Interviews

Tan See Leng’s journey with Heartware Network highlights her dedication to empowering youth through community service. Her leadership transformed the organisation, overcoming financial challenges and expanding its impact, while deepening her faith and witnessing volunteers’ spiritual growth.

Jean Ho, a dedicated volunteer at Wesley Methodist Church, uses her weaving skills to support marginalised women through YWCA’s Empowering Mums programme. Her faith guides her work, providing income opportunities and emotional support to underserved mothers.

David Tan Teck Ming, a Wesley Prison Ministry volunteer, shares his journey of faith-driven service, offering spiritual support to inmates. His work includes leading Chapel services, participating in worship and providing post-release fellowship and guidance.

Joline Tang, founder of The Sustainability Project, advocates for sustainable living through her business and blog. Her faith and passion for the environment drive her efforts to promote zero waste products and inspire others towards sustainability in Singapore.

Meet Wan Yew Fai, a talented musician who brings joy and comfort through his music. Starting at Wesley with the Children’s and Prison Ministries, he now shares his gifts from orphanages in Indonesia to hospital bedsides in Singapore. Read his inspiring story.

Meet Valerie Wong, an NTU student who shares her inspiring journey of faith, service, and finding God in everyday life.

Join us for an uplifting interview with Zarah Joy Salvatiera, a member of Wesley Filipino Fellowship and an HR professional who shares her journey of faith, resilience, and finding balance in a busy life.

In Tiong Bahru, a three-generation provision shop thrives, serving the community since before WWII. Known for their deeper purpose, Rodney and Audree Goh’s shop is a hub of faith, love, and grace, where customers come to chat and connect.

Koh Choon Chye, a restaurateur and father, navigates life’s challenges, including the loss of a child, through his strong faith. His belief in God provides resilience and guides his leadership. Raised in a family that worshipped idols, he found Christianity as a boy and later comfort in Wesley Methodist Church during his challenging times.

Amos and Ade, who faced flight SQ321’s turbulence, share that enduring life’s upheavals requires faith in God’s plan. They felt God’s presence during the ordeal, affirming their belief in His sovereignty and the value of trusting Him through life’s turbulent moments, supported by the love of family and friends.

In the latest part of our Everyday Christianity: Faith@Work series, Lam Poh Min shares about his successful career as a hedge fund manager, and how he is presently relishing retirement. Across different stages in life, His trust in God’s plans has kept him faithful and steadfast.
While pursuing his passions in sports and mountain climbing, Poh Min continues to utilise his investing skills and experience to volunteer and serve on the investment committees of Wesley Methodist Church and the Methodist School Foundation.

In this series, ‘Everyday Christianity: Faith@Work’, Carol Ling shares how she manages to serve in two church ministries. This includes leading a Small Group for two decades, volunteering with BeTween and nurturing her young family, all while maintaining her full-time role as an Executive Assistant to the CEO of a national non-profit organisation.

How did you end up at Wesley? We asked this of our annual visitor from the UK, Bill Johnston, who thinks fondly of Singapore as his second home.

Cheryl Seow, a seasoned legal professional with two decades of experience, paused her career to focus on raising her adolescent daughters. She shares her journey of faith and family in this season of her life.

How can we view wealth and possessions through the Christian lens? In this part of Everyday Christianity: Faith@Work, Aw Choon Hui, Deputy CEO of a financial advisory firm, shares why investing is beyond accumulating wealth for economic gain alone for ourselves and our families.

Have you ever wondered what motivates someone to work in full-time Christian ministry? In this part of Everyday Christianity: Faith@Work, Stephen Chia shares his reasons for choosing this path.

In this issue of Everyday Christianity: Faith@Work, Dr Lennard Chan shares with us how his training, knowledge and experience as a doctor shapes his view of the gospel.

In this second issue of Everyday Christianity: Faith@Work, we find out how God is viewed and experienced through the lens and life of Vincent Hong, an engineer.

How can our faith shape or influence our work? Wesley TIDINGS is kicking off 2024 with a new Q&A series ‘Everyday Christianity: Faith@Work’ on how ordinary Wesleyans can live out their faith in the workplace. The first interview for this series is with Jody Koh, who uses her God given talent in sewing to run a dressmaking business.

1 Timothy 4:12 urges us not to let anyone “despise you for your youth, but set…an example”. This is exactly what Glenn Wong has been doing, ever since the tender age of eight. Follow him as he explains what God has been doing in his life, from joining the worship team at eight years old to now being a full-time staff at Wesley, 15 years later.

Miraculously healed of a mystery illness, Wesleyan Chelsea Koh shares how the Lord has touched her life time and again, and speaks about His steadfast love for her through the years.

Within each church, there are many people who are needed to keep things running smoothly. Here is one example of three generations of a family joining together to serve God! From Wesley Kids for Christ to Kinders to BeTween, they give an inspiring look at what family service can look like.

We bid farewell to Pastor Michael Tan, a champion of pastoral care.

Connie was probably one of the two longest serving Children’s ministry (CM) volunteers in Wesley Methodist Church. Read all about her perseverance, persistence, patience and positivity as a Sunday School teacher in the Children’s Ministry at Wesley Ministry Church from 1965 to 2019.

A Singaporean second generation Christian youth, 21-year-old Carolyn faces similar issues as many of her peers. She faces pressures from school and social media, and did not feel very connected to her faith at a young age. Now an active leader in the youth ministry at Wesley Methodist Church, find out what happened to her journey in between.

Tired of going round in circles in life, Margaret decided to reach out to God. Read about how Margaret experienced a breakthrough in her life.