Dundee Methodist Church

16 September 2012

Next Sunday
23 September 2012

11 am
Worship led by Mrs Sue Marshall-Jennings

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.

Sound System

Apologies are offered to those trying to use the T-loop system on recent Sundays when the lectern mike has been ineffective. Rectification of the fault is being actively pursued and Preachers advised meantime to use only the radio mike. If there are other problems with the sound system, please promptly mention these to the Church Steward on duty.

The Methodist Prayer Handbook for 2012-13

Copies (£3.15) and one large print edition (£3.50) are on the Vestibule table. Payment to Jenny or David Easson when convenient.

“Christianity Explored”

Every Monday evening, 17th September to 5th November inclusive, 7pm - 9pm, in St John's Methodist Church Hall, Arbroath, the Rev Mary Patterson will be leading this series. There is an open invitation to anyone to come along.

Worship Leaders Course

Notice has been received of a course to be run by Rev. Andrew Letby (Superintendent of the Edinburgh & Forth Circuit) over a weekend at the beginning of October at Tulliallan (Police College). It will qualify those attending to be Worship Leaders within their own congregations, subject to the approval of their respective Church Councils. The cost will be £120 for accommodation and food, with materials being supplied by the Edinburgh & Forth Circuit. If anyone is interested, please contact the Rev Mary Patterson on 01674 672373 as soon as possible. There may be help with funding if necessary.

Meetings this week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Monday 17th September 2012, 7pm - 9pm St John's Methodist Church Hall, Arbroath “Christianity Explored” - the Rev Mary Patterson will be leading this series lasting until 5th November 2012. There is an open invitation to anyone to come along.
Wednesday 19th September 2012, 10am to 11.30am Blairgowrie Methodist Church Coffee Morning. The support of Circuit friends is always much appreciated and a warm welcome given to all who come.
Thursday 20th September 2012, 7.30pm Dundee Methodist Church, “L” Church Council
Friday 21st September 2012, 12 noon - 1 pm YMCA 151 Brook Street, Broughty Ferry (opposite “M&S Food”) (map) Broughty Ferry Churches Group Christian Aid lunch. A choice of soups (including a vegetarian option), bread and cheese, followed by coffee or tea is available, and a donation of £2 (or more!) is invited to support the work of Christian Aid. A warm welcome is given to all to partake of the food and fellowship, whilst thinking of others worldwide.
Saturday 22nd September 2012, 3pm St Mary's Episcopal Church, Queen Street, Broughty Ferry Institution and Licensing of the new Rector and Associate Rector, the Rev Dr Francis Bridger and the Rev Helen Bridger.

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in September for work in Togo.

Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to

  • acceptance of the new Contemporary Russian Bible and distribution of material by travelling Russian Bible Society staff;
  • new Bible House in Abuja, Nigeria, also religious tolerance in the north;
  • Laos, a closed country for Christian ministry;
  • BibleWorld exhibiting at the Scottish Learning Festival in Glasgow this week;
  • preparation of the autumn edition of SBS “Alive and Active” magazine.

Tax Justice Bus Tour Scotland

Christian Aid and Church Action on Poverty intimate that the “Tax Justice Bus” will visit Scotland in October, calling at St Andrews and Inverness on Thursday 4th October.

More details to come; to become involved contact Diane Green: dgreen@christian-aid.org; tel 0141 241 6136.

Forthcoming events

Date & timeVenueDetails
Monday 24th September 2012, 7pm - 9pm St John's Methodist Church Hall, Arbroath “Christianity Explored” - the Rev Mary Patterson will be leading this series lasting until 5th November 2012. There is an open invitation to anyone to come along.
Friday 28th September 2012 City Chambers, Edinburgh Seminar on “Welfare Reform”, organised inter alia by Scottish Churches Housing Action. The speakers will include Alastair Cameron, Chief Executive, SCHA, Mike Crockart, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, and Margaret Lynch, Chief Executive, Citizens Advice Scotland. The seminar is free but lunch can be booked at £10 per head. For more info, e-mail: info@churches-housing.org .
Thursday 4th October 2012, 10am (for 10.30am) to about 4.30pm the new Gorbals Parish Church, 1 Errol Gardens, GLASGOW, G5 0RA “The Mission Dimension within Worship” - A Study Day, led by the Rev Dr Adrian Burdon, Superintendent of the Leeds Methodist Mission and Convener of the Worship and Liturgy Resources Group of the Methodist Faith and Order Commission. Dr Burdon is a former Principal of the Methodist Theological College in Tonga and currently at York St John's University; he recently completed a sabbatical on worship and mission, including time in China. The Day will also include contributions from Gorbals Parish Church's experience of worship and outreach in their local community.
The organiser, Rev Douglas Galbraith, Secretary of the Church Service Society (which this year celebrates its 150th anniversary) and Convener of ACTS, has sent a specific invitation to Methodists to this event.
Further details to come but the cost is expected not to exceed £20, including a buffet lunch and other catering. To intimate interest/ receive further details, contact dgalbraith@hotmail.com; tel 01592 752403.
Saturday 27th October 2012, 10am to 3.15pm Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL Church of Scotland and ACTS Autumn Conference on the theme “Ecumenical Relations in an Age of Change”. See noticeboard for details; contact / book through Ros Milne, Committee on Ecumenical Relations, Church of Scotland, tel: 0131 225 5722 ext 2370; email: rmilne@cofscotland.org.uk

Prayer Points for this week

  • the President of Conference, the Rev Dr Mark Wakelin, at the Guy Chester Centre on Saturday;
  • ecumenical partners in Great Britain and Ireland;
  • St Mary's SEC, Broughty Ferry, its new Rector, the Rev Dr Francis Bridger, and its new Associate Rector, the Rev Helen Bridger;
  • the “One Circuit” process in the Scotland District following yesterday's Synod in Inverness;
  • the future pattern of ministry within our Circuit;
  • flights in southern Africa from the base in Johannesburg (Mission Aviation Fellowship);
  • The Leprosy Mission's work in Botswana, D R Congo and Zambia;
  • work with hearing-impaired children in Hebron (BibleLands / “Embrace the Middle East”);
  • International Day of Peace on Friday; Sudan and South Sudan (Christian Aid);
  • projects in the West Yorkshire District (Methodist Homes);
  • Bible Society work in Togo;
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Bulgaria, Hungary , and Romania (WCC Ecumenical Calendar);
  • we remember fellow Methodists in Islington and Camden (North West) (The London District) and in East Kilbride (Glasgow Circuit).