Dundee Methodist Church

20 February 2005

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.

Preparing to worship

To help produce a suitably calm & reflective atmosphere before the beginning of formal Sunday worship, it is suggested that the organ cease playing when the Steward enters with the Bible. It is hoped that this will be a signal for a time of general quiet before and as the choir, Steward and Preacher enter.

Rotas

Rotas for Church Stewards, Door Stewards, ‘counters’, ‘coffee’ and ‘chairs’ for March to August are now ready. Please collect your named copy from the table in the Vestibule.

Preaching Plans

Plans for March – May are now available from the Vestibule table: please uplift and distribute. After requests for a clearer format, some changes have been made: “feedback” to David Firth, Mary Patterson or Jenny please. More copies can be produced – ask Jenny or David.

Lent and Easter Ecumenical Study and Worship

  1. Lent (9th February – 16th March)
    • Dundee City Centre Churches will hold a series of study groups on Thursdays at Meadowside St Paul’s, at 7.15 pm , using ACTS material “Voices from the South” (available from Wesley Owen).
    • Broughty Ferry Churches Group will hold a series of acts of worship, based on “Voices from the South”, on Wednesday evenings at 7.30 pm in different Ferry churches, with one congregation as “host” and the other joining in preparing and leading worship.
  2. Holy Week / Easter worship (21st - 27th March)
    • Dundee City Centre Churches will share worship:
      • Maundy Thursday at 7 pm in Dundee Congregational Church
      • Good Friday Procession from St Andrew’s Cathedral to City Square at 12 noon, with “Songs of Praise” in City Square at 12.30 pm; evening worship in St Joseph’s (Catholic) Church, Wilkie's Lane, Hawkhill at 7 pm
      • Easter Sunday “Songs of Praise” in Dundee Methodist Church Marketgait at 6.30 pm
    • BFCG Services will take place each evening (21st – 27th March) at 7.30 pm in St Mary’s Episcopal Church, with participation by member congregations. The worship on Maundy Thursday will be a celebration of The Eucharist and include the washing of feet and stripping of furnishings. There will be a Paschal Service on Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday evening will be a Praise Celebration.

Meetings this week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Monday 21st February, 7.30 pm St John’s Methodist Church, 15 Ponderlaw, Arbroath (map) Circuit’s Church Safeguarding Officers
Monday, 21st February, 7.30 pm St Peter’s Free Church, 4 St Peter Street, Perth Road (map) www.stpeters-dundee.org.uk/ Valaam – Russian Ensemble. “Come and join us for a memorable evening of liturgical singing and Russian folk music.” Tickets £3 from Wesley Owen. See poster on noticeboard.
Wednesday 23rd February, 7.30 pm Barnhill St Margaret’s Church, Invermark Terrace, Broughty Ferry (map) Broughty Ferry Churches Group act of worship, based on “Voices from the South”, jointly led with St Mary’s Episcopal Church, on the theme “Education”. All are warmly welcome.
Thursday, 24th February, 7.15 pm Meadowside St Paul’s (map) www.mspdundee.com Dundee City Centre Churches study group, using ACTS material “Voices from the South” (available from Wesley Owen).
Thursday 24th – Saturday 26th February at 7.30 pm Gardyne Theatre (map) “Can’t Stop the Music”: see posters on noticeboard.
Friday, 25th February, 7.30 pm Dundee Methodist Church, “L” The Leprosy Mission. Mrs Janette McCallum will speak on “Bethany - Place of Safety in South Africa”.
Friday, 25th February, 7.30 pm Montrose Methodist Church, New Wynd, Montrose (map) Circuit Leadership Team
Friday, 25th February from 10 am to 4 pm (tea from 9.30 am, lunch 1 pm – 2 pm) St George’s West Church (Balcony), 58 Shandwick Place Edinburgh EH2 4RT (map) Workshop : ‘Where’s the Power? Overcoming Obstacles to Peace’. Details and registration (£10 / £15) from Neill Walker, tel: 0131 331 4469; njwalk3001@hotmail.com
Friday to Saturday, 25th – 26th February the Steeple Church, Dundee (map) 24 Hour Prayer Event, organised by Christians United, supported by Dundee Churches and Dundee for Christ. “We will be praying through church and social issues affecting our city for 24 hours. We will be involving children, youth and adults as the whole church in Dundee gathers to pray.” See noticeboard for details and programme.

Forthcoming events

Date & timeVenueDetails
Wednesday 2nd March, 7.30 pm Dundee Methodist Church Pastoral Committee
Thursday, 3rd March, 7 pm to 9 pm (doors open 6 pm) McEwan Hall, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place (map) 2nd Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace. Festival Lecture ‘Spiritual approaches to Middle East Peace’ by Abuna Elias Chacour, a member of a Palestinian Christian family, is a three-times Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and the winner of numerous international awards. Chaired by Rev Prof Frank Whaling (“a weel kent Methodist”!). Tickets £8 / £5 - contact TicketsScotland Ltd; tel: 0131 220 3234.
Sunday 6th March (Mothering Sunday), from 2.30 pm to 4 pm (tea at 3.15 pm) St Aidan’s Church Halls, Brook Street. Broughty Ferry (map) “A Big Sing” under the auspices of The Iona Community in Dundee & Angus, in aid of Growing Hope Appeal - with members of the Wild Goose Worship Group. The Growing Hope Appeal is to develop Camas Youth Centre and improve visitor facilities on Iona. See posters on noticeboard.
Saturday, 19th March, 11 am to 4.30 pm Dunblane Cathedral www.dunblanecathedral.org.uk/ (map) Eco-Congregation Celebration. See notice board in library area for details of this event. Anyone interested should note registration is due tomorrow (21.2.05) but it is always worth trying later!

Prayer Points for this week

  • The President and the Vice-President in the West Yorkshire District next weekend;
  • Churches Together in Britain and Ireland Assembly in Swanwick this week ;
  • District Ministers and spouses retreat, Tuesday to Thursday;
  • members and work of the Circuit Leadership Team;
  • Campaigns Team preparing for events this year (Christian Aid);
  • work of Bishop Tucker Theological College Uganda, now Uganda Christian University (Feed The Minds);
  • The Leprosy Mission’s work in Botswana, D R Congo, and Zambia;
  • Bible Society work in Cambodia;
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden;
  • we remember fellow Methodists in the Taunton Circuit (Plymouth & Exeter District) and fellow Methodists in Central Hall, Tollcross, Edinburgh (Edinburgh & Forth Circuit).