All About Church/Clan/Society Membership

[Calwen]

Hi!


Am interested to join the Singapore Hokkien Huay Guan but I do not have the network. Will any 2 kind members help? Willing to meet at your convenience. Much appreciated!

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[kathleentan40]

Hi everyone,

I am going to join the Singapore Hokkien clan member to register my 1st born into afflicted schools in FY2020. I desperately need two kind members to help to nominate me please. I have tried asking around but to no avail. Please kindly PM or email me at: [email protected] if you can help me. I will meet you at your own convenience. Thank you very much!

[Kiasu_tay]

Hi All, Any kind hearted existing member to help in my application for the Singapore Hokkien clan? Can meet at your convenient. Kindly email me at [email protected]. Thank you so much. really appreciate.

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[jandd0808]

galaxyraider:

steelmaterial:

Dear All, I'm planning to register our son to ACS Primary. We are planning to join Methodist Church community (since we are both Christian anyway), to qualify ourselves to phase 2B.

Can we check if we have to go to specific Methodist church in Singapore, or any Methodist church will do?
thanks in advance for the replies

Any Methodist church will do. Please note that you will have to be official members to qualify for Phase 2B.

Can I please check is it take a lot of effort to become an official member? like the SHHK you also need to volunteer certain house.. thanks a lot!

[sidekickasia]

jandd0808:

galaxyraider:

[quote=\"steelmaterial\"]Dear All, I'm planning to register our son to ACS Primary. We are planning to join Methodist Church community (since we are both Christian anyway), to qualify ourselves to phase 2B.

Can we check if we have to go to specific Methodist church in Singapore, or any Methodist church will do?
thanks in advance for the replies

Any Methodist church will do. Please note that you will have to be official members to qualify for Phase 2B.

Can I please check is it take a lot of effort to become an official member? like the SHHK you also need to volunteer certain house.. thanks a lot![/quote]Usually you have to be confirmed to be a member of any church denomination.

For Methodist Church Singapore, I remembered applicants have to attend a Methodist church for at least 6 months to apply to attend the confirmation class. Note that new confirmation classes starts every 4 or 6 months depending on the size of the church. The big ones like Wesley or Barker road will probably have new intakes every 4 months. You should be able to check for timing of new intakes on individual church website. Confirmation classes will usually run for 10-12 weeks followed by a confirmation service (maybe a month or 2 later after the classes). This process will easily take a year or more.

After being confirmed, you have to demonstrate that you are a faithful member by serving, giving, attending cell groups etc before the pastor is willing to endorse you eligible for Phase 2B. So please do not expect the Pastor to endorse you for Phase 2B immediately after your confirmation service. Not sure if there is a minimum observation period for Methodist Church.

I may not be entirely correct in all of the above but I believed this is how most mainstream denominations work. You can check the Methodist Church website for more guidance.

[zac's mum]

I heard that the Methodist churches will also ask the child himself/herself to be baptized. So the preschooler will have to make a big decision. Whether mature enough or not at that age is questionable. Not sure whether this is a factor in whether the pastor issues the 2B letter. Does anyone know?

[sidekickasia]

zac's mum:

I heard that the Methodist churches will also ask the child himself/herself to be baptized. So the preschooler will have to make a big decision. Whether mature enough or not at that age is questionable. Not sure whether this is a factor in whether the pastor issues the 2B letter. Does anyone know?

In the Methodist Church, at least one of the parents must be a confirmed member before the infant or child can be baptised. The parents must also sit through a baptism prep class before the infant or children can be baptised.

If the parents are already members I guess they wouldn't mind their children being baptised. Anyway the children have to attend the actual baptism and confirmation classes after they turned 16 to be members.

[galaxyraider]

zac's mum:

I heard that the Methodist churches will also ask the child himself/herself to be baptized. So the preschooler will have to make a big decision. Whether mature enough or not at that age is questionable. Not sure whether this is a factor in whether the pastor issues the 2B letter. Does anyone know?

Only 1 parent has to be member (and obviously has to be baptised). Of course ideally both parents should become members. The child doesn't have to be baptised to be eligible in Phase 2B.

[SarahL]

Any idea about Anglican church membership for St Margaret’s? Is there a time-frame for becoming a member before P1 registration?

[sidekickasia]

SarahL:

Any idea about Anglican church membership for St Margaret's? Is there a time-frame for becoming a member before P1 registration?

Same process - Parents must be baptised and be a confirmed member to be eligible for P2B. Whole process takes about a year considering time required to register and attend baptism and confirmation classes. The parent need the pastor recommendation for the P2B eligibility after the pastor observation on how faithful the parent. Observation will take a few months.