Dundee Methodist Church

24 December 2017

Next Sunday
31 December 2017

10.45 am
Coffee available
11 am
Worship led by Jenny Easson

Monday 25th December- Christmas Day

10.30am : Festive Worship led by the Rev Nick Baker; offering for Action for Children Scotland (plate available by door before and after worship)

Sunday 31st December - “a fifth Sunday”

11am : Café-style worship led by Sue Marshall-Jennings in Dundee and Julya Walsh from Bulgaria; refreshments at tables from 10.45 am.

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.

Sunday 7th January

11am : United Worship in Salem, United Reformed Church, led by the Rev Linda Rice

Rotas for 31st December (M'gait) and 7th January (Salem)

Flowers : vacancy; n/a

Children's rota : n/a; tba

Church Stewards : Sue Marshall-Jennings; Graham P

Door Stewards : Ann & Dennis Newins; David E

  • rganist : Margaret Goudie; n/a

Coffee : Mary Foster & volunteers; n/a

Regular Use of Premises

Mon 25 Dec & 1 Jan : NO ClothesBank, downstairs

Wed 3 Jan : 9.30am - 12 noon Link Club, d'st

Thurs 28 Dec & 4 Jan : 1pm - 3pm ClothesBank, d'st

Thurs 4 Jan : (8pm SAA Group, “S”)

  • ffering on Sun 17th December: General Fund - £232.70

Special Offerings during United Worship in Salem:

12 November: Legion Scotland (Royal British Legion

Scotland) - £55.00

24 December: Christian Aid - £71.51

Sevlievo Appeal: an e-mail has been received from Julya about the amount donated - “That is absolutely amazing. Please let everyone know how very grateful we are here for their love and generosity.”

Café Service request

Help in serving before and during worship next Sunday would be appreciated.

The Flower Rota for 2018 is now available from Ann Newins; please also see her if you wish to give flowers.

Supporting Dundee Methodist Church financially

  • ffering envelopes for 2018 are now available - please uplift from the table. If you wish to join the envelope scheme for regular giving, please see Mary Foster, who is also the contact for Gift Aid. To give by Bank Standing Order please see the Church Treasurer, David Easson.

Methodist ClothesBank

The ClothesBank will be CLOSED on Mondays 25th December and 1st January; open on Thursdays 28th December and 4th January;

Dundee Food Bank

A letter of thanks has been received for Marketgait's donations and support during the past year. The FoodBank remains committed to “providing emergency food relief to individuals, couples and families experiencing hardship throughout the city of Dundee and its surrounding area”.

In 2016, over 8,500 people were assisted with non-perishable food provision and the FoodBank is currently feeding 150 persons per week. (Clients can access the Foodbank on 3 separate occasions over a 6-month period.)

Scottish Bible Society

/Our support via the Bible-a-Month Partnership is invited in December for work in Guinea-Bissau and in January for work in Namibia.

/Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to

  • Bible Society in Sierra Leone's work to translate the Bible into the Kono language;
  • Bible Society of Burkina Faso's revision of the Mooré Bible for the Mossi people;
  • training workshops run by the Bible Society in the South Pacific to promote Bible study materials;
  • Biblical Commission of Cuba training pastors, Sunday School teachers and youth leaders;
  • Bible Society of India's work with local churches to revise the complete Bible into a widely-accessible modern translation.

Methodist Prayer Handbook 2018-19

A request has been sent from the editor for contributions to the next edition which will have the theme of A World Transformed by God's Love. Contributions, not exceeding 120 words or 12 lines, should be sent, with name & postal address, to methodistprayerhandbook@gmail.com.

by Friday 12th January 2018. Photos may also be sent.

Key Learning Events -

Scotland and Shetland Methodist Districts

Information is to hand about two events arranged for Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd March next year in Perth Methodist Church.

  • n Friday the programme includes opportunity to mark the World Day of Prayer. The day's focus is on

Bible Month Learning, looking at the book of Jonah, with Professor John Drane and Olive Fleming Drane.

  • n Saturday,

Trey Hall (church planter, coach & mentor) will lead a

Re-imagining Church Forum.

For details, please see leaflet on the vestibule table

  • r contact Gary Williams:

williamsg@methodistchurch.org.uk; 07799 900464.

Prayer Points for coming weeks:

  • celebrations of Christmas world-wide;
  • organisations and people at work and caring for others during the festive season;
  • Connexional initial stationing meeting, 3rd - 4th January;
  • work in the Liverpool District (Methodist Homes);
  • Bible Society work in Guinea Bissau and in Namibia;
  • Everyone Christmas Appeal; campaigns in 2017 (Christian Aid);
  • UK-based team; new ventures (MAF);
  • those working with new-born babies and families in Lebanon and Palestine; newly-arrived refugees in Cairo (Embrace ME);
  • work in north central India (The Leprosy Mission);
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Japan, North Korea, South Korea; Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine (WCC);
  • we remember Methodists in the Stokesley Circuit (Darlington District), & in Stirling (Forth Valley Circuit), also the URC congregation in Coaltown of Balgonie, Fife.