31 May 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.

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 will also be available (soon) in printed form from the vestibule table for those who have ordered a hard copy. Please contact David Easson to receive a copy in either format.

Water Damage in Marketgait

All rooms are now more or less available for use, although there are still residual signs of the effects and care is needed in certain areas. Insurance and necessary short and longer-term repairs are being followed up.

Warmest thanks are expressed to those who dealt so promptly with the immediate situation and those who are also continuing to monitor and deal with remaining matters.

Exhibition of Paintings by Liz Kay

Liz Kay is holding her first solo exhibition of paintings in the Parrot Café, 91 Perth Road, until Saturday 13th June.

She describes it as “a modest exhibition of 15 paintings of various sizes”.The opening hours are

• Tuesday - Friday : 10 am to 5pm
• Saturday : 10am to 4pm.

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

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.

An initial donation of £10,000 has been given from the World Mission Fund and a Disaster Management Expert, Paul Wright has arrived to work again with the United Mission to Nepal. See more news from Nepal. All We Can (MRDF) is also working with partners in Nepal and has launched an appeal for funds and also joined a call for unconditional debt cancellation for Nepal, to release funds for relief and development work.

Methodist Church: Past Safeguarding Cases Review

A Report has been published following an independent review of past safeguarding cases relating to the Methodist Church from 1950 to 2014. In response to its findings, the Secretary of Conference and General Secretary, the Rev Martyn Atkins, has issued a full and unreserved apology, on behalf of the Church, to survivors and victims of abuse cases. Conference, meeting in Southport from 25th June to 2nd July, will discuss the findings of the Past Cases Review and be invited to establish an independent group to take forward the 23 recommendations in the Report.

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.

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

• SBS AGM in Edinburgh on Tuesday;
• two Faroese Bible translations, and two up-coming New Testament translations;
• SBS Million Bibles for Cuba appeal to be launched on Thursday;
• volunteers on Bike for Bibles rides in Canada, fundraising for Good Samaritan projects challenging the HIV / AIDS pandemic in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and South Sudan;
• students at literacy classes in Belu, East Nusa Tanggara, Indonesia.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• the President of Conference in Northallerton and the Vice-President of Conference at Cliff College, next weekend;
• the President-designate of Conference, the Rev Steve Wild, and the Vice-President-designate, Dr Jill Barber, as they prepare to enter their year of office;
• preparations for General Church Meetings in our Circuit's churches;
• UCF (Women's Christian Union) in Angola, providing life skill classes for girls in Luanda (Christian Aid);
• residents and staff in the Chester and Stoke District (Methodist Homes);
• work in Arnhem Land, north Australia (MAF);
• farmers working to make an independent living on the West Bank (Embrace);
• work in Burma and Thailand (The Leprosy Mission);
• Bible Society work in Scotland and Nepal;
• we pray with and for the peoples of Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland (WCC);
• we remember fellow Methodists in Peterborough (Northampton District) and in Clydebank (Strathclyde Circuit).

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