Dundee Methodist Church

17 May 2015

Next Sunday
24 May 2015
Aldersgate Sunday

11 am
Worship, including Holy Communion, conducted by the Rev Dr Gerald Bostock
Communion Offering for FiSCAF (Faiths in Scotland Community Action 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.

Preaching Plan for June to August 2015

The plan for the coming quarter is now online.

Christian Aid Week: May 10th-16th

Christian Aid Week logo

The focus for fund and awareness-raising this week is on the disproportionate amount of work done by women around the world, along with a corresponding lack of power. Case studies highlight communities in Ethiopia, where a woman's ownership of a cow gives her a voice in her community, as well as an income to feed and educate her children.

Envelopes are available on the vestibule table; if you have not received one through the door or are unable to return it, you may do so via the offering plate in the coming weeks. Margaret (Christian Aid rep) will forward donations.

Bible Society

Our support via the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in May for work here in Scotland. Our prayerful attention in coming weeks is drawn to

  • work in Georgia especially among homeless and displaced families;
  • completed translation of the first full Poqomchi' Bible in Guatemala;
  • Old Testament translations in Suriname, Guyana and French Guiana;
  • expected completion of the Haitian Creole Study Bible in Haiti;
  • translation work on the first full Bible available for around 100,000 Blin speakers in Eritrea.

Forthcoming events

Date & timeVenueDetails
Saturday 30th May 2015, 11am to c 3pm - bring lunch, drinks provided. Bankfoot Church Centre, Tulliebelton Road, Bankfoot, Perth PH1 4BS Fresh Expressions Vision Day Imagine Church for those who don't do church. Come and explore new ways of building Christian community. This event, hosted by the Church of Scotland, is for all interested in Fresh Expressions of Church.
The cost is £12 including soup and sandwich lunch. Booking form.

Prayer Points for this week

  • The President and Vice-President of Conference at the Wesley Day Celebrations Sunday 24th May, and at Cliff College Festival, Monday 25th May;
  • General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from Saturday 16th - Thursday 21st May;
  • Blairgowrie Methodists and relationships with their Episcopal hosts;
  • Ebola victims, their families & communities, and work to combat the disease and its effects (Christian Aid);
  • residents and staff in the Channel Islands (Methodist Homes);
  • work in Mongolia, Timor Leste (MAF);
  • the Deaf Unit in Cairo (Embrace);
  • work in Chad, and Niger (The Leprosy Mission)
  • Bible Society work in Scotland;
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Malawi & Zambia, Botswana & Zimbabwe (WCC);
  • we remember fellow Methodists in Stamford and Rutland (Northampton District) and in Shettleston (Strathclyde Circuit).