14 September 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.

Scottish Referendum

Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS) has produced material to help reflection and discussion throughout the Referendum campaign, together with prayers and liturgical material for the period leading up to and following Referendum Day (Thursday 18th September) and the outcome of voting.

Circuit Preaching Plan

The Plan for September - November has been distributed electronically and printed copies allocated to those who had so indicated. Please contact David Easson if you wish your name added to either list or if more printed copies are required for the vestibule table.

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.

President of Conference in Scotland

The Rev Ken Howcroft will be in the Edinburgh and Forth Circuit on Sunday 5th October, as follows:

• 11am Celebration of 250 years of Methodism, Dunbar
• 6.30pm Circuit Service, with Communion, City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, Nicolson Square.

Our prayers and support are warmly invited for this visit. (Ken will be in Shetland in November and also then seeing the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland).

Braille Cards

Sue Marshall-Jennings draws our attention to www.braille-greetings-cards.co.uk from which Braille cards can be obtained. She says the staff proved very helpful and a range of cards is available.

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Our support via the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in September for work in Botswana.

Our prayerful attention this week is drawn to

• progress of new Bible translation in Japan;
• proof-reading and review of new translation of the Gaelic New Testament;
• distribution in situations of risk, and translations into local languages in Laos.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• The President and Vice-President of Conference in the Birmingham District next weekend;
• the marking of Racial Justice Sunday today;
• the Circuit's preachers, especially those with health concerns;
• continuing recovery from floods in Pakistan (Christian Aid);
• work in Botswana, D R Congo, and Zambia (The Leprosy Mission);
• Bible Society work in Botswana;
• residents and staff in London (Methodist Homes);
• Beit el Nour project for Syrian girls, in Naba'a, Lebanon (Embrace);
• changes to work programme in Tanzania (MAF);
• we pray with and for the peoples of Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania WCC);

we remember fellow Methodists in Doncaster (Sheffield District) and in New Stevenston (formerly Lanarkshire, now Strathclyde Circuit).

• 7 September 2014
• 21 September 2014

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