15 October 2006
Next Sunday
- 11 am
- Worship led by Mrs Jenny Easson
- 6.30 pm
- “Songs of Praise”, Dundee Congregational Church, Lower Constitution Road (map)
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.
Pastoral Charge
During Mary's sabbatical, from now to the New Year, please notify the Rev David Firth of any request or need for Ministerial pastoral care direct and / or via the Pastoral Secretary (Jenny Easson), Pastoral Visitors, or the Church Stewards.
Prayer Handbooks
The order has now arrived and copies (price £2.25) can be obtained today from Heather.
Methodist Homes
Envelopes in support of the work of Methodist Homes will be given out next Sunday for return on Sunday 5th November.
Anniversary Celebrations
Our friends in Dundee Congregational Church invite us to join in their “Songs of Praise” next Sunday at 6.30 pm as part of their Church Anniversary Celebrations.
Church Council
ALL Church Council members are asked to see Jenny to collect papers available at and after the recent meeting.
“GROWING FROM THE INSIDE OUT”
If you did not receive last week's news-sheet insert please collect one from the Vestibule table today.
Meetings this week
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 16th October, 7.30 pm | Dundee Methodist Church, “L” | Circuit Safeguarding Group |
| Thursday 19th October, 7 pm to 10 pm | Dundee University Chapel, Cross Row (building 21 on campus map) | Tapestry Walk. This month's opportunity to “walk the labyrinth”. The estimated time, at a steady pace, is 40 minutes to the centre and out again. Entry is free but donation of a perfumed candle to place round the tapestry perimeter would be appreciated. |
| Saturday 21st October, 10 am to 12 noon | Dundee Methodist Church | EVERYONE is invited to this showing of the “Fresh Expressions” DVD and conversation - coffee will also be served. This is a further opportunity for YOU to share YOUR thoughts about what it means for us to be the witnessing community of Methodists based in Dundee. The DVD (which belongs to the Circuit) can be borrowed for viewing by individuals in their own homes or by groups - please see David Firth to arrange this. |
| Saturday 21st October, 7.30 pm | St Mary's Scottish Episcopal Church, Queen Street, Broughty Ferry (map) | A Feast of Festivals. Our support is invited for this concert to be given by St Mary's Church Choir and Friends. Admission free - collection in aid of the Organ Restoration Fund. The conductor will be Bill Sinclair and Euan Crabb the trumpet soloist. Light refreshments will be served after. |
Support other Organisations
Scottish Bible Society
Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in October for work in Sri Lanka. See library area noticeboard.
Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to- translation of the New Testament in contemporary language in Denmark, work in Greenland and the Faeroes;
- progress in translation of the Icelandic Bible;
- 25th anniversary of the Bible Society in Germany;
- distribution of the Greek New Testament to every school by the Cyprus Ministry of Education, also distribution of the 'camouflage' New Testament to the Army.
One World Week
The 2006 One World Week runs from 22nd - 29th October on the theme MIND THE GAP
- between winners and losers
- between words and actions
- between 'friends' and 'enemies'.
For more information, contact the One World Centre, Princes Street, Dundee, and keep an eye out for news of events in the local press.
“One World Week provides the space for people from diverse backgrounds to come together to learn about global justice, to spread that learning and to use it to challenge inequality, discrimination and degradation, locally and globally.”
Traidcraft
Catalogues are still available on the Vestibule table: borrow, peruse, use … Margaret will take orders.
Forthcoming events
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 25th November, 10 am and 3 pm | Scottish Churches House, Dunblane | THINKING Outside the BOX - The District Evangelism Group invites
anyone interested to join them
in “taking a fresh look at faith”. A sandwich
& fruit lunch will be provided. If you are interested and would like to know more, please contact Grahame Lockhart, Evangelism Unit Coordinator, tel 01356 624235; to book a place, contact the District Office in Dunblane, tel 01768 820295; email meth@scottishchurcheshouse.org (Please also tell Margaret Brown, Administrator, of any dietary or other requirements). |
Prayer Points for this week
- The President of Conference's 'Royal Naval Visit', Thursday - Friday;
- The Methodist Church's ecumenical relationships;
- Scotland Relief & Extension Fund's Trustees and Committee;
- Safeguarding Officers in the Circuit's Churches;
- Atbara Women's Institute for Training and Production, Sudan (Christian Aid);
- The Leprosy Mission's international directorate;
- post-hurricane relief work by the staff of CEDEPCA in Guatemala (Feed The Minds);
- Bible Society work in Sri Lanka;
- we pray with and for the peoples of the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe;
- we remember fellow Methodists in the South West Tyneside Circuit (Newcastle-upon-Tyne District), and in Portessie (North of Scotland Mission Circuit).
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