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CLUBS & SOCIETIES MACS MORAY AREA CANCER SUPPORT A support group for anyone of any age affected by cancer. If you are in need of support or know of someone who needs support, or you wish to be a volunteer please contact us on 07516 219151 or e-mail info@ macsuk.org for more infomation.

ELGIN LUNCH GROUP Come and make friends at the Elgin Lunch group on Tuesday 9th April. All adults welcome.

Contact Sandy: 01343 850087 or email: enquiries@sand-ease.co.uk RED CROSS BEFRIENDING SERVICE Regular visiting service by a volunteer for over 60s, who live on their own and have little or no contact with family, friends or neighbours. Contact Rebecca Dewis 554340 or 07595 278277.

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Visit www.netmums.com for details of a local venue, contact Claire Brenton on 07989 135607 or email claireymac1@aol.com AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS Fellowship of relatives/friends of alcoholics sharing experience and strength. Details of local weekly meetings can be found at www.al-anonuk.org.uk or call 020 7403 0888.

LGBT SOCIAL Meets first Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm at the Muckle Cross Pub, Elgin. Also, meets third Saturday of the month at 10:30am at Time Out, Forres. Text/call 07598 418638.

HEALING GROUP Fridays 7pm-8:30pm at New Elgin Hall. Contact Mrs Grant on 01309 674243.

CEROC DANCING IN ELGIN Meets at Eight Acres Hotel, Elgin, Sherwood Suite every Monday, 7:30pm-10:30pm.

Ceroc resembles the dance styles of Jive, Ballroom, Tango and Salsa and for complete beginners, there will be a 45 minute class where 3 or 4 of the easier moves will be learnt. After which there will be two or three records (freestyle) where the routines can be practised. No need to bring a partner as you will get the chance to dance with everybody! www.cerocscotland.com

FORRES CYCLING CLUB Weekly runs leave the Clubhouse in Cumming Street, Forres at 9:30am every Sunday.

Midweek training most mornings. Summer Tuesday evening race/social league for all ages. Races from May to September. To be the next Wiggins or Hoy, contact club secretary Alan White on 01309 674698 or alan.white.245@btinternet.com www.forrescyclingclub.co.uk FOCHABERS 50+ WALKING GROUP New members are always welcome - do come and join us!

Meets on alternate Mondays and Sundays at The Institute, High Street, Fochabers. Mondays at 10am and Sundays at 1:30pm.

Sundays at 2pm after British Summer Time. For more information, contact the secretary: 01343 870193.

ARENA 96 BUSINESS NETWORK GROUP 28 March, Ramnee Hotel, Forres, 7pm-9pm. Friendly networking group for business people along the A96 corridor.

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ELGIN DARBY & JOAN CLUB Every Tuesday Oct - May, 2pm4pm for a sociable afternoon with entertainment or bingo for over 60’s. Elgin Community Centre.

Contact Moira Webb 541001 ELGIN FLOWER CLUB Meets every month at Elgin High Church Hall to enjoy the art of flower arranging. Contact Muriel Gerrard 550257 or email murielgerrard@yahoo.co.uk EARTHTIME TODDLER ADVENTURES Creative and exploring sessions for you and your child (2 - 5 year olds, accompanied by a parent /guardian). At Oakwood, Elgin or Grant Park, Forres. See Earthtime’s Facebook page. Call 07789 715380 or visit www.earthtime.co.uk PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for inclusion in May’s Clubs & Societies page is Friday 29th March, 4pm.

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS Remembering is something we do without thinking about it. We can see a sight and it reminds us of…. We can hear music and it reminds us of…. We can smell an aroma and it reminds us of….

Some of the things we remember will be good and some will be bad, and all the others will fit somewhere in between.

We are between Easter and Pentecost.

We have the dates in our diary so that we will remember… what? What are we remembering? What do we remember at Easter? What do we remember at Pentecost?

As he was eating for the last time with his disciples, Jesus chose to change their memories of the meal. It was Passover; the time when the Jews remember the Exodus from Egypt. This was their defining moment as a nation.

This was when they became a nation and were made into the people of God. They were told every year to remember that their ancestors had been slaves in Egypt for 400 years. And so the sights,

sounds and smells of the meal would remind them of… Well, they weren’t actually there, but they were living with the benefits of that event, celebrated and remembered in that meal.

Jesus changed it all. He told his disciples to carry on with the meal, but from now on to do it to remember him.

Only God would say a thing like that. If Jesus was only a man, only a teacher, then this was a complete break with reality to tell them to forget their great past and remember him instead.

But if he really was, and is, God, then that’s a different matter. He is God and he was doing something new. He was establishing his people – the Church – and he told us to eat together to remember him (Luke 22:19).

We weren’t there, but if you have been justified by Jesus through repentance and faith then you are living with the benefits of the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus. That is worth celebrating!

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Alves Church First Sunday every month 11.30am. Tel: 01309 690931.

Birnie - Pluscarden Church Sunday service: Pluscarden at 10am and Birnie at 11.30am Burghead Church Each Sunday 11.30am. Tel: 01309 690931.

Elgin and Forres Free Church of Scotland Sunday Service, Sunday school, and crèche 11am. Evening service 6pm. Midweek meeting Wednesday 7.30pm. Contact Colin Morrison: 01343 542196.

Elgin Baptist Church Sunday worship 11am includes crèche, preSunday school, Sunday school, and Bible class. Evenings 6pm.

Youth fellowship 7.30pm. Tel: 01343 547743.

Elgin City Church Harvest Centre Elgin (formerly St Giles Church Hall), Greyfriars Street. Sundays 10.30am. Childrens’ church and crèche available. Tel: 01343 543624.

Elgin Community Church Sunday morning service 10.30am.

Evening fellowship and youth group 6pm. Tel: 01343 546654.

Elgin High Church Sunday service 11am. Contact Parish Asst. Paula Baker: 01542 832662.

Hopeman Baptist Church Sundays 11am and 6pm.

Living Waters Fellowship Wednesdays 7pm with free refreshments: Road to Recovery - for alcholics, addicts and the homeless. Sundays 12.30pm: preachin’, prayin’, and singin’ followed by lunch. Sundays 12.30pm and Wednesdays 7pm: Truck Stop Ministries - for truck drivers & bikers. New Elgin & Ashgrove Hall, King Street, Elgin, IV30 6BN. Tel: 07730 256543. Website: www.livingwatersfellowship.co.uk Lossiemouth Baptist Church Sundays 9.30am, 11.30am (and junior church) and 6pm. Thursdays 6.15pm - 8pm: kids church (P4-P7).

Contact Rev. Rae Mackenzie: 01343 812062. Website: www.lossiebaptist.org Lossiemouth Gospel Hall Sunday club 9.30am (September to May).

Gospel meeting6.30pm.Tel: 01343 812987.

Website:www.lossiemouthgospelhall.org.uk Lossiemouth United Free Church of Scotland Sundays 11am and 6pm including Sunday school. Website: www.ufcos.org.uk/lossie Moray Grace Fellowship The Warehouse Theatre, Lossie. Sundays 10.30am. Contact Vic Cameron: 07738 260550 Email:

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never told to remember Pentecost. But that’s the thing with the Spirit of God. If you are a Christian you have the Spirit within you (Romans 8:14) and so you don’t need to remember. It is a living reality. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t celebrate Pentecost; it means we should be living every day in the power of the Spirit of God (Romans 15:19) Easter eggs and Bank Holidays are OK, but why settle for an occasional treat when the whole of your life can be filled with all the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:19).

Remember that what Jesus did he did for everyone, so as you celebrate Easter remember.

Remember Jesus (2 Timothy 2:8).

Martin Keenan, Moray Coast Methodist Churches Due to circumstances outwith our control, we are unable to place a pastoral letter from the Elgin area.

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Website: www.moraygrace.wordpress.com Holy Trinity Elgin. Sundays 8am: Holy Communion. 11am: family Eucharist. 6.30pm: evening service. Tel: 01343 547505.

Parish of Duffus, Spynie, and Hopeman On the first Sunday of the month, there is one united service at 10:30am on a rotation of the three kirks. Church services are held the other Sunday mornings at 10:00am in Hopeman and 11:30am at either Duffus or Spynie.

St Andrews-Lhanbryd and Urquhart Parish Church Sundays 11am including young church and crèche. Evening services 7pm on last Sunday of month at St Margaret's Hall, Urquhart. Contact Andrew Robertson: 01343 843765.

St Gerardine’s High Church Lossiemouth. Sunday family worship 11am. Contact: 01343 813635.

St Giles and St Columba’s South Elgin. Sunday services 10:30am in January, March, May, July, September, and November in St Giles’ Church. February, April, June, August, October, and December in St Columba’s South Church at 10:30am. Wednesdays 6:30pm and Thursdays 12.30pm at St. Giles Church. Minister: Rev Stevie Thomson. Contact the church office: 551501.

Website: www.elginstgileschurch.co.uk St James Church of Scotland Lossiemouth. Sunday family worship 11am including crèche and Sunday school. 6pm: evening service .

7pm: Hands & Feet youth group. Contact Rev. Graham Crawford: 07817 504042.

St Margaret’s Church Lossiemouth. Sunday 9.30am: family Eucharist . Thursdays 10am: Holy Communion. Thursdays 5pm: evening prayer.

St Sylvester's Catholic Church Elgin. Vigil Mass Saturday 7pm.

Sunday Mass 11.45am.Tel: 01343 542280.

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COMMUNITY COUNCIL NEWS ExTrACTS FroM ThE MinuTES oF ThE MEETing oF 8Th JAnuAry 2013 oF ThE CiTy And royAl Burgh oF Elgin CoMMuniTy CounCil

4. POLICE & COMMUNITY WARDEN UPDATE Crime figures were low for December which is normally a busy month. 10 public order incidents, 4 drugs offences, 3 drink driving. Inspector Strachan noted the benefits of the Taxi Marshalls, the Red Cross and other bodies involved in funding the Safer Streets Initiative. Anne Glover asked about the Street Pastors. Inspector Strachan said that the street pastors are due to start on 13th February 2013 and are not a police resource.

Quarterly update is due out and expected to mention speeding on Wards Road & West Road, indiscriminate parking on Brodie Drive and Morriston Road.

A Resilience Exercise for a flooding event was carried out and was successful.

Alastair Kennedy commented that what could be expected of the Community Council in an emergency is now better understood.

Body Cameras are being issued to Police in Moray. This technology is in use elsewhere and tends to reduce court work as more people plead guilty when faced with video evidence. See WWW>STV local/Elgin for short police bulletins by Inspector Strachan.

Anne Glover asked if there were any time restrictions on use of fireworks.

It was confirmed that there were no time restrictions but there were noise limits and offenders have to receive a warning and continue to offend before being charged.

Community Warden, Kathy Grant, gave an overview of her work and achievements since taking office at the end of June 2012 which included 135 patrols, 6 intimidation and harassment complaints, 9 neighbour disputes, 15 dog fouling complaints, 28 noise complaints, 2 dangerous dogs complaints and 3 litter complaints. She had also issued 5 Fixed Penalty Notices for dog fouling. Two significant Community Warden successes were outlined: one long standing noise complaint and one vulnerable adult.

Alastair Kennedy thanked Kathy Grant for her Community Warden Report and congratulated her on her successes.

Various members asked how the Community could help? Kathy Grant said that reporting of incidents by the public is vital in guiding her patrols and activities.

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complaints are kept confidential and dealt with appropriately.

5. STAGECOACH UPDATE Graeme Leslie apologised for not being present at recent meetings but Alastair Kennedy thanked him for the reports given by email in his absence and thanked him for his ongoing commitment to providing updates which are greatly appreciated.

Punctuality has improved, especially the 10 service, but challenges still exist such as the pm peak out of Aberdeen.

New services have been introduced from Southside Kinloss to Asda, and a 2am service Inverness to Elgin. Services from Elgin to Burghead and the evening service to South Lesmurdie have been revised.

GPS tracking now allows busses to be seen in real time which informs the real time message boards now deployed and is used to improve reliability.

Redevelopment of the bus station is being looked at for the St Giles centre refurbishment.

Service levels have suffered this week due to late delivery of parts over the festive period.

Pat Paterson asked about crowded services from Inverurie. Stagecoach have worked on this but have been unable to get a licence for >48 passengers but standing is not allowed. Stagecoach are aware of the congestion and are continually reviewing the business case for various services.

6b&c RECREATION LEISURE AND ENVIRONMENT Anne Glover will be doing a Car Boot sale to raise funds for our flowerbeds. She has also written to BIDS regarding the flowerbeds at Ladyhill and the Eight Acres.

Mary Wall reported that the application for Fairtrade status has been rejected as goal 3 needs to be worked on. Alastair Kennedy commented that this setback demonstrates the value of obtaining the Fairtrade status and asked how we could help. Mary Wall explained that fair trade does make a real difference to people in developing countries. Buying Fairtrade products in Elgin does help with Goal 3 which is about getting it into the community. There are many products, not just coffee and not just food. Many of the products are cheaper than equivalent non-Fairtrade products.

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10. CONSULTATIONS Alastair Kennedy advised that consultations had been received as follows.

• Redesigning the Community Justice Scheme • Alcohol Licencing • Renewable Energy Strategy Current Consultations can be found at www.scotland.gov.uk/Consultations/Current

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12. PROMOTING THE CITY OF ELGIN The Travel Finder App is being looked at by BIDS A Community Awards event is being worked on by Gordon Methven.

Community Council Elections will be promoted by the JCC.

13. ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL John Divers explained that a steering group had been set up. Alastair Kennedy had forwarded the letter from the Elgin North Councillors urging caution.

14. SOUTH LESMURDIE STATS No Report.

15. OLD MILLS No obvious improvement to date.

Enforcement now due March 2013.

16. MORRISTON RUNNING TRACK John Divers reported that work is progressing to meet the tight timescale required to obtain the community justice funding.

17. SCOTTISH ORIENTEERING 6 DAY EVENT 2013 Alastair Kennedy is working on banners for the event and outlined some Planning difficulties Gordon Methven had encountered.

18. CORRESPONDENCE Moray Council – Review of Community Council Scheme 2009/2013 To view the full minutes, visit Moray Council’s Community Council section: www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_45710.html

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Spring Term Ends Spring Holiday Starts Spring Holiday Ends Summer Term Starts Lossie High & Feeders May Day Holiday In-Service Closure In-Service Closure In-Service Closure Summer Term Ends

Thurs 28th Mar 2013 Fri 29th Mar 2013 Fri 12th Apr 2013 Mon 15th Apr 2013 Fri 3rd May 2013 Mon 6th May 2013 Thurs 16th May 2013 Fri 17th May 2013 Mon 20th May 2013 Fri 5th Jul 2013

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PARLIAMENT BLOG & TIDE TIMES It will not come as a surprise to many people that, in my role as Cabinet Secretary covering food and drink issues, the horsemeat scandal has kept me very busy in recent weeks.

While I usually try to keep this column lighter, this is an issue that has, understandably, caused great consternation for people. We have the right to expect that what we are eating is what is stated on the label. The issue here has not been about whether or not the food is safe to eat, and provided it is stored and prepared properly that shouldn’t be an issue, it is, rather, about people getting what they expect on their plates.

The criminal activity of people who have introduced horsemeat in Europe’s supply chain has huge ramifications for consumer confidence. However, it has also focused people’s minds on where produce comes from and that, in itself, is not a bad thing. We have, here in Moray, fantastic high street butchers with top notch traceability of their meat and people in Moray can buy that meat with confidence that it is quality assured and fully traceable.

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Many of us enter into binding financial arrangements for loans, hire-purchase and mortgages, to cover the cost of things we have set our hearts on, but which we cannot afford. These things may be a bigger house, a better car, luxury holidays or some other possession which carries with it a status symbol.

In this way, we find ourselves on a treadmill of our own making, with a crushing burden of debt, from which we cannot escape, because of our lifestyle.

We will get no help from God to maintain a standard of living which we may yearn after, but which we cannot afford. “Let your behaviour be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have” (Hebrews 13:5).

Another evil effect of covetousness is the bad example it sets to others. We all have our own own sphere of influence either for good or evil and this is particularly true of overseers and deacons-hence the reason that such men in the church must not be covetous (1 Timothy 3:3-8). If we are marked by covetousness then our example will have a leavening effect upon others: encouraging them to a similar lifestyle. Yet we Christians are still not content with such as we have. Self denial and godliness with contentment are out of fashion.

heart, our soul, our strength, our mind, and it has become an idol to us, worthy of all veneration.

Those who are determined to have the things of this world will find themselves ensnared. They will discover that covetousness is addictive because each fresh acquisition only whets the appetite for more and more.

If covetousness marks us as a Christian it is evident that we are finding our pleasure in earthly things and that we are depending on something other than God for satisfaction.

God made us for Himself and our heart should find no rest until it rests in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. It must grieve the Lord, who has redeemed us for Himself, to see us striving after the things of this life – clothes, food, job or profession, car, garden, fortune, pleasures, etc. to the exclusion of the higher spiritual interests of our own soul. It must also follow that if God is displeased with us then we cannot enjoy communion with Him until our life-style is adjusted in line with His will. We cannot expect to grow in divine things if our heart is occupied with material things.

Covetousness not only includes the active pursuit of material things and earthly benefits which lie in our grasp, but also includes the passive smouldering desire to obtain that which our neighbour has but is impossible for us to achieve, and this awakens the spirit of envy and jealousy.

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Hollow Tine Aeration Removes cores from the lawn to de-compact the soil. Tining also helps allow water, nutrients and oxygen to reach the root zone of the grass plant more easily.

Scarifying Will thin out and remove much of the thatch and moss which has built up over the last season (which was extremely wet last year) giving room for new shoots to grow and spread in the Spring.

Please note that we clean up and remove all the waste after scarifying or hollow tining your lawn

please phone for your no-obligation survey, analysis & quotation SEPA Registered NPTC Qualified

01343 811114

enquires@highlandgreenlawncare.co.uk

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