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Dedication Service for Little Candles Methodist School (Primary) held in Phrao, Chiang Mai

1 May 2024

On 20 March 2024, an extraordinary milestone in the ministry of the Methodist Missions Society of Singapore in Thailand was reached. It was the day the Dedication Service of Little Candles Methodist School (Primary) took place in the town of Phrao, Chiang Mai, in north Thailand.

Parenting a child with disabilities

4 April 2024

Like countless young girls, Steph Low dreamed of marriage, children and a blissful family life. During her twenties, she thought she had the life she envisioned … until things took an unexpected turn with the arrival of her second child, Xavier.

Notes from the diary of a church planter

1 March 2024

Rev Henry Yeo and his wife, Sungwan Yeo, were sent out by the Methodist Missions Society, Singapore (MMS) to help establish the Methodist Mission in Thailand (MMT) in 1998. Rev Henry served as the Country Coordinator and then later as Country Director. Sungwan is a native Thai from the province of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

Bearing the fruit of love

1 March 2024

Mr Chua Wah Liang recalls a haunting visit to a museum in Poland when he was in his 30s, encountering heart-wrenching images of Holocaust victims and a poignant exhibit of a pile of shoes belonging to those who had lost their lives at Nazi concentration camps.

We are called to Christ: Serving the Lord in whatever you do

1 February 2024

What comes to your mind when you think of “work”? Is work a curse or a blessing? Is work a means to an end? Do we only work out of economic necessity? Some Christians may even feel that secular work is a spiritual hindrance, thinking, “If I could just get out of the rat race then I can be holy and really go on with God to serve him in missions.”

Following in his footsteps

1 February 2024

“I’m miserable. It would be better if I was dead.” Samuel Soong recalls encountering residents at MWS Nursing Home – Yew Tee expressing such distress. Faced with chronic health conditions coupled with loneliness, some of them grapple with a deep sense of hopelessness.

Delight in the Lord! ‬‬‬‬‬

2 January 2024

Methodist Missions Society (MMS), the denominational missions agency of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS), delights in mobilising the local churches in fulfilling the mandate of the Great Commission, i.e. to preach the Good News to the nations. Jesus said to his disciples in Matthew 9:37, “The harvest is plentiful…

“I questioned God when my daughter died, and wanted to join her…”

2 January 2024

After her daughter’s death sent her into the depths of despair and teetering on the brink of suicide, discovering she wasn’t alone became a lifeline for a 90-year-old.

From foe to full-time caregiver

1 December 2023

Ms Lim Joo Teng vividly recalls the day her life took a dramatic turn. Two decades ago, her father, with whom she had been living with since her parents’ divorce, received a call from their estranged mother notifying them that her brother, Joo Phiau, was in critical condition in the hospital after a tragic car crash.

Collaboration in Missions

1 December 2023

The adage, “It takes a village to raise a child”, particularly holds true when it comes to the Methodist community coming together to advance missions. For missions to grow and transform societies deeply and impactfully, the entire community is called to offer its diverse and abundant gifts in blessing those we serve. As a community, what we have to offer collectively can be used by God in far more widespread ways than what we have to offer individually.