Dundee Methodist Church

23 February 2014

Next Sunday
1 March 2014

10.45 am
'early singing' led by Jenny and David Easson
11 am
Worship including the Sacrament of Holy Communion, conducted by the Rev Dr Gerald Bostock
Communion Offering for Mission in Britain

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 28th 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

  • 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

  • Methodist Tri-Service Chaplains Conference, Tuesday - Thursday;
  • Methodist Ministers stationed in Shetland;
  • all in contact with children and young people in our Circuit's churches;
  • work of the Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation (Embrace);
  • work in South Africa (MAF);
  • residents, staff and supporters in the Bristol District (Methodist Homes);
  • harvests in Burundi (Christian Aid);
  • Bible Society work in Costa Rica;
  • we pray with and for the peoples of of Germany and France;
  • we remember Methodists in Huddersfield (West Yorkshire District) and in Inverness and throughout the Highlands (Inverness Circuit).