7 September 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.

Worship Group Résumé

Those attending on Wednesday discussed

• arrangements for “early singing / music” in autumn
• Harvest worship on Sunday 28th September (watch this space for details / requests!)
• use of IT in worship, supporting the Finance & Property Committee's proposal to Church Council for purchase of equipment;
• “Fifth Sunday” & café-style worship, recommending to Church Council that it be continued in 2009;
• Next meeting - Wednesday 22nd October at 7.30 pm (topics : “Fifth Sunday” in November & Advent).

Coffee Morning Thanks

Sue Marshall has expressed her thanks to all who assisted last week's event to raise funds for her sponsored cycle ride in India from November 2nd in support the work of ENABLE: “It has given me a real boost and made me determined to get fit and do my best”. The total raised through sales of tickets & goods, competition entries, and donations was £238.30.

“Art & Spirituality Course”

See noticeboard for details of this course on Fridays from 19th September to 31st October (2.30 pm to 4.30 pm) in The Bield at Blackruthven, Tibbermore, Perth.

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

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

• use of 'Where to look in the Gospels' as an additional resource for the Hope Scotland programme;
• preparations for the 400th anniversary of the Authorised (King James) Version of the Bible;
• continuation of work on the Azeri New Testament and Udin Bible in Azerbaijan;
• 'Mark for Malta' trip this week to distribute 50,000 copies of Mark's Gospel in magazine format to young people in Malta;
• production of the Bible in Braille in Armenia, also provision of Bible Study Guides for teachers.

Christian Aid Appeal

India Floods : an emergency appeal has been launched in response to the devastating floods in Bihar in which more than 2.5 million people have been affected and thousands are feared to have died. An initial £200,000 has been released to help partners but there is still need of emergency food, medical assistance and long-term help. One partner, CASA, in Bangalore, is feeding 5,000 people and another, EHA, is looking after thousands of people stranded on high ground by providing medical aid and measures to prevent the out-break of water-borne diseases. All donations will be gratefully received.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• The President and Vice-President of Conference at the TUC Congress in Brighton, Monday-Tuesday;
• Methodist Ministers' and Lay Staff Pension Boards' AGMs on Thursday;
• Fiona Inglis, District Administrator, based in Dunblane;
• Montrose Hall Management Committee meeting, Monday;
• Arbroath Pastoral Committee meeting, Thursday;
• projects in the Wolverhampton & Shrewsbury District (Methodist Homes);
• The Leprosy Mission's work in south-east India;
• partner organisations in Burma (Christian Aid);
• staff and supporters (Feed The Minds);
• Bible Society work in Niger;
• we pray with and for the peoples of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, and Yugoslavia (WCC Prayer Calendar);
• we remember fellow Methodists in Fakenham, Wells and Holt (East Anglia District) and in Portessie (North of Scotland Mission Circuit).

• 31 August 2008
• 14 September 2008

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