23 MARCH 2003

We give the assurance of our thoughts and prayers to all who are unwell, awaiting or undergoing treatment, or anxious or grieving for the loss of loved ones.

Meetings this Week

Support other organisations

NCH

March is designated “outdoors” month in our request for surplus items for use by the Cowan Grove and Families projects.

Fair-trade and us

Are you interested in buying fairly traded items through the church? Responses received so far suggest there is interest in the following:

Tissues

£1.45

Kitchen rolls

£1.50 for 2

Muesli

£1.90 for 500 g

Chocolate bars

£0.35 for 100g

Organic decaffeinated coffee

£3.00 for 100g

Teabags

£2.05 for 80

Cocoa

£2.00 for 250g

Drinking chocolate

£2.00 for 250g

Please let Margaret know if you are interested in these or other items. Catalogues to take away still available.

Forthcoming events

John Wesley 300th birthday Celebrations

Methodism world-wide is preparing to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Wesley at Epworth on 17th June 1703. On 28th June (the date on which JW marked his birthday after the “calendar change”) Conference will celebrate at its opening in Llandudno, but many events are also being planned in Districts, Circuits and communities. These events are intended to be not only a celebration of the past but an incentive to present and future work:

There is something vital about honouring our past, so that our future is lived to the full. In no way do we want you to be tied to the “good old days ” and solely look back to the days of Wesley’s lifetime. Instead, we hope you will be inspired and encouraged in new ways as you hear again the story of this remarkable man, who was driven by the all–embracing love of God and his indestructible grace in Jesus Christ. There is no doubt that Methodism today needs to rejoice in, and talk up, its distinctive ways of being Christian in this multi-faceted world. We do nobody any favours if we apologise for being Methodists! This great Tercentenary is a wonderful opportunity for us all to be fired up with God’s love for all — as John Wesley truly was!

Rev Henry Richardson, Chairman of Planning Group for the Tercentenary of John Wesley’s birth

Please therefore note and be involved in “our” celebrations. Dundee Methodists are invited be part of the Scotland Celebration, which is taking place in 3 areas, with our Circuit sharing events in Perth with the Edinburgh & Forth and Central Circuits.

Prayer Points for this week

• the President of Conference in the Sheffield District this weekend and in West Yorkshire Tue- Wed; the Vice-President on the Isle of Man next weekend;
• Inter-Faith agencies & contacts in and furth of Scotland;
• Treasurers and Finance Committee members in our Circuit;
• Christian Aid staff travelling world-wide (Christian Aid);
• Use of new Portuguese-language hymnbook in Angola where many lost everything in the recently- ended war (FTM Prayer List);
• Bible Society work in Malawi;
• The Leprosy Mission’s rehabilitation and re-training work;
• we pray with and for the peoples of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia;
• we remember fellow Methodists in the Wem and Prees Green Circuit (Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury District), and our colleagues in Montrose (Angus, Dundee & Perthshire Circuit).

• 16th March 2003
• 30th March 2003

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