News ¢ Amy Cheong is the Director for Corporate Communications at Paya Lebar Methodist Church. / Photos courtesy of PLMC
It is more blessed to give than to receive!
Preparing gifts for the residents in the neighbourhood around PLMC
Christmas at your doorstep
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rom 16 to 20 Dec 2020, worshippers from Paya Lebar Methodist Church (PLMC) visited more than 1,700 families, bringing gifts of love, joy and hope. Unlike
the Christmas Carnivals we organised in previous years, the COVID-19 pandemic gave us the opportunity to think outside the box; instead of the residents living in the neighbourhood around the church coming to our carnival, we brought Christmas to them, living out the 2020 theme of “Christmas at Your Doorstep”. From early November right through to December, groups would meet, with all safety measures adhered to, to assemble, sort and pack the gifts. More importantly, they prayed for these beloved of Christ whom we would be meeting. One of the gifts were plastic balloons with LED lights. Each balloon had to be stretched manually, and after hundreds of balloons, the volunteers ended up with bruised and blistered hands. Yet they testified that these wounds were nothing compared with what Jesus suffered for us, and they felt blessed to be part of “A Family Blessed to Bless the Community and the Nations”, which is PLMC’s Mission and Vision. There were countless stories of the joy and fulfilment felt by the volunteers as they sought to bring Christ’s love to our neighbours, and it clearly brought home Jesus’ point that it is more blessed to give than to receive!
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METHODIST MESSAGE FEBRUARY 2021
Some of the beautiful results of PLMC’s volunteers’ hard work
