Dundee Methodist Church

1 July 2012

Next Sunday
8 July 2012

11 am
All-age Worship led by Mrs Julya Walsh

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.

Riverside Blairgowrie Methodist Church 125th Anniversary Celebrations

Anniversary Weekend 25th- 26th August:

  • “Church Open Day” from 10am to 4pm on Saturday with exhibition, barbecue lunch, games …. (memorabilia for display warmly welcome)
  • Service of Renewal on Sunday

For more details please contact the Rev Jean Murrie or any Blairgowrie Steward - the support of the whole Circuit (and beyond) is warmly invited.

Meetings this week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Wednesday 4th July 2012, 10am to 11.30am Blairgowrie Methodist Church Coffee Morning. The support of Circuit friends is always much appreciated and a warm welcome given to all who come.
Saturday 7th July 2012, 10.30am to 3.30pm Pitlochry Parish Church Malcolm and Cati Ramsay recently went from Pitlochry to Nepal as joint Mission Partners from the Church of Scotland and the Methodist Church. The Scotland District is hosting a Day Conference to welcome Om Prakash Subba, a member of the Board of the United Mission to Nepal, who is to attend the Methodist Conference in Plymouth the previous week. See poster on noticeboard for details of the day's programme. To register, contact Bill Reid: tel 01307 4600 ore-mail: billreid@methodistchurch.plus.com

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Our support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in June for work in Nicaragua and in July for work in Cambodia.

Our prayerful attention is drawn in the coming weeks to

  • response to Good Samaritan HIV/AIDS outreach in Zambia;
  • work amid financial crisis in Angola;
  • production of a daily 15-minute radio programme by the Bible Society in Cambodia.

Forthcoming events

Date & timeVenueDetails
Tuesday 10th July 2012, 7pm Dundee Methodist Church, “L” Extraordinary Circuit Meeting - part of the District-wide process of consultation following the decision to move towards a “One-Circuit District” taken at the Spring Synod in Dundee and prior to the District Synod in Inverness on 15th September. The Church Council has met to consider issues and questions; other comments may be made to / via our representatives to the Circuit Meeting (Alan, David, Lorna, 'tricia) or other Dundee folk attending (Heather).
Friday 7th - Sunday 9th September 2012 Lagganlia, Aviemore “My Big Fat Greek Weekend” - an invitation to 11 - 16 year olds from Scotland Methodist District (in the person of Sally Robertson). Cost £20 per person, including transport. Registration by Saturday 30th June to mbfgw@methodistchurchinscotland.org.uk , phone 079670 778525, or send postcard (on Vestibule table) to Sally Robertson, Methodist Church in Scotland, Scottish Churches House, Kirk Street, Dunblane, FK15 0AJ.

Prayer Points for this week

  • The President-designate of Conference, Rev Dr Mark Wakelin, and the Vice-President-designate, Michael King, as Methodist Conference meets in Plymouth, 28th June- 5th July;
  • residents in schemes in Scotland (Methodist Homes);
  • Mission Aviation Fellowship's work in Uganda;
  • all staff and volunteers (Christian Aid);
  • Bible Society work in Nicaragua and in Cambodia;
  • Deaf Unit Cairo, working with children with impairments;
  • The Leprosy Mission's work in southern Africa;
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Bolivia, Chile and Peru; (WCC Ecumenical Calendar);
  • we remember fellow Methodists in Wembley (The London District) and in Kirkcaldy (Edinburgh and Forth Circuit).