Dundee Methodist Church

22 May 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.

General Church Meeting

The annual General Church Meeting will take place next Sunday after worship (please note the earlier start!) to give an opportunity for discussion of the life of our Church. Everyone is invited to take part in the Meeting, which has responsibility for electing the Church Stewards (1 known vacancy), representatives to the Church Council, and auditors. This is also an important opportunity for sharing in conversation about matters of current concern and the way ahead. Please note that the Church Council decided to take the opportunity to hold a practice “Emergency Fire Evacuation” at the close of the GCM.

Pre-Ordination Service

The Rev David Firth will be in Glasgow this evening at this Service for the Rev Seija Wallace who is to be ordained on Sunday 26th June at 5 pm in Honiton, during Conference, held this year in Torquay. Our prayers are invited for Seija at this important stage in her ministry.

Librarian’s Plea

Clare is trying to trace the Church Library copy of “It’s Not Just Counting the Collection – a Guide to Being a Church Steward”. If you have it and are no longer using it, please return it - or let Clare know of its whereabouts!

World Council of Churches 9th Assembly – 2006

“I attended an ‘Occasional Ecumenical Seminar’ in Dunblane last week, to hear more about the WCC 9th Assembly to be held on 14th – 23rd February next year in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on the theme “God, in your grace, transform the world”.

The Chair was the Rev Norman Shanks (C of S Minister in Govan, Chair of the Assembly Planning Committee) and the Speaker, the Rev Dr Alan Falconer (formerly of the WCC, now in Aberdeen), so we were well informed about the Assembly theme(s), programme, participants, and planning. Our prayers are invited for all involved in preparations for the Assembly, now and next February. See the noticeboard for card with logo – in whole and part(s).” Jenny E

Meetings this week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Sunday 22nd May, 6.30 pm St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Queen Street, Broughty Ferry (map) The Samuel Chorus presents “A Choral Miscellany”, in aid of St Luke’s Hospital, Nablus, and St John’s Eye Hospital, Jerusalem. See poster for details.
Wednesday 25th May, 2 pm - 7 pm One World Centre, 189 Princes Street (map) “Open Day”. All welcome to drop in and look round. Dundee Methodist Church is a founder Member of the One World Centre.
Friday 27th and Saturday 28th May. Doors open at 6.30 each night for a 7 pm start Mark Henderson Centre, Ann Street, Dundee (map) CROWDS - Christian Rock gig in aid of charity. The bands playing wil be Quench, Titus and Mowglee. All profits to go to Make Poverty History, Signpost International and The Attic. Tickets £4 and £6. More information and tickets are available at www.crowdsindundee.co.uk. Ticket order form on library area noticeboard, with letter.

Forthcoming events

Date & timeVenueDetails
Wednesday, 1st June, 7.30 pm Dundee Methodist Church Pastoral Committee
Saturday 18th June, 10.30 am to 4 pm Wallacestone Methodist Church, Shieldhill Road, Reddingsmuirhead, Falkirk (map) District Networking Day (formerly “Officers’ Day”). This is open to “anyone who is interested in sharing what is happening locally and nationally in the Methodist Church in Scotland”. The Day will include workshops / small group discussions led by people from within the Resource Units networks, on such topics as
  • disability issues in the church
  • ‘Prayer without Ceasing’ initiative to be launched at Conference in June,
  • priorities for our discipleship and development of new work to support us all,
  • “Sharing our faith” – exploring how we might tell the story of our faith journeys among ourselves and to others.
Last year’s enjoyable Day at Rosyth led to the development of new areas of work and more people being involved across the District. Soup and sandwich lunch will be provided - more details, including travel information, in leaflets coming from the District Office in Dunblane in the next week or so. The Day is open to anyone interested and everyone is asked to think seriously about coming to meet and share with our Methodist sisters and brothers from other parts of Scotland.
Sunday 19th June, 6.30 pm Broughty Ferry Lifeboat Station, Fisher Street (map) RNLI : the re-dedication for the Broughty Ferry Lifeboat Station will take place to mark its 175th anniversary. The Rev Tom Robertson (former Minister at St James’) will be the Guest Preacher. Light refreshments will be served after in St James’ Parish Church Hall. All welcome.
Saturday 22nd October Dunblane Alan Pimlott (Connexional Property Secretary) is to be in Dunblane to talk / give advice about applications for Connexional and District funds and related matters. This is a meeting open to all interested, but particularly “finance and property people”. Further details will be distributed but please note the date now and generally publicise this visit.

Prayer Points for this week

  • The President & Vice-President at Wesley Day celebrations in London on Tuesday;
  • preparations for Conference in Torquay at the end of June;
  • Montrose General Church Meeting today;
  • partners and projects in Mozambique (Christian Aid);
  • literacy programme of the Dara I Noor Project in Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan, supported through SERVE, an interdenominational trust (Feed The Minds);
  • The Leprosy Mission’s work in Chad, and in Niger;
  • Bible Society work in Siberia;
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Hungary, and Romania;
  • we remember fellow Methodists in the Nene Valley Circuit (Oxford & Leicester District), and in Pollokshaws (Glasgow Circuit).