19 March 2006
In this News Sheet
Next Sunday
- 11 am
- Worship led by Mrs Marcia Mackenzie
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.
Trade Justice
As the weather last week had an understandable effect on the numbers able to be in Marketgait, it has been decided to extend the opportunity to support this important issue. Please take time today to look at the display of Trade Justice leaflets, posters, cuttings, etc, in the church and send a brief letter (suggestions provided) to the Prime Minister on the issue.
Meetings this week
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
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| Sunday 19th March, 7.30 pm | Caird Hall (map) | Dundee Choral Union Spring Concert. Works to be performed are Bach's Jesu Meine Freude, Stainer's Crucifixion and Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs - tickets from David, or Hilary & Matthew. |
| Monday 20th March, 7.30 pm | Dundee Methodist Church, “B” | Safeguarding Meeting |
| Tuesday 21st March | Meadowside St Paul’s (map) | Dundee City Centre Churches Lent meeting, using “Life Balance” by Robert Warren & Sue Mayfield (Wesley Owen, £3.99). |
| Wednesday 22nd March | Broughty Baptist Church, 86 St Vincent Street (map) | The Broughty Ferry Churches Group invite everyone to a Lenten Act of Worship. The theme will be “Forgive, forget?” based on material in “Easter People in a Good Friday World”, led by friends from the Baptist and Barnhill St Margaret's churches. |
| Wednesday 22nd March, 7 pm to 10 pm | Dundee University Chapel (building 21 on campus map) | “Walking the Labyrinth”, a peaceful experience encouraging slow walking and letting go of everyday concerns, has become more popular over recent years. The Labyrinth Tapestry in Dundee University Chapel (a replica of one laid down in Chartres Cathedral c 1194-1220) contains a path upon which opportunity to walk is given once a month. No charge is made but a donation of a perfumed candle will be appreciated since these are placed round the tapestry perimeter. A slow-paced walk usually takes between 40 minutes and an hour. See leaflets on table; contact Nick Halpin 01337 870242, nickhalpin@lineone.net |
| Saturday 25th March, 10.30 am to 4 pm | Rosyth Methodist Church, Queensferry Road (map) | “Resourcing Day” - 'New Ways of Being Church'
ALL INTERESTED - especially Preachers, Stewards, Church Council members, are invited to an exploration of the above theme. Among the resource people will be Peter Pillinger and Jonathan Kerry who will give a wider view from their particular Connexional and ecumenical perspectives. This is a day in which we are invited to
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Support other Organisations
Scottish Bible Society
- Our support for work through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in March for Cameroon - see library are noticeboard for more details.
- Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to
- theatrical production of St Mark's Gospel in Peru;
- SBS Board meeting on Wednesday;
- publication in Burkina Faso of Bibles in Bobo Madare and Gulmacema;
- work in Liberia with the apparent ending of civil war;
- significant role of the Bible Society in reconciliation in the Ivory Coast where peace is returning.
- See the library area noticeboard for details of the current SBS Appeal to “provide Bibles for poor Christian homes in India”. Jean is our local SBS link-person.
Tayside Cancer Support
See noticeboard for leaflet giving details of support offered for cancer patients, their relatives and friends. Open support meetings are held on the second Monday of each month at 7.15 pm in Dundee Voluntary Association (DVA), 1 0 Constitution Road. Further details from TCS Coordinator, Room 12004, King's Cross Hospital, Clepington Road, Dundee, DD3 8EA; tel (01382) 596995; email:support@tcs-dundee.org.uk, www.tcs-dundee.org.uk
Forthcoming events
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 27th March, 7.30 pm | Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street (map) | J S Bach's 'St John Passion'- Concerto Caledonia, Mark Padmore (singer-director), Richard Holloway (speaker) (tickets £15, concessions £12, 'kids go free') |
| Tuesday 28th March | Meadowside St Paul’s (map) | Dundee City Centre Churches Lent meeting, using “Life Balance” by Robert Warren & Sue Mayfield (Wesley Owen, £3.99). |
| Wednesday 29th March, 7.30 pm | Dundee Methodist Church | Circuit Meeting | Friday 31st March, 9 am to 4.30 pm | West Park Conference Centre, 319 Perth Road (map) | “Working Together to Make It Better in Dundee”. An invitation to those who work in and value the voluntary sector in Dundee is given by Dundee Voluntary Association as “ingredients … to cook up some new recipes in Dundee”. Please indicate interest by returning the form on the letter in the library area (or otherwise contacting) Hazel Imrie, DVA, Number Ten, 10 Constitution Road, Dundee DD1 1LL or email hazel@number10.org by Friday 24th March. |
| Saturday 1st April, 10 am to 4 pm | Perth Christian Centre, 28 Glasgow Road (map) | World-Wise Conference. “World-Wise is the World Development Movement's active
global citizenship education project for adults.” This is a day to
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| Saturday 1st April, 7.30 pm | St John's Kirk, St John's Close, Perth (map) | Glasgow Phoenix Choir presents 'Songs of Praise and Inspiration'. Tickets for unreserved seats, price £10 (£8 concessions) from The Iona Community, 4th floor Savoy House, 140 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3DH, tel 0141 332 6343. All proceeds to the Iona Community Growing Hope Appeal. |
| Wednesday 5th April, 2.30 pm | Reid Hall, Forfar (map) | “Roll Out the Barrel” - tickets £6.50. |
| Friday 28th April, 2.30 pm and 7.30pm | Whitehall Theatre, Bellfield Street (map) | 'All Our Yesterdays' to be performed by Timeless Theatre Productions : see noticeboard for details. |
Prayer Points for this week
- Pray Without Ceasing focus: Newcastle District;
- The Vice-President of Conference in the Cumbria District next weekend;
- Ecumenical Reference (“Nations”) Group, London, Thursday;
- Scotland District Superintendents' Forum, Wednesday - Thursday;
- Arbroath Church Council, Thursday;
- partners and projects in Lesotho (Christian Aid);
- work of the Seminario Evangelico de Teologico in Spanish-speaking Latin America (Feed The Minds);
- The Leprosy Mission's International Office staff and work;
- Bible Society work in Cameroon;
- we pray with and for the peoples of France, Portugal, and Spain;
- we remember fellow Methodists in the Derwent Mission Circuit (Nottingham & Derby District), and all in Granton Ecumenical Partnership (Edinburgh & Forth Circuit).
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