21 October 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.

Rotary Shoe Box Scheme - latest!

Alan Suttie has now left some flat pack and assembled boxes to be filled with items for this Rotary International Scheme (see details in news-sheet P151, 7th October). There are also leaflets giving guidance on filling the boxes. If you have already signed Alan's list, please take the >box(es) you indicated; if you still wish to take part, please contact Alan and he will try to supply more to Marketgait.

Chairs

We have a new “chair person” with effect from Monday (tomorrow). He will usually stack away the upstairs chairs on Mondays and set them out on Fridays.

The Woodlands Lecture Series

A series of public lectures has been arranged for leading Methodists in Scotland to speak as detailed below.

The lectures take place in Woodlands Methodist Church, 229 Woodlands Road, Glasgow (underground Kelvingrove) or see www.woodlandsmethodistchurch.org.uk

• Tuesday 23rd October : Rev John Butterfield (Central Scotland Circuit) - “Faith and fundamentalism”
• Tuesday 30th October : Rev David Cooper (Edinburgh & Forth Circuit) -“Methodism: a loyal opposition not fit to govern”
• Tuesday 6th November : Rev Daniel French (Methodist Church in Ghana) - “The challenge of mission in 21st century Christianity: a survey of early Wesleyan missionary activity of Ghana Methodism”
• Tuesday 13th November : Rev Lily Twist (Chair of the Scotland Synod) - “Hankering for holistic worship”

All at 7.30 pm. Admission is free - refreshments after.

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

NCH Christmas Cards

There is a brochure on the table. If we order more than 3 packs of cards between us, there will be no postage to pay. Please complete the separate order form: an order will be sent off before the end of October.

Scottish Bible Society

Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in October for work in Nigeria. See library area noticeboard for more details.

Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to:

• SBS BibleWorld visit to Montrose this week;
• Expedition Planet B campaign in Germany to encourage children & families in Bible-reading;
• recently-opened Flemish interactive Bible Museum and Bible Exhibition in Belgium;
• placing of Francophone Scriptures in public libraries and secular bookshops in Belgium;
• availability of relevant Scriptures for meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government in Uganda next month;
• Walk for the Word project to supply Bible-based materials for urban street children and families along the upper Amazon in Peru;
• celebration of Bible Sunday - 28th October.

TRASH: Tayside Ritual Abuse Support and Help

This small charity was set up in 2002, by a small group of volunteers, to support survivors of ritual or organised abuse. It provides a telephone help-line, interactive-website, access to alternative therapies and creative writing workshops, as well as publishing books to help survivors on the road to recovery. It also aims to raise awareness amongst organisations likely to come into contact with survivors, and in the wider community. (See letter on library area noticeboard for more details).

Further information from TRASH, 1 Victoria Road, Dundee DD1 1EL; tel : (01382 207667 (weekdays 10 am to 2 pm) or email : TRASH1053@aol.com.

The website is at www.rans.org.uk.

Note: “Tracing Rainbows through the Rain” - the (very moving & challenging) report to Conference in 2006 was commended to local churches and circuits for study, along with the (2003) 'Time for Action' CTBI report. Conference also urged the discovery of local resources and taking of appropriate action to “become a safer place for all”.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• The President of Conference in the Newcastle District and the Vice-President in the Nottingham and Derby District next weekend;
• Connexional Law and Polity Committee, Tuesday;
• The District's future Training and Development personnel;
• Circuit Preachers' Study Day on Family Friendly Worship;
• projects in the Darlington District, gardeners and maintenance personnel (Methodist Homes Prayer Diary);
• Kairos Foundation's publications on domestic violence issues in Argentina ('Feed The Minds);
• Bible Society work in Nigeria;
• The Leprosy Mission's international directorate;
• we pray with and for the peoples of India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka;
• we remember fellow Methodists in the Alford, Skegness and Wainfleet Circuit (Lincoln & Grimsby District), and in Buckie (North of Scotland Mission Circuit).

• 14 October 2007
• 28 October 2007

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