17 August 2008

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.

Pastoral

Ministerial pastoral care in the Circuit will be provided this week by the Rev David Firth.

“Fifth Sunday Worship” - planning

Jenny is grateful for the understanding behind the postponement of the planning meeting last Thursday because of her family circumstances. She and David Cowling will consult during this week and advise those interested of the theme and approach to worship on 31st August and of arrangements for any necessary planning meeting. Please let her know if you need or wish to have such information.

Lord Provost's Youth Festival

As intimated last week, Mary Henderson, as Secretary of the Dundee Nablus Twinning Association, sent news that this festival, next weekend (22nd - 24th August) was also to act as a twinning festival. There were to be 16 delegates from Nablus - 4 from the Municipality and 12 young people with events planned to include

• “Meet and Greet Session” - Thursday 21st August (pm)
• Saturday Parade, leaves Dundee High School at 2 pm
• Concert / Ceilidh in “The Space”

As there has been report that the Nablus delegation has not been given permission to travel, for more information contact Mary (01382 775944).

Coffee Morning for Enable

Some people already know that Sue Marshall, as Chairperson of the Link Club, is planning to undertake a sponsored Cycle Ride in India during November to raise funds for Enable (the leading charity for learning disabilities in Scotland, to which the Link Club is affiliated). A sponsorship list is on the Vestibule table. To support Sue, a fund-raising Coffee Morning will be held in Marketgait on Saturday 30th August from 10 am to 12 noon. Tickets (£1 adults, 50p children) will be available from Link Club helpers or at the door on the day. There will be stalls and various games - support is warmly invited. Offers of help can be made to Lorna or through a Link Club helper.

Prayer Handbooks

Prayer Handbooks are available from Heather today - please see her to pay for and collect your order, or to ask if there are spares.

Caird Hall Organ Concerts

See noticeboard for details of the following musical events on Tuesdays at 7.15 pm, for which tickets are £3.25 per recital or £10.60 for the series of 4 concerts, from Dundee City Box Office:

• 26th August - 'Strictly Come Dancing and Romancing' : Bill Hutcheson
• 9th September - 'Haste Ye Back!' - Gordon Stewart (Ward Rd Meth Ch organist in the 60's)
• 23rd September - 'Diapasons and Flutes galore!' - Stuart Muir and Katy Welch (flute).

This popular TV programme is to be recorded in the Caird Hall on Thursday 4th September, between 9.30 am and 4.30 pm. Admission is free - items to be brought on the day except for large pieces of furniture or bulky antiques (write with photo, address and phone number to Antiques Roadshow, BBC, Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 2LR before Tuesday 26th August). See poster, leaflets & www.bbc.co.uk/antiques.

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in August for work in Egypt. See library area noticeboard for more information. Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to

• start tomorrow (Monday) of sponsored 500-mile bike ride from Bavaria to Bratislava and back, to raise funds for SBS Bi-centenary project in north-east Brazil;
• good progress on Khoekhoegowab New Testament translation project in Namibia, also printing of Oshindonga Bible and 2 other revisions;
• 75th anniversary of the publication in South Africa of the Bible for Afrikaans-speakers;
• impact of material distributed to factory workers and people with HIV/AIDS in Lesotho, also audio-Scriptures given to highland shepherd boys;
• 'Emerge' event in Edinburgh on Saturday, aiming to bring churches together.

TRASH: Izzy's Promise (SC033706)

Information has been sent advising that Tayside Ritual Abuse & Support Helpline (TRASH) has effected a change of name to “Izzy's Promise”, to reflect the wider coverage of the charity in supporting ritual abuse survivors beyond the Tayside area.

The charity was founded in 2002 and is now located within the premises of the children's charity Eighteen and Under (EAU) in 1 Victoria Road, Dundee, DD1 1EL. The telephone helpline number is 01382 206222 (9-5, Monday-Friday).

For further details see leaflets on the downstairs noticeboard, or contact the office, tel: (013812) 206222; see also website www.izzyspromise.org.uk.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• hand-over to the new Connexional Team;
• Supernumerary Ministers & families living in Scotland;
• Treasurers in our Circuit at the end of the financial year;
• projects in the Sheffield District (Methodist Homes);
• Christian Community Development's training of leaders on HIV/AIDS issues in Burundi's communities (Feed The Minds);
• The Leprosy Mission's promotional work in the British Isles, Southern Africa, and Canada;
• the work of Christian Aid;
• Bible Society work in Egypt;
• we pray with and for the peoples of the Pacific Islands: Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, and the French Overseas Territories of New Caledonia (Kanaky) and French Polynesia (Tahiti);
• we remember fellow Methodists in the Diss Circuit (East Anglia District) and in Armadale (Central Scotland Circuit).

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