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CULLEN ART GROUP Meets Tues 9am - 1pm at Cullen Community Centre. Friendly and supportive group. New members welcome. Coffee break at 11am.

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ISLA ART AND CRAFTS Mondays, 7pm - 9pm, Keith.

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BUCCANEER THEATRE CLUB Club nights are Monday, 7pm at RAF Lossiemouth. New members interested in both onstage and back-stage activities welcome. For more info call Chris on 07789 552968 or Ally on 07887 513915.

CULLEN BOWLING AND TENNIS CLUB Provides a service to anyone who is interested in bowling and tennis. Bowls, tennis rackets, balls and shoes all available. Call Sandra Douglas: 01542 840118

MACS MORAY AREA CANCER SUPPORT Meets 2nd Monday each month, 6:30pm - 9pm at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Elgin. A support group for anyone of any age affected by cancer. For support or information call 07516 219151 or e-mail info@macsuk.org

BUCKIE AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB Classes spanning all levels and coaching available. Ages 5-16.

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CLOCHAN COMMUNITY CENTRE Every Monday 2pm-4pm: art group - £2 per session. Contact Alan: 01542 850493. Every Tuesday 10am-12pm: coffee morning, home bakes and book swap - £2. 1:30pm-4pm: tea dance (old time and popular sequences). Contact Paul or Pauline: 01542 850416.

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GARMOUTH & KINGSTON ART GROUP Alternate Thursdays from 29th August, 2pm - 4pm in Garmouth Hall. New members welcome.

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QUARRIERS EPILEPSY SUPPORT GROUP 1st Wed each month. 6:30 - 8pm at Riverside Christian Church Hall, Buckie. Provides sufferers & carers the opportunity to socialise. Call Tara or Christine 01309 675900 or 07871151198.

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS Light gives hope The conclusion is made that Santa Claus must be a man for no woman would ever wear the same outfit two years in a row! Perhaps, like me, you are dreading Christmas this year because, like me, you have just lost your spouse or partner, parent or child.

It feels as if the Grinch has stolen all our presents of love and security, health and happiness.

I know that Advent and Christmas Day in particular will be very poignant. It will bring back memories of Ranald who was very ill last year but struggled out of bed on Christmas Day to join friends around the table despite the fact he himself was peg-fed. He put on a brave face and had us all laughing at his jokes, such as, “Fit div ye caa a pigeon on its winter holidays at Aviemore? A ski-in doo!” One of his last Christmas presents to me was a small Charlie bear, carefully chosen as it has a heart round its neck. The heart catches the light. And light gives me hope: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all humanity. The light shines in the

darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (St. John’s Gospel 1:1-5) That light has already been brought into my life by loyal family and friends who have gone out of their way to support me and encourage me to pick up the pieces of my shattered life and to see that the “darkness has not overcome the light”. In sacrificial love they are helping me cope with the loss of Ranald who was not only my husband and best friend but also my work colleague. He always claimed that the only reason I got the job as his Associate Minister was because I slept with the boss! Happy memories of him bring light into the darkness too.

Another of the Christmas presents which Ranald gave me was a DVD of the film “Whisky Galore” based on Sir Compton MacKenzie’s book, a dramatized version of a true incident as researched by historian Gerry Burke.

Burke writes that although the men of Eriskay saw whisky as having only one use, that is as a beverage, the women of the island saw whisky in a different light. He writes, “Whisky, out of the hands of men, became a domestic necessity, for the women used it to light the fire, as disinfectant for flea bites and sheep ticks, as medicine for hoarse cattle and as a soother for teething babies.”

All Saints Episcopal Church, Buckie Sundays 11.30am: Parish Eucharist.

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Buckie Baptist Church Sundays 11am & 6pm. All welcome. Contact Rev. Gavin Hunter • Church - 836041• Manse - 833587 • jesuslives@hotmail.co.uk Buckie Church of Christ Sunday 9.30am: Bible Study. Morning worship 11am. Children welcome. Tel: 01542 834696.

Buckie North, Church of Scotland Cluny Square. Sundays 11am and 6pm. Contact Rev. Isabel Buchan on 01542 832118 Buckie South & West, Church of Scotland High Street. Sundays 11:30am including Sunday school. Call 01542 833775 or email buckiesouwester@btconnect.com Buckie Methodist Church Sundays 11am and 6pm. Sunday school, Bible studies, prayer meetings, study and house groups, Alpha and Women’s Guild. Tel: 01542 831176.

Cullen & Deskford Church of Scotland First Sunday of the month. Hall church at 11am. Followed by soup & sweet. Every other Sunday. Auld Kirk at 10.30am and the 2nd and 4th Sundays. Jubilee Hall, Deskford at 12pm.

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Father Calum Morrison, the priest on Eriskay at the time, declared that the cargo of whisky was “Spirit that was a gift of God.” However, the best gift of the spirit to receive is the the gift of Christmas, that is, the gift of the spirit of Christ, for it is his Spirit which shines in our lives and will continue to do so in the dreichest days of our lives. Our hopes for a brighter future will come true, for “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.”

May the light of Christ burn brightly in all our hearts this coming Christmas Day and far beyond, that wherever we go in our world we will carry the Christlight with us to illuminate the lives of others who live in darkness too. Let us, like Scrooge in Dicken’s Christmas Carol, keep alive the Spirit of a Merry Christmas into the New Year of 2015 and far beyond.

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Contact Sheila Sellar: 01542 840760. Email: sasellar@btinternet.com Cullen Methodist Church, Buckie Sundays 11am. Contact Ian Burnett (secretary to Church Council): 01542 840234.

Enzie Parish Church Portgordon, Buckie. Sunday worship and Sunday school 10am. Call 01542 833775 or Email: enziekirk@btconnect.com Findochty Church of Scotland Sundays 9.45am. All welcome. Contact David Pirie: 01542 834123.

Findochty Methodist Church Sunday fellowship 11am.

Findochty Salvation Army Sundays 10:30am Morning meeting, S.A.S Kids 12pm (Sunday School), 6pm evening meeting plus a weekly programme. Contact Envoy Gordon Lovie on 01542 839633 for details.

Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church Seafield Avenue, Keith. Sunday, Family Eucharist at 11:30am & Wednesday Morning Prayer at 9:30am. Last Thursday of each month a Service of Prayer & Reflection at 7pm. Tel: 01542 882782.

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NOVEMBER 2014 26 wednesday do you like jokes? comedy club 7.30pm the drouthy cobbler (the blue room). tickets £10 from bar or www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

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29 saturday - 30 sunday brodie castle christmas craft fair by exclusively highlands 10am - 4pm beautiful crafts, wonderful foods, mulled wine, mince pies and music. £4 per adult, children free. includes a glass of non-alcoholic mulled punch and a mince pie. call 0844 493 2156.

30 sunday arradoul christmas fayre 10am - 4pm, arradoul swri hall near buckie. entry £1.50 for entry - includes tea and shortbread (homemade). for info contact janet on 01542 850420 or penny on 01542 850230

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28 friday scottish rock garden club (moray group) - prof. ian alexander - a botanists’ garden 7:30pm, new elgin hall annex. for info call colinne souter (treasurer) on 01340 871504 or netta milne (secretary) on 01340 881558 stanley odd @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

29 saturday the springsteen sessions - bruce springsteen tribute act @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com keith christmas lights committee extravaganza 1pm 4pm, longmore hall, keith. santa, stalls with crafts and goodies, teas & entertainment. for a stall please contast susan on 07811 801961 or 01542 882757. creative moray firth christmas craft fair 10am 4:30pm, nairn community and arts centre. over 30 crafters selling unique crafts for amazing christmas gifts. refreshments served all day. for more info visit www.creativemorayfirth.co.uk portessie public hall annual christmas craft fair and coffee morning 9.30am - 12 noon. stalls available for local crafts and fundraising groups. to reserve a table costing £5 contact 836095. entry adults £2, children £1.

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2 tuesday coffee morning and book swap 10am - 12pm, clochan community centre. pancakes & homebakes. £2.50 tea dance 1:30pm - 4pm clochan community centre. old time & popular sequence. enquiries to paul / pauline 01542 850416

5 friday play pieces - lunchtime theatre 1pm at the drouthy cobbler. tickets includes a play, a pie and a pint! this month is warrior blue by bob begg. for more info visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

6 saturday lhanbryde community centre quiz night 7pm for 7.30pm. £2 pp, teams of up to four. byob. christmas craft fair 10am - 2pm, portgordon village hall. free entry. tables £10 each which includes light lunch for stall holders. only 4 stalls left! call 01542 831588 for details. baby & children's market 10am - 12:30pm. eight acres hotel, elgin. indoor second-hand sale dedicated to baby & children's items all under one roof. a not-for-profit organisation who encourage recycling & help parents save. christmas fayre 10am - 12pm at bishopmill primary school. craft stalls, santas grotto, teas / mincemeat pies etc. all welcome. christmas cracker spectacular with santa's grotto!

10am - 12pm miltonduff hall. homebakes, tea & coffee. craft tables for little ones. business craft tables selling unique jewellery, crafty gifts, nail painting. £2 per adult incl. tea/coffee and mincepie. children free entry and free refreshments. popularly priced charges for the events within. oasis uk: oasis tribute + dj phil smith @ ironworks 7:30pm. 0871 7894173 • www.ironworksvenue.com

6 saturday - 7 sunday moray & nairn floral art club presents ‘christmas is coming’ 10am - 4pm (sat) & 12pm - 4pm (sun) at the tolbooth, forres. floral displays for the festivities. entry £3 with refreshments.

7 sunday earthtime's winter festival @ brodie castle 11am 2pm. make your own nature inspired christmas crafts, an activity trail, an outdoor fire for toasting marshmallows on with your own whittled stick and storytelling and a selection of crafter's in the stables. tickets on-line £5 per child; on the day £10 per child. for more info call 01343 541335.

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elgin city band 12th annual carol concert 7pm, st giles church, elgin. joined by pupils from bishopmill primary school to set the scene for christmas with a programme of light hearted seasonal tunes and singing. tickets are £5/£3 concession. pluscarden hall christmas craft fair 2pm - 4.30pm at pluscarden hall. with mince pies, tea & mulled wine. wee boppers discos presents: frozen disco @ ironworks 3pm. for details call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

8 monday traditional music and song session 7:30pm at the drouthy cobbler. bring along your instrument or voice to join in or just take in this traditional music sessions! www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

12 friday dance night 7:30pm - 11:30pm, clochan community centre. refreshments and raffle. proceeds to clochan c.c.renovations. call paul / pauline on 01542 850416 rnw presents: rock n' wrestle @ ironworks 7pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

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13 saturday banffshire field club “george skene of skene’s ride to london in 1729” - speaker : harry hawkes 2:15pm 3:45pm at st rufus church hall, turner street, keith. members £2, non-members £3. incl. tea and biscuits orienteering at roseisle 10:15am - 11am, roseisle forest picnic area. try your hand at this adventure running sport at the last of moravian's saturday series for 2014 www.moravianorienteering.org stars for thought christmas tree lights switch on 4pm, north church, mid street, keith. carols & hot chocolate. sing along with the melody makers. in aid of sunshine developmental playgroup. christmas market @ logie steading 10am - 3pm. with carols and christmas tree, craft and food stalls and lots more! all welcome.

14 sunday james ross presents the marvel of peru: christmas at the castle 3pm - 4pm & 5pm - 6pm at brodie castle. a variety of christmas carols some of which the audience will be invited to join in. £14 includes a glass of (non-alcoholic)mulled punch and a mince pie after the performance. www.nts.org.uk/events christmas concert by the buckie choral union, with special guests, the keith silver band 7:30pm at the highfield hall, buckie high school. tickets from choir members, house of hair fashion and at the door. complimentary refreshments at interval.

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