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Various special snacks and dishes are traditionally served for Lunar New Year, otherwise known as Chinese New Year.
The celebration of Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year (CNY), starts with a ‘reunion dinner,’ where every family member returns home to share the final meal of the year together. However, OM in Singapore has some friends who are unable to do so — they work in the red-light district, and many are estranged from their families. This year the OM team invited these friends for reunion meals with them.
Worship on the river boat is an integral part of life.  Photo by Garrett N
Initially hesitating to join the mission field due to a good career and comfort, Flora found unexpected blessings as she stepped out in faith to serve God.

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Losing his job, Chung Zheng How never thought it would turn out to be the opportunity of a lifetime. He joined OM Ship’s newest vessel, Doulos Hope, for two months as a Short Term Exposure Programme (STEP) participant in 2023. He found himself being stretched to overcome his fear of people, experiencing amazing friendships as well as being reminded about his ultimate purpose in life.
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Sabrina Lee grew up walking up and down the gangway of Doulos as her father was the appointed shipping agent in Malaysia. It seemed almost inevitable that she would be part of OM Ships as a port volunteer, and then as part of the Short Term Exposure Programme (STEP) and later spend two years of her life on Doulos. What she did not expect was that she would later return to spend another two years on Logos Hope, a sister ship!
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Participating in OM’s Out of the Comfort Zone programme in 2013 proved to be truly one that took Ng Choon Tat into a world completely different from his own. A mission trip to Bandung and Salatiga, Indonesia, to communities in need of various forms of assistance was a humbling experience that shaped his life path. “I realized the profound impact that even small acts of kindness and service could have on individuals and communities in need.” He is now an IT executive with an organisation dedicated to serving underprivileged communities.

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Everywhere we look in our techno-digital age, we see a powerful wave of innovation, driven by understanding the needs and desires of others and how they can be served, oftentimes for profit. But is innovation reserved for global enterprise, science and mad geniuses, or is it within reach of individuals? Can we advance our mission through innovation as we empathise with the needs, challenges and hopes of people?  
A pastor disciples a group of people in India.
Within the span of a few generations, truth as an arbiter of reality has been assailed, deconstructed, distorted and devalued to the point where its existence and authority in the affairs of mankind are challenged. Once considered absolute, truth is being replaced by relative truth, rationalisation, contextual truth or personal, private truth that owe no accountability to anyone, especially Almighty God. As followers of Jesus, who declared, “I am the way, the truth and the life” (Jn.14:6, NIV) — not one among many — we must subject ourselves to the truth in all we think, say and do. 
A man bows his head in prayer. Photo by Rebecca Rempel.
Since the book of Acts, a debate has been waged regarding how our faith in Jesus is best experienced and expressed. This has created an unfounded dichotomy between doctrine and deed, heads and hands or, as the title reads, nouns and verbs. In reality, we need to explore anything that, when evident, accurately depicts faith.