14 June 2015

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.

Methodist Homes Sunday

Today is being observed connexionally as Methodist Homes Sunday and envelopes are available for donations in support of work among the older members of our communities - please return via the offering plate today or in coming Sundays. Donations may also be given to David Easson, as Church Treasurer, for forwarding to and through Iris Baldry, the Circuit's MH link person.

General Church Meeting - next Sunday

The General Church Meeting will begin at 10.45am with coffee served from 10.30am; this will enable us to finish before 1pm when parking charges start. We will sit at tables - assistance with setting these out on Saturday will be welcome! The format will include worship, necessary business, and time for conversation on our life as a Methodist church community based on Marketgait.

Please note that required business includes the (re)appointments of Church Stewards (one vacancy at least still!), and reps to the Church Council (3 persons). To volunteer, nominate, or suggest people to approach, please contact a current Church Steward.

Preaching Plan for June-August 2015

The plan for the coming quarter is now online. Please note the amendment of Blairgowrie preachers in June. It has been distributed by email and some printed copies are on the vestibule table. Please contact David Easson to receive a copy in either format.

Ministers on the Move

Rev Mary Patterson has requested that there is no formal marking of the end of her ministry with and among us, but the GCM will give opportunity to express our best wishes before her move to the Ayrshire and Renfrewshire Circuit.

The Circuit Welcome Service for the Rev Nick Baker will be in Dundee on Wednesday 2nd September at 6pm.

Solas Festival - Methodist Tent

A warm invitation is given to join other Scotland Methodists (and everyone else!) at the Solas Festival - and particularly in the Methodist Tent - on Saturday 20th June at The Bield, Blackruthven, Perth.

The theme of the festival this year is Between the Lines, inviting people to explore, through the creative arts and joint activities, who we are, what separates and what brings us together.

The Methodist Tent will offer reflective activities on the theme of “breaking out”, beginning with a time of prayer at 11am, then an exploration of the site, before chance to join in whatever is going on, closing with a gathering together at the Tent at 4pm.

Funding is being made available - contact Louise McAspurren at City of Edinburgh Methodist Church office.

For more details or to volunteer for a spell of “Tent duty”, please contact Helen Wareing; phone 07799 900465.

Food Bank thanks

Dundee Foodbank has sent a certificate acknowledging donations made by and through Dundee Methodists during 2014: our gifts of 213.5 kg (over 30 stones) provided food for 27 individuals.

Recent donations of 75 kg will have provided 3 days of meals for 9 persons (calculated by the weight of a standard food parcel). See certificate and letter on noticeboard.

• Thanks go to Liz Kay for acting as our link person.
• Please place items in the large bucket on the upstairs landing - clean plastic bags are also welcome.

Methodist Prayer Handbook 2015-16

The new edition of the Handbook, Pilgrims on a Journey will be published in August and Pam Bostock is offering to place an order for all Circuit churches.

If you wish to be included in this order or suggest someone who would wish a copy, please sign the paper on the vestibule or let Jenny Easson know by Sunday 21st June when she will forward the Dundee order to Pam.

For bulk orders, the advertised cost is

• Single copy in ordinary print - £3.35
• Single copy in large print - £3.35

Methodist Homes

Methodist Homes, originally Methodist Homes for the Aged, which was established in 1943, currently runs some 90 care homes (residential and nursing) and also provides services for people with dementia. Some 16,000 individuals are supported through the work of Methodist Homes. There are Methodist Housing Association Schemes in Scotland at East Kilbride, Granton, Milton (Glasgow), and Auchlochan (Lanarkshire). The previously MH-run Gowan Park scheme in Arbroath has been transferred to the Trust Housing Association. For more details, see www.mha.org.uk Head Office (Derby) - tel: 01332 296200 Northern Regional Office (Leeds) - tel: 0113 272 8477.

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Our support via the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in June for work in Nepal - remembering especially the effects of the recent devastating earthquake.

Our prayerful attention this week is drawn to

• outreach by SBS via Facebook and Twitter;
• SBS National Ministries Team developing material for Bible Sunday this year;
• increased demand for copies of The Big Rescue Bible in schools in Australia;
• 65th anniversary of the Bible Society in Hong Kong, promotion of the Revised Chinese Union Version Bible.

Prayer Points for this week

• the President and the Vice-President of Conference at the Climate Change lobby and service Wednesday;
• preparations for Methodist Conference in Southport;
• World Refugee Day, Saturday;
• Day of Climate Action, Wednesday (Christian Aid);
• residents and staff in the Darlington District (Methodist Homes);
• work in Uganda (MAF);
• all affected by injury and illness in Gaza (Embrace);
• work in south India (The Leprosy Mission);
• Bible Society work in Nepal;
• we pray with and for the peoples of Brazil (WCC);
• we remember fellow Methodists in Kettering and Corby (Northampton District) and in Anniesland (Strathclyde Circuit).

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