3 May 2009

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.

“Letter sent in the Springtime of Love”

Our “sisters in the Guild” at Meadowside St Paul's Church have sent an invitation to join them in looking ahead for the future of their Guild Meeting on a more ecumenical basis. Our presence and comments are invited at a Savouries Evening on Monday May 11th at 7.15 pm in their Church Hall. This would provide opportunity to consider programme and speakers, plus the rather tricky question of “which evening to meet”.

Their letter of invitation is on the Vestibule table and we are asked to “RSVP” by May 3rd (ie today!).

PS : an invitation has now been received from Meadowside St Paul's re the formation of a Men's Club on 19th May - details next week.

District Newsletter / Circuits' News

Both are now available on the Vestibule table. If you wish a copy (of either or both) forwarded electronically, please contact the Eassons.

“Worried about your memory?” Test Campaign in Dundee

The Scottish Government and NHS Scotland are undertaking a campaign in Dundee, through the agency of The Gate Worldwide Limited, to test awareness and understanding of dementia.

• The aim is for this campaign to be as widely-known as possible, through public advertisement, posters, and distribution of booklets.
• A supply of booklets has been delivered to Marketgait and we are invited to take, read, distribute, and “pass on the word” as appropriate.
• The target group is “the over-45's : those with memory worries of their own as well as those concerned for families and friends”.

An introductory letter and the Booklets are on the Vestibule table. Information about The Gate Worldwide can be obtained from 100 Ocean Drive, Edinburgh EH6 6JJ, tel: 0131 555 0425; >www.thegateworldwide.com.

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

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

• development of design and materials in South Korea for use elsewhere in the world;
• continuing repression in North Korea;
• long-awaited Mien Bible and first Thai-Chinese New Testament, in Thailand, also relocation of Bangkok Bible House;
• United Bible Societies Day of Prayer, Saturday;
• translators from minority groups, adequate funding, and distribution work in Vietnam.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• The President of Conference in West Yorkshire this week and Lincoln & Grimsby next weekend;
• preparations for Christian Aid Week events in Scotland;
• District Learning Groups meeting in Dunblane on Saturday;
• young people in Tayside and new youth venture at Marketgait;
• projects in Bedfordshire, Essex and Hertfordshire (Methodist Homes);
• conditions of increasing drought in Ethiopia (Christian Aid);
• Bible Society work in Cambodia;
• Education programmes of the Annahda Centre in Ramallah for those with special needs (BibleLands);
• The Leprosy Mission's research work;
• we pray with and for the peoples of Sudan and Uganda (WCC Prayer Calendar);
• we remember fellow Methodists in Cheadle (Chester and Stoke-on-Trent District),and in Barrhead (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire.

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