Dundee Methodist Church

16 February 2014

Next Sunday
23 February 2014

11 am
Worship led by Mrs Julya Walsh

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.

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.

Fairtrade Fortnight: 24th February to 9th March

Keep an eye out for news of local events to support!

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.

Meetings this week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Friday 21st 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.
Saturday 22nd February 2014, 10am - 5pm Full Gospel Church, Constitution Street Dundee Foodbank Day of Sorting; a day of reorganisation. The work involves sorting, cleaning and some reorganisation of rooms. All willing hands will be welcome, including able under-18's 'with a responsible adult', and those with only half-an-hour to give. Please make prior contact via http://tiny.cc/foodbank22feb, dave@dundee.foodbank.org.uk or phone/text: 07704 048121.
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.

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

  • support for distribution, translation, and seminary training in China;
  • translation of the Bible into modern Georgian;
  • over 150 years of Bible Society work in Pakistan;
  • distribution and translation projects in Kazakhstan.

Forthcoming events

Date & timeVenueDetails
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.

Prayer Points for this week

  • the President of Conference in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Monday - Tuesday;
  • Methodist Ministers stationed in Scotland;
  • all in contact with children and young people in our Circuit's churches;
  • work of EpiscoCare in Egypt (Embrace);
  • work in Mozambique and Lesotho (MAF);
  • residents, staff and supporters in the Bristol District (Methodist Homes);
  • Sona Santal Samaj Samiti's education work in India (Christian Aid);
  • Bible Society work in Costa Rica;
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Portugal, Spain, Italy and Malta
  • we remember Methodists in Huddersfield (West Yorkshire District) and in Inverness and throughout the Highlands (Inverness Circuit).