13 June 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.

Sponsored Jigsaw Event for Slessor Foundation

Sponsorship forms are still available for this event on Saturday 19th June, starting with a Faith Tea. “Doing jigsaws” will begin at 6.30 pm and last to 9 pm – stay the whole time or pop in to help to complete as many puzzles as possible, together. Sponsorship is for each 15-minute period spent by each individual sponsored, so “quick visits” help and being a “jigsaw-expert” isn’t essential! For more details contact Elizabeth R.

“Come As You Are”

This material aims to help exploration of what belonging to the Methodist Church means. The Pastoral Committee and Church Council encourage EVERYONE to think carefully and share together what “Membership” implies for us all today, through coming together on a series of evenings (or during the daytime) hopefully during the summer.

David Firth (223059) & Jenny E need to hear from anyone interested in this, today if at all possible.

“Quiet Room”

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

Preaching Plans

Plans for the Quarter June - August are now available from the Vestibule table - free - also note Circuit Diary Dates on insert.

News-sheet Circulation

For those who are not able to collect a news-sheet each week, it may be helpful to note the following:

• back-copies are stored on the Vestibule table for about a month after issue – help yourself!
• the upstairs office has a file of copies from recent years & the Editors have a full archive at home – for consultation / one-off photocopying
• details from the news-sheet are published (and archived) on our website
• electronic mailing – an email attachment system is already in operation, contact the Editors to be added to their circulation list
• Pastoral Visitors and others may deliver / post copies on a regular basis if requested

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

ENABLE

Copies of the 50th anniversary Report “Far Beyond Our Dreams” are on the Vestibule table – to borrow, read, and return.

Scottish Churches Community Trust

Copies of the Annual Report are available on the Vestibule table.

Scottish Bible Society

For this week our particular attention is drawn to

• Production of the New Testament in the Lari language in Congo (Brazzaville), a country plagued by civil war and militia conflicts
• Recently-completed translation projects in Croatia, also production of an inexpensive New Testament for young folk and non-church attenders
• New Bible House in the Czech Republic, enabling fresh opportunities for publishing, fundraising & links with the media
• Work on the New Testament in contemporary Danish, new internet Bible in Faeroese, use of the Bible in modern Greenlandic.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• The President and Vice-President of Conference at the Irish Methodist Conference to Tuesday;
• preparations for Methodist Conference in Loughborough from 24th June;
• discussions, decisions, and outcomes of the Circuit Meeting;
• partners and projects in Tanzania, including ascent of Kilimanjaro by Anne Noble from Ayr (Christian Aid);
• publication by Indian SPCK of worship book in Mundari language for use in East Himalaya, Assam and North-east India (Feed The Minds);
• The Leprosy Mission’s work in South India – Kerala, Tamil Nadu;
• Bible Society work in Democratic Republic of Congo;
• we pray with and for the peoples of Cape Verde, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Senegal, and The Gambia;
• we remember fellow Methodists in the Eastleigh Circuit (Southampton District), and all in the Mosspark Ecumenical Partnership (Glasgow Circuit).

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