23 October 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.

One World Week

This year's theme is 'Promises, promises': please look out for / support local events, and maintain 'Make Poverty History' pressure.

Link Club - Volunteer Minibus Escort

The Link Club urgently needs to recruit a minibus escort for the Wednesday morning session of the Club. We cannot run the bus without an escort who accompanies the driver around the city, collecting Club members, bringing them to Marketgait, and then taking them home at lunchtime. This is an important and enjoyable role within the Club - can you help us or do you know someone who might be interested? More information from Lorna, or speak to any Club helper.

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

UNICEF “Jars of Grace”

• This year's Appeal focuses on immunisation programmes, which save the lives of as many as 3 million children annually and prevent some 750,000 cases of blindness, paralysis, and mental disability. Yet, every year over 30 million children are not immunised and over 2 million still die unnecessarily because they have no access to vaccines.
• UNICEF is the world's greatest purchaser of vaccines for developing countries. As a global leader in vaccine supply, UNICEF reaches 40% of the world's children.
• The six vaccine-preventable childhood killing diseases are whooping cough, measles, tetanus, polio, TB, diphtheria - for further information see www.vaccinealliance.org; www.polioeradication.org; www.unicef.org.

Traidcraft

Copies of the autumn catalogue, including Christmas cards as well as goods, are now available on the Vestibule table. Please place orders through Margaret.

Scottish Bible Society

• Our support is invited in October for work in China. See library area noticeboard for more details.
• “Unfinished Business in Malawi” is the theme for the SBS appeal. Malawi is the third poorest country in Africa and the tenth poorest in the world - it is estimated that over 1 million people in Malawi are living with HIV/AIDS. See library noticeboard.
• Prayerful attention is drawn during Bible Week to
  • SBS personnel visiting Malawi for 10 days
  • Swedish Bible Society visitors to BibleWorld and SBS Studios
  • setting-up of Bible work by Mongolian Churches
  • “Walk for the Word” on Saturday to provide materials for Children's Centres in Romania
  • “Bible Sunday” on 30th October (next week).

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• Pray Without Ceasing focus: Cumbria District;
• President of Conference in Cambridge this weekend;
• Connexional Law and Polity Committee meeting, Thursday;
• work and staff of ACTS and Scottish Churches House;
• Scotland District Office & personnel based in Dunblane;
• Ministers in other appointments, listed in our Circuit;
• projects and partners in Tanzania (Christian Aid);
• The Leprosy Mission's work in Nigeria;
• Bible Society work in China;
• we pray with and for the peoples of Germany;
• we remember fellow Methodists in the Wantage and Abingdon Circuit (Oxford & Leicester District), and in Aberdeen (North of Scotland Mission Circuit).

• 16 October 2005
• 30 October 2005

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