8 March 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.

Lent and Easter Worship in Marketgait

The Worship Group agreed:

• the material for the Liturgy during Lent would be that prepared by Methodist Women in Britain (MWiB) on the theme “ The Tree of Life”; this is linked to the Easter Offering Appeal, traditionally made at this season to support the work of the church world-wide, for which envelopes will be distributed on Palm Sunday.
• for Easter Sunday the Service, which will not this year include Holy Communion, will be an “Easter Celebration in Hymns and Readings”. An invitation is given to everyone to then bring fresh daffodils to place in vases round the Church.

Broughty Ferry Churches Group; Lent

Methodists' support is warmly invited for any and / or all of these activities.

• Soup Lunches on Wednesdays (12.15pm to 1.30pm) to March 25th in the YMCA, Brook Street (opposite M&S), in support of Christian Aid. Soup & a filled roll, then tea or coffee will be provided, invited minimum donation of £3.
• Group meetings on Mondays (10.30am to 11.45am) and / or Tuesdays (7.30pm to 9pm) to 23rd/24th March in St Mary's Episcopal Church, Queen Street, Broughty Ferry, using material from Churches Together in Britain and Ireland on the theme Walking and Praying with Christians the Middle East. This week's areas of focus are Israel on Monday, and Egypt on Tuesday.

Lenten Studies in City Centre

There are held in Meadowside St Paul's Halls on Tuesday evenings at 7.15pm. All welcome.

Lenten / Holy Week Fast

Heather Dean draws our attention to the suggestion from Church Action on Poverty that a Fast be undertaken on 3 consecutive days during Holy Week. See booklet for details.

Doors Open Day 2015

We have been sent the registration form for Dundee's Doors Open Days on Saturday - Sunday 19th - 20th September. If you think we should consider providing an opportunity for the public to come and see our premises and something of who we are and what we do, please let a Church Steward know, so we can make a decision and register before the deadline of 12th June.

(Jenny Easson, Senior Church Steward).

Preaching Plan: March - May 2015

The Plan for the current Quarter has been distributed to those on the email list. However if you have not received an expected copy, please advise David Easson: a recent computer repair removed emails and related data between 15th April 2014 and 28th January 2015, including the Plan database, and all names may not have been re-entered. There are some printed Plans on the glass vestibule table; if you wish a named copy of the Plan each quarter, also contact David.

Dundee Methodists and Food Banks - updates

• 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.

District Youth Weekend

This gathering for young people in Scotland Methodism is being planned for the weekend of 4th - 6th September at Dalguise, Perthshire. 2 subsidised places are available for each Circuit (offer open until Easter) and the District Advance Fund is also contributing towards the overall cost; a contribution of £25 is requested from or on behalf of each participant.

For more details contact

• Gary Williams (01413 323196)
• Hayley Gillies (01315 537877)

Please also let the Rev Mary Patterson know if you are interested so Circuit participation can be coordinated.

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Our support via the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in March for work in Kenya.

Our prayerful attention this week is drawn to

• revision of the Baoulé Bible and other translation work in CÔte d'Ivoire;
• completion of the first White Yi New Testament in China, with print run of 20,000 copies by Amity Press;
• revision of the Samarenyo Popular Version New Testament and the Northern and Eastern Waray translation of Mark's Gospel in the Philippines.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• the President of Conference in the Darlington District to Wednesday, and with the Vice-President in the Southampton District next weekend;
• member churches of ACTS and local ecumenical partner churches;
• Arbroath Church Council, Tuesday;
• International Women's Day, today;
• preparations for Christian Aid Week in May (Christian Aid);
• work in Bangladesh ( The Leprosy Mission);
• residences and staff in Scotland ( Methodist Homes);
• work in Papua New Guinea ( MAF);
• Bible Society work in Kenya;
• Joint Christian Committee's Library and Study Centre in the Dbayeh Palestinian refugee camp (Embrace);
• we pray with and for the peoples of Burma and Thailand (WCC);
• we remember fellow Methodists in South Devon (Plymouth & Exeter District) and all in Rosyth Ecumenical Partnership (Episcopal and Methodist) (Edinburgh & Forth Circuit).

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