We will not be meeting together for next month’s Corporate Prayer Meeting (1 May 2024) as the first Wednesday falls on a Public Holiday.

 Instead, as one church family, we invite you to pray continually for these:

•    For our upcoming Church Camp in June – “Fires of Revival, Lord do it again!”

•    For our incoming Prime Minister Mr Lawrence Wong who will take office from 15 May 2024

•    For our Year of Engagement (2024) as we continue seeking to bless the community and the nations.

I have set the Lord continually before me . . . Therefore, my heart is glad. Psalm 16:8-9

In this silent retreat on Encountering the Presence of God in our Daily Life, we seek to address and prepare you on how to experience the joy of hearing God through the noise, complexities, stress and monotony of everyday life. We will explore the various means to cultivate an intimate relationship with God daily, learn to live life as a formative spiritual practice, engaged with God who speaks in everything.

Dates: 23-30 October 2024 (Wednesday to Wednesday)
Retreat venue: 7 Fountains Retreat Centre, Chiang Mai, Thailand
(Website for the 7 Fountains: thesevenfountains.org )
Retreat fee: $600 per person (covers registration, meals & accomodation in ensuite single aircon room for retreat period).  Airfare is not included.
Closing date:  31 May (or when places are taken up)

Important Information

Air Ticket: You will need to book your own ticket. Please book to arrive at 7 Fountains  before 3pm on 23 October as retreat begins at 3pm. Taxi ride from Chiangmai airport to retreat centre takes about 20 minutes. You have the options of Scoot or Thai Airways (which has a stopover in Bangkok) Please  book early once you have been informed that your registration is accepted.

Registration: All duly completed Registration Form must be accompanied with a non-refundable Registration Fee of S$50/.

Mode of Payment:
1. Electronic Transfer: Paya Lebar Methodist Church (DBS account number 023-905121-9)
2. PayNow (Company UEN: S87CC0520L001).  Please indicate “CR2024” in the Reference Number entry.
Please email a copy of the payment acknowledgement to emily@plmc.org  as proof of payment.

Retreat Briefing: Wednesday, 28 August 2024 at 8pm (onsite) at PLMC (Conference Room). Details on how to get to 7 Fountains retreat centre will be given. Full payment must be made at this compulsory meeting.

Program:  A brief schedule of the retreat is as follows:

23 Oct Wednesday

3pm      Arrival and Check In
4pm     Briefing and Introduction
8pm     Evening Prayer

24-28 Oct Thurs-Monday

Retreat with daily Morning & Evening Prayer
Daily Spiritual Direction (30-45 mins each)

29 Oct Tuesday (Morning)  

Review and Preparation to return
30 Oct Wednesday
Check out and Departure
                                                                                             
Retreat Directors:
a. Mr. Alfred Quah (invited) – Founder and Director of One Path Ministry.

b. Ms Teo Soo Hoong – Director (Pastoral Care and Spiritual Formation), Paya Lebar Methodist Church.

Registration Link: bit.ly/3Ub9zz2

Please contact Soo Hoong (soohoong@plmc.org ) if you need more information.

In this seminar, we will take a quick journey through the fascinating and intriguing narrative of the Gospel of Mark by examining what it reveals to us about Jesus and his followers. 

Drawing insights from recent archaeological discoveries, we will answer the following questions: 

• Why are there so many conflicts between Jesus and the religious leaders in the beginning of his ministry (Mark 2:1-3:6)? 

• Why is it that Mark seems to focus on a number of dramatic incidents involving Jesus in Gentile territories? 

• Why does Mark often portray the disciples in a negative light (Mark 6:52; 7:18; 8:17-21; 9:5-7, 10, 32)? Ultimately, what is Mark’s message to us as followers of Jesus today?

Dates: 6, 13, 20 May 2024 (Monday)

Time: 8pm – 10pm

Venue: ZOOM

Trainer: Rev. Dr. Lim Kar Yong

Rev Dr Lim Kar Yong is a Research Fellow at Seminari Theoloji Malaysia and the Director of the Diocesan Theological Education Department, Anglican Diocese of West Malaysia. Apart from teaching New Testament Studies in various seminaries in the region, Kar Yong also devotes his time to academic research and publishes widely in the field of New Testament.

Register Here before 1 May 2024.

For enquiries, contact Kwang Meng at nurture@plmc.org  

Visit the Church Camp Portal (bit.ly/3Owq3hh) for more details and updates.

Follow @plmccamp2024 on Instagram for more content & updates! 

All good things come to an end or so the saying goes, but do they? What began as a revival movement within the Church of England, today, amidst uncertain times of climate change, war and flux, we cannot know for certain the future of Methodism.

In this year's lecture, our guest speaker Rev Dr Chiang Ming Shun will look at what is happening among the Methodists in Singapore, the Methodist churches around the world and John Wesley's works to consider whether Methodism will simply fade away. Bishop Dr Gordon Wong will also be sharing what it means to Love God by Doing Good to Our Neighbours during the Aldersgate Celebration Service.

• Lecture - "The End of Methodism?" (No registration is required)
  (In English / Livestream  or  MCS Youtube channel)
  Date: Thursday, 23 May 2024
  Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm
  Venue: Faith Methodist Church, Worship Hall
  Speaker: Rev Dr Chiang Ming Shun

• Celebration Service (Registration is required for Dinner)
  (In English with Mandarin  Translation)
  Date: Friday, 24 May 2024
  Time: 8.00pm
  Venue: Faith Methodist Church, Sanctuary
  Speaker: Bishop Dr Gordon Wong

Click here to find out  more!

We have a special promotion for John Wesley Graphic Novel (JWGN) purchases for the month of May—buy two JWGNs ($20 per copy) and you will receive a one-year MM subscription (worth $30). Do help to share this offer!

Purchases can be done via this link.

We stand at the beginning of the year 2024 – our Year of Engagement! 

We thank all those of you and the cell groups who have signed up for activities in the Year of Engagement. 

And for those of you who have been praying over this and are ready to sign up to join the church in reaching out to the various people in our community, please write to outreach@plmc.org and indicate if you would like to minister to the poor and needy, the elderly, the migrant workers, or the homeless and rough sleepers in our neighbourhood.

The Methodist Preschool is extending a members’ promotion to all Methodist Church members who are looking to enrol their children or grandchildren in any one of its six centres. 

This is valid for first-time enrolments only. Check out their website for details, and also to find out more about the new full-day programme starting at Faith Methodist Preschool. 

Actually, if you are unwell, you should stay home to rest and recover. But if you are NOT feeling unwell and this is just an attack of the “ahems” or “morning nose”, then please wear a mask to allay any fears your fellow worshippers might have. You can get a mask from the ushers if you don’t have one with you.