13 September 2015
Next Sunday
20 September 2015
- 11 am
- Worship led by Mrs Sue-Marshall-Jennings
- 12 noon to 2pm
- Doors Open
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.
Dundee Doors Open Weekend
Our premises are to be open to the public
- 10am - 2pm on Saturday
- 12 noon (after worship) - 2pm on Sunday.
Come to Marketgait, as and when you can, to help by
- generally welcoming people
- serving refreshments
- being available to chat and explain what you know and understand about Methodism, Marketgait, and its people
- assisting with activities for younger visitors.
Contact Sue Marshall-Jennings to offer particular help or for more information.
Keyholders and Safeguarding
All keyholders are asked to contact Sue Marshall-Jennings so she can check our lists are accurate and up-to-date. Thanks!
Blairgowrie Congregation
The Blairgowrie congregation now worships at 11am in Strathmore Centre for Youth Development, Wellmeadow House, Gas Brae, Blairgowrie PH10 6AY.
Property updates
Kitchen odour: investigation is under way and such remedial action as possible to reduce health hazards is being undertaken.
Drains: investigation revealed a build-up of moss etc caused by the shape of the pipe; this has been cleared and regular monitoring and clearing is under consideration.
Meetings this week
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday and Sunday 19th and 20th September 2015 | Dundee Methodist Church | Dundee Open Doors Weekend. The premises will be open to the public between 10am & 2pm on the Saturday and between 12 noon (ie after worship) & 2pm on the Sunday, with displays by ourselves about “who we are, what we do” and (hopefully) by our User Groups, with the serving of light refreshments. |
Support other Organisations
Scottish Bible Society
Our support via the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in September for work in Iraq. Our prayerful attention this week is drawn to
- construction of the Bible Cultural Centre in Lima, Peru, to include a bookshop, interactive Bible museum and events space;
- preparations for the bicentenary of the Polish Bible Society in 2016;
- new Sign Language Bible for around 320,000 people in Japan whose first language is Japanese SL;
- full-time translation work on the Pinoy Version in the Philippines, also progress on translating Matthew's Gospel into Standard Waray;
- translation projects into Abeng, Santali, and Chakma languages in Bangladesh.
Dewhurst Cotton Reels wanted!!
Beryl Cowling is making a request on behalf of Barbara Glasson to Methodist Women in Britain (MwiB)
and all of us.
Barbara Glasson is a Methodist minister, now in Bradford, a city with a mix of ethnicities
and religions where the interfaith Touchstone Project is expanding into premises once occupied
by the Dewhurst family, famous for making thread and cotton reels.
As part of the fund-raising, Barbara and colleagues wish to amass as many old Dewhurst
reels as they can (with thread or not) for (aiming for a whole set of D numbers if possible!).
Please rummage through sewing baskets and other (un)likely places to see if you have any Dewhurst
reels to donate. Please put them in the box on the vestibule table. Beryl will ensure they reach
the project. Fuller details on leaflets on vestibule table or contact Beryl.
Forthcoming events
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 22nd September 2015, 7pm | Dundee Methodist Church | Circuit Meeting |
| Wednesday 21st October 2015, 10am (registration & coffee) to 3.15pm (departure). | St Silas Episcopal Church, Park Road, Woodlands, Glasgow G4 9JE | “We are a family: the changing face of family
ministry” - a joint Methodist / ACTS one day conference. The conference will be hosted jointly by the Methodist Church and the Scottish Churches Children's Group of Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS). The report “We are a family: the changing face of family ministry” is the culmination of two years' ground-breaking research and consultation regarding the current shape of work with families across the Church in the UK undertaken by the Consultative Group on Children's Ministry (CGMC) and the Methodist Church. The day will be led by Gail Adcock, the Family Ministry Development Officer for The Methodist Church in the UK; Gail has been the lead coordinator for this research project. This day event will explore a host of different ways in which the Church works with familes and will seek to answer questions, such as:
Also experience the brand new ' Core Skills for Family Ministry' course developed to equip all those working with families and includes reflections from Carrie Longton, co-founder of Mumsnet. Delegates will receive a free edition of the brand new Core Skills Course book. Refreshments and lunch will be provided, a donation towards the catering costs would be appreciated. For further information contact Gary Williams (Methodist Regional Learning & Development Officer, South); williamsg@methodistchurch.org.uk , tel: 01413323196 mob: 07799900464. Online registration. |
| Saturday 31st October 2015, 10am (registration & coffee) to 3.15pm (departure). | City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, Nicolson Square | “Ecumenical Opportunities for Mission”;
arranged by the Church
of Scotland Ecumenical Relations Committee and ACTS. Speakers include
To book or for further details, contact Ros Milne, tel: 0131 225 5722 ext: 2370. |
Prayer Points for this week
- residents, staff and projects in the West Yorkshire District (Methodist Homes);
- girls attending the Bethany Girls School on the Mount of Olives (Embrace);
- “care for God's creation” (Christian Aid);
- Bible Society work in Iraq;
- work in Democratic Republic of Congo (MAF );
- work in Botswana, D R Congo, South Africa (The Leprosy Mission);
- we pray with and for the peoples of Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania (WCC);
- we remember fellow Methodists in Wantage and Abingdon (Northampton District) and in Stirling (Central Scotland Circuit).
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