What's On and Notice BoardSERVICES/EVENTS TODAY AND THIS WEEKSunday 25 July – Pentecost 98.00am Holy Communion9.30am Eucharist at Maxwelton Chapel 11.00am Said Eucharist (Choir Holiday) & Children’s Summer Club (Hall) 6.00pm Evening Service Public Morning and Evening Prayer services on Mondays to Fridays will not regularly take place during July and August. Individuals/groups may still wish to use the usual times for personal prayer and the church will continue to be open for visitors from 9.00am to 5.00pm daily. Tuesday 6.30pm Said Eucharist Wednesday 10.30am Holy Communion followed by refreshments/fellowship Thursday 11.30am Holy Communion (Crichton Chapel) 6.00pm A Time for Meditation (Meeting Room) |
 This month's Taizé service You can catch up on the bible reading
and commentary for the month, ahead of our Taizé service, by
visiting the Taizé website: NEXT WEEKSunday 1 August – Pentecost 108.00am Holy Communion11.00am Sung Eucharist & Children’s Summer Club (Hall) Readings: Hosea 11.1-11; Colossians 3.1-11; Luke 12.13-21 6.00pm Evensong |
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NoticesVisitors: A warm welcome is extended to all visiting St John’s today. Please make yourselves known to stewards and those officiating at the service. Magazines giving information about St John’s are available on the stewards’ table at the back of the church and/or we invite you to take/complete one of the yellow coloured cards on the pew shelves and return them to a steward or member of the clergy. Refreshments are available in the hall for fellowship after the 11.00am service. The Order of Service at 11am can be found in the Blue “Scottish Liturgy 1982” Booklet. The paragraphs which are sidelined are said by all. Hymn numbers can be found on the front page of the Pew Notes and/or on the Hymn Boards in the church. The Bible readings and prayer which precedes them (the Collect) can also be found in the Pew Notes. After the third (offertory) hymn the service continues on page 6. Offerings for the work of the church are welcome and church members are encouraged to make regular contributions by means of bank standing orders or freewill offering envelopes. These envelopes and general donations are received during the third (offertory) hymn. Visitors can find envelopes on each pew shelf which can enable the church to receive Gift Aided tax enhancement to donations. Participation in Communion: Visitors who are accustomed to receiving communion in other churches are welcome to come forward for communion at that part of the service. Communion can also be brought to the pew of those unable to come to the rail. Please advise the stewards if you would like to receive this ministry. Crèche facilities are available in the Meeting Room at the rear of the Church during the 11.00am service. The Children’s Summer Club will be meeting for activities in the Hall during the 11.00am service today and each week until Sunday 22 August. The All-age services at 9.30am and 4.00pm and Children’s Church at 11.00am are not taking place during the school holidays. The next service at 9.30am will be on Sunday 29 August. Stewardship The letters for Members of St John’s, mentioned in recent sermons and the magazine, as part of the next stage of our financial stewardship, are available for collection in church again today. Please take the envelope addressed to you: those remaining will be posted out during the week. Please let Lea Wilson, Treasurer, know if you do not receive one: 01387 850245. The Choir is on holiday today and on Sunday 8 August. Bewcastle Lecture to be held in Bewcastle Church, Carlisle Diocese at 7.30pm on Saturday 4 September: Allison Higgs ‘The Haltwhistle Burn: the prospect of Better Bread’. Admission free. ‘A Summer Fayre’ in Ecclefechan Village Hall Sunday 1 August from 2.30pm, concluding with a Songs of Praise at approx. 4.30pm in aid of Overseas Mission. 'Living with the Mystics': Tuesday 3 August at Quaker Meeting House, Penrith CA11 7TR, 10am to 3pm: Exploring the works of William Johnston. Tuesday 2 November at Quaker Meeting House, Keswick (next to Booths), 10am to 3pm: Exploring the work of Thomas Merton. £5; bring own lunch. Bookings to Sarah Kirkup: 01768 341258. Transport to church: Would anyone wishing help with transport to church etc. please note that the St John's Transport Booking Line is: 07754 596140. This number is always monitored, even if the Transport Convener is absent. That way, we should be better able to respond to requests for assistance. Thanks, David Kerr. |
Tom Carrick RIP A memorial Festal Evensong is planned for Tom on Saturday 11 September at 6.00pm at the Crichton Memorial Church, where Tom also served as organist for 53 years. In preparation for this service, a book of memories of Tom is being compiled and anyone who wishes to add a story of their memory of Tom is invited to do so. The book will be available in the Church Office on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays. ‘Working with the needs and lives of older people: a framework for visiting and listening’ led by Dr Harriet Mowat. The workshops are for everyone who wishes to reflect creatively on the ageing process and the spiritual tasks and opportunities it presents. Each workshop is
a single unit and will be from 11am to 3pm and limited to 12
participants at a cost of £10 per person. The venues and
dates are: Wednesday 22 September at Elshieshields, Lochmaben; Thursday
23 September at St John’s, Lovers Walk, Dumfries; Thursday 14 October
at St Michael’s, Dumfries and Friday 15 October at St John’s, Burnside,
Moffat. Tuesday 21 September 9am – 12noon: Exercise Equinox Copies of the Scottish Methodists’ Together summer newsletter are now available at the back of the church. Do you surf the web? The Methodist Church in Scotland is reconstructing its website, and is looking for comments and suggestions on how to make the site more 'user friendly'. Please post your comments on the 'Methodist Church Forum' page at www.methodistchurchinscotland.org.uk. Those who have notices such as these to place on a Sunday are asked to send them by email to the Pew Note editors by NOON on the TUESDAY of the preceding week. Alpha Course in DumfriesAutumn 2010Some members of St John’s may be familiar with the Alpha course. Briefly, it is an invitation to explore the Christian faith as given to us in the bible and in companionship with other people. St John’s congregation has been invited along with several other churches, to take part in this ‘reaching out’ to the non-church people of Dumfries. The meetings will be held weekly in Georgetown, from Wednesday 8 September until Wednesday 1 December. Each meeting begins with a meal at 6pm. You can help in two ways: a) become a leader - there will be a training day in St George’s Church Hall, George Street, Dumfries from 10.00am to 4.30pm on Saturday 21 August; or b) help with the provision, preparing and/or serving of the meal each week. All expenses will be met by the Alpha organisation but voluntary contributions would be gratefully received towards the meetings’ expenses. If there are any members of St John’s moved to help with this initiative or who would like more information, please contact William Clark-Maxwell, St John’s Lay Representative on 01387 820342 or by writing to: Speddochhill, Dumfries DG2 9UB. Meanwhile, the Dumfries Alpha Group would be grateful for your support in prayer. |
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