly Singaporeans who better understand contextual issues and competently address them; our donor base...

12 years of Celebrating Christmas in Singapore

Dec 2015 Dancer from Celebration of Praise, an Indonesian dance and performance group. Praise dance team performing exercise routines to Mandarin worship songs during last year’s celebration when Orchard Road was closed to pedestrians. Celebrate Christmas in Singapore (CCIS) is moving to the harbour this year, with an extra location at VivoCity...

Giving of your First Fruits

Nov 2015 In the story of Cain and Abel, two brothers each brought an offering to the Lord. The older brother, Cain, worked the soil and brought some fruit as an offering whereas the younger brother, Abel, brought the first of his flock along with the fat portions. God accepted Abel’s offering...

A time of Celebration, Praise and Thanksgiving

Oct 2015 All Methodists and friends, come join us at the Celebration of Praise and Thanksgiving Service, the culminating event of The Methodist Church in Singapore’s 130th anniversary (MCS 130) celebrations! Organised by the Methodist School of Music, it will be held on 28 Nov 2015 from 4 p.m. to 5.30 p.m....

Christian unity in a multi-polar church?

Sep 2015 Challenges faced by the Church in Singapore today include multiple centres of influence, liberal secularism and radical conservatism. How united is the Singaporean Church in facing these challenges? What is the way forward towards greater unity? These questions and more will be discussed at ETHOS Institute’s inaugural Annual Lecture,...

A must-read especially for Methodists!

Aug 2015 The book (250 pages) is a first endeavour at a historical compilation by The Methodist Church in Singapore giving voice to the collective memory of the war by three groups of people. The first group were the missionaries who chose to stay behind to be alongside their affected flock, even...

See the Bible come alive

Jul 2015 “This was the disciple-making programme I had been looking for – and little did I know that it was but the beginning of a lifelong entrustment from the Lord for me to take it on since then!” Calling pastors and full-time ministry workers: Desire to equip your church members with...

Join MWS for a day of “Wheely Good Fun”

Jun 2015 Saturday 15 Aug 2015 • 5.30–11 a.m. Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Grand Lawn 1 (Enter by Bishan Road or Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1) Guest of Honour: Minister for Health, Mr Gan Kim Yong Bishop of The Methodist Church in Singapore and MWS Patron: The Rev Dr Wee Boon Hup...

Remembering who we are through worship

May 2015 The launch of a new multilingual Asian hymnal, and a rich array of worship-related resources through talks and training sessions – these are some of the highlights of the upcoming Worship Symposium 2015. Said Dr Yeo Teck Beng, Principal of the Methodist School of Music (MSM): “The Worship Symposium...

Seeking the Welfare of Our City

Apr 2015 “But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.” Jeremiah 29:7 ALDERSGATE CONVENTION Faith Methodist Church and Queenstown Chinese Methodist Church, 400 Commonwealth Drive Mandarin translation provided, Tamil...

Seeking the Welfare of Our City

Mar 2015 Three distinguished speakers from Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka will address issues on “Seeking the Welfare of our City” over three lectures for Aldersgate SG 2015 on 21 to 23 May. The annual keynote event of The Methodist Church Singapore (MCS), this year’s edition of Aldersgate Convention is based on...

Jubilee Day of Prayer

Feb 2015 “One day, one place, 50,000 in prayer.” For 2015, Singapore’s Jubilee year, the annual Global Day of Prayer (GDOP) has been designated as Jubilee Day of Prayer (JDOP), jointly organised by the National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS) and the Evangelical Fellowship of Singapore (EFOS). It will be held...

A ‘digital facelift’ for the MCS

Jan 2015 By the end of the month, The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) will have a fresh new look – online! Our homepage at www.message.methodist.org.sg is currently undergoing a thorough revamp to make it more engaging, less text-heavy, and with a more dynamic and contemporary feel. This will give a better...

JESUS, the reason for this season

Dec 2014 Dancers for Celebration of Praise, an Indonesian dance and choral group Intricate street decorations, glitzy window displays and Christmas trees in malls! Yes, we have come to that time of the year again – Christmas! This December’s festive season also marks the 11th edition of Celebrate Christmas in Singapore (CCIS),...

Catch God’s vision through the Annual Conferences

Nov 2014 This November, the three Annual Conferences (ACs) of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) will be holding their 39th Sessions. Clergy and lay delegates from each local Methodist church will be gathering at the conference venues to worship God together, share about their ministries, and discuss future plans as a...

Raise funds for our schools

Oct 2014 Once again, it’s time to walk for FUN – and to raise FUNDS to ensure that our Methodist schools get all the support they need to maintain a cutting edge. MethodistWalk 2015 Pledge Cards will be given out to all students in January 2015. Every dollar raised by students will...

Honour God through unity in the Body

Sep 2014 Monday, October 6, 2014 (public holiday) 7.30 – 10 pm Aldersgate Methodist Church Organised by the Ad Hoc Catholic Committee led by Fr Michael Arro, MEP, the Ad Hoc Protestant Team and Alpha Singapore. This year’s Ecumenical Charismatic Healing Service – the second one after the inaugural Service held last...

Marking a decade of prayers for our nation

Aug 2014 This year’s National Day Thanksgiving Service will be held at the New Sanctuary of St. Andrew’s Cathedral. National Day Thanksgiving Service 2014 August 14 (Thursday), 7.45 pm The New Sanctuary of St. Andrew’s Cathedral, 11 St. Andrew’s Road Ten years ago, churches and Christians in Singapore gathered at the very...

TRUTHMIN PRESENTS: A YOUTH WORSHIP EVENT

Jul 2014 Jesus calls for us to be as one, brought to complete unity. John 17:20-23 Calling all Methodist youth: Fusion 2014 is right around the corner! Bring your friends and join us in a time of awesome praise and worship to the audience of One – God. Come and hear God’s word for the...

The Whole Church in the Whole World

Jun 2014 July 9 – 11, 2014 Trinity@Paya Lebar, 247 Paya Lebar Road Register by June 23, 2014 $100 per adult; $50 per student; Register as a group and get one complimentary ticket for every five paying persons. Get Set–Reset–Go! From megacities to slums, marketplaces to the immense online world, mission fields...

Global Day of Prayer

May 2014 FIRST THINGS FIRST If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 Seek God on the...

Coming Up

Apr 2014 Aldersgate Convention 7.45 pm • Toa Payoh Methodist Church Thurs, May 22: “Born of the Spirit” Fri, May 23: “Salvation and Discipleship” Sat, May 24: Aldersgate Service, with a final lecture by Dr Watson on “Anointed by the Spirit of the Lord” Aldersgate Seminar 9 am to 1 pm •...

AldersgateSG 2014

Apr 2014 A Matter of Heart & Life DISCIPLESHIP in the Wesleyan Tradition Aldersgate Convention 7.45 pm Toa Payoh Methodist Church The Rev Dr David Lowes Watson Thursday 22 May: “Born of the Spirit” Sin is not our fault, we are born into it. But it becomes our fault when we try...

What CCIS wants for Christmas

Nov 2013 Here’s a great opportunity to partner “Celebrate Christmas in Singapore” (CCIS) this year, as it ramps up efforts for its 10th year of sharing the true meaning of Christmas with Singaporeans and tourists along Orchard Road! Just pick up and share the CCIS magazine with your relatives, neighbours, colleagues and...

Debut Concert Methodist Festival Choir

Oct 2013 More than 70 choristers will debut as the Methodist Festival Choir in a performance this December in an Advent concert, “The End and the Beginning”. Prior to this – the Choir will also sing at the Closing and Ordination Service of the 38th Session of the Trinity Annual Conference on...

The Musical Story of Brave Maeve

Sep 2013 Courage comes in all sizes” – including that of a three-year-old Singaporean girl, Maeve Low, whose fight with cancer will soon grace the stage at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), in a musical that tells her inspiring story. Brave Maeve: The Musical is the true story of Maeve, now six, who was...

Come worship and ‘Share God’s heart’ for Singapore

Aug 2013 JOIN CHURCH LEADERS, politicians, government officials and community leaders to ‘Share God’s Heart’ for Singapore at the National Day Thanksgiving Service, as we thank God for His merciful blessings and to pray for our country’s continued peace, prosperity and stability. First mooted by the National Council of Churches of Singapore...

Singers, come join the Methodist Festival Choir!

Jul 2013 Flip the pages of MM on the go… anywhere! METHODIST MESSAGE (MM) is now available in PDF format, which means it’ll be easier than ever to read MM on the go, wherever you are. Plus, there’s the added bonus of flipping the pages of MM, with the new page-flipping software...

New Asian Hymnal planned: Contribute to New Asian Songs of Worship

Jun 2013 IF YOU HAVE THE GIFT of composing music or poetry, we would like to invite you to share your talent and gift by contributing to our new hymnal, entitled New Asian Songs of Worship, planned for early 2015. We welcome hymns, short songs and liturgical responses that reflect Asian ethnic...

‘Called together’ to the Aldersgate Hymn Festival

May 2013 Pray as one global Body in Christ on Pentecost Sunday as we unite in repentant and transformational prayer on May 19, 2013, the Global Day of Prayer (GDOP). In Singapore, 17 host churches will gather to pray in seven different languages. They include: Pentecost Methodist Church (English) 4.30 pm Toa...

Join us to ‘Walk in Wisdom’ at Methodist Walk 2013

Apr 2013 WALK, all you young and young-at-hearts! Walk to show your support for our Methodist schools as they strive with God’s grace to imbue students with good values worthy of Him. Walk with fellow Methodists to encourage and inspire the church-school partnership in existence since 128 years ago! Date: July...

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My grace is sufficient for you

May 2019 Pranish (extreme left) with the WBMC worship team I have had the privilege to work with my home church, Pentecost Methodist Church, and MMS in our Nepal ministry since 2008. I have witnessed the hand of God at work in the lives of simple people who trust God implicitly. During...

Doing more with your gift

May 2019 Artist's impression of the ward in the re-modelled MWS Bethany Nursing Home – Choa Chu Kang We have been incredibly blessed by our faithful and generous supporters, many of whom are from Methodist churches. Without them, we would not be able to serve our 11,000 beneficiaries. Half of our services...