Dundee Methodist Church

24 May 2015

Next Sunday
31 May 2015
Trinity Sunday: a “fifth Sunday”

10.45 am
Refreshments served at tables
11 am
Café-style worship led by Mr Keith Pearson

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. Please note the amendment of Blairgowrie preachers in June.

Christian Aid Week: May 10th-16th

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.

Meetings this week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Saturday 30th May 2015, 10.30am Dundee Methodist Church Café-service setting out
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.

Support other Organisations

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
Sunday 31st May 2015, worship at 10.30am and events thereafter. Tewkesbury Methodist Church MAYC 70th Birthday: a celebration of Methodist youth work.
MAYC was founded in June 1945 with a special event held in the Royal Albert Hall. The Christian influence at the heart of MAYC changed the lives of many young people.
The celebration will start with worship at 10.30am and continue with lunch (please bring your own) and the sharing of memories and hearing about present-day Methodist youth work. We will close with worship at 4pm. Please join us at any time from 10.30am. The church is just over a mile from J9 on the M5. To register your interest and for more info. Contact Michael Jebson michaeljebson@outlook.com.
Thursday 4th June 2015, 10am - 3.30pm, and 7 - 9pm City of Edinburgh Methodist Church Children, Church and the Digital Age - two Conferences for all working with children in Scottish Churches.
Dr Bex Lewis explores how we can tread the tightrope of keeping children safe online, whilst enabling them to seize and benefit from the wealth of opportunities on offer. Registration details and more information.

Prayer Points for this week

  • The President and Vice-President of Conference at Cliff College Festival, Monday 25th 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 South Sudan (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 Botswana & Zimbabwe (WCC);
  • we remember fellow Methodists in Stamford and Rutland (Northampton District) and in Shettleston (Strathclyde Circuit).