Dundee Methodist Church

18 MAY 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.

Help keep our electric bills down!

One important practical way in which we can ALL assist in cutting costs is by switching off lights (and other electrical equipment) when appropriate & by not leaving doors open unnecessarily (especially to toilets). It would also be helpful if anyone coming into the premises and finding lights left on or doors open, would let Norah know so she can draw this to the attention of the relevant User(s). Thanks!!

Meetings this Week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Sunday 18th May, 7pm Chaplaincy Centre, University of Dundee Service (7 pm) and Talk & Discussion (7.30 pm). “Understanding Baha’i Faith” One of a series entitled “Questioning Faith” to which all are welcome. Refreshments available after - all donations to Christian Aid. See poster for weekly details.
Tuesday, 20th May, 5 pm (cup of tea from 4.30 pm) Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh Friends of ACTS: Open Meeting. Speaker: Mr. Najeeb Awad on “Christianity in the Middle East, Past, Present and Future”. All welcome.

Forthcoming events

Date & timeVenueDetails
Sunday 25th May 3.30pm junction of High Street and King Edward Street, Perth Wesley Tercentenary Celebrations
  • We are all invited to join with our fellow Methodists from the Angus, Dundee & Perthshire, Edinburgh & Forth, and Central Scotland Circuits to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the birth of our founder, John Wesley.
  • Come and sing Wesley hymns and see John Wesley once more presented with the freedom of the Royal and Ancient Burgh of Perth, as he was in 1772.
  • Come and let others see that we have something to celebrate and that the Methodist Church has something important to contribute to the life of Scotland today.
  • Then join in the procession to Scott Street Methodist Church for a celebratory act of worship and be ready to share in a grand Faith Tea.
  • Have a great day out in Perth and rejoice in your Methodist Heritage!

Practical Notes

  • A 25-seater coach (Montrose - Arbroath - Dundee) has been booked. All those who have signed to use it should be at Marketgait for 2.15 pm for a prompt pick-up when the coach arrives. The return journey will start in Perth at 5 pm. The likely cost is £5 per person. If you wish to travel by coach and have not signed the form, please let Jenny E or the Minister know TODAY.
  • Foodfor the Faith Tea may be left in Scott Street Church from 2.45 pm, before the gathering (from 3.15 pm) in King Edward Street.
  • Please contact Dave Hewitson of Nicolson Square Edinburgh if you wish to sing with the choir (tel: 0797 3380383; email at davidhewitson@edinburgh.gov.uk.)
  • Feel free to wear 18th century costume……
Thursday 19th June, at 7.30 pm Marketgait Pastoral Committee

Prayer Points for this week

  • The President & Vice-President of Conference in the Cumbria District this weekend, at Wesley Day celebrations next Saturday, worship in St. Paul’s Cathedral and Hinde Street, next Sunday
  • The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland this week
  • Scotland Wesley Tercentenary celebrations next weekend
  • awareness-raising and lobbying campaigns (Christian Aid)
  • staff and students of the College d’Etude Biblique de Theologie de Pacification in Rwanda (FTM Prayer List)
  • Bible Society work in Mexico
  • The Leprosy Mission’s work in West India - Karnataka and Maharashtra
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Yugoslavia and Bosnia—Herzegovina
  • we remember fellow Methodists in the Dudley and Netherton Circuit (Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury District), and all in the new Granton Ecumenical Partnership (Edinburgh & Forth Circuit)
  • The Scottish Bible Society draws to our attention this week
    • presentation of Bibles to the Moderators of the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland;
    • launch of New Testaments in Dogrib and James Bay Cree dialects in Canada;
    • work in Jamaica, Belize & the Bahamas amid growing crime and violence;
    • American Bible Society and partners churches’ use of audio-visual media - radio and the Web.