12 February 2012
Next Sunday
19 February 2012
- 11 am
- Worship led by Mr Keith Pearson
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.
(No) Flowers during Lent
Elaine Roberts writes
“I received a letter that was from the Rev Mary Patterson stating that at a recent Worship Group Meeting it was decided not to have flowers in the Worship area for the season of Lent.
Therefore I have notified the people concerned and they have agreed to have other dates.
There however is still a vacant date on the 30th December.”
Christmas 2012
At Wednesday's Church Council, there was a decision not to hold a Christmas Day service in 2012 but instead, since 30th December is a “fifth Sunday”, to make this Café Service our main celebration of Christmas, enabling many more people to be involved than have recently attended Christmas Day services.
(Following what Elaine has said above, can we ensure a lovely supply of flowers for that special day!)
(Further info from the Church Council including news of Lent and Holy Week events will follow next week - David Easson)
Poverty and Homelessness Action Week
5th February was the last day of this special week, but any further contributions to this appeal will be welcomed by the Treasurer, David Easson
Meetings this week
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
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| Friday 17th February 2012, 12 noon - 1 pm | YMCA 151 Brook Street, Broughty Ferry (opposite “M&S Food”) (map) | Broughty Ferry Churches Group Christian Aid lunch. Soup (choice from 3 or more) is served with bread & cheese, followed by coffee (plus occasional shortbread!) for £2, in support of this ecumenical aid, relief and development charity. A warm welcome is given to all to come and share food and fellowship regularly or from time to time. |
Support other Organisations
Scottish Bible Society
Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in February for work in Costa Rica. Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to
- work amongst prisoners in Papua New Guinea, to the extent that former prisoners are starting Bible-based literacy programmes and translation projects in their home areas;
- several Bible Societies in the world making hard decisions about numbers of Bibles they can order in difficult economic times;
- publication in Hong Kong of various versions of the Revised Chinese Union Version of the Bible;
- students at the Highland Theological College in Dingwall learning about the work of SBS;
- high demands for the scriptures in Taiwan, where several new translations are being published this year;
- many new readers, following the revision and launch of the Protestant Bible in Madagascar, as well as a new Bible Study Project.
Forthcoming events
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 24th February 2012, 10am to 4pm | Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh | “Without Words; Creative Communication” - a One-Day Workshop
run by 'Faith
in Older People', seeking to address,
from a spiritual perspective, aspects of communication when living and
working with people suffering from dementia.
The facilitators will be Kate Allan, a psychologist whose interests include communication creativity and wellbeing in dementia, and John Killick, a writer and champion of the role of art for people with dementia. Cost £65. Registration via
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| Saturday February 25th February 2012, 11am coffee / 11.30am start to 3.45pm | Central Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX | “Holiness and Risk” Event This day event is for all interested and especially as a continuation for any who attended previous H&R Days. The programme will include a mix of sharing stories, exploring resources, worship, table fellowship - with fun and laughter as essential ingredients!
Please advise Fiona Inglis, District Administrator, if you wish to attend by
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| Wednesday 29th February 2012, 4pm to 8pm (including meal together) | The Bield at Blackruthven | Invitation to meet Ann Morisy. Scotland District Learning & Development Forum is hosting an open discussion to be resourced by Ann Morisy. Ann, then visiting Scotland, is well-known as an exciting and encouraging speaker on the churches' engagements with communities, and has written widely on this, including “Journeying Out: a new approach to Christian mission”. For late registrations, please contact the District Administrator, Fiona Inglis, on fiona@methodistchurch.plus.com or 01786 820295. |
| Thursday 22nd to Saturday 24th March 2012 | Gardyne Theatre, Dundee College | “Mother of All The Peoples” : a return of the play celebrating the life and work of Mary Slessor. Tickets £12 (£10 concessions) - see noticeboard. |
| Friday 23rd March 2012, 10am to 4pm | Ignatian Spirituality Centre, 35 Scott Street, Glasgow G3 6PE | “Without Words; Creative Communication” - a One-Day Workshop
run by 'Faith
in Older People', seeking to address,
from a spiritual perspective, aspects of communication when living and
working with people suffering from dementia.
The facilitators will be Kate Allan, a psychologist whose interests include communication creativity and wellbeing in dementia, and John Killick, a writer and champion of the role of art for people with dementia. Cost £65. Registration via
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| Saturday 24th March 2012 | Allan Park South Church, Dumbarton Road, Stirling FK8 2QJ, with further events in Holy Trinity and 'the Smith' | The Drummond Trust Stirling Conference: 'Ian Masson Fraser'. “Ian Fraser is arguably Scotland's greatest living theologian, whose theology is lived out in action, prayer and poetry. This Conference provides a rare opportunity to explore in the round the ways in which Ian's gifts of thought and language have expressed themselves in a unique witness for our times ...” Contributors include Ian himself, Kathy Galloway, Elizabeth Templeton, Tim Duffy, Douglas Galbraith, Alison Jack and Elspeth King. Cost (incl refreshments & buffet lunch); £10 / £8 concessions. Early booking is advised, contact:
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Prayer Points for this week
- the President of Conference at the Northumbria Industrial Mission Commissioning Service tomorrow, and meeting with younger Ministers on Wednesday-Thursday;
- the Vice-President of Conference at the Lay leaders Weekend in London next weekend;
- the continuing process for appointing a new Chair of District;
- hosting of Synod in this Circuit at the end of April;
- residents and staff in the Leeds District (Methodist Homes);
- The Leprosy Mission's work in Mozambique;
- CIPCA, partner in cocoa trade in Bolivia (Christian Aid);
- Mission Aviation Fellowship sharing with other agencies' work in Madagascar;
- 'Think and Do, Minya', empowering young women (BibleLands);
- Bible Society work in Costa Rica;
- we pray with and for the peoples of Belgium, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands (WCC Ecumenical Calendar);
- we remember fellow Methodists in Bromley (The London District) and in Armadale (Central Scotland Circuit).
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