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Dundee Methodist Church

18 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.

Plan-making

David Firth, Mary Patterson & Jenny will meet in Arbroath on Tuesday morning to prepare the draft Plan for December - February. Please intimate any requests to one of them by Monday evening.

BibleWorld Visit

Thanks are expressed for donations towards the expenses of the Children's Group visit to the Scottish Bible Society BibleWorld in Edinburgh on October 8th, amounting to £37.25.

United Service

The service that was to have been held at 6.30 pm on Sunday 25th September has now been cancelled.

Circuit Meeting News

  1. 1 At the Circuit meeting held in Marketgait on Thursday night an invitation was given to and accepted by the Rev Mary Patterson to extend her ministry in this Circuit for another five years. Best wishes are extended to Mary and her family.
  2. 2 Circuit meeting approved the Circuit Treasurer's proposal to request money from Circuit Advance Fund to help fund necessary works at both manses.

Rotas

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

Meetings this week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Thursday, 22nd September, 7 pm Dundee Methodist Church, “B” Finance & Property Committees
Saturday, 24th September Motherwell District Synod

Support other Organisations

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
    • children receiving the Khmer Children's Bible in Cambodia and 'New Reader' booklets used in literacy classes;
    • recent production of 'Jesus wants me' for children in Thailand;
    • SBS Board meeting on Wednesday;
    • use in Taiwan of the Chinese Study Bible
    • new staff taking the Bibleworld SBS Mobile Studios round Scotland;
    • United Bible Society translation teams' practical needs - computer software, hardware, & electricity supply
  • News of work in Pakistan (linked to Bible-a-month Club for April 2005) including production by local Bible Society of special resources for festive occasions: “At one 'mela' - attended by thousands of people including Roman Catholics, people of other confessions, and non-Christians - Bible Society volunteers distributed 1,100 Scripture calendars, more than 1,000 New Testaments, 500 colouring-books and 3,000 prayer Portions.”

Forthcoming events

Date & timeVenueDetails
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.
Wednesday 28th September, 2.15 pm St Luke's & Queen Street Church Hall, Broughty Ferry - please note changed venue. (map) Mission Aviation Fellowship local support group meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month. A warm welcome is extended to all.
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.
Friday 28th October, 7.30 pm St Luke's and Queen Street Church, Broughty Ferry (map) Mary Slessor Foundation - Bruce Davies in Concert. Our support is invited at this fund-raising concert. Tickets £5. See poster - ring 01382 370493; visit www.brucedavies.com
Saturday 26th November, 7.30 pm to 11 pm St Aidan's Halls, Brook Street, Broughty Ferry (map) Broughty Ferry Churches Ceilidh. Tickets (£5) are now available from Jenny & David. A stovie supper will be provided - “feel free to bring a bottle”. There will be dancing, other music, chance to mix and meet - all welcome.

Prayer Points for this week

  • Pray Without Ceasing focus: Bolton & Rochdale District;
  • The Vice-President of Conference at the Liberal Democratic Party Conference in Blackpool, Monday - Tuesday, then in Southampton District, Wednesday - Sunday;
  • District Superintendents' Forum, Dunblane, tomorrow;
  • partners and projects in Kenya (Christian Aid);
  • The Leprosy Mission's work in Indonesia, Timor Leste, and Papua New Guinea;
  • we pray for Bible Society work in Egypt;
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Columbia, Ecuador, and Venezuela;
  • we remember fellow Methodists in the Buckingham, Bicester and Brackley Circuit (Oxford & Leicester District), and in Stirling (Central Scotland Circuit).