30 May 2010
Next Sunday: 5 June 2010
- No early singing
- 11 am
- Worship, including the Sacrament of Infant Baptism for Alastair Phillips, conducted by the Rev Mary Patterson.
- Lunch will be provided after the service to which all are warmly invited.
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.
District Resourcing Day : URGENT!
This will take the form of an exploration of new models of worship under the leadership of Mike & Sally Bossingham of the Family Friendly Churches Trust. It will take place on Saturday 12th June in the National Christian Outreach Centre, Perth, from 10.30 am to 3.45 pm. Booking forms on Vestibule table - please return / contact Office immediately if you wish to go!
“Edinburgh 2010”
To commemorate the centenary of the Edinburgh 1910 Mission Conference, which is looked on as the formative event for much ecumenical mission work worldwide, a Conference is taking place in Edinburgh this week. To help the impact of this event spread within and beyond its host city, a prayer bookmark has been issued - a number are available on the Vestibule table. Please take and use to pray for those preparing for this event, also for gatherings which aim not only to remember but to take forward the work of the Church world-wide. See www.scot2010.org.uk or www.edinburgh2010.org.
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 3rd June, 7.30 pm | Dundee Methodist Church, “L” | Pastoral Committee |
| Saturday 5th June, 7.30 pm | St Paul's Cathedral, 1 High Street, Dundee | Doncaster Wheatsheaf Singers “Singing for Pleasure” at a charity concert in aid of Dundee Barnado's. Tickets £7 / children £3, from Mrs V McEwen (phone 01382 641060) or at the door; refreshments provided. |
Support other Organisations
Scottish Churches House Prayer Network
Prayers are invited this week for meetings and events in the House, including 'Central Scotland Interfaith Meeting' today and the Senior Citizens Break until Friday.
Please see noticeboard for details of the House's Jubilee Birthday Open Day on Saturday 17th July. This will begin with a “Gathering” at 12.15 pm and conclude with a Celebratory Act of Worship in Dunblane Cathedral at 5 pm, with various events during the afternoon & refreshments available. There is no charge but any “birthday gifts” will go towards a House Programme Fund to set up programme events and offer bursaries to individuals.
All are invited, whether users and visitors often in the House or those wishing to see round for the first time.
Scottish Bible Society
Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited for work in May for work in Kazakhstan and in June for work in Paraguay. See noticeboard for more information.
Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to
- interest in Bible exhibition launched in France last year;
- distribution of 4,500 bilingual New Testaments among Turkish residents in Francophone Belgium;
- expansion of work in north Malawi from the new Bible Society office;
- production of a Bible to mark the 50th anniversary of the army in Madagascar;
- completion of the Kiluba Bible translation in the Democratic Republic of Congo;
- opening of warehouses in Nkayi and Loubomomo, in south-west Congo (Brazzaville);
- distribution of material to children in Paraguay which is suffering from recession and beset by illegal trade, drugs and corruption;
- SBS AGM on Tuesday;
- National Prayer Breakfast for Scotland on Wednesday.
Forthcoming events
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 9th to 11th July 2010 | Cliff College, Derbyshire | “Breakout” for the weekend and beyond 2010 :
connect.
Held under the auspices of the Methodist Church, a weekend event
Booking is through groups, not on an individual basis, but young people can be linked together through Circuits, Districts or ecumenical groups. There is consideration being given into possible arrangements for young people in churches in Scotland where there are not formal “youth groups”. For more details see posters on downstairs noticeboard or www.breakout2010.info. Also ask Tom P about possible arrangements in Scotland. |
| Saturday 20th November 2010 | St Peter’s Free Church, 4 St Peter Street, Perth Road (map) www.stpeters-dundee.org.uk/ | Solas - Centre For Public Christianity Dundee. Launch conference - a day of apologetics and defending the facts of the Christian faith. Speakers will include Ravi Zacharias, Michael Ramsden, Amy Orr-Ewing and David Robertson. Places can be booked now, please speak to Tom P. for more details. |
Prayer Points for this week
- The President and Vice-President of Conference concluding their visit to the Caribbean;
- Methodist Ministers and Lay Staff Pension Schemes Boards, Thursday;
- 'Edinburgh 2010' Conference this week;
- planning for the Scottish Episcopal Church Synod;
- Circuit Manse Task Group and preparations for arrival of the Rev Benson Chongo and family;
- Christian Aid Volunteers' Week (Christian Aid);
- Talitha Kumi School Bethlehem where travel restrictions cause particular problems (BibleLands);
- The Leprosy Mission's work in Burma and Thailand;
- Bible Society work in Kazakhstan and Paraguay;
- projects in the Wolverhampton & Shrewsbury District (Methodist Homes);
- we pray with and for the peoples of Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland (WCC Prayer Calendar);
- we remember all in the Mid-Wiltshire Methodist-URC Area (Bristol District) and fellow Methodists in Peterhead (North of Scotland Mission Circuit).
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