19 May 2013

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.

Circuit Preaching Plan: June - August

The next Quarter's Plan has been already sent out electronically to those who have so indicated and is available from Marketgait in print for those who wish a paper copy. More can be run off if required.

If you have not previously agreed / indicated which of these two options you prefer, please do so by signing the sheet on the Vestibule table or advising David and Jenny Easson.

Methodist Prayer Handbook 2013-14

Pam Bostock (Circuit Meeting Secretary) is to place a bulk order for the next Prayer Handbook, to include all the Circuit's churches. The Handbook, entitled “Light and Hope”, should cost £3.15 (ordinary or large print). To provide an estimate of Dundee's requirements, would those wishing a Handbook would sign the sheet on the Vestibule table today. If you are aware of others who would wish a copy, please add their name or advise Jenny Easson.

Pam may also be able to include in the order other material from Methodist Publishing; please contact her direct (or indicate today on the Handbook sheet) about this.

“Singing the Faith”- Jenny Easson has some insert sheets for the defective final page of the index in the music edition.

Royal Highland Show: Churches Stand

Volunteers to staff the Churches Stand at the RHS in Ingliston from 20th to 23rd June are sought. Please contact Bill Reid billreid@methodistchurch.plus.com, shonapaterson@acts-scotland.org or lcameron@cofscotland.org.uk.

General Church Meeting

As previously indicated, the annual General Church Meeting will take place on Sunday 2nd June after worship, which will commence at 10.45am (ie the 'early singing' start time for that day). After a short break (to allow for 'comfort needs', car parking payments & serving of coffee), the formal GCM business will include the election of Church Stewards and four representatives from the congregation to the Church Council.

(NB Although the appointments of Church Stewards runs from 1st September, it may be necessary to call on new and / or former Stewards for cover during July and August in particular.)

This is an important opportunity for us all to share conversation about our life and work together.

Invitation to Anniversary Service

Dundee Methodists have been invited by Meadowside St Paul's Church of Scotland to join the Anniversary Celebration worship, with Communion, at 11am in Meadowside St Paul's on Sunday 30th June; there will also be a Methodist Café Service at that time in Marketgait. Any Methodists who wish to attend the Anniversary Service are encouraged to do so on this important occasion for our friends and neighbours. It would be helpful for our Church Stewards to know in advance of people wishing to go to MSP.

Edinburgh Half-Marathon: Sunday 26th May

David Rogerson (Central Scotland Circuit) will be running in support of Rett UK, a charity supporting those with this neurological syndrome and their families.

To sponsor David, see details on https://www.justgiving.com/David-Rogerson2/.

David's amount will be matched by Camas Enterprises Ltd.

Meetings this week

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Support through the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in May for work in Kyrgyzstan. Our prayerful attention is drawn to

• funding of the East Caribbean Bible Society flagship project;
• search for new premises for the Bible Society in Suriname to enable continuation of outreach to children, youth, and battered women;
• volunteers working in Netherlands Antilles through the BibleBus and BibleWorld projects.

Christian Aid Week: “Bite Back at Hunger”

During this past week, Christian Aid has invited us to focus on Zimbabwe, Kenya and Bolivia, and partnerships with local organisations:

• The Dabane Trust working with local communities in the Gwanda region of Zimbabwe to build a sand dam to provide a reliable water supply for the irrigation of crops;
• CCSMKE in Eastern Kenya using mobile phone texting to send farmers localised weather forecasts to enable planting harvesting in the best conditions;
• CIPCA working with marginalised communities in Bolivia to secure rights to land where they have lived for generations.

If you have not had opportunity to donate during Christian Aid Week, envelopes are available on the Vestibule table for return to Margaret.

Forthcoming events

Prayer Points for this week

• The Vice-President of Conference in Cambridge this weekend;
• Wesley Day commemorations in St Paul's Cathedral and Wesley's Chapel, London, on Friday (24th May);
• General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland and of the Free Church of Scotland, in Edinburgh, this week;
• flying in the Indonesian archipelago ( Mission Aviation Fellowship);
• The Leprosy Mission's work in west India;
• projects, residents, and staff in Scotland (Methodist Homes );
• Episcopate's development centres for girls in Egypt, especially the Ras el Soda centre near Alexandria (Embrace);
• post-conflict resilience in Democratic Republic of Congo (Christian Aid);
• Bible Society work in Kyrgyzstan;
• we pray with and for the peoples of Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania (WCC Ecumenical Calendar);
• we remember fellow Methodists in Tadcaster (York and Hull District) and all in Rosyth Ecumenical Partnership (Edinburgh & Forth Circuit).

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