12 July 2015
Next Sunday
19 July 2015
- 10.45 am
- Coffee available
- 11 am
- Worship, including Holy Communion, conducted by the Rev Dr Gerald Bostock; Communion Offering for The Benevolence Fund
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.
Our best wishes are expressed to the Rev Nick Baker and family as they come to Scotland from Yorkshire this week. We assure them all of our prayerful support, now and into the future.
Worship today
Today's worship will include an act to bless a replacement wedding ring. The couple were married by Grahame Lockhart some time ago in Durham.
Welcome to the Rev Nick Baker and family
- Entry to the new Circuit Manse took place last Thursday and the Baker family are to arrive on Wednesday.
- The Circuit's Welcome Service, led by the Chair of the Synod, will be in Marketgait on Wednesday 2nd September at 6pm. This time has been arranged after consideration of work commitments (for some), travelling times (for some), and the Baker children's schooling; apologies are offered to any who find the timing tricky. Refreshments will be available before and after to try to assist with this.
District Synod Spring 2016
This Circuit will host the District Synod next spring; it is likely that the presbyteral session will be held in Marketgait on Friday 22nd April and the representative session in the Central Baptist premises on Saturday 23rd April. Volunteer stewards will be needed for both and we are asked to note these dates now!
Visit of the President of Conference
The Rev Steve Wild will join in leading worship with our Chair of Synod in Scott Street, Perth, on Sunday August 16th. In the afternoon there is to be a District DIY Picnic (bring your own food) at Wallacestone Methodist Church in the Central Scotland Circuit. 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!
Methodist Tartan lambswool scarves
A number of these have become available at a reduced cost of £7 (incl p&p). To order, contact Fiona Inglis in the District Office by Monday 20th July; email: fiona@methodistchurch.plus.com ; tel: 01786 820295.
Dundee Open Doors Weekend
Our participation in the Weekend of September 19th and 20th has been agreed and Marketgait is included in the forthcoming brochure. The premises will 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.
Work will be needed to make sure our premises are as attractive as possible, to assemble and mount displays, and to staff the premises during opening hours. Sue Marshall-Jennings is co-ordinating.
Trip to Israel 2016
The Rev Brian Talbot of Broughty Ferry Baptist Church is planning to lead a party to Israel from Tuesday 29th March to Tuesday April 5th, visiting sites in the life of Jesus and some other Bible personalities. For further details, contact Brian via phone (01382) 779364; email briantalbot@hotmail.co.uk.
Support other Organisations
Scottish Bible Society
Our support via the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in July for work in Botswana. Our prayerful attention this week is drawn to
- impact of the Jamaican New Testament published in 2012, also work with Church leaders in Jamaica and the Bahamas to prevent domestic violence;
- meetings with Biblica staff members in Chicago this week;
- rebuilding in Vanuatu after the devastation of Cyclone Pam in March;
- availability of Bibles and material in Jordan, contact with and support of Syrian refugees.
Hot Chocolate
Hot Chocolate is a project based in The Steeple Church, seeking to listen to and meet the wishes and needs of young people on the city centre streets. The project values support, often in small ways eg provision of 'Hot Chocolate Tubs' (ie donate via a receptacle, just as for Food Banks), donating ordinary cooking for the 'Exodus' summer school in July, financial donations. Sue Marshall-Jennings has visited them and can provide further information.
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.
Forthcoming events
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 31st October 2015, 10am (registration & coffee) to 3.15pm (departure). | City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, Nicolson Square | “Ecumenical Opportunities for Mission”;
arranged by the Church
of Scotland Ecumenical Relations Committee and ACTS. Speakers include
To book or for further details, contact Ros Milne, tel: 0131 225 5722 ext: 2370. |
Prayer Points for this week
- the President & the Vice-President of Conference and the Secretary of Conference;
- the Scottish Episcopal Institute summer school in Coatbridge this week;
- the General Synod of the Church of England meeting in York until Tuesday;
- circuits & congregations welcoming new ministers and their families;
- residents, staff and projects in the Liverpool District (Methodist Homes);
- Lebanon Physical Handicap Union rehabilitation programmes for people with disabilities in Lebanon (Christian Aid);
- work in Bangladesh and South Sudan (MAF);
- Aviv Ministry working with marginalised people in Tel Aviv (Embrace);
- work in north-east India (The Leprosy Mission);
- Bible Society work in Botswana;
- we pray with and for the peoples of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Panama (WCC);
- we remember fellow Methodists in Hinckley (Northampton District) and in Clydebank (Strathclyde Circuit).
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