04 June 2006
In this News Sheet
Next Sunday
- 11 am
- Worship led by Mrs Heather Dean
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
Our Worship today begins at 10.45 am and is arranged to include opportunity for sharing thoughts about our life together and necessary GCM business. Everyone is welcome to this time of worship, conversation and planning. Provision is being made for children to remain upstairs so that everyone may be included throughout.
Worship Group résumé
Those who met last Wednesday evening discussed- displays in the front window on a regular themed basis & other places for events' posters
- the working of the Children's Group
- dates:
- Children's Group awards - Sunday June 18th
- Harvest weekend - September 9th - 10th
- July-mid August Sunday worship - Children's Group to be provided with activity boards upstairs
- “early singing” at 10.45 am on first Sunday of month, names of leaders suggested - volunteers contact 'tricia!
- Pray Without Ceasing Week (11th - 18th August)
- Candle lighting & District prayer in worship on Sunday 13th August
- ADP Circuit Day: Thursday 17th August
- Prayer Leaflet for use by everyone
- “Pray in the Porch”: 2 pm to teatime
More details later but please note these ways in which we are asked to make our contribution to this 14-month initiative involving all of British Methodism.
Date of next meeting - Thursday 24th August at 7.30 pm.
Meetings this week
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday 4th June, 2.30 pm | St Luke's & Queen Street Church of Scotland, West Queen Street, Broughty Ferry (map) | Pentecost Prayer Walk. Broughty Ferry Churches Group invite you to join the Walk at St Luke's & Queen Street at 2.30 pm and returning there for refreshments c 3.30 - 4 pm. Prayers will be led at appropriate stages of the walk which can be joined or left at any point. Further details from Anne Anderson, tel (01382) 738620. |
| Sunday, 4th June to Sunday, 11th June | St Mary's Scottish Episcopal Church, Queen Street, Broughty Ferry (map) | Lecture series - “Jesus as Theologian”. Dr Kenneth E Bailey (Pittsburgh, USA) will be visiting St Mary's Broughty Ferry for the week 4th - 11th June. He will preach at Sung Eucharist on the Sundays and during the week give a series of lectures on the above theme. A warm invitation is extended to everyone to the (free) lectures from 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm with a short following discussion. See poster on noticeboard for information on speaker and topics. |
| Monday 5th June, 7 pm | Dundee Methodist Church, “L” | Circuit Preachers' Meeting |
| Tues 6 - Sat 10 June @ 7.45pm : Matinees Thurs 8 @ 2.00pm & Sat 10 @ 2.30pm | Dundee Rep | Milton's “Paradise Lost” - see literature on the Vestibule table / noticeboard. http://www.dundeereptheatre.co.uk/w_paradise.htm |
| Wednesday 5th June, 7.30 pm | Dundee Methodist Church, “L” | Service & Mission Committee |
| Thursday, 8th June 7.30 pm | Dundee Methodist Church, upstairs | “Fresh Expressions” : following the District Day and Circuit Meeting in March, it was agreed to hold an open evening for everyone in the Circuit's 5 congregations to view the “Fresh Expressions” DVD and continue conversations about “ways of being church”. This is an opportunity to reflect widely about our calling as members of the whole church and in our own communities. Please think carefully and prayerfully about coming - then do! |
| Saturday 10th June, 10 am | Dundee Methodist Church | Coffee Morning for the Link Club The Link Club is in the process of replacing their Minibus and some of us felt that the congregation would like an opportunity to show their support by helping with the fund-raising. So, a Coffee Morning has been arranged. Please come along and support this event and enjoy a coffee (or tea) and a chat. Items (wrapped) for a Cake / Candy stall would be appreciated. Tickets on sale NOW. If anyone would like to make a cash donation to this project, please see Lorna, Jenny or Paddy. |
Support other Organisations
Scottish Bible Society
Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in June for work in Burkina Faso. See library area noticeboard for details.
>Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to- supplying of medicine and Scriptures to health centres for indigenous people in Argentina
- publication of Romani NT for 'gypsies' in Chile
- ministry of 'El Amanacer' ('Dawn') on the River Paraguay
- outreach in Germany during the football World Cup, including 'Street Soccer' events in Munich.
Forthcoming events
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 17th June, 10 am - 5 pm | Bell's Sport Centre, Perth (map) | “Seeds of Hope”. Action of Churches Together in Scotland invites everyone to this Scottish Ecumenical
Gathering. Tickets are available (£5 individual, £10 family) from the ACTS Office
in Alloa - see leaflets on Vestibule table, contact Joan Pennycook on 01259 724336,
email:ecumenical@acts-scotland.org.
The Programme (10 am - 5 pm) comprises
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Prayer Points for this week
- Pray Without Ceasing focus: Sheffield District;
- President and Vice-President of Conference at the Irish Methodist Conference from Friday;
- partners and projects in Brazil (Christian Aid);
- CAUSE programme for women in Guatemala (Feed The Minds);
- The Leprosy Mission's Directorate and leaders;
- Bible Society work in Burkina Faso;
- we pray with and for the peoples of Mongolia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan;
- we remember fellow Methodists in the North Fylde Circuit (North Lancashire District), and in East Kilbride (Glasgow Circuit).
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