20 May 2007
Next Sunday: 27 May 2007 Pentecost - Growing From the Inside Out
- 11 am
- Worship led by the Rev Grahame Lockhart
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
Next Sunday is the third session in the series, to explore issues of faith and its presentation. Grahame Lockhart will lead worship and the subsequent conversation over a faith lunch - all are welcome to stay and share thoughts and experiences together. It might be helpful to have had some thought before on “What is the Good News of Jesus?”
Meetings this week
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 24th May, 7.30 - 8.45 pm (Wesley Day) | Dundee Methodist Church, downstairs back room | “Prayer Time in MayTime” An opportunity in Marketgait for shared prayer and meditation. Each half-hour, starting at 7.30 pm, a short time of prayer will be led; between these times, there will be space for personal reflection, devotional reading, and expression of personal prayer concerns. This is OPEN TO ALL - please feel free to come, for however short or long a time. |
| 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 26th May, 2.30 - 4 pm | Stirling Methodist Church, Queen Street (map) (about 5 - 10 minutes walk from bus & rail stations) | “Goodbye” to the Chair of the Synod. Stirling Methodists are hosting a time to 'bid farewell' to Jim and Christine Jones before they leave Scotland for Blackburn. This is offered as a chance to give personal thanks and good wishes in a more relaxed setting than was possible at Synod when the formal presentations were made. |
| Sunday 27th May, 2 - 3 pm | St Luke's & Queen Street Church of Scotland, West Queen Street, Broughty Ferry (map) | Pentecost Walk - Broughty Ferry Churches Group invite friends to join in the now annual Pentecost Walk round the centre of “the Ferry”. This will start from St Luke's & Queen Street church at 2 pm and proceed along Brook Street, with pauses for prayer at appropriate sites. Refreshments will be served in St Luke's Hall between 3 pm and 3.45 pm. For further details, contact Anne Anderson on (01382) 738620. |
Support other Organisations
Christian Aid
Envelopes may be returned via the collection plates in coming weeks or at any time direct to Margaret.
“World's End to Mow Cop” - walking for World Mission
Methodist Church Coordinating Secretaries, Anthea Cox & Jonathan Kerry, are to walk the 50 miles from World's End in Wales to Mow Cop near Stoke-on-Trent next weekend. As the Walk is to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Primitive Methodist at Mow Cop, they will wear early 19th century costume and, by walking, follow the tradition of early 'Prim Preachers' who walked many miles to take Services. They aim to reach Mow Cop in time for the Celebration Service at 2.30 pm next Sunday. They hope also to raise money for the Fund for World Mission - hence the start at World's End! Sponsorship details - www.justgiving.com/methodistworldwalk or Methodist Church House (020 7467 5140 / 5141).
Information about Primitive Methodism and other Anniversaries being observed this year is on www.methodistanniversaries2007.org.uk
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 :
- maintenance of freedom and stability in Bolivia;
- bicentennial celebration of the arrival of the first Scriptures in Uruguay;
- work with street children in Paraguay;
- New Reader and literacy schemes in Bengkulu Province, Indonesia.
Forthcoming events
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 9th June | Viewlands Primary School, Perth (map) | “Taste and See” - District Resourcing Day.
Workshop titles include
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| Saturday 16th June 3 pm | David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre | Action of Churches Together in Scotland Ecumenical Service to mark the 200th anniversary of the
1807 Slave Trade Abolition Act.
The National Trust for Scotland is holding an Open Day at Blantyre for the occasion and all are welcome to this event. Some idea of numbers will be useful, to assist with parking and other arrangements: please contact Tom Moyes at ACTS (01259 216980) if you hope to go. |
| Saturday 23rd June from 11.30 am | Blairgowrie Methodist Church, Riverside, Blairgowrie (map) | Circuit day out hosted by Arbroath and Blairgowrie churches. Plans include a barbecue lunch, then “fun and games” before tea in the afternoon. Please note the date now & let a Church Steward or Jenny know if you wish to go - by 10th June if possible, please. It is hoped to co-ordinate travel plans and provide transport for those who might find it helpful. |
Prayer Points for this week
- The President & Vice-President of Conference at the Wesley Day Celebrations, Aldersgate & St Paul's, London, Thursday;
- Northern Region Chairs' Meeting, Wednesday;
- The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, this week;
- Church Stewards in each of the Circuit's five churches;
- the Volta Physically Challenged Independent Group's support for disabled women (FTM);
- divisions in Sri Lanka between Tamil- and Sinhala- and English- speakers (Christian Aid);
- The Leprosy Mission's work in west India;
- Bible Society work in Bangladesh;
- we pray with and for the peoples of Malawi and of Zambia;
- we remember fellow Methodists in the Orrell and Lamberhead Circuit (Liverpool District) and in Milton, including Methodist Homes work at Taransay Court (Glasgow Circuit).
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