01 July 2007

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 Ministerial pastoral care in Dundee from Monday 2nd July to Sunday 8th July inclusive will be by the Rev David Firth. From this Friday to the following Friday, the Church Pastoral Secretary will be in Blackpool during Conference.

Church Council points

Wednesday's meeting discussed reports from / on:

• Senior Church Steward
• Church Treasurer
• Pastoral Secretary
  • on-going reflection on outcomes of 'Growing From The Inside Out' course
• Worship Group
• Service & Mission Committee
  • possible World Church Sunday in autumn to complement “Nablus Sunday” which is on 18th November
  • NCH Sunday on October 14th
• Circuit Meeting
  • issues anent Braille hymnbook production
  • thanks to hosts of Fun Day last Saturday
• Safeguarding
  • new requirements
  • training opportunities
  • meeting current requirements
• Crèche & Children's Group
  • worship during summer holiday
  • activities suitable to their various ages
• Link Club
  • trips, including to Circuit Fun Day last Saturday (much enjoyed despite the rain!)
• Church Development Plans - no substantial news
• “Eco-congregation” policy
  • questionnaire to be completed
  • opportunities to learn more
  • 'care in the little things' matters
• Date of next Council meeting - 5th October 2007.

Next week's news sheet

This will be a 2-week edition. Any material covering the period to 15th July should be with the editors by Wednesday, please.

Road works

Notice has been received that the excavation works “within the footway on Marketgait” and affecting Long Wynd will last for some 6 weeks.

Bookings

Please note that Liz K has now taken over from Norah as Bookings Secretary. She should be contacted about all use of our premises. Our gratitude is expressed to Norah (and David) for all the work done for us over a good number of years - and thanks to Liz for taking it on!

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

Bible Society

Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in July for work in Bolivia, including distribution to students and teachers in schools in La Paz and Cochabamba. See library area noticeboard.

Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to :

• opportunities for distribution of Scriptures in Afghanistan;
• safe arrival of 1600 copies of the long-awaited pocket-sized Myanmar Bible, with more to come;
• computerisation of the Urdu Bible text;
• production this year of the New Persian translation;
• openings for work among the aboriginal peoples of the mountainous regions of Taiwan.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• Methodist Conference meeting in Blackpool from Thursday;
• Rev Martin Atkins, President-designate, & Ruby Beech, Vice-President-designate of Conference;
• Rev Mary Patterson and her family;
• The Leprosy Mission's promotional work in Europe;
• migration between the Haiti and the Dominican Republic (Christian Aid);
• 'roving teaching' through the Institute of Communication Studies in Lima, Peru (FTM);
• Bible Society work in Bolivia;
• we pray with and for the peoples of Bolivia, Chile, and Peru;
• we remember fellow Methodists in the Warrington Circuit (Liverpool District), and in Girvan (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire Circuit).

• 24 June 2007
• 08 July 2007

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