5 February 2012
Next Sunday
12 February 2012
- 11 am
- Worship led by Mr Charles Richmond
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.
Poverty and Homelessness Action Week
5th February is the last day of this special week, but any further contributions to this appeal will be welcomed by the Treasurer, David Easson
“Scottish Christian Broadcast”
There is a pile of these free booklets (Issue 1 Spring/Summer 2012) on the table in the Vestibule - please pick up and give to your friends - lots of news of events across the country as well as many interesting features.
Meetings this week
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 8th February 2012, 7.30 pm | Dundee Methodist Church, “L” | Church Council |
| Wednesday 8th February 2012, 7.30 pm | Caird Hall | Organ Recital: by Daniel Moult “Dazzling masterworks for organ” - tickets from Dundee City Box office, www.dundeebox.co.uk. |
| Friday 10th February 2012, 12 noon - 1 pm | YMCA 151 Brook Street, Broughty Ferry (opposite “M&S Food”) (map) | Broughty Ferry Churches Group Christian Aid lunch. Soup (choice from 3 or more) is served with bread & cheese, followed by coffee (plus occasional shortbread!) for £2, in support of this ecumenical aid, relief and development charity. A warm welcome is given to all to come and share food and fellowship regularly or from time to time. |
Support other Organisations
Scottish Bible Society
Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in February for work in Costa Rica. Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to
- work with young people in Glasgow and Bearsden;
- a meeting of the Biblefresh Executive in London on Tuesday;
- distribution of Scriptures to libraries and needy people in Moldova, happening despite the political situation;
- provision of Bibles to schools in New Zealand for use in RE classes - 32500 children to receive a copy;
- the World Day of Prayer committee in Malaysia, and the materials they have prepared;
- the annual Bible week in the South Pacific, providing opportunities for Bible reading marathons, youth rallies and quizzes, broadcast Bible studies and visits to churches.
Forthcoming events
| Date & time | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 24th February 2012, 10am to 4pm | Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh | “Without Words; Creative Communication” - a One-Day Workshop
run by 'Faith
in Older People', seeking to address,
from a spiritual perspective, aspects of communication when living and
working with people suffering from dementia.
The facilitators will be Kate Allan, a psychologist whose interests include communication creativity and wellbeing in dementia, and John Killick, a writer and champion of the role of art for people with dementia. Cost £65. Registration via
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| Saturday February 25th February 2012, 11am coffee / 11.30am start to 3.45pm | Central Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX | “Holiness and Risk” Event This day event is for all interested and especially as a continuation for any who attended previous H&R Days. The programme will include a mix of sharing stories, exploring resources, worship, table fellowship - with fun and laughter as essential ingredients!
Please advise Fiona Inglis, District Administrator, if you wish to attend by
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| Wednesday 29th February 2012, 4pm to 8pm (including meal together) | The Bield at Blackruthven | Invitation to meet Ann Morisy. Scotland District Learning & Development Forum is hosting an open discussion to be resourced by Ann Morisy. Ann, then visiting Scotland, is well-known as an exciting and encouraging speaker on the churches' engagements with communities, and has written widely on this, including “Journeying Out: a new approach to Christian mission”. For late registrations, please contact the District Administrator, Fiona Inglis, on fiona@methodistchurch.plus.com or 01786 820295. |
| Thursday 22nd to Saturday 24th March 2012 | Gardyne Theatre, Dundee College | “Mother of All The Peoples” : a return of the play celebrating the life and work of Mary Slessor. Tickets £12 (£10 concessions) - see noticeboard. |
| Friday 23rd March 2012, 10am to 4pm | Ignatian Spirituality Centre, 35 Scott Street, Glasgow G3 6PE | “Without Words; Creative Communication” - a One-Day Workshop
run by 'Faith
in Older People', seeking to address,
from a spiritual perspective, aspects of communication when living and
working with people suffering from dementia.
The facilitators will be Kate Allan, a psychologist whose interests include communication creativity and wellbeing in dementia, and John Killick, a writer and champion of the role of art for people with dementia. Cost £65. Registration via
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| Saturday 24th March 2012 | Allan Park South Church, Dumbarton Road, Stirling FK8 2QJ, with further events in Holy Trinity and 'the Smith' | The Drummond Trust Stirling Conference: 'Ian Masson Fraser'. “Ian Fraser is arguably Scotland's greatest living theologian, whose theology is lived out in action, prayer and poetry. This Conference provides a rare opportunity to explore in the round the ways in which Ian's gifts of thought and language have expressed themselves in a unique witness for our times ...” Contributors include Ian himself, Kathy Galloway, Elizabeth Templeton, Tim Duffy, Douglas Galbraith, Alison Jack and Elspeth King. Cost (incl refreshments & buffet lunch); £10 / £8 concessions. Early booking is advised, contact:
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Prayer Points for this week
- the President and the Vice-President of Conference in the Nottingham & Derby District, this weekend,
- the President on retreat Tuesday-Saturday;
- projects in the Birmingham District (Methodist Homes);
- The Leprosy Mission's work in Bhutan & Nepal;
- Christian Aid in Sierra Leone and their partership with the Methodist Church there;
- Mission Aviation Fellowship assisting in “rebuilding communities after years of conflict” in Democratic Republic of Congo;
- Partnership with the West Bank Department of Services for Palestinian Refugees (BibleLands);
- Bible Society work in Moldova, New Zealand and the South Pacific;
- we pray with and for the peoples of Ireland & the United Kingdom (WCC Ecumenical Calendar);
- we remember fellow Methodists in Orpington and Chislehurst (The London District) and all in Wallacestone Church (Central Scotland Circuit).
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