27 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.

Church Council

A meeting has been arranged for Monday 5th July at 7.30 pm. This will consider the practical effects of the Circuit Meeting’s decisions on “Further Forward”, including allocation of pastoral charge in Dundee to the Rev Mary Patterson from 1st September.

Arbroath Church Newsletter

See the Vestibule table for the “Totum Kirkie Newsletter” from our friends at Arbroath: borrow, read, return ….

“Quiet Room”

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

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

Traidcraft

Thanks for the support of 2 (unannounced) stalls in recent weeks, which have produced trade of nearly £80.

Scottish Bible Society

Our attention this week is drawn to

• distribution of Scripture selections and copies of the re-printed Bible by Malta Bible House staff
• work for reconciliation in Macedonia where many Macedonian Bibles have recently been distributed
• translation of the Bible into East Timor’s most-used language, Tetun
• completion of an ecumenical translation of the Bible in Poland

Feed The Minds

• Book Fairs in
  • Norwich (7th-9th July)
  • Salisbury (8th -10th July)
  • Chelmsford (19th-24th July)
  • York (20th - 24th September)
• Lyke Wake Walk (north Yorkshire) - 9th July - 40 miles in one day to celebrate the 40th anniversary of FTM
• Cycle for Sight - 10th to 12th September - FTM and SPCK Worldwide sponsored cycling event to raise £15,000 for two Christian schools for the blind in India and the Philippines.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• Methodist Conference meeting, residentially, in Loughborough this week;
• Rev Will Morrey, President of Conference, and Sister Myrtle Poxon, Vice-President, at the start of their year in office;
• Geoff Shutt and Elizabeth Adam being ordained today;
• welcome and hospitality in the Circuit’s congregations;
• contact with young people in the United Kingdom and in Ireland (Christian Aid);
• offers of Bible correspondence courses and uptake by Muslims in India (Feed The Minds);
• The Leprosy Mission’s promotional work in Spain, Portugal, Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, and France;
• Bible Society work in Democratic Republic of Congo, and in East Timor;
• we pray with and for the peoples of Nigeria;
• we remember fellow Methodists in the Worksop and Kiveton Circuit (Sheffield District), and in Woodlands (Glasgow Circuit).

• 20 June 2004
• 04 July 2004

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