Dundee Methodist Church

25 January 2015

Next Sunday
1 February 2015

10:45 am
Early singing led by Liz Kay
11 am
Worship, including Holy Communion, led by the Rev John Butterfield
Communion offering for Methodist Homes

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.

Dundee Methodists and Food Banks - updates

Dundee Foodbank logo
  • Our continued support for the Dundee Foodbank has again received thank from its organisers.
  • Please place items in the large bucket on the upstairs landing - clean plastic bags are also welcome.
  • Our thanks to Liz Kay - contact her for more information.

Broughty Ferry Churches Group events

  • Lent 2015:
    • The ecumenical Service of Ashes will be held in Our Lady of Good Counsel, Westfield Road on Wednesday February 18th at 7.30pm
    • Group meetings on Monday mornings (10:15 am to 11.45 am) and/or Tuesday evenings (7.30 pm to 9 pm) in St Mary's Church, during the 5 subsequent weeks, using material from Churches Together in Britain and Ireland on the theme Walking and Praying with Christians the Middle East.
    • Soup Lunches on Wednesdays (12.15 pm to 1.30 pm) during Lent in the YMCA, in support of Christian Aid. Soup and rolls will be provided by groups from agreed congregations, but individual volunteers to assist with setting and clearing are welcome.
  • Christian Aid Week: a Flower Festival will be held in the New Kirk during the week of 18th - 23rd May with participation by BFCG member churches.

Visit of the Rev Nick Baker

Arrangements are now in place to give opportunities for Nick and Tayside Methodists to meet, chat and begin to get to know each other. Dundee (and any other !) Methodists are invited to Marketgait on Thursday 19th February from 2 pm to c4 pm - this is an open invitation to everyone. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be provided. Please put this in your diary - and come!

Unpacking Fresh Expressions

All Methodists interested in learning about and exploring new ways of are invited to an open event on Saturday 21st February in St George's Tron Church, 163 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 2JX from 10.30 am to 4 pm.

The event will be led by John and Olive Fleming Drane, well known and experienced over many years in this area of church outreach; it aims to provide an opportunity to learn about the approach behind 'Fresh Expressions', to look at a range of examples (eg Messy Church), and to stimulate a series of further discussions in circuits and local congregations.

The event is free but booking is requested, as soon as possible, via the District Office: email: ( fiona@methodistchurch.plus.com, or 01738 820295.

It is hoped that there will be a good number of people from the various circuits and churches throughout the District, gathering for a challenging, stimulating and interesting day together.

Open Doors breakfast meeting

Open Doors is a UK organisation 'serving persecuted Christians worldwide', working in Scotland from a base in Prestwick. It is hosting a series of breakfast meetings, and the Dundee breakfast will be at 8 am on Friday 20th March, in the Central Baptist Road, Ward Road. A member of Open Doors field staff will provide an up-to-date account of the situation in the Middle East.

The Rev Mary Patterson has received an invitation to this breakfast, but is unlikely to be able to go. If you would like to go in her stead, please contact her or Jenny Easson.

Meetings this week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Monday 26th January 2015, 7.30 pm St Peter's Free Church, Perth Road 'God, Science and Origins' - How do they fit together?. An evening with the Rev Dr Alistair Donald, chaplain to Heriot-Watt University, well known for his work at the interface of theology and science. Organised under the auspices of Scientists in Congregations Scotland.

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Our support via the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in January for work in Armenia.

Our prayerful attention this week is drawn to

  • work in the West Indies, covering Belize, Jamaica, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Cayman Islands;
  • publication of the Tsanghla New Testament, and early printing of the Haka Chin and Sajolang (Miji) Gospels in India;
  • distribution of free Scriptures in Bolivia;
  • recruitment process for SBS 'Head of Curriculum Development', considering material in support of Religious and Moral Education in schools.

Prayer Points for this week

  • the President and Vice-President of Conference in the York and Hull district next weekend;
  • Methodist Council, Monday-Tuesday;
  • Holocaust Memorial Day, Tuesday;
  • the District Preachers' conference next weekend;
  • church stewards of our Circuit's congregations and contacts;
  • partner GRAT working in Mali (Christian Aid);
  • work in central India (The Leprosy Mission);
  • Bible Society work in Armenia;
  • work in the Liverpool district (Methodist Homes);
  • staff and service users at Refuge Egypt in Cairo (Embrace);
  • work in Lesotho and flights throughout southern Africa (MAF);
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunis (WCC);
  • we remember fellow Methodists in South Peverton and Crewkerne (Plymouth & Exeter District) and in the City of Edinburgh (Edinburgh and Forth Circuit).