25 March 2007
Next Sunday: 1 April 2007
- 11 am
- Worship led by Mr Britton Goudie
- 6.30 pm
- Meditation for Palm Sunday, St Mary's Scottish Episcopal Church, Queen Street, Broughty Ferry (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.
“Growing From The Inside Out”
Please see last week's news-sheet insert for details of this course, which Dundee is to follow (in 4 sessions), facilitated by members of the District Evangelism Group. The first session is today from 11 am (worship) to 2.30 pm, including faith lunch.
Lent
- City Centre Churches : Lent Study groups will meet in Meadowside St Paul's at 7.30 pm, on Mondays to 3rd April. The course will be “Can We Build a better World? Learning from William Wilberforce” - books available from Wesley Owen @ £3.50.
- The Broughty Ferry Churches Group will hold Lent Study Groups
as follows, using 'Slave trade abolition' material:
- Wednesdays from 7 pm to 8 pm in the New Kirk Kippen Hall, St Vincent Street, Broughty Ferry (map) led by the Rev Catherine Collins;
- Thursdays from 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm in St Luke's & Queen Street Church of Scotland, West Queen Street, Broughty Ferry (map), led by the Rev Graham Taylor.
- All are warmly welcome to these Groups.
Holy Week Services
Broughty Ferry Churches Group services will be in St Mary's Scottish Episcopal Church, Queen Street, Broughty Ferry (map) at 6.30 pm next Sunday and at 7.30 pm on other evenings. Worship next Sunday evening will take the form of a Meditation for Palm Sunday, with anthems, readings and hymns for the beginning of Holy Week.
Dundee City Centre Churches worship on Maundy Thursday (April 5th) will be in Marketgait at 7.30 pm.
Easter Offerings
Envelopes for contributions to this annual Appeal will be available next Sunday, for return in the collection plate on Easter Sunday and following weeks. The money is channelled via Methodist Women's Network into the Fund for World Mission, which helps to support
- Mission Partners working overseas
- The Mission in Britain programme
- Nationals in Mission appointments
- overseas students in ministry training
- grants to partner churches and special projects.
Our support is warmly invited.
Flower Rota
There are currently five vacancies on the rota for providing the flowers for Sunday worship and pastoral distribution thereafter. If you wish to fill one of these, please contact Elaine.
Children's Group Rota
The April - June rota for adults willing to assist Margaret or Lorna with activities downstairs on a Sunday morning is currently being prepared. Thanks are expressed to “regulars” but additional helpers would also be welcome. If anyone would like to know more, please speak to Lorna or Margaret. There are spare forms to indicate “available dates” on the Vestibule table - please take, complete, and return, as indicated.
Meetings this week
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 26th March, 7.30 pm | Meadowside St Paul’s (map) | Lent Study - City Centre Churches. All welcome. The course will be “Can We Build a better World? Learning from William Wilberforce” - books available from Wesley Owen @ £3.50 each. |
| Wednesday 28th March, 7 - 8 pm | New Kirk Kippen Hall, St Vincent St, Broughty Ferry (map) | Broughty Ferry Churches Group Lent Study using 'Slave trade abolition' material, led by the Rev Catherine Collins. |
| Thursday 29th March, 12.30 pm - 1.30 pm | St Luke's & Queen Street Church of Scotland, West Queen Street, Broughty Ferry (map) | Broughty Ferry Churches Group Lent Study using 'Slave trade abolition' material, led by the Rev Graham Taylor. |
Support other Organisations
Traidcraft
New catalogues are available on the Vestibule table. Orders may be placed with Margaret.
Scottish Bible Society
Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in March for work in the Ivory Coast. See library area noticeboard.
Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to :
- translation work by the Bible Society of Finland
- meeting in Finland this week of Euro Publishing Group
- Swedish Bible Society's new Bible Bus
- new translation of the New Testament into two main Norwegian languages, also plans for study helps for young people
- CD recording of the Danish New Testament
- work in Greenland and the Faeroe Islands.
Forthcoming events
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 2nd April, 7.30 pm | Meadowside St Paul’s (map) | Lent Study - City Centre Churches. All welcome. The course will be “Can We Build a better World? Learning from William Wilberforce” - books available from Wesley Owen @ £3.50 each. |
| Thursday 5th April, 7.30 pm | Dundee Methodist Church | Maundy Thursday United Service |
| Friday 6th April, 11.45 am | St Andrew’s RC Cathedral, Nethergate(map) | Walk of witness to City Square for an act of worship. |
| Friday 6th April, 7.30 pm | Meadowside St Paul’s (map) | United Good Friday Service |
| Saturday 9th June | Viewlands Primary School, Perth (map) | “Taste and See” - District Resourcing Day. A range of workshops will be on offer - details to come - book the date now! |
Prayer Points for this week
- the President and Vice-President of Conference at the “Set All Free” Service, Westminster Abbey, Tuesday*;
- Methodist Council, London Colney, Friday - Saturday;
- Scotland District Superintendents' Forum, Wednesday - Friday;
- partners and projects in Haiti (Christian Aid);
- The Leprosy Mission's rehabilitation and trading work in partnership with patients;
- training of Ministers by the Phnom Penh Bible School, Cambodia (Feed The Minds);
- Perth Stewards' meeting, tomorrow;
- Bible Society work in Ivory Coast;
- we pray with and for the peoples of China, including Hong Kong and Macao;
- we remember fellow Methodists in the Stockport Circuit (Manchester and Stockport District) and all in the Rosyth Ecumenical Partnership, (Edinburgh & Forth Circuit).
* for the 200th anniversary of the Slave Trade Abolition Act
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