17 October 2010

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.

UNICEF Jars of Grace

As is our custom in Dundee, “Jars of Grace” will be handed out during next Sunday's worship for return on Sunday 7th November.

Café Service - Jenny's Request

“I hope to be able to lead worship at the Café Service on 31st October. To ensure that preparations are well in hand, both for myself or a colleague Preacher if needed, I aim to put together an outline / “script” in the coming weeks. If you are willing to take part (material available), please let me know as soon as possible. Thanks!”

Micah Challenge 2010

Those who attended last Sunday's Service with the Vice-President of Conference, Deacon Eunice Attwood may care to read Eunice's blog which contains two photos of the event.

A bigger version of the Micah Challenge picture is on display upstairs in Marketgait on the inside board. See how many of the congregation you can identify!

Also - and more importantly - don't forget to take up the Micah Challenge in support of progress to “halve poverty by 2015”.

One World Week: 17th - 24th October

The theme for this year is “Peacing Together One World” as part of the “UN Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World”.

One World Week is concentrating on the three areas most closely related to its vision and aims:

• Promoting sustainable economic and social development
• Promoting respect for all human rights
• Advancing understanding, tolerance and solidarity

A culture of peace can be established at many levels:

• through personal inner peace;
• peace within the family;
• harmony within the community, between communities and across faiths;
• justice and non-violence on a global scale.

Lunch Invitation

On Sunday 21st November there will be a “Faith Lunch” after worship to give an opportunity to meet people new to the Dundee area, especially students - and to have chance for longer chat with others also!

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

Scottish Churches House Prayer Network

Daily Prayers are said in the Chapel from 9 am to 9.15 am; Network members are particularly asked to join with many others on Wednesdays (see leaflets on noticeboard & table).

Prayers are invited this week for meetings and events in the House including the Interim Board meeting tomorrow, and ACTS Members' Residential (Wednesday - Thursday).

Scottish Bible Society

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

• launch of pilot translation of Luke's Gospel in Slovenia;
• required three print-runs for Revised Saric Bible in Croatia;
• plans for translation of the Old Testament into modern Serbian and the four Gospels into Serbian Romani;
• observance of Bible Sunday next Sunday.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• The President of Conference in the Bolton & Rochdale District from Thursday; the Vice-President at the Artserve Conference, High Leigh, next weekend;
• Connexional Team members based in London, Manchester and elsewhere;
• members of the District Executive and Policy Committees;
• our Circuit's Ministers and their families;
• the people of Afghanistan (Christian Aid);
• residents and staff in the Leeds District (Methodist Homes);
• Rawdat el-Zuhur school in Jerusalem for primary -school children (BibleLands);
• Bible Society work in Mozambique;
• The Leprosy Mission's international Directors;
• we pray with and for the peoples of India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka (WCC Prayer Calendar);
• we remember fellow Methodists in the Bolton Circuit (Bolton and Rochdale District) and in Kirkcaldy (Edinburgh and Forth Circuit).

• 10 October 2010
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