Dundee Methodist Church

11 September 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.

BibleWorld Visit

Arrangements have been made for a group of the older children, with accompanying adults, to visit the Scottish Bible Society BibleWorld in Edinburgh on October 8th. Donations to coffee-after-worship today will be allocated towards the costs of this trip.

“Safeguarding”

Ian will be contacting the few people whose signatures are outstanding so this process may be completed as soon as possible.

Possible Church Social Outing

Since there are insufficient numbers for the offered block booking for “Guys and Dolls” next March, Paddy does not propose to take this any further at present.

Rotas

There is a vacancy on the crèche rota - if you can help to fill this, please contact Elaine.

Training Courses

See Vestibule table for leaflets for the following 'Working with Adults' courses for “lay or ordained people who wish to develop their skills in working with adults in a learning context”

Cliff College, Derbyshire cliffcollege.org
8 / 9 February; 6 / 7 April; 19 / 20 June 2006
www.methodist.org.uk
United College of the Ascension, Birmingham www.ascension.ac.uk
25 / 26 November 2005, 3 / 4 March, 19 / 20 May 2006
in partnership with The Methodist Church, Birmingham Churches Together, Matthew Boulton College
www.birminghamchurches.org.uk

Also on table, information from the Guy Chester Centre, North London - or see www.chestercentre.org.uk

Meetings this week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Thursday, 15th September, 7 pm Dundee Methodist Church, “L” Circuit Meeting

Support other Organisations

NCH Scotland - 50th Anniversary

A concert version of “Follies” is to be held as a Gala Fund-raising Event on Sunday 18th September in the Royal Glasgow Concert Hall at 7 pm. Ticket prices start at £25 - contact Box Office (0141 353 8000), www.grch.com.

Scottish Bible Society

  • Our support is invited in September for work in Egypt - see library area noticeboard for details.
  • See library noticeboard for details of the Autumn Appeal for work in Kazakhstan where a pilot project has been set up to take Scriptures and other material into 22 prisons.
  • Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to
    • work of 'Opportunity 21' in China through distribution vans, Braille Bibles, CD-ROM
    • distribution and safe freighting of Bibles and other materials in various parts of the world
    • staff of the Asia Pacific Service Centre providing translation help, business development, and programme support
    • proposed publication of the Gospels in local languages, and development of work in East Timor
  • News of work in the West Indies (linked to Bible-a-month Club for March 2005): “The Jamaican School curriculum is moving away from its traditional Christian basis to teaching about religions. The Bible Society now sees schools as a mission field.”

Forthcoming events

Date & timeVenueDetails
Tuesday 20th September Whitehall Theatre www.whitehalldundee.co.uk (map) Downfield Musical Society “Summer Holiday”.
Wednesday 28th September Scottish Churches House, Dunblane www.scottishchurcheshouse.org Friends of ACTS Autumn Conference. The theme is “The Churches and Parliament”, to be facilitated by the Rev Dr Graham Blount, Scottish Churches Parliamentary Officer, and speakers Sylvia Jackson MSP and Yvonne Strachan (Parliament Equality Unit). All are welcome -see leaflet/booking form on vestibule table or ask Jenny for more details.
Thursday 13th to Saturday 15th October Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh (map) Christian Resources Exhibition - entrance, including all the seminars, is free. This is the first time for 3 years that CRE has been held in Scotland and Methodist support is being encouraged - please note the dates in diaries / planners. www.creonline.co.uk
Saturday 22nd October Scottish Churches House, Dunblane www.scottishchurcheshouse.org “Resourcing Mission” Everyone responsible for matters of property, finance, and grant applications is invited to an open District Day with Alan Pimlott (of Connexional Office in Manchester). Further details will follow, but please note this NOW if you have not already done so.

Prayer Points for this week

  • Pray Without Ceasing focus: Bolton & Rochdale District;
  • the President of Conference at the induction of the Connexional Network President on Saturday; the Vice-President at the TUC Conference in Brighton on Tuesday;
  • Blairgowrie Church Council tomorrow; Perth Finance & Property Committee on Wednesday;
  • reconciliation projects in Rwanda (Christian Aid);
  • The Leprosy Mission's work in Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia;
  • we pray for Bible Society work in Egypt;
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama;
  • we remember fellow Methodists in the Leicester (Trinity) Circuit (Oxford & Leicester District), and in Wishaw (Lanarkshire Circuit).
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