03 August 2003

Quiet Space

The back downstairs room will be prepared as a “quiet area” for reflection before Sunday worship for all who wish to use it.

Children’s Group

resumes 24th August but during summer there are ‘quiet activity’ folders available upstairs – ask Stewards.

Chairs Rota

David E has so far heard of 5 people offering to set out chairs for Sunday worship. Since one person is willing to be part of 2 teams, this gives a total of 3 pairings – somewhat short of what is required for a rota on a monthly (or longer) basis. If you are able to help in this, please contact David today.

Replacement Chairs

The newly-ordered chairs are expected to arrive towards the end of this month. If you can use or help to dispose of any of the current (upstairs) chairs, please contact Norah as soon as possible.

Message from the Minister

David Firth has distributed copies of his “time analysis for May 2003” - spare copies are available on the upstairs table. David will be downstairs from 10 am on Sunday 17th August to discuss any points people may wish to raise with him.

Meetings this Week

Support other Organisations

Coffee Money – support for the Fund for Home Mission

Donations placed in the plate at the hatch when coffee is served after worship go on alternate Sundays to the Mission in Britain Fund (former ‘Home Missions’) and to the Fund for World Mission (former ‘Overseas Missions / World Church’).

‘Home Mission’ funds support mission in Britain including

Evangelism & missions –

Cliff College,

the Apologetics Group,

Church planting

District Mission Enablers

Chaplaincies

business (including agriculture)

prisons

further & higher education

Involvement in public issues

education

political & parliamentary affairs

parenting & family concerns

international affairs

Building relationships with peoples of other faiths

Rural & urban communities

ministry to Chinese Methodist congregations

Local Church development

Christian Stewardship

Church Reviews

Publications

Ministry and Mission Grants to circuits

for specialist ministries

Youth & children’s work

‘pump-priming’ for innovative projects

NCH

August is designated as “furnishings” month in our request for surplus items for use by the Cowan Grove and Families projects. See Margaret for more details.

Scottish Bible Society

The Bible-a-month Club invites our support in August for work in Scotland where the new Bibleworld Experience will be open for school pupils returning for another session. This builds on the work developed since 1991 through Bibleworld I & II.

We are also invited to remember

• Latvian Bible Society’s recently-launched Bible Club & use of donated cassettes for productions for the visually-impaired and for a video of Gospel stories for the hearing-impaired;
• mobile Bible Exhibition in Lithuania, drawing thousands;
• fresh version of the New Testament in Russian and work on the Old Testament (publication due in 2008);
• provision of Scriptures to radiation-affected areas of Belarus where people still live “under the shadow of Chernobyl”.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• The President & Vice-President of Conference at the European Methodist Festival, Potsdam, until tomorrow;
• Methodist Ministers & families moving to new appointments;
• our Circuit’s congregations in Perth & Blairgowrie during the Rev Jean Murrie’s sabbatical;
• partners & projects in Central and South America – Guatemala & Brazil (Christian Aid);
• provision of 15,000 new hymnbooks in Portuguese by the Evangelical Baptist Church of Angola (IEBA) (FTM Grant List);
• Bible Society work in Scotland;
• The Leprosy Mission’s work in Bhutan and Nepal;
• we pray with and for the peoples of Canada;
• we remember fellow Methodists in the Wolverhampton (Darlington St) Circuit (Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury District), and in Shettleston (Glasgow Circuit).

• 13 July 2003
• 10 August 2003

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