Dundee Methodist Church

21 September 2014

Next Sunday
28 September 2014

11 am
Harvest worship led by Mr Edward Idle

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.

Scottish Referendum

Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS) has produced material to help reflection for the period following the vote and announcement of the outcome.

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.

President of Conference in Scotland

The Rev Ken Howcroft will be in the Edinburgh and Forth Circuit on Sunday 5th October, as follows:

Our prayers and support are warmly invited for this visit. (Ken will be in Shetland in November and also then seeing the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland).

Meetings this week

Date & timeVenueDetails
Wednesday 24th September 2014, 10am to 11.30am Blairgowrie Methodist Church Coffee Morning
Wednesday 24th September 2014, 7pm Dundee Methodist Church, “L” Church Council
Saturday 27th September 2014, 1pm St Paul's Cathedral Lunchtime Concert by The Northern Lights Wind Quintet. Tickets (adults £4, students £3, accompanied schoolchildren free) at the door; coffee and tea served after.
Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th September 2014, 2pm - 4pm Blairgowrie Methodist Church “Doors Open Weekend”; the church will be open, refreshments will be served.
Sunday 28th September 2014, 7pm Blairgowrie Methodist Church

Support other Organisations

Scottish Bible Society

Our support via the Bible-a-Month Club is invited in September for work in Botswana.

Our prayerful attention this week is drawn to

  • appeal to provide Bibles in Papua New Guinea;
  • distribution of Bible Reprint Edition and large print Bibles in Malta;
  • staff and distribution work in Moldova;
  • use of the new Bible 2011 in Norway, also translation of the Bible into Sami.

Forthcoming events

Date & timeVenueDetails
Saturday 4th October 2014, 10am to 4.30pm St Peter's Free Church, Perth Road, Dundee “Hope Deferred: Trusting God in the midst of infertility and infant loss” - one day conference. Further information from Alistair & Valerie MacInnes and Jonathan & Judith Keefe: tel 01862 832926; info@hopedeferred.co.uk.
Friday 9th October 2014, 10am to 4.30pm The Vine Conference Centre, 131 Garvock Hill, Dunfermline Scottish Pilgrim Gathering 2014 - “Communing with Nature”.
Key questions about the relationships between the current revival of off-road pilgrim travel, spirituality, and today's global conservation movement will be discussed by a panel of key speakers; it is hoped that a Scottish Government Minister will also attend. There will be a choice of workshops involving the different stakeholders, including churches, concerned in developing new Pilgrim Way long distance routes.
The Scottish Pilgrim Routes Forum (SPRF) AGM will be held separately after the Gathering.
Entrance and lunch - £30; details and online booking or contact Roger Pickering: office@forthpilgrim.org, tel: 01383 730056.
Saturday 1st November 2014, 10.30am to 3.30pm People with a Mission Centre, Riggs Road, Perth, PH1 1PR “Chaplaincy Everywhere” A day to focus on chaplaincy, by Methodists and with others. Free lunch provided. More details.
Please register by Monday 20th October using the form on the vestibule table or email fiona@methodistchurch.plus.com.

Prayer Points for this week

  • the Vice-President of Conference at the Labour Party Conference, Monday - Tuesday;
  • the President in Coventry Cathedral next Sunday;
  • discussions, decisions, and subsequent action at the Circuit's Church Councils;
  • harvest appeal to support work in South Sudan (Christian Aid);
  • flying in southern Africa (MAF);
  • the Salaam Centre, Ezbert el Nahkl, Cairo (Embrace);
  • we pray with and for the peoples of Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine;
  • we remember fellow Methodists in The Peak, including work at Cliff College (Sheffield District) and in Stirling (Central Scotland).