News ¢ By the Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) Communications Team / Photos and visuals courtesy of MWS
Team One MCS Sharing Love and Concern
Uplifting lives
one step at a time
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n a joint effort to raise funds for Methodist Welfare Services (MWS), five teams consisting of the MWS Board of Governance, MWS Patron Bishop Dr Chong Chin Chung, Presidents of the Annual Conferences and General Conference Women’s Society of Christian Service (GCWSCS) President took up the challenge to collectively walk 1.35 million steps and raise $135,000 each by 31 Aug 2020. To amass steps, one of the teams, Team One MCS Sharing Love and Concern, completed a unique trail on 1 Aug 2020 in commemoration of The Methodist Church in Singapore’s (MCS) 135th anniversary. The team comprised Bishop Dr Chong, MWS Group Executive Director (GED) Junie Foo, as well as MWS Board Members and Board of Social Concerns Chairpersons Samuel Tay (Chinese Annual Conference), Wilson Sampath (Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference) and Albert Lim (Trinity Annual Conference). The trail, which traced the historical origins of the Methodist faith in Singapore, included some of the oldest Methodist churches in the nation.
Walking for Love The team at Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church, the final checkpoint
The heritage walk challenged the team’s resolve right from the start as it began to pour at 8.40 a.m., just after they had moved off from the starting point at Tamil Methodist Church. Undeterred, they decided to wait for the rain to stop by having an early breakfast. Rejuvenated by the food and fellowship, they continued their journey. Along the way, they passed by significant buildings such as the original location of the Anglo-Chinese School (the first Methodist school in Singapore) and the Methodist Book Room.
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METHODIST MESSAGE SEPTEMBER 2020
