10 February 2008

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.

Ecumenical Observance of Lent

• Broughty Ferry Churches Group : Wednesday at 7 pm this week in Our Lady of Good Counsel, Westfield Road: theme “Jesus and marriage and relationships”. All welcome.
• Please also note that Dundee Methodists have been asked to lead worship / thinking on Wednesday 12th March on the theme “Jesus and the community of Broughty Ferry”. Jenny, David & Kate request “Ferry Methodists” especially to contact them about this.
• Dundee City Centre Churches : Wednesday in Meadowside St Paul’s (map) at 7.30 pm. Material used will be from the CTBI “Pathways of Prayer” (downloadable from CTBI website http://www.ctbi.org.uk/228/ copies from Rev David Firth). All welcome.

Prayer Handbook 2008-9: request!

Material for the next Methodist Prayer Handbook is invited on the theme “Living Fire” (H&P 307). Items can either be original or 'borrowed' (state ©) and may also include photographs or illustrations (no larger than 2.5” / clarity 300dpi at size).

Contributions will be used in the District whether or not published connexionally.

Please send contributions by Monday 18th February at the latest, by post to Fiona Inglis, District Administrator, Methodist Office, Scottish Churches House, Dunblane, FK15 0AJ or email : meth@scottishchurcheshouse.org.

Methodist Church launches alternative credit card for Lent

The Methodist Church is encouraging people to buy less and live more this Lent, with their new alternative Buy Less: Live More credit card.

The card cannot be used to make purchases, but is designed to be placed in a wallet in front of other credit and debit cards to remind people to think twice before they spend. Buy Less: Live More aims to challenge people to curb their spending and shrink their carbon footprint.

“When we take time to think about the things we buy and why we buy them, it can help us to reconsider our priorities. … Buy Less: Live More isn't about depriving yourself of those things you want, it's about looking at life in a new way, trying different things and taking a few risks”.

See www.buylesslivemore.org.uk.

Lost Property

: A dark blue parka-style coat (lady's?) with fur-trimmed hood was left on the premises in December. Originally thought to have been left behind at the Link Club party, enquiries have drawn a blank. If anyone has lost a coat of this description, please contact Lorna.

Charity Number Use - Important advice

Secretaries and Treasurers (and others producing documentation / papers under the name of Dundee Methodist Church) are advised that OSCR will require our Charity Number to be recorded on (virtually) all paperwork wef 31st March 2008. Our number is (NB 0 is figure zero, not alphabet letter)

Scottish Churches House Programme

We are asked to draw attention to the following:

“Third Wednesday Theology” - a series of 8 open-ended conversations on the 3rd Wednesday of the month throughout the year. They focus on questions of faith and the world we live in, and are led by Elizabeth Templeton, free-lance theologian.

“People of any faith and none are invited to join in what has proved over the last two years to be an exciting free-ranging exploration of theological and moral issues which emerge from those who attend.”

The first session is on Wednesday 20th February, starting with afternoon tea at 4 pm and concluding after an epilogue at 9 pm.

For further details see posters on noticeboard, contact SCH: 01786 823588; www.scottishchurcheshouse.org .

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in February for work in Ghana. See library area noticeboard.

Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to:

• meeting of Europe/ Middle East Bible Society leaders in Turkey this week;
• revitalised relations between churches and Bible Society in Benin;
• literacy work in Togo, where half the population cannot read;
• study groups and leaders working with Bible & personal stories in a modern urban context through the 'Unlock Glasgow' project.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• The President of Conference at the Black Methodist Ministers' Group meeting Wednesday-Thursday, and with the Vice-President in the London District next weekend;
• Stationing Committee meeting, Wednesday;
• Bill Reid (Scotland Ecumenical Officer) and District representatives to ecumenical bodies and agencies;
• members of the Circuit Leadership Team;
• ACTS Forum meeting, Dunblane, Thursday;
• projects in the York and Hull District, managers of sheltered housing and housing with care schemes (Methodist Homes);
• the work to eradicate poverty world-wide (Christian Aid);
• staff and supporters in the United Kingdom ('Feed The Minds');
• The Leprosy Mission's work and personnel in times & situations of change;
• Bible Society work in Ghana;
• we pray with and for all the peoples of Belgium, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands;
• we remember fellow Methodists in the Wakefield Circuit (Leeds District), and in Granton (Edinburgh & Forth Circuit).

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