20 March 2011
Lent 2
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.
The Bible Reading Group will meet on Thursday at 7.30 pm in Marketgait, and, for any who cannot manage Thursday or wish a second session, on Sunday at 10 am, before worship
The 'Dig Deeper' Group will meet on Thursday 24th March, with Sunday 27th March as an alternative or second session. The book which forms the basis of the sessions can be accessed on www.thegoodbook.co.uk/dig-deeper, with a copy and discounted copies also available from Tom Penman.
For more information on Bibles / Groups, contact Tom Penman.
Our friends at OLGC give an invitation to ecumenical partners to join them on an outing to New Lanark on Wednesday 11 May, at a cost of £28. The outing will include a Peace Service, tour of the Heritage Village and High Tea. For more details, contact Father Anthony McCarthy, 29 Westfield Road, DD5 1ED, tel: (01382) 778750, to whom bookings and payment should be made no later than Sunday 20th March
Malcolm Rothwell (our former Minister in Dundee) has written a second book which he has asked us to publicise: “Sense and Nonsense, conversations with a clown about spiritual things”. It is published by authorhouse 2011, and is available from Amazon (online) or Waterstones.
The preface, written by the Revd the Lord Griffiths of Burry Port (Rev Leslie Griffiths) states “This book took hold of me and would not let me go until I had finished it” and concludes “I found it immensely pleasurable and I can only hope it gets a wide readership”.
The Spring issue of the District newsletter is now available and contains articles on or details of
For printed copies, please contact the District Administrator, Fiona Inglis, on 01786 820295; email fiona@methodistchurch.plus.com
NB: the Diary Dates include the “District Resourcing Day” on Saturday 11th June in the Central Baptist Church, Dundee: note the date and place now!!
Date & time | Venue | Details |
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Tuesday 15th March, 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 16th March, 7.30 pm | Broughty Ferry New Kirk's Kippen Hall (St Vincent Street) | Broughty Ferry Churches Lent Study Group on the topic “Strangers and friends” from the CTBI material 'Reconciliation Together'. |
Thursday 17th March, 6.30 pm | Dundee Methodist Church, “B” | Treasurers' Meeting |
Thursday 17th March, 7.30 pm | Dundee Methodist Church, “L” | Circuit Meeting |
Thursday 17th March, 7.30 pm | Dundee Methodist Church, “B” | Read the Bible in a Year study group. All welcome. |
Friday 18th March, 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 20th March, 10 am | Dundee Methodist Church, “B” | Read the Bible in a Year study group. All welcome. |
Sunday 20th March, 7.30 pm | Caird Hall (map) | Dundee Choral Union - Handel's “Messiah” - David Easson, Denise & Andy Jackson have tickets. |
Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited for work in March for work in Croatia. See noticeboard in library area for more information.
Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to
Date & time | Venue | Details |
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Tuesday 22nd March, 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm | Whitehall Theatre, Bellfield Street, Dundee | 'Memory Lane' - tickets tel 08717 029486 or see www.timelesstheatre.co.uk. |
Tuesday 22nd March to Saturday 26th March, 7.30 pm (Wednesday also 2.30 pm) | Caird Hall (map) | 'Annie'. Tickets from Box Office (01382) 434940; see www.cairdhall.co.uk. |
Wednesday 23rd March, 7.30 pm | Riverside Methodist Church, Blairgowrie | 'Is Faith in God a Creator necessary?' - Rev Fraser Penny. First in 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. |
Thursday 24th March, 7.30 pm | Dundee Methodist Church | Dig Deeper into the Bible study group. All welcome. |
Sunday 27th March, 10 am | Dundee Methodist Church | Dig Deeper into the Bible study group. All welcome. |
Sunday 27th March, 7.30 pm | Riverside Methodist Church, Blairgowrie | 'Our Moral Choices' - Dr Jim McManus. Second in 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. |
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