12 September 2010
Next Sunday: 19 September 2010
- 11 am
- Worship led by Mrs Heather Dean
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.
Dundee For Christ
The autumn / winter edition of 'Broadcast' is now available from the Vestibule table.
Meetings this week
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday 12th September 2010, 6 pm (African Choir from 5.30 pm) | Wellington Church of Scotland, 77 Southpark Avenue, Glasgow G12 8LE | World Council of Churches Executive Visit to Scotland. Worship including launch of MECTIS (Minority Ethnic Churches Together in Scotland). More details. |
| Monday 13th September 2010, 5 pm | New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX | Lecture by Rev Dr Walter Altmann, Moderator of the World Council of Churhces Central Committee, entitled “Mission and Development - what place do they have in the life of the Church?” For details, email lindseysanderson@acts-scotland.org. See also copy of email on noticeboard. |
| Wednesday 15th September 2010, 1 pm - 1.50 pm | Caird Hall (map) | Caird Hall Organ Concerts: tickets £4 (£14 for series of 4) from Dundee City Box Office. This week, Christian Wilson, formerly in Oxford, Perth WA and currently at St Paul's Knightsbridge, London. |
| Friday 17th September 2010, 10 am to 4 pm and 6 pm to 8 pm | St Luke's & Queen Street Church, Broughty Ferry | Art & Craft Exhibition organized by St Luke's & Queen Street Garden Committee. Entry £2.50 including refreshments. See poster. |
| Friday 17th September, 12 noon - 1 pm | YMCA 151 Brook Street, Broughty Ferry (opposite “M&S Food”) (map) | Broughty Ferry Churches Group Christian Aid lunch. Soup - a good selection each week - is served with bread & cheese, followed by coffee for £2, in support of this ecumenical aid, relief and development charity. The lunches last year raised over £2,000 for Christian Aid. A warm welcome is given to all to come and share food and fellowship regularly or from time to time. |
| Saturday 18th September 2010, 9.30 am to 12.30 pm | St Peter's Free Church, (off) Perth Road, Dundee | Introduction to Apologetics Evangelism -“How
do we communicate the Christian message in today's culture
and with the variety of world-views around us?”
Seminars offered include
Free, but please register by emailing Tim at office@solas-cpc.org or phone (01382) 525021. (Also talk to Tom Penman!). |
| Saturday 18th September 2010, 10 am to 4 pm | St Luke's & Queen Street Church, Broughty Ferry | Art & Craft Exhibition organized by St Luke's & Queen Street Garden Committee. Entry £2.50 including refreshments. See poster. |
| Saturday 18th September 2010, 1 pm | St Paul's Cathedral, 1 High Street, Dundee | Music in St Paul's: Ben Kearsley, guitar. Tickets £4 / £3 concessions, £2 children, at door. For series details see Programme. |
| Sunday 19th September 2010, 6.30 pm | St John's Methodist Church, 15 Ponderlaw, Arbroath (map) | Songs of Praise, followed by refreshments |
Support other Organisations
Scottish Churches House Prayer Network
Daily Prayers are said in the Chapel from 9 am to 9.15 am; Network members are particularly asked to join with many others on Wednesdays (see leaflets on noticeboard & table).
Prayers are invited this week for meetings and events in the House: Epiphany Group Retreat (to Friday); ACTS (Monday); Govan and Linthouse Parish Church, & Dunblane Wildlife Group (Tuesday); Harvest Christian Fellowship (Friday - Saturday); Pitlochry Church of Scotland Away Weekend (Friday - Sunday).
Scottish Bible Society
Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited for work in September in Panama. See noticeboard for more information.
Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to
- work of the Christian Resources Centre in Damascus, including participation in book fairs as a means of distribution in Syria and other Middle East countries;
- work of the Bible Society in Malaysia where opposition includes regular seizure of shipments;
- Evangelical Alliance Council in London and SBS Board meetings;
- relocation into redeveloped Bible House in Singapore, funding for completion of the work.
Forthcoming events
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 22nd September 2010 | Dundee Methodist Church | Church Council |
| Friday 8th October 2010, 7.30 pm | Tollcross Central Hall, 2 West Tollcross, Edinburgh, EH3 9BP | Concert by Dunedin Wind Band and the Edinburgh section of NYCOS
in aid of the Samaritans and the Leith
Acorn Centre ('a Methodist outreach'.
Tickets £10 (£8 / family £25)
are available from Ann Curtis (0131 669 2246),
email
annmcurtis@yahoo.com or at the door.
This will be the final concert at Tollcross; as part of the restructuring of Methodist work in the City, the decision has been taken to sell Tollcross Central Hall. |
| Saturday 23rd October 2010 | PGL, Dalguise, Dunkeld PH8 0JX | The Methodist Big Day Out for Young People in Scotland - for young people aged 12-18 - outdoor pursuits, chill time, group discussion, worship. For more information please e-mail bigdayout@methodistchurchinscotland.org.uk and see the Centre's website. |
| Saturday 20th November 2010, 9.30 am to 12.30 pm | St Peter's Free Church, (off) Perth Road, Dundee | “ Out of the Silent Church” Conference -
Speakers and topics:
For full details and registration form, see new Solas website: www.solas-cpc.co.uk; tickets £10 - if fully booked, see Tom Penman who may have a spare ticket! |
Prayer Points for this week
- visits of Pope Benedict XVI and the WCC Executive;
- The President and Vice-President of Conference at the Trades Union Congress in Manchester, Tuesday;
- Connexional Law and Polity Committee, Thursday;
- taking forward of Synod discussions and decisions;
- Montrose Pastoral Committee meeting (Monday),
- Blairgowrie Stewards meeting (Wednesday),
- Arbroath Church Council meeting (Thursday);
- continuing effects of Indonesia earthquake and Philippines floods a year ago (Christian Aid);
- Cedar Home for girls in Beirut (BibleLands);
- staff and residents in homes in the Chester and Stoke District (Methodist Homes);
- Bible Society work in Panama;
- The Leprosy Mission's work in Botswana, D R Congo, Zambia;
- we pray with and for the peoples of Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania (WCC Prayer Calendar);
- we remember fellow Methodists in the Rochdale and Littleborough Circuit (Bolton and Rochdale District) and in the City of Edinburgh (Edinburgh and Forth Circuit).
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