16 May 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.

Quiet Room

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

General Church Meeting

This opportunity for reflection and decision by ALL involved in the life of the Methodist people based in Marketgait will be after worship next Sunday. Nominations for 2 new Church Stewards are invited and there will also be designation of a “Senior Church Steward”. Expected Agenda items also include confirmation / election of representatives to the Church Council, election of Church Treasurer, and designation of Finance Committee Convener.

Nominations (and suggestion of any other matters to be discussed) should be given to the Minister, Elizabeth R (Secretary) or a Church Steward.

Traidcraft

There will be a stall today after worship.

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

Christian Aid

Envelopes are available from the table at the top of the stairs for those who have not had one delivered to their home. Filled envelopes (these or ones that have not been collected at home) may be handed in via the collection plate. All monies will be sent to Christian Aid.

Scottish Churches Community Trust

The Communion Offering in May is for the work of the Scottish ecumenical equivalent of the Methodist “Mission Alongside the Poor” Fund. The Methodist director on the Trust’s Board is Ruth Angove (Edinburgh).

Scottish Bible Society

Our attention is particularly drawn this week to

• the severe poverty facing thousands of children in Togo who have no schooling and need to beg for food
• Free Church of Scotland General Assembly – the incoming Moderator is the Rev Fergus Macdonald, committed to Bible work for many years
• Liberia where the return of peace after a decade of conflict may allow the resumption of Bible distribution through its 15 counties
• The tiny minority of Christians in the Kingdom of Morocco, where there is close collaboration between the Bible Society and churches.

Feed The Minds

• The Head Office has moved from its own premises in Guildford to join with those of SPCK Worldwide (a founder member of FTM) at 1 Marylebone Road, London
• In-coming Office-Holders;
  • New President - Myra Blyth (Deputy General Secretary, Baptist Union of Great Britain)
  • Chairman - David Adeney (former Executive Director Tear Fund, Diocesan Secretary in Norwich)
  • Treasurer - Chris Hutt (former executive officer of BMS)
  • Director - Sue Parks (former Director SPCK Worldwide)
• FTM invites our prayers for its continuing work to “seek to support churches and Christian partners across the globe in their mission to proclaim the gospel and serve the needs of their communities.”

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• The President and Vice-President of Conference in the Bolton and Rochdale District this weekend, and at the United College of the Ascension, Birmingham, on Thursday;
• Connexional Memorials Committee meeting, Tuesday;
• General Assemblies meeting in Edinburgh this week;
• the sacramental and worship life of the Circuit’s churches;
• partners and projects in Tajikistan (Christian Aid);
• workshops in Samoa and Tonga run by the South Pacific Association of Theological Schools (Feed The Minds);
• The Leprosy Mission’s work in West India – Karnataka, Maharashtra;
• Bible Society work in Colombia;
• we pray with and for the peoples of Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina;
• we remember fellow Methodists in the Meon Valley Circuit (Southampton District), and in Leith (Edinburgh & Forth Circuit).

• 09 May 2004
• 23 May 2004

11 am : Worship led by the Rev David Firth

c 12.15 pm : General Church Meeting (see below)

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