Dundee Methodist Church

17 May 2009

Next Sunday: 24 May 2009 Aldersgate Sunday

11 am
Worship conducted by the Rev Grahame Lockhart
Sacrament
Communion Offering for FiSCAF

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.

Ministerial Pastoral cover for the Circuit

From 14th to 20th May inclusive this will be undertaken by the Rev Mary Patterson.

Meetings this week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Tuesday 19th May, 7 pm , followed by light supper Meadowside St Paul’s Church Hall (map) Meeting to consider the formation of a ecumenical Men's Club is also in progress and a meeting to consider this will be held on Tuesday 19th May at 7 pm, followed by light supper. We are invited to join Meadowside St Paul's in fellowship meetings, building on the relationships developed through United Services, Lent Groups and other times of coming together. Response to this invitation or further information from Murray Phillips at (01382) 660953; murray.p@tesco.net.
Saturday 16th - Saturday 23rd May at 7.30 pm, with matinee on Saturday 23rd at 2.30 pm Little Theatre, 58 Victoria Road, Dundee Dundee Dramatic Society presents “When the Reaper Calls”, a comedy thriller.  Tickets £8 from City Box Office.
Friday 22nd May, 12 noon - 1.30 pm YMCA 151 Brook Street, Broughty Ferry (opposite “M&S Food”) (map) Broughty Ferry Churches Group Christian Aid lunch. The weekly lunch (£2) comprises a choice of home-made soups, bread & coffee, plus conversation with friends 'old and new'.

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 in the next 2 weeks to

  • revision of the Lao Bile in Laos;
  • progress on two Bible versions in Mongolia;
  • publication of Children's Bible and Bible Comics in Japan;
  • revision of the standard (1919) Chinese Bible;
  • interconfessional translation of the New Testament in Albania.

Faiths in Scotland Community Action Fund (FiSCAF)

FiSCAF is the acronym for the new body which has superseded the Scottish Churches Community Trust (SCCT) which itself took over the work in Scotland previously covered under Methodism's “Mission Alongside the Poor Fund”.

David Easson & Bill Reid represented Dundee Methodist Church and the Methodist Church in Scotland respectively at the National Launch in Discovery Point, Dundee, earlier this year. They have literature on the work of the Fund's involvement “with local faith groups as they build hope and struggle against poverty by providing grants and support in Scotland's most fragile urban and rural communities”.

Forthcoming events

Date & timeVenueDetails
Sunday 7th June, 3.15 pm, followed by light supper Dundee Methodist Church 60th Anniversary Commemoration. The Circuit's Preachers have pleasure in inviting the family and friends of Bill Easson to join him and them in a short Act of Worship to mark his 60 years as a “Methodist Local Preacher on Full Plan”. It will include the presentation of a Connexional Long Service Certificate. Refreshments will be served after.
Saturday 13th June, 10 am to 4 pm National Christian Outreach Centre, Riggs Road, Perth “Turning the Church on its head”. This “District Event for Everyone” is a successor to previous 'Resourcing' and 'Networking Days'. The facilitator will be the Rev Barbara Glasson (of “Fresh Expressions” 'Bread Church - Somewhere Else'. Those who know Barbara (ie Revs Lily Twist & David Firth) or have experienced her leadership ('tricia & Sandy and David E as delegates to Conference in Blackpool 2007) are enthusiastic about who she is and what she does. BOOKING FORMS NOW ON TABLE - please return to Methodist District Office, SCH, Dunblane FK15 0AJ or email Fiona Inglis: :meth@scottishchurcheshouse.org  

Prayer Points for this week

  • The President & Vice-President of Conference's visit to the Channel Islands;
  • Church of Scotland General Assembly, 21st - 27th May;
  • preparations for Scotland District Day in Perth on 13th June;
  • those who work with young people, and the new Youth Venture at Marketgait;
  • projects and supporters in Birmingham (Methodist Homes);
  • people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Christian Aid);
  • Bible Society work in Cambodia;
  • Arab Evangelical School in Hebron educating 350 primary-aged children (BibleLands);
  • The Leprosy Mission's work in west India;
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Malawi and Zambia (WCC Prayer Calendar);
  • we remember fellow Methodists in Leek (Chester and Stoke-on-Trent District), and in Greenock (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire Circuit).