06 May 2007
Next Sunday - Christian Aid: 13 May 2007
- 11 am
- Worship led by Mrs Jenny Easson
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
The second of the four sessions of this course will be led today by Grahame Lockhart & Jean Murrie in the context of worship, shared faith lunch, and further conversation after. Everyone is welcome to worship, lunch, and time of exploring together. The next session will be on Sunday 27th May.
Solomon Islands Tsunami Appeal
The Methodist Church in Great Britain is inviting donations to support relief work following the recent earthquake and tsunami in the Solomon Islands. An opportunity to contribute is offered through a retiring collection today. Donations payable to “Fund for World Mission” may also be sent direct to Chris Elliot, World Church Office, Methodist Church House, 25 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5JR, marked “Solomon Tsunami”. See information on display.
“Prayer Times in May Time”
The Worship Group and Church Council continue to consider ways of continuing the impact of last year's Pray Without Ceasing Initiative. The lighting of the candle at the start of worship follows practice from our Circuit's 'PWC Week' and a suggestion has been made at Pastoral Committee of a further leaflet for distribution particularly to those who are housebound.
Opportunities for praying & meditating together outwith Sunday worship during May in Marketgait are
- Thursday 17th May (Ascension Day) - afternoon
- Thursday 24th May (Wesley Day) - evening.
Anyone interested in preparing or taking part is asked to contact 'tricia soon!
Meetings this week
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 11th May, 7.30 pm | Broughty Baptist Church Halls, 86 St Vincent Street (map) | Broughty Ferry Churches Group |
| Friday 11th May, 7.30 pm | St Mary's Scottish Episcopal Church, Queen Street, Broughty Ferry (map) | Laird String Quartet & The Airlie Consort - Concert in aid of Organ Restoration Fund. See poster on noticeboard. |
| Saturday 12th May, 10 am to 12 noon | Mary Slessor Centre, Nethergate (map) | The Leprosy Mission Coffee Morning - Saturday - The Mary Slessor Centre - - usual stalls. Our support is warmly invited. See poster on noticeboard & literature on table. |
| Saturday 12th May, 10.30 am (brief AGM to 11.40 am) to 4 pm | Scottish Churches House, Dunblane | Scottish Friends of Ecumenism Spring Gathering - speakers, Rev Dr Iain Whyte, Professor Geoff Palmer - cost £20 - details from Scottish Churches House, tel: 01786 823588; www.scottishchurcheshouse.org or Jenny. |
Support other Organisations
Scottish Bible Society
Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in May for work in Bangladesh. See library area noticeboard.
Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to :
- popularity of the new national 'common language Bible' in Myanmar;
- launch of the first complete Bible in an Australian indigenous language, Kriol (30,000 speakers);
- 61st anniversary of the United Bible Societies on Wednesday;
- witness by the churches “in the fledgling nation of East Timor”;
- outstanding Scripture distribution last year in Brazil.
ENABLE
Sue Marshall is to undertake CycleIndia - 2nd - 11th November 2008 - in support of ENABLE - sponsor form to come soon !
Forthcoming events
| Date & time | Venue | Details | |
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| Friday 25th May, 4.30 pm | the Senate Room, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh (map) | Book Launch Invitation. An open invitation is given to the 'public welcome in the northern hemisphere' of “The Witness of the Student Christian Movement: Church ahead of the Church” by Robin Boyd. Robin will sign sale copies of the book and speak. Other speakers are Andrew Morton (New College) and Eilidh Whiteford (World SCM), with Elizabeth Templeton (freelance theologian) as Chair. Light refreshments will be served. See poster on noticeboard. | (Jenny Easson, who knows Robin and his wife Anne, through Scottish Friends of Ecumenism, hopes to obtain a copy of the book & will be pleased to lend it, eventually). |
| Saturday 9th June | Viewlands Primary School, Perth (map) | “Taste and See” - District Resourcing Day.
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| Sunday, 10th June | Dundee Methodist Church | General Church Meeting, open to all. Formal business will include elections of Church Stewards and of representatives to the Church Council. |
Prayer Points for this week
- the President and Vice-President of Conference in the Channel Islands next weekend;
- preparation of papers for Blackpool Conference in July;
- Scottish Friends of Ecumenism AGM in Dunblane, Saturday;
- Communion Stewards in the Circuit's churches;
- preparations for Christian Aid week (Christian Aid);
- The Leprosy Mission's promotional work in Scandinavia, Germany, & Hungary;
- Manna Ministries centre for HIV / AIDS orphans in Kisumu district of Kenya (Feed The Minds);
- Bible Society work in Bangladesh;
- we pray with and for the peoples of Sudan and of Uganda;
- we remember fellow Methodists in the Salford Circuit (Manchester and Stockport District) and in Woodlands (Glasgow Circuit).
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