MHI ROLL OF HONOUROct 30, '08 4:25 AMby Victor for everyone
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Introducing
Our Past Chairman of MHI
Current Chairman 2012-2018 Patrick Ong
Vice Chairman 2018 Chong Ding Lee (DEAF)
Chairman 2012-2017 Patrick Ong
Vice Chairman 2017 Leonard Au
Chairman 2012-2014 Patrick Ong
Vice Chairman 2012 - 2015 Lynette Lim
Chairman 2010-2012 Ms Joey Chen
Chairman 2006-2010 Mr Patrick Ong
Vice Chairman 2006-2009 Mr Jeremy Lee
Chairman 2003 - 2006Ms Evelyn Yong
Chairman 2001 - 2003Ms Mabel Wong
Chairman 1999 - 2001Mr Steven Quek
Chairman 1996 -1998 Ms Janet Foo
Chairman 1992 - 1995 Mr Victor Keng
Introducing
Our Past Honorary Secretary
Current Honorary Secretary 2016 Rachel Tan
Honorary Secretary 2014 -2016 Cheok Ying Ying
Honorary Secretary 2012 Ms Magdalene Chew
Honorary Secretary (2010 - 2012) Ms Christina Tan
Honorary Secretary (2008 - 2009) Ms Lui Yanzhen
Honorary Secretary (2006 - 2008) Mr Koo Wei - Tjin
Honorary Secretary (2003/2005) Ms Melody Lim
Honorary Secretary (2001 - 2002) Mr David Lee
Honorary Secretary (1999 - 2001) Mrs Kao Soh Wai
Honorary Secretary (1996- 1998) Ms Marieta Chan
Honorary Secretary (1994 - 1995) Ms Christina Tan
Honorary Secretary (1992 - 1993) Ms Evelyn Yong
Introducing
Our Full Time Program Coordinator
Current Program Coordinator 2018 (Nov) - Unfilled
Current Assistant Program Coordinator 2006/2017 Ms Pauline Ong (1st HI staff)
Program Coordinator 2017 - Jabez Fong *Last day is 30th October 2018
Program Coordinator 2013 - 2017 - Abigail Chow
Assistant Program Coordinator 2006/2013 Ms Pauline Ong (1st HI staff)
Program Coordinator 2007/2012 Mr Anthony Phua
Program Coordinator 2003/2007 Ms Hannah Ng
Program Coordinator 2000/2002 Ms Anne Chua
Program Coordinator 1999/2000 Ms Cindy Choo
Program Coordinator 1998/1999 Mr Yip Kiong
Program Coordinator 1997/1998 Ms Evelyn Yong
Pastoral Care Member (PTM) for Christian Outreach and Social Concerns
Loke Ai Mei 2017 to 2018
Rosalia Mahendran 1999 to 2016
Vivian Navaratnam 1995 to 1998
MHI Vision :
To be a unique and dynamic Community of Deaf, Hard of hearing and hearing who touch and transform lives for Christ.
(2012)
To be a unique and God-centered family of Deaf, Heaering and Hard of Hearing that continually undergoes Christ-like transformation as we transform lives for Christ.
MHI Mission:
Share God's love by reaching out to help the needy and disadvantaged and providing opportunities for volunteers to serve.
(2012)
To do God's work among the Deaf and Hard of hearing through offering ourselves in service to God to Reach, Care for, Nurture and Build a Christ-like community. (BORN)
Core values (not approved)
Obedience
Prayer based
Unity above all
Respect
Humility
Integrity
Accountability
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Migration from the old MHI blog Site
Wesley Milestone of grace
Nov 2, '08 7:40 PMby Victor for everyone
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1981 Kim Seng Community Clinic opens for consultation.
1982 May: Wednesday Intercession is launched.
1983 March: First Family Camp with Marriage Enrichment theme held in Port Dickson. Boys' Brigade celebrates its 50th Anniversary.
1984 New "Strangely Warmed" logo is introduced. Victory 5 evangelistic meetings take place.Wesley Lay Training Institute is established.Wesley's first missionary intern, Miss Milia Kan is commissioned with the Asian Outreach International in Hong Kong.
1985 Wesley celebrates its 100th Anniversary with a service at the World Trade Centre.Small Group Ministry starts up with 8 small groups.CareForce is established under the banner of the WSCS."Camp 100", the first combined church camp for the youth ministry is held. 10:30 am Prayer and Praise Service is launched in the Hall.The Centennial Consultation of Asian Methodist Leaders and the Centennial Evangelistic Festival are held at Wesley.
1986 An All-Night Prayer, following a Day of Prayer & Fasting, is held at Wesley inconjunction with the Luis Palau Crusade.In additional Prayer & Praise Service is introduced at 9 am to cope with the growth.Crisis Counselling Centre is set up by the CareForce. Church School now has almost 1000 students.A Care for the Unemployed Committee is started up in response to the recession.
1987 A Youth Council is established. The Small Group Ministry now has 41 small groups, and the first Small Group Leaders Convention is held. Church membership now stands at almost 3000.
1988 The Wesley Guys & Gals is launched.A Festival of Praise is organised by the Small Group Ministry, which now numbers 46 groups with a full-time Coordinator.Mission work on the home front is focused on Tampines.The first Wesley Child Development Centre (WCDC) is opened at Neil Road with 91 students.
1989 Wednesday Intercession is replaced with a Mid-Week Service.The Victory 6 celebrations are held.Wesley Centre, housing the Youth Centre, Wesley Child Development Centre and the home of the Boys Brigade, is officially opened by Dr. Seet Ai Mee.Church extension is completed and dedicated by Bishop Ho Chee Sin, Bishop Emeritus TR Doraisamy and Bishop Emeritus Kao Jih Chung.
1990 3000 copies of the United Methodist Hymnals are donated and dedicated on Aldersgate Sunday in May.The Cradle Roll Ministry is launched.Wesley celebrates its 105th anniversary, and donates $25,000 to the nation's 25th Anniversary Charity Fund.The Administrative Block is renovated.The first School of Music Ministry takes place.
1991 "Towards 2000" vision paper is introducted. 8th Assembly of the World Federation Methodist Women held at Wesley.For the first time, worship services are conducted daily during Holy Week.
1992 The Ministry to the Hearing Impaired is launched.
Two other Ministries are launched: Wesley Haven and the Legal Ministry
Nov 2, '08 7:40 PMby Victor for everyone
vick3394
1981 Kim Seng Community Clinic opens for consultation.
1982 May: Wednesday Intercession is launched.
1983 March: First Family Camp with Marriage Enrichment theme held in Port Dickson. Boys' Brigade celebrates its 50th Anniversary.
1984 New "Strangely Warmed" logo is introduced. Victory 5 evangelistic meetings take place.Wesley Lay Training Institute is established.Wesley's first missionary intern, Miss Milia Kan is commissioned with the Asian Outreach International in Hong Kong.
1985 Wesley celebrates its 100th Anniversary with a service at the World Trade Centre.Small Group Ministry starts up with 8 small groups.CareForce is established under the banner of the WSCS."Camp 100", the first combined church camp for the youth ministry is held. 10:30 am Prayer and Praise Service is launched in the Hall.The Centennial Consultation of Asian Methodist Leaders and the Centennial Evangelistic Festival are held at Wesley.
1986 An All-Night Prayer, following a Day of Prayer & Fasting, is held at Wesley inconjunction with the Luis Palau Crusade.In additional Prayer & Praise Service is introduced at 9 am to cope with the growth.Crisis Counselling Centre is set up by the CareForce. Church School now has almost 1000 students.A Care for the Unemployed Committee is started up in response to the recession.
1987 A Youth Council is established. The Small Group Ministry now has 41 small groups, and the first Small Group Leaders Convention is held. Church membership now stands at almost 3000.
1988 The Wesley Guys & Gals is launched.A Festival of Praise is organised by the Small Group Ministry, which now numbers 46 groups with a full-time Coordinator.Mission work on the home front is focused on Tampines.The first Wesley Child Development Centre (WCDC) is opened at Neil Road with 91 students.
1989 Wednesday Intercession is replaced with a Mid-Week Service.The Victory 6 celebrations are held.Wesley Centre, housing the Youth Centre, Wesley Child Development Centre and the home of the Boys Brigade, is officially opened by Dr. Seet Ai Mee.Church extension is completed and dedicated by Bishop Ho Chee Sin, Bishop Emeritus TR Doraisamy and Bishop Emeritus Kao Jih Chung.
1990 3000 copies of the United Methodist Hymnals are donated and dedicated on Aldersgate Sunday in May.The Cradle Roll Ministry is launched.Wesley celebrates its 105th anniversary, and donates $25,000 to the nation's 25th Anniversary Charity Fund.The Administrative Block is renovated.The first School of Music Ministry takes place.
1991 "Towards 2000" vision paper is introducted. 8th Assembly of the World Federation Methodist Women held at Wesley.For the first time, worship services are conducted daily during Holy Week.
1992 The Ministry to the Hearing Impaired is launched.
Two other Ministries are launched: Wesley Haven and the Legal Ministry
Thursday, August 20, 2009
A New Dream
5th July 2009 will be considered the start of a new dream for me. It has been 1 year since the production of the Sign language Dictionary. It took 3 years since Patrick came up with that idea one Volunteer gathering where he suggested a dictionary that volunteers can use as a reference guide. I took the challenge up.
Now, the dictionary is all over the world and it is starting to be a blessing for many of the Deaf ministries. It is not the end yet. I will hear more about it in the future.
MHI has been going to the Ph for the last 3 years consecutively. We started to reach out to our sister Pg Church last year to encourage them. However in my heart, such trips are just "separate trips". We go in to help and then leave our friends to return back to our lives. We cannot really say we have a "continuity" to the countries we visited. We leave a space to the help we give.
I asked myself how then do we proceed from here? Patrick asked me to find out more about M Deaf schools which I did the beginning of the year after we return from the Ph. All thanks once again to the publicity created when one of our dictionaries landed in Y. However no matter how much I try to contact further, there seemed to be a block to my inquiries. In short, all I have is BLACK.
5th July 2009 was MHI monthly Prayer meeting. I was in the group where WN was sharing about his trip to C. After the meeting, C remained in my mind all the time. I was wondering why until when the weekday came, I felt the prompting to just send an email to the Methodist Mission Society.
I knew it is over my head. But I have to do it to find out if i am going to get any response from the pastor in charge. Within a short 2 hours, I have a reply and was surprised I was referred to T who has been working as a coordinator in C.
I received a call from T who promptly wanted to see me and discuss about my ideas. The appointment was made and I found myself in her office with a small group, listening to her describe the new country of C and what was already done there by the Missions Society.
For the last few weeks, alot of thoughts ran through my mind. Can it be done? 18 years ago, MHI was started with just a small handful of volunteers. There were no hearing impaired then. We made the mistake of appproaching the adult HI. We lost our way for a few months before we realise our direction was towards the students and younger HI. As we changed direction and started looking for them, we were affirmed when God gave us many of them coming to our ministry. That is our direction. That is our target group. We were to make sure they are educated and to grow in strength and stature, to be grounded in the Holy Spirit. To know the importance to read the Bible and because valuable citizens when they grow up and to go back to the Deaf Community to help other youths.
This year as I saw many of the youths agree with the importance of education, to be the best that they can be, I see that many have made it or will be making their way to a tertiary education center be it Polytechnic or University. My concern is whether our society in Singapore when they graduate, do we recognise our youths to be the same as any graduates from the school? Will they have the same employment opportunities? Same salary scale?
Or will they still face the same economic difficulty with or without their higher education?
My thoughts were: Can we address both these issues of 1) MHI helping our friends from other countries and 2) economic issues of our graduating youths? Can we still hold on to the things we taught and shared with them like "Education builds the character of a person" and "A person of integrity gives back to the society" and finally "We will glorify God with our heart, mind and body"?
Now, the dictionary is all over the world and it is starting to be a blessing for many of the Deaf ministries. It is not the end yet. I will hear more about it in the future.
MHI has been going to the Ph for the last 3 years consecutively. We started to reach out to our sister Pg Church last year to encourage them. However in my heart, such trips are just "separate trips". We go in to help and then leave our friends to return back to our lives. We cannot really say we have a "continuity" to the countries we visited. We leave a space to the help we give.
I asked myself how then do we proceed from here? Patrick asked me to find out more about M Deaf schools which I did the beginning of the year after we return from the Ph. All thanks once again to the publicity created when one of our dictionaries landed in Y. However no matter how much I try to contact further, there seemed to be a block to my inquiries. In short, all I have is BLACK.
5th July 2009 was MHI monthly Prayer meeting. I was in the group where WN was sharing about his trip to C. After the meeting, C remained in my mind all the time. I was wondering why until when the weekday came, I felt the prompting to just send an email to the Methodist Mission Society.
I knew it is over my head. But I have to do it to find out if i am going to get any response from the pastor in charge. Within a short 2 hours, I have a reply and was surprised I was referred to T who has been working as a coordinator in C.
I received a call from T who promptly wanted to see me and discuss about my ideas. The appointment was made and I found myself in her office with a small group, listening to her describe the new country of C and what was already done there by the Missions Society.
For the last few weeks, alot of thoughts ran through my mind. Can it be done? 18 years ago, MHI was started with just a small handful of volunteers. There were no hearing impaired then. We made the mistake of appproaching the adult HI. We lost our way for a few months before we realise our direction was towards the students and younger HI. As we changed direction and started looking for them, we were affirmed when God gave us many of them coming to our ministry. That is our direction. That is our target group. We were to make sure they are educated and to grow in strength and stature, to be grounded in the Holy Spirit. To know the importance to read the Bible and because valuable citizens when they grow up and to go back to the Deaf Community to help other youths.
This year as I saw many of the youths agree with the importance of education, to be the best that they can be, I see that many have made it or will be making their way to a tertiary education center be it Polytechnic or University. My concern is whether our society in Singapore when they graduate, do we recognise our youths to be the same as any graduates from the school? Will they have the same employment opportunities? Same salary scale?
Or will they still face the same economic difficulty with or without their higher education?
My thoughts were: Can we address both these issues of 1) MHI helping our friends from other countries and 2) economic issues of our graduating youths? Can we still hold on to the things we taught and shared with them like "Education builds the character of a person" and "A person of integrity gives back to the society" and finally "We will glorify God with our heart, mind and body"?
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