Dundee Methodist Church

3 April 2011

Next Sunday
10 April 2011
Lent 5

11 am
Worship led by the Rev Mary Patterson

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.

Lent Observance

  • Dundee City Centre Churches will share in studying material by Spurgeon on Tuesday at 7.30 pm in Meadowside St Paul's Church (lower hall); material available at meeting.
  • The Broughty Ferry Churches Group will share in a Study Group on Wednesday at 7.30 pm in Barnhill St Margaret's Church, Invermark Terraace, Broughty Ferry on the topic “Wounds and Healing” from the CTBI material 'Reconciliation Together'.
  • Riverside Methodist Church Blairgowrie, will be hosting a series of Lent Talks, supported by EPACTS (East Perthshire Action of Churches Together in Scotland), at 7.30pm as follows:
    • Wed 6 April: 'Richness of Diversity' - Dr Bill Reid, Methodist Connexional Liaison Officer for Scotland
    • Sun 10 April: 'Caring for the Environment' - Rt Rev Bruce Cameron, former Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
    We would welcome support at Blairgowrie for the last two in the series. See poster on noticeboard.

Easter Reflections

The Rev John Butterfield, Convener of the ACTS Church Life Network & a Methodist Presbyter, has written this year's Easter Meditational Leaflet, based on St Matthew's Gospel and entitled “Through the Week”. Download from www.acts-scotland.org or ring Shona Paterson: 01259 216980.

Meetings this week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Tuesday 5th April, 7.30 pm Meadowside St Paul's Church (lower hall) City Centre Lent Group will share in studying material by Spurgeon; material available at meeting.
Wednesday 6th April, 7.30 pm Riverside Methodist Church, Blairgowrie 'Richness of Diversity' - Dr Bill Reid. One of a series of Lent Talks, supported by EPACTS (East Perthshire Action of Churches Together in Scotland). For the whole series, see Dates for your diary.
Wednesday 6th April, 7.30 pm Barnhill St Margaret's Church, Invermark Terraace, Broughty Ferry Broughty Ferry Churches Lent Study Group on the topic “Wounds and Healing” from the CTBI material 'Reconciliation Together'.
Thursday 7th April, 2 pm Dundee Methodist Church, upstairs Maundy Thursday Planning Group
Friday 8th April, 12 noon - 1 pm YMCA 151 Brook Street, Broughty Ferry (opposite “M&S Food”) (map) Broughty Ferry Churches Group Christian Aid lunch. Soup - a good selection each week - is served with bread & cheese, followed by coffee for £2, in support of this ecumenical aid, relief and development charity. The lunches last year raised over £2,000 for Christian Aid. A warm welcome is given to all to come and share food and fellowship regularly or from time to time.
Sunday 10th April, 2.30 pm Broughty Ferry New Kirk, Queen Street, Broughty Ferry “Question Time Event” - an opportunity to question the candidates for Dundee City East constituency in the 5th May Holyrood Election.
Sunday 10th April, 7.30 pm Riverside Methodist Church, Blairgowrie 'Caring for the Environment' - Rt Rev Bruce Cameron. Last of a series of Lent Talks, supported by EPACTS (East Perthshire Action of Churches Together in Scotland). For the whole series, see Dates for your diary.

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

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

  • 150th anniversary of Protestant missionary work in Japan whose people we continue to prayerfully uphold in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami;
  • opening of doors in North Korea where religious freedom is very limited;
  • work of the Bible Society and churches in South Korea;
  • marking by the Bible Society in England and Wales of the 400th anniversary of the Authorized Version.

Forthcoming events

Date & timeVenueDetails
Tuesday 12th April, 7.30 pm St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee “The Narrow Road” : “a moving combination of powerful theatre, mediation and corporate worship” presented by the Riding Lights Theatre Company. Tickets (£8/£7) from the Box Office 07401 / (01382) 224486. See www.ridinglights.org for details.
Saturday 16th April, 7 pm St James the Great, Scottish Episcopal Church, Cupar Samuel Chorus concert
Sunday 17th April, 6.30 pm Dundee West Church, Roseangle Samuel Chorus concert
Tuesday 3rd May, 9.30 am to 3.30 pm Stirling Baptist Church ACTS Cross-Network Conference - 'Ministry in a Time of Change'. For details, contact Tom Moyes at ACTS (01259 222363) or, if you plan to attend, Joan Pennycook on joanpennycook@acts-scotland.org.
Saturday 7th May, 10.30 am (coffee) to 3 pm - lunch provided Dunblane Cathedral Halls “Journeying Together” - the second District Ecumenical Forum. To register please send form (see Vestibule table) to / contact Bill Reid (01786 820295), e-mail billreid@methodistchurch.plus.com. All are welcome.
Tuesday May 3rd - Tuesday June 14th, excluding May 10th, from 7 pm to 8:30 pm Solas Centre, St Peter Street, Dundee Life of Jesus - from the DVD. For DVD preview, see www.lifeofjesus.tv.
Tuesday 10th May, 7 pm Solas Centre, St Peter Street, Dundee Sons of Korah in Concert : A musical journey into the Psalms, in association with the Bible Society, Scottish Bible Society, and Bible Fresh. Tickets £8 / £5 concession.
Friday 13th May, 7.30 pm St James' Church of Scotland, Broughty Ferry Impromptu Singers concert in aid of RNLI.
Saturday 11th June, 10.30 am to 3.45 pm Central Baptist Church, Ward Road, Dundee “Together in Mission” : District Resourcing Day. The Day will explore the role of small groups in deepening discipleship, as part of “Deepening Discipleship Week”. It is suggested that Sunday worship in the Week also focuses on “discipleship”. For more details of the Day and Week see www.methodistchurchinscotland.org.uk or the Resourcing Day leaflet (copies on the Vestibule table). Booking for the Resourcing Day is requested by 21st May if possible via the form, also available on the Vestibule table, or with the District Administrator, Fiona Inglis (01786 820295; email fiona@methodistchurch.plus.com.

Prayer Points for this week

  • The President and Vice-President of Conference's visit to the Channel Islands, to Wednesday;
  • Methodist Council, Wednesday to Friday;
  • General Church Meeting, Perth next Sunday;
  • residents and staff in the Birmingham District (Methodist Homes);
  • The Salaam Centre's work in the rubbish-picking community of Ezbet el Nahkl in Cairo (BibleLands);
  • The Leprosy Mission's work in Guinea and Nigeria;
  • World Health Day, Thursday (Christian Aid);
  • Bible Society work in Chile;
  • we pray with and for the peoples of East Timor, Indonesia, and The Philippines (WCC Ecumenical Calendar);
  • we remember fellow Methodists in the Neath Port Talbot Circuit (Wales Synod) and in Buckie (North of Scotland Mission Circuit).