27 May 2007
Next Sunday: 3 June 2007 - Trinity Sunday - Pulpit Exchange
- 10.45 am
- “early singing” led by Arthur Gordon
- 11 am
- Worship led by the Rev Dr John Cameron, St Stephen's & West, Broughty Ferry
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”
Today 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.
Pentecost Walk
Broughty Ferry Churches Group invite friends to join in the now annual Pentecost Walk this afternoon round the centre of “the Ferry”. The Walk 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.
Broughty Ferry Pulpit Exchange
This year's Pulpit Exchange has been arranged for Trinity Sunday instead of during the Unity Octave in January. We will welcome the Rev Dr John Cameron of St Stephen's & West Church of Scotland to Marketgait next Sunday. Keith Pearson will lead worship at Broughty Ferry New Kirk and Jenny Easson in St Stephen's & West.
Meetings this week
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 2nd June, 1 pm | St Paul's Cathedral, 1 High Street, Dundee | Lunchtime concert given by Andrew Wright - piano. Tickets £3/2 (available at the door) |
Support other Organisations
NCH
The spring edition of Children Today is on the Vestibule table; please borrow - read - return.
Scottish Bible Society
Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in May for work in Bangladesh and in June for work in Albania. See library area noticeboard.
Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to:
- translation of the 'Good News' into modern Albanian;
- holistic project to distribute medicines & Scriptures to indigenous health centres in Argentina;
- programmes in children's homes, drug rehab centres, & edge-of-town encampments in Chile; also the new General Secretary of the Bible Society;
- funding for children's projects in Belarus, also continuing work among Chernobyl victims.
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 9th June | Queen's Park Baptist Church, 80 Queen's Drive, Glasgow G42 8QD (directions) | Caring for Ex-offenders Training Day : details have been received of this event run by Alpha Scotland. See library are for letter giving detals or contact Paul Marks (07960 863687; or paulbmwmarks@yahoo.co.uk |
| Saturday 16th June, 1 pm | St Paul's Cathedral, 1 High Street, Dundee | Lunchtime concert given by Andrew Macintosh - organ. Tickets £3/2 (available at the door) |
| 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, 10.30 am to 1.30 pm | St Paul's Cathedral, 1 High Street, Dundee | Coffee Morning; part of funds raised will go towards the building of a new orphanage in Mpaka, Swaziland |
| 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.
We are invited to bring
Please let a Church Steward or Jenny Easson know if you wish to go - by 10th June if possible. We could try to coordinate travel. More details from Janice Swankie (tel 01241 875453) or Allison Bannerman (tel 01575 530292). |
| Saturday 30th June, 1 pm | St Paul's Cathedral, 1 High Street, Dundee | Lunchtime concert given by Leanne Bell (Mezzo Soprano). Tickets £3/2 (available at the door) |
Prayer Points for this week
- The President & Vice-President of Conference in Shetland next weekend;
- Cliff College Festival this week;
- appointment of the new District Administrator;
- planning for the Circuit 'Fun Day' at Blairgowrie;
- Netra Viva's programmes for Christian authors and publishers in Costa Rica (FTM);
- the people of Lebanon (Christian Aid);
- The Leprosy Mission's work in Chad and Niger;
- Bible Society work in Bangladesh and in Albania;
- we pray with and for the peoples of Botswana and of Zimbabwe;
- we remember fellow Methodists in the Skelmersdale Circuit (Liverpool District) and in East Kilbride, including Methodist Homes work at St Andrew's Court (Glasgow Circuit).
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