05 August 2007
Next Sunday: 12 August 2007
- 11 am
- Worship led by the Rev Graham Matthews
- Sacraments of Infant & Adult Baptism and of Holy Communion
- Communion Offering for the Benevolence Fund
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 cover
Please note that the Rev David Firth will be responsible for Ministerial pastoral care throughout the Circuit to August 12th inclusive.
United Nations Millennium Development Goals
The World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Women: British Unit, with the Women's Network of the Methodist Church, have issued action cards to highlight the Goals to
- eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
- achieve universal primary education
- promote gender equality and empower women
- reduce child mortality &
- improve maternal health
- combat AIDS/HIV, malaria, and other diseases
- ensure environmental sustainability
- establish global partnerships for development.
Look out for more details in forthcoming news-sheets.
Support other Organisations
Scottish Bible Society
Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in August for work in Malawi. See library area noticeboard.
Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to :
- presentation of the book of Psalms in the Soulgait Walk during Edinburgh Festival;
- translation of the Bible into modern Ukrainian, also new Bible House in Kiev;
- impact of last year's launch of the Malagasy Bible on CD, also outreach to 20 remote islands, & the Opening of Indian Ocean Island Games on Thursday;
- new resources centre in Mauritius, use of CD of John's Gospel by young people facing the temptation of violence;
- new dynamism in churches in Réunion, work in Rodrigues and the Seychelles.
Forthcoming events
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday 13th August, 3 pm | St John's Methodist Church, 15 Ponderlaw, Arbroath (map) | “Songs of Praise Service” to celebrate the tercentenary of the birth of Charles Wesley (1707-1788). Afterwards, “there will be plentiful refreshments available in the hall for us all to enjoy”. Please note this date now and support it if possible - the Arbroath congregation are looking forward to welcoming us to St John's! |
| Monday to Saturday 13th to 18th August | Scottish Bible Society, 7 Hampton Terrace (map) | Scottish Bible Society - 50-minute “events for kids”
presented by 'Likely Story Word Theatre: Rupert Smith' -“an actor
and storyteller with a difference” using popular parables
|
| Friday 24th August, 6 pm / 8 pm | Scottish Churches House, Dunblane | Music for a Summer Evening : Dinner and Concert in aid of the ongoing House Appeal. Tickets £25 (£45 for two); £10 for concert only. For booking / further details contact Scottish Churches House, Kirk Street, Dunblane FK15 0AJ; tel : 01786 823588; email reservations@scottishchurcheshouse.org or via website www.scottishchurcheshouse.org. |
| Saturday 1st September, 2.30 pm | Dunblane Cathedral (map) |
District's Service of Welcome
for the Rev Lily Twist, the new Chair of Scotland District.
>A warm invitation is extended to ALL Methodists &
friends to the Service; after formal worship there will be opportunity to meet
old and new friends over refreshments in the adjacent Cathedral Halls. As the out-going Chair, Jim Jones, has said, it is the first time the District has planned a Service in this scale; it is very much hoped that it will be well supported by the whole District. Guests have been invited from wider Methodism: the General Secretary, Rev David Deeks, is to represent the Connexion, others are coming from the North Region Districts who co-hosted Conference with us, and the Preacher will be the Rev Jeremy Dare, Chair of the Shetland Synod. Ecumenical and civic guests have also been invited to share in this important occasion in the life of Methodism in Scotland. We also understand that a number of Lily and Colin's friends will be travelling north to share this important day with her. The Act of Worship is intended to present an inter-weaving of the threads of our life together, with representatives of all the 8 Circuits in the District taking part. It is hoped that there will be good support from ALL of the District's churches - decide NOW to come and make a day of it! David Firth is offering seats in his car - please contact him. If you can also help / wish with transport, please let Paddy or a Church Steward know. For further details about the day, contact Jenny (member of planning group). The Planning Group would like an idea of numbers - please tell a Church Steward if you hope to go. |
| Friday 7th September, 6 pm / 8 pm | Scottish Churches House, Dunblane | Tom Fleming : Readings from Luke's Gospel in the Lorimer Scots Translation - Dinner precedes the Reading. Tickets £25 (£45 for two); £10 for Reading only. For booking / further details contact Scottish Churches House, Kirk Street, Dunblane FK15 0AJ; tel : 01786 823588; email reservations@scottishchurcheshouse.org or via website www.scottishchurcheshouse.org. |
Prayer Points for this week
- the President-designate, Rev Stephen Poxon, and the Vice-President-designate, David Walton, as they begin to prepare for their year in office from Scarborough Conference 2008;
- those involved in carrying through decisions taken at Conference in Blackpool last month;
- Lily and Colin Twist newly moved to Cornton, Stirling; Jim & Christine Jones moving to Blackburn;
- projects in the South-East District, neighbours and friends now rarely seen or contacted (Methodist Homes);
- The Leprosy Mission's work in Bhutan and in Nepal;
- campaigns for climate change (Christian Aid);
- Bible Society work in Malawi;
- staff at the Kanisa la Pentekoste, Tanzania (Feed The Minds);
- we pray with and for the peoples of Canada and of the USA;
- we remember fellow Methodists in the Wallasey Circuit (Liverpool District), and in New Stevenson (Lanarkshire Circuit).
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