16 August 2015

We give the assurance of our thoughts and prayers to all who are unwell, awaiting or undergoing treatment, anxious, or grieving for the loss of loved ones.
We think of those who are currently receiving exam results and making decisions for the future; we assure them and their families of our care and support.

Circuit Ministerial and Other Cover

Until Tuesday 1st September, the Rev John Butterfield will act as Superintendent of the Circuit and any matters requiring ministerial attention or administrative action / advice should be referred to him.

Visit of the President of Conference

The Rev Steve Wild will join in leading worship with our Chair of Synod in Scott Street, Perth, at 11 am on Sunday August 16th. In the afternoon there is to be a 'Picnic with the President' at Wallacestone Methodist Church, commencing at 3.30pm (arrival and meeting-time), with an Open Air Service at 4.30 pm followed by a picnic at 5.15pm (bring your food / food to share). Events will take place indoors if it is wet.
There will be public worship in Marketgait as published on the Plan, but those who wish to do so are warmly invited to attend the Service in Perth, the Picnic in Wallacestone, or both!

If you have just decided to go, help with transport may be available - contact David Easson now!

During his Visit to the District, the President is also to be in the Central Circuit (Monday), Glasgow (Tuesday) and Edinburgh & Forth (Wednesday). Details are on the vestibule table.

Prayer Handbook 2015-16

The ordered copies have now arrived and can be collected from Jenny Easson - price £3.35. Large print copies are still in Perth having been delivered there later. If you did not order a copy but would like one please also see Jenny Easson - there are spares.

Welcome Service for Nick Baker and family

The Circuit's welcome, led by the Chair of the Synod, will be in Marketgait on Wednesday 2nd September at 6pm (and not 6.30pm as on the new Plan). If you hope to attend, please sign the sheet on the glass vestibule table or advise one of the Church Stewards - this is to give an idea of numbers for catering and layout of chairs.

Dewhurst Cotton Reels wanted!!

Beryl Cowling is making a request on behalf of Barbara Glasson to Methodist Women in Britain (MwiB) and all of us.
Barbara Glasson is a Methodist minister, now in Bradford, a city with a mix of ethnicities and religions where the interfaith Touchstone Project is expanding into premises once occupied by the Dewhurst family, famous for making thread and cotton reels.
As part of the fund-raising, Barbara and colleagues wish to amass as many old Dewhurst reels as they can (with thread or not) for (aiming for a whole set of D numbers if possible!). Please rummage through sewing baskets and other (un)likely places to see if you have any Dewhurst reels to donate. Please put them in the box on the vestibule table. Beryl will ensure they reach the project. Fuller details on leaflets on vestibule table or contact Beryl.

Dundee Open Doors Weekend

Copies of the brochure are now available, giving details of premises open during the weekend of September 19th and 20th - Marketgait is included therein. Our premises are to be open to the public between 10am & 2pm on the Saturday and between 12 noon (ie after worship) & 2pm on the Sunday, with displays by ourselves about “who we are what we do” and (hopefully) by our User Groups, with the serving of light refreshments.

Barnabas Fund: Safe Havens for Christians

An invitation is given to sign a global petition which “calls upon politicians and governments to increase their efforts to support Syrian and Iraqi Christians facing an existential threat to their survival.”

The first signatories include the current and a former Archbishop of Canterbury, the former Vicar of Baghdad, and the International Director of the Barnabas Fund.

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Our support via the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in August for work in Uruguay. Our prayerful attention this week is drawn to

• dedication ceremony for the Khumi Bible at Patewa, Burma, also publication of the Mro and Lautu New Testaments, the revised Siyin and Myanmar Judson Bibles and the Cho Bible;
• translation projects for peoples speaking the Xichangana, Xithonga, Emakhuwa-Makhuwana, Gitonga, Txitxopi or ElÓmwe languages in Mozambique;
• Chinese calligraphy Bible competition run by the Bible Society of Hong Kong;
• the staff and distribution work of the Bible Society in Moldova.

Dundee Food Bank

Please continue to place items in the large bucket on the upstairs landing; clean plastic bags are also welcome. Liz Kay is our link person for this.

Hot Chocolate

Please also remember the request for donations of Hot Chocolate Tubs for the Project in The Steeple Church.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• the President of Conference's visit to Scotland;
• Methodist treasurers and financial office-holders preparing for the end of their year on 31st August;
• our Circuit's preachers and all involved in worship;
• residents, staff and projects in the Northampton District (Methodist Homes);
• partner REACH distributing food and hygiene kits to those made homeless in Iraq (Christian Aid);
• flights in Burma, Mongolia, and Liberia (MAF);
• Palestinian Bible Society's youth centre in Jericho (Embrace);
• promotional work in the UK (The Leprosy Mission);
• Bible Society work in Uruguay;
• we pray with and for the peoples of Oceania (WCC);
• we remember fellow Methodists in Buckingham, Bicester and Brackley (Northampton District) and in Paisley (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire Circuit).

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