01 June 2014

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.
We send our greetings to those unable to worship with us in Marketgait as they would wish because of frail health.

Gift Appeal

Following discussion by the Church Council anent our financial situation, it was agreed that a Letter of Appeal for donations be prepared and distributed in advance of the General Church Meeting on Sunday June 22nd. The letter and Gift Aid envelopes are being distributed from today by Pastoral Visitors; money received by 22nd June will be dedicated by the Rev Mary Patterson during worship on that day. Copies of the Appeal Letter and Gift Aid envelopes are also available in Marketgait. The Church Council prayerfully commends the Appeal to all Members and friends.

Preaching Plans

The Plan for June - August has been distributed by email to those on the list and some printed copies are on the glass Vestibule table. Please contact Jenny or David Easson for inclusion on the email list or for further printed copies.

Can you Help?

The sharing of various “stewarding and serving” tasks round our congregation is one of our strengths and we are very grateful to all who assist by acting as door stewards, collection counters, and coffee servers - or in less noticed ways. Clearly, as more people are able to be involved in one or more of these activities, the less frequent is the duty and thus less potentially onerous.

Fiona Thomas, who prepares the rotas, would be grateful to hear from anyone who feels able to join one or more of these teams, even if only infrequently or on a “stand-by basis”. Please contact her or any steward as soon as possible; the rotas for June - August are currently being prepared.

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.

Faith in Foodbanks has been published this week by the Methodist Church, Baptist Union, the URC, and Church Action on Poverty as a 3-part resource about the growing food poverty crisis. There is also a Methodist-produced podcast.

Julya's Send Off

A Circuit Farewell is being arranged in Marketgait at 7pm on Friday 6th June to express our appreciation to Julya (and also Chris) for all she has contributed to the life of the Circuit, its congregations, and people over the past 30 years.

Sue Marshall-Jennings, who is organising the event, will be grateful to hear from people who plan to come (for catering purposes) and / or who wish to mark otherwise their appreciation of all Julya has been and done with and for us.

General Church Meeting

Please note that at this annual Meeting on Sunday 22nd June, open to all Members and friends, the appointments are made of the Church Stewards and representatives to the Church Council. Nominations should be given to the Rev Mary Patterson or Margaret Goudie (Council Secretary) in advance of the CGM, the consent of the nominee having been obtained first.

Solas Festival - The Bield, Blackruthven - 20th to 22nd June

2 free tickets are available for every church in the District; contact Gary Williams for details/ booking - williamsg@methodistchurch.org.uk; 0141 332 3196.

District Youth Event

Information is available about this gathering at Dalguise Perthshire from September 5th - 7th; two places will be reserved until June 6th for young people (P7 to S4) for each Circuit.

If you are interested please advise the Rev Mary Patterson and also contact Hayley Dunn Hayley@ymcaedinburgh.com or Terry Wright wesleyhorse@googlemail.com .

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Our support via the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in June for work in Argentina. Our prayerful attention is drawn to

• work with children at risk in Argentina;
• Bible Society staff in El Salvador seeking creative ways to encourage Bible reading;
• publication of the Jamaican New Testament;
• literacy classes in Bangladesh;
• work on the 'New Translation in Korean' in South Korea, also work in North Korea.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• the President of Conference in Inverness, this Wednesday;
• Superintendents' Conference, tomorrow to Wednesday;
• 250th anniversary of John Wesley's first visit to Inverness;
• contacts with children and young people in and by our circuit's congregations;
• employees of Zvartnotz's workshop near Beirut, training young people with learning disabilities (Embrace);
• ministry in Madagascar (MAF);
• Methodist Homes Sunday on 8th June (Methodist Homes);
• “Fasting for the Climate” movement (Christian Aid);
• work in Burma ( The Leprosy Mission);
• Bible Society work in Argentina;
• we pray with and for the peoples of Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland; Angola and Mozambique (WCC);
• we remember fellow Methodists in Romsey (Southampton District) and in Milton (Glasgow Circuit).

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