6 August 2017

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.

Methodist ClothesBank

Mondays 10am -12 noon (i/c Liz)

Thursdays 1pm - 3pm (i/c Sue)

• new Volunteers please contact Sue or Liz
• donations of clothing welcome
• 'Rag bag' collection point: table at top of stairs - recycle and fund-raise!
• Starter Packs are desperately in need of curtains or material: spare curtains no longer needed by you would be very much appreciated.

Dundee FoodBank

The need for items for distribution does not decrease - in fact it may well be greater during school holidays. Items may be placed in the large receptacle at the head of the stairs (by the glass topped table). Liz Kay continues to be our contact person with the FoodBank.

Circuit News

• The Circuit Service of Welcome for the Rev Nik Wooller is planned for Sunday 27th August at 3pm in Scott Street Methodist Church, Perth and a warm welcome is given to all to attend. Further details will be available nearer that date.
• We send best wishes to our Perth friends who hope to move back into their refurbished church worship area next Sunday. A Celebratory Weekend on 16th - 17th September is in preparation including a special service on the Sunday. This is to coincide with Doors Open Weekend.

The Riverside Blairgowrie Organ

As part of the sale of the Riverside Methodist premises, the organ was dismantled and re-assembled in a church near Seville, Spain. A recording of music on the re-assembled instrument has been sent, as an email attachment; if you wish this forwarded to you, please contact Ruth Morrison (Blairgowrie), Nick Baker, Sue Marshall-Jennings, or Jenny & David Easson.

Safeguarding Training

Further training is now required for “all those who participated in the initial Safeguarding training 5 or more years ago”.

Sessions have been arranged as follows; all last from 2-4pm:

Please advise Marcia Mackenzie if you plan to attend one of these sessions. If you should be receiving this training, and none of these dates is suitable, please advise a Church Steward and/or contact Marcia Mackenzie; it is possible that an evening session can be arranged.

All are welcome - Safeguarding is the responsibility of each and every one of us.

District Newsletter - “In Touch”

Items for the next edition should be sent to Fiona Inglis at fiona@methodistchurch.plus.com by the end of August.

Epworth Old Rectory: Diamond Jubilee of public opening

In June, John and Charles Wesley's boyhood home marked 60 years of opening to the public.

Rebuilt after the fire of 1709, the Rectory provided accommodation for the Parish Church Rector until 1954 when it was sold.

After its subsequent acquisition and restoration under the auspices of the World Methodist Council, it was opened to the public and now attracts some 5000 visitors per year.

For information on history & visits contact: The Methodist Heritage Officer, Owen Roberts, www.epwortholdrectory.org.uk, www.methodistheritage.org.uk.

District Newsletter- In Touch

Items for the next edition should be sent to Fiona Inglis at fiona@methodistchurch.plus.com by the end of August.

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Our support via the Bible-a-Month Partnership is invited in August for work in Iraq.

Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to

• the Engage 2017 Resonate Worship evening in Edinburgh on Tuesday;
• Bible Society of Cameroon's work with local churches on translation of the Bible into the Guidar language;
• all undertaking the Community Bible Experience throughout Scotland.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• the President of Conference at the Methodist Church in Hong Kong and the Fijian Methodist Conference from Friday, and the Vice-President visiting Ethiopia until Wednesday;
• Methodist Circuits preparing to welcome ministers and their families;
• Churches at the National Eisteddfod of Wales on Anglesey;
• our Circuit friends in Perth exploring ways of worship in their refurbished premises;
• residents, staff and supporters in the current York and Hull District (Methodist Homes);
• Near-East Council of Churches' well-baby clinics for under-served communities in Gaza (Embrace ME);
• work of UNIDO Universal Intervention and Development organisation (UNIDO) is a South Sudanese based non-profit Christian relief, development, humanitarian and advocacy Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) dedicated to working with communities to overcome poverty and injustice. in South Sudan (Christian Aid);
• technology services (MAF);
• Bible Society work in Iraq;
• work in central India (The Leprosy Mission);
• we pray with and for the peoples of Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Equatorial Guinea (WCC);
• we remember fellow Methodists in The Fens Circuit (East Anglia District) and in Aberdeen (North of Scotland Mission Circuit).

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