Dundee Methodist Church

13 April 2014

Next Sunday
20 April 2014
Easter Sunday

11 am
Worship including Holy Communion led by the Rev Mary Patterson
Communion Offering for the Fund for the Support of Presbyters and Deacons (formerly the Auxiliary Fund)

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.

Easter Sunday in Marketgait

To assist with the decoration of The Cross, we are invited to bring spring flowers, freshly cut from our gardens if available.

Traidcraft

The new catalogue is out and available on the vestibule table. Margaret is happy to receive orders.

Dundee Methodists and Food Banks

We support the Dundee Foodbank by bringing in any of the suggested items from the Shopping List (on the table on the upstairs landing) and placing them in the large blue Bucket provided nearby. An explanatory slip is also available. There is also need for plastic carrier bags of suitable size; please place any spares by the Bucket. Monetary donations are also welcome. Contact Liz Kay for further information.

Meetings this week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Monday 14th April 2014, 7.30pm Our Lady of Good Counsel, Westfield Road, Broughty Ferry Stations of the Cross
Tuesday 15th April 2014, 7.30pm Broughty Baptist Church Holy week service, Broughty Ferry Churches Group
Wednesday 16th April 2014, 10am to 11.30am Blairgowrie Methodist Church Coffee Morning
Wednesday 16th April 2014, 12 noon Our Lady of Good Counsel, Westfield Road, Broughty Ferry Holy week Service and lunch (bring food)
Thursday 17th April 2014, 7pm Broughty Ferry New Kirk hall Supper & Communion
Thursday 17th April 2014, 7pm St Mary's, Queen Street, Broughty Ferry Communion Service
Friday 18th April 2014, 10am from St Mary's, Queen Street, Broughty Ferry Hot Cross Bun Give-away. (donations Thur 4pm-6pm; preparation Fri 9.30am)
Friday 18th April 2014 NO Christian Aid Soup Lunch.
Friday 18th April 2014, 12 noon St Mary's, Queen Street, Broughty Ferry church open, Short Worship at 3pm
Friday 18th April 2014, 12.30pm Broughty Baptist Church Lunchtime Communion
Friday 18th April 2014, 3pm Our Lady of Good Counsel, Westfield Road, Broughty Ferry The Passion
Friday 18th April 2014, 6.30pm Dundee Congregational Church, Constitution Road (off Ward Road, south of the ring road) Good Friday Service
Friday 18th April 2014, 7pm St Mary's, Queen Street, Broughty Ferry Tenebrae Service
Saturday 19th April 2014, 7pm St Mary's, Queen Street, Broughty Ferry Easter Vigil
Saturday 19th April 2014, 8.30pm Our Lady of Good Counsel, Westfield Road, Broughty Ferry Easter Vigil
Sunday 20th April 2014, 8am Barnhill Rock Garden, Broughty Ferry service, egg rolling & Breakfast in Barnhill St Margaret's hall
Sunday 20th April 2014, 6.30pm Broughty Baptist Church Service led by young people

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Our support via the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in April for work in Vietnam.

Our prayerful attention is drawn this week to

  • increase in media coverage of Bible Society work in Finland;
  • progress of the revision of the modern Hungarian Bible translation and of establishment of the Bible Museum in Budapest;
  • engagement with young people in Estonia;
  • planning by the SBS for the next autumn-spring diary, and Communication Team's work for exhibitions at summer events.

Forthcoming events

Date & timeVenueDetails
Saturday 10th May 2014, 0.30am (refreshments) to 4pm St Matthew's Church of Scotland, Tay Street Perth PH1 5TE “Touching Places” The Scotland Methodist District Holiness and Risk Team is arranging this event to help our thinking about
  • what makes a place special?
  • how do we develop the Church as 'a touching place'?
  • how do we explore places and spaces?
  • how do we connect to our communities through 'touching places'?

The event is free; lunch provided.
Please register by Friday 28th April if possible, via the booking form on vestibule table or forwardable online from District Office or Synod members, or contact the District Administrator, Fiona Inglis, in the Office Old Churches House, Kirk Street, Dunblane FK15 0AJ, tel: 01786 820295,e-mail: fiona@methodistchurch.plus.com.
Monday & Tuesday 16 - 17th June 2014 St John's College, Durham “Formation for the Future” Conference and Celebration run by the Methodist Study Centre in Durham. The keynote speakers at the conference are to be Prof James Dunn (Lightfoot Professor of Divinity Emeritus, Durham University), Rev Prof David Wilkinson (Principal, St John's College), and Prof Mike Higton (Chair of Common Awards in Theology, Ministry and Mission).
Booking forms and information is on the vestibule table, or contact www.dur.ac.uk/wsc.online.
Immediately following the conference there will be a Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of the Wesley Study Centre, at 3pm in Elvet Methodist Church. The Preacher at the Thanksgiving Service will be the President of Conference, the Rev Ruth Gee.
The Centre was affected by the outcome of the “Fruitful Field” training review and Conference decisions. There will be a reception after the service to launch the new Wesley Study Centre - all welcome to join us in the Church Hall to hear more.

Prayer Points for this week

  • the President of Conference in Shetland from Tuesday;
  • Holy Week and Easter observance throughout Scotland;
  • pastoral care, support, and concerns within the Circuit's congregations;
  • safety of visually impaired children travelling daily to the Helen Keller Centre, West Bank (Embrace);
  • ministry in Mongolia ( MAF);
  • projects, residents & staff in the Darlington District (Methodist Homes);
  • Palestinian refugees from Syria now in Lebanon (Christian Aid);
  • work in Guinea and Nigeria (The Leprosy Mission);
  • Bible Society work in Vietnam;
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan (WCC);
  • we remember Methodists in Poole and Swanage (Southampton District) and all in osyth Ecumenical Partnership (Edinburgh and Forth Circuit).