11 February 2007
Next Sunday: 11 February 2007
- 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.
Charity Regulations
To comply with Scotland's Charity Law and the requirements of The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), ALL Managing Trustees (ie ALL 20 members of the Church Council) are required to complete & sign forms for forwarding to OSCR via the Methodist Office in Manchester. These accompany the registration form which Finance and Property Committee have already looked at. David E requests that Managing Trustees do this as soon as possible. Please collect a form from him today if you have not already done so.
Pastoral Committee
Papers for the meeting at 7.30 pm on Thursday are available from David E today or subsequently in the 'red Pastoral tray' in the upstairs office. Please note that all Church Stewards are ex officio members of this Committee.
Lent Study - City Centre Churches
Groups will meet in Meadowside St Paul's at 7.30 pm, for five Mondays from 26th February to 26th March inclusive. All welcome. The course will be “Can We Build a better World? Learning from William Wilberforce” - books available from Wesley Owen @ £3.50 each.
Habitat for Humanity / 2nd European Methodist Festival
Janice Clark (H for H Development Officer Scotland, Methodist in Edinburgh & Forth Circuit) has sent a reminder of the planned visit to Hungary and Slovakia in August by members of the Scotland Methodist District & others. The Festival is to take place in Bratislava from 1st to 5th August; prior to this there is to be an HforH working party in Csurgo, Hungary, in cooperation with a team from the USA.
There are still places on the Scotland Team (deposits have been paid on flights for 10 people - 5 are already taken). Please see information on noticeboard and contact Janice (not Colin Ride, Europe Secretary in MCH) as there is to be a group booking for all parts of the programme including flights.
Janice can be contacted by email: clark.janice@gmail.com.
Welcome to the new Chair of Scotland District
Arrangements are being made for the District's Service of Welcome for the Rev Lily Twist in Dunblane Cathedral at 2.30 pm on Saturday 1st September. It is hoped this will be well and widely supported - please put it in diaries now!!
Website move
Please note the new location, amend any records, and 'spread the news' as appropriate.
Meetings this week
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 15th February, 7.30 pm | Dundee Methodist Church, “B” | Pastoral Committee |
Support other Organisations
Scottish Bible Society
Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in February for work in Puerto Rico. See library area noticeboard.
Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to
- development of Arabic Scriptures in the Gulf States, 3 new distribution outlets;
- work in the Kurdish region of Iraq, new Bible Society Branch in Erbil;
- work on the Spring edition of 'Word at Work';
- new Christian Resource Centre in Damascus, Syria;
- production of the dramatized reading of the New Testament in Mandarin, availability of more audio Bibles in China.
Forthcoming events
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 20th February | St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral (map) | Songs of Praise recording by Tern TV with the congregational hymn-singing under John Bell as conductor. Commitment to both evenings is requested so it may “look and sound as absolutely good as it can”. Sound recording only will be done on the first night, with recording of singing to pre-recorded sound on the second night. Tickets will be required - “to avoid turning people away at the door” - please let Paddy know by Sunday February 11th if you hope to take part. |
| Wednesday 21st February | St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral (map) | Songs of Praise recording by Tern TV with the congregational hymn-singing under John Bell as conductor. Commitment to both evenings is requested so it may “look and sound as absolutely good as it can”. Sound recording only will be done on the first night, with recording of singing to pre-recorded sound on the second night. Tickets will be required - “to avoid turning people away at the door” - please let Paddy know by Sunday February 11th if you hope to take part. |
| Thursday 22nd February | Dundee Methodist Church | Church Council |
| Thursday 1st March, 7 pm - 9 pm | Usher Hall, Lothian Road, Edinburgh | Lecture by Jean Vanier, the founder of 'L'Arche Communities' and much-commended author, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace. Welcome will be given by the Leader of the City Council, Rev Ewen Aitken, and the Rev Professor Frank Whaling (Supernumerary Methodist Minster) will chair the event. Our support is warmly invited. |
Prayer Points for this week
- President of Conference at Probationers' retreat, Monday - Wednesday;
- Connexional Stationing Committee, Wednesday;
- ACTS Forum meeting, Tuesday;
- preparations to welcome the Rev Lily Twist & her husband Colin to the District;
- Arbroath Methodists' Valentine's Social on Friday;
- issues of 'tax justice' (Christian Aid);
- The Leprosy Mission's work in Nepal and Uzbekistan;
- work of The House of Epiphany theological college in Kuching, Malaysia (Feed The Minds);
- Bible Society work in Puerto Rico;
- we pray with and for the peoples of Belgium, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands;
- we remember fellow Methodists in the Alderley Edge and Knutsford Circuit (Manchester and Stockport District), and in Dunbar (Edinburgh & Forth Circuit).
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