Dundee Methodist Church

9 February 2014

Next Sunday
16 February 2014

11 am
Worship, including the Act of Infant Baptism conducted by the Rev Mary Patterson
Coffee and cake served after
No Holy Communion

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.

Dundee Methodists and Food Banks

We support the Dundee Foodbank by bringing in any of the suggested items from the Shopping List (on the table on the upstairs landing) and placing them in the large blue Bucket provided nearby. An explanatory slip is also available. There is also need for plastic carrier bags of suitable size; please place any spares by the Bucket. Monetary donations are also welcome. Contact Liz Kay for further information.

Thanks are expressed for all contributions, from church folk or others using our premises and facilities.

Preaching Plan

The Plan for March-May has been distributed electronically to those on the list and some printed copies are on the Vestibule table. Please contact Jenny or David Easson for inclusion on the electronic system or for further printed copies.

Meetings this week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Tuesday 11th February 2014, 11am to 3pm Steeple Church Centre “Stay Safe On-line Event” - for all on-line users (of whatever age) - - advice and help offered by police, Barnados, community safety team, youth bus and youth team, education dept ….
Tuesday 11th February 2014, 2pm Small church hall, St Mary's Broughty Ferry “Staying safe in the home” - a talk given by Claire Ramsay (Community Safety Team of Dundee City Council) to the Mothers' Union. All welcome.
Thursday 13th February 2014, 7.30pm Dundee Methodist Church, “L” Worship Consultation: all with an interest in our worship life are welcome to consider planning for Lent.
Friday 14th February 2014, 12 noon to 1pm YMCA 151 Brook Street, Broughty Ferry (opposite “M&S Food”) (map) Broughty Ferry Churches Group Christian Aid Soup Lunch. A choice of soups is offered, with bread and cheese, followed by tea or coffee, for which a minimum donation of £2 is requested. A warm welcome is extended to all to partake of the Soup Lunch and join in the warm table fellowship throughout the autumn and spring.

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Our support via the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in February for work in Costa Rica. See library area noticeboard.

Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to

  • need for continuing peace and stability in East Timor;
  • identification of priorities and wise use of resources by the Bible Society in India, especially in ministries for the poor, young people, those who cannot read and the handicapped;
  • contact in Nepal with children - especially the visually impaired and those who cannot read; also ongoing translation work;
  • progress with efforts to provide new and revised Scriptures in Armenia.

Operation Mobilisation

OM has sent a copy of its magazine 'go4it', outlining its continuing short term outreach work in over 150 operations in more than 40 countries. Please borrow, read, and return the magazine from the vestibule table.

Forthcoming events

Date & timeVenueDetails
Saturday 22nd February 2014. 10.30am to 4pm. Tea to follow. City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, Nicolson Square “Living Upside Down in Lent”.
Join with other Methodists in Scotland to think together about Jesus' offer of 'a more abundant life';
  • its meaning
  • its relevance in a society where great abundance sits side by side with poverty and need.

Brunch will be provided from 10.30am, with opening worship at 11.15am. ; the day's formal activities will conclude at 4pm but it is hoped that as many as possible will stay for a 'fellowship tea' (free - please advise if overnight accommodation would be helpful).
The programme will include worship and workshops, time for conversation and sharing of ideas, and the introduction by the Chair of the Synod, the Rev David P Easton, of the third in the “Living Upside Down” Bible Studies prepared for small group or personal use in Lent.
Booking forms are available on the vestibule table or from the District Office to which completed forms should be sent: contact Fiona Inglis by Tuesday 18th February - fiona@methodistchurch.plus.com; tel: 01786 820295; Methodist Office, Old Churches House, Kirk Street, Dunblane, FK15 0AJ.
Saturday 22nd February 2014, 1pm St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, High Street, Dundee Lunchtime Concert - Felicity Sim (piano) Tickets at the door - £4 adults, £3 concessions, schoolchildren free. Coffee and tea are served after each concert. See poster.
Sunday 23rd March 2014, 7.30pm Caird Hall, Dundee Dundee Choral Union Spring Concert. Elgar “The Music Makers”, Vaughan Williams “Pilgrim's Journey” and Parry “Blest Pair of Sirens”, with Orchestra of Scottish Opera. Tickets (£15, £5 for students and unemployed) are available from Denise Jackson or David Easson.
Saturday 12th April 2014,3pm St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, High Street, Dundee Chamber Music Recital with The Savane Trio: works by Haydn, Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Piazzolla. Admission free - refreshments served in the interval.

Prayer Points for this week

  • the President of Conference in Cumbria this weekend and in the Northampton District next weekend;
  • those preparing to mark Education Sunday next Sunday;
  • the Scotland Training and Development Team - Helen, Gary and Sally;
  • all affected by floods and the recent exceptional weather;
  • refugees supported by the Beit el Nour Association in Beirut (Embrace);
  • vulnerable Pacific island communities affected by cyclones and effects of climate change (MAF);
  • residents, staff and supporters in the Bolton and Rochdale district (Methodist Homes);
  • World Radio Day on Tuesday - local radio is a vital means of communication in times of disaster (Christian Aid);
  • Bible Society work in Costa Rica;
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Belgium, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands;
  • we remember Methodists in Holmfirth (West Yorkshire District) and our Circuit colleagues in Montrose as they seek to discern their way ahead (Angus, Dundee and Perthshire Circuit).