22 August 2004

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.

CIRCUIT FAREWELL SERVICE for the REV JEAN MURRIE

5.00 pm on Saturday 28th August 2004 in the Methodist Church, Scott Street, Perth (map of part of Perth)

Jean leaves us as a Circuit Minister at the end of August, when she retires from the active ministry, and will become a supernumerary minister amongst us. The occasion will also mark her ten years in the Methodist Ministry.

Jean came as a probationer minister in 1994 to the old Dundee, Perth & Blairgowrie Circuit, with pastoral charge of the Perth and Blairgowrie Churches. Whilst remaining Minister in these two places, she was of course also one of the founding ministers in the new Angus, Dundee & Perthshire Circuit.

Although some of the individual Churches in the Circuit have made their own presentations to Jean, this will be the only opportunity for us to come together as a Circuit family to mark Jean’s ministry amongst us all.

There will be an informal Service, followed by light refreshment, and there will be ample opportunity for conversation with Jean. This is an Invitation to all our members and friends, to share in this important occasion in the life of the Circuit.

CATERING

Val Sibley (Perth) makes the following specific request for contributions from Dundee towards the catering:

• 3 savoury flans (pre-cut into 8 slices) i.e. 1 vegetarian, 2 non-vegetarian
• 4 plates of sandwiches (10-12 per plate) i.e. 1 cheese, 1 egg, 1 meat,1 fish

If you can help by providing any of these, please contact Sandy (Circuit Steward) or Jenny E (CLT member) as soon as possible. Thanks.

TRANSPORT

If you can offer / world like transport, please see the Minister or a Church Steward.

Worship Group

• Those who met last Monday spent time sharing feedback and comments on recent worship, including Holy Communion and Services during the summer holiday period.
• There was also looking ahead to Harvest on the weekend of 25th - 26th September, when it is proposed that the theme be one celebrating “creation”. Further details will follow, but please note now that there will be opportunity for everyone to participate through “creative workshops” after worship on Sunday 19th September and on Saturday 25th September, leading to our worship on September 26th.
• Anyone willing to lead “early singing” is invited to contact ’tricia, or to “do readings”, contact Jenny.

Preaching Plans

Free copies of the circuit plan for September – November are on the Vestibule table.

“Quiet Room”

The downstairs back room is being prepared as a place forquiet reflection & personal prayer before worship on Sundays.

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Note particularly this week

• activities in Bulgaria – translation work, publications in Braille and for children
• distribution of Greek New Testaments to High School students in Cyprus
• opportunities in Egypt during the Middle East ‘Year of the Bible’
• North East Christian Festival in Inverurie on Saturday

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• The President of Conference at the United Bible Society World Assembly in Newport, Gwent, on Wednesday;
• school chaplains throughout Scotland;
• the ‘Farewell’ for Jean Murrie on Saturday;
• teams preparing for ‘Greenbelt’ Christian Arts Festival in Cheltenham next weekend (Christian Aid);
• relationships between The International Voluntary Association and Russian Orthodox communities in Belarus (Feed The Minds);
• The Leprosy Mission’s work in Bangladesh;
• Bible Society work in Scotland;
• we pray with and for the peoples of the Indian Ocean Islands - Comoros, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles
• we remember fellow Methodists in the Bolsover and Staveley Circuit (Sheffield District), and in Girvan (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire Circuit).

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