22 November 2015

We give the assurance of our thoughts and prayers to all who are unwell, awaiting or undergoing treatment, anxious, or grieving for the loss of loved ones.

We express the assurance of our prayerful support to all with family, friends or contacts in France and to those known to us in all parts of the world where acts of terrorism and violence are particularly and regularly experienced.

Singing the Faith

The Dundee order for Singing the Faith has now arrived and Singing the Faith will be used in worship on a regular basis from next Sunday, the first in Advent and the start of a new Church Year.

As we have obtained a discount on the bulk order, the following prices will apply for those who have ordered personal copies through the church:

• Words (standard edition) - £7.50
• Words (large print) - £13.50
• Music (standard) - £22.50

Payment for these should be given to David Easson as Church Treasurer, with cheques made out to “Dundee Methodist Church”, please. Any payment today can be handed to a Church Steward as David is with Jenny in Montrose.

No decision has yet been made regarding disposal of our copies of Hymns and Psalms and Common Ground, which will remain available for use if required.

Junior Mission for All

Ian is resuming his post as local JMA Secretary, since we now have two children wishing to collect donations for the work of the church world-wide. They ask us to make contributions via their boxes, so please keep an eye open for them and give generously. Ian can supply more details about JMA.

Coffee at the Manse

Nick and Petra extend a warm invitation to all the Circuit churches and their people for coffee at the manse, between 10am and 12 noon on Saturday 5th December.

Flowers - further reminder and request

Elaine wishes to remind those on the flower rota to contact her by the end of this month, if she has not otherwise contacted them, about dates in 2016 on which they would wish to give flowers.

The Stewards can now intimate that a “flower group” is forming among those offering to “do the flowers” for others who still wish to give flowers but feel unable themselves to undertake the necessary purchasing and arranging.

If you would like to either

• offer your floral arranging talents or
• have someone “see to the flowers” for you,

please contact Jenny Easson or Sue Marshall-Jennings as soon as possible, so arrangements and contacts can be in place for January, along with the rota prepared by Elaine.

Broughty Ferry Churches Group Events

• Switching on of Lights: the regular handing-out of leaflets intimating Christmas Services in the Ferry will take place on Thursday - assemble at New Kirk at 6pm to collect leaflets for distribution
• Advent Quiet Day: from 10am to 3pm on Saturday in St Luke's & Queen Street hall, with lunch at 12 noon; all (men as well as women!) are invited to share in a time for activities, reflection, worship, food & chat; come for the morning, afternoon or both!
• Christmas: a glossy leaflet has been produced to be available in the library and shops throughout the Ferry & Barnhill, giving notice of the celebration of Advent and Christmas by Ferry churches. A copy, for our information, is on the Marketgait noticeboard.

International Bible Reading Association

IBRA devotional and study material can be ordered through Heather. Please sign the paper on the vestibule table or contact Heather direct.

Preaching Plan

The Plan for December to February has now been distributed by email and a number of printed copies placed on the vestibule table. If you wish to receive a copy either by email or on paper, please let David Easson know.

Attacks in Paris

Following the atrocities in Paris, the President and Vice-President of Conference issued the following statement:

“We, and all the Methodist people, pray for all the victims of the attacks in Paris on Friday night. We hold in our prayers all those who seek to offer comfort and support in the days and weeks ahead.”

See statements from the World Methodist Council and United Methodist Church in Central and Southern Europe, with words of appropriate hymns.

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Our support via the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in November for work in Burkina Faso. Our prayerful attention this week is drawn to

• recent completion of the New Testament in Kyrgyz and current translation of the Old Testament by the Bible Society and the Alliance of Churches, in Kyrgyzstan;
• observance of Bible Sunday in Scotland today;
• sharing their experiences of the recent visit to Rwanda by the SBS team.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• The President and Vice-President of Conference at the General Synod of the Church of England Inauguration Service in Westminster Abbey, Tuesday;
• Connexional Grants Committee, Monday; Strategy and Resources Committee, Wednesday;
• the Rev John and Mrs Caroline Butterfield looking to new areas of ministry;
• work in the Bristol District (Methodist Homes);
• the Shams el Birr Centre working with abandoned disabled children in Egypt (Embrace);
• work in Chad, Guinea, and Niger (The Leprosy Mission);
• combating malaria in Nigeria (Christian Aid);
• Bible Society work in Burkina Faso;
• work in Papua New Guinea (MAF);
• we pray with and for the peoples of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger (WCC);
• we remember fellow Methodists in the National Forest East Circuit (Nottingham and Derby District) and in Banff (North of Scotland Mission Circuit).

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