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Clubs and Societies BELLES ON BIKES MORAY Ladies leisure cycling club – social rides, paced to the slowest cyclist on the day, including a café stop. Bike rides on Sundays at 10am from various meeting points. Find us on Facebook or email bellesonbikesmoray@gmail.com for more info.

BIRNIE INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Mon & Thurs, 7pm. Come & play on our excellent carpets & enjoy good company. Call Charles Stewart on 01343 543307 BURGHEAD COASTAL ROWING CLUB Join us for fitness, fresh air & good companionship as part of a team rowing a 23 feet long skiff. Social & competition opportunities at regattas. See Facebook page for details Call Norman Millar on 01343 830928 or email at dusty.bcrc@talktalk.net

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DALLAS INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Wed & Sun, 7.15pm - 9.30pm, the Hall. New & old members most welcome. Call Whitey Fraser on 01343 890301

ELGIN AMATEUR ATHLETICS CLUB Tues & Thurs, 6.30pm - 8pm, Morriston Playing Field (Apr Oct) & Bishopmill Primary Gym (Oct - Mar). Coaching in running, jumps, throws, field & track athletics. Ages 9 + Membership fee + £1 per session. Please come & try.

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ELGIN & DISTRICT BRANCH U3A Learning for the fun of it, see our Website www.u3a-Elgin.org.uk for further details. Membership is just is £15 & runs from 31/3 for 12 months. Try for free, meet new friends. Call the Membership Secretary on 07977 042258 or email at membershipsecretary@ u3a-elgin.org.uk

ELGIN DARBY & JOAN CLUB Tues (Oct - May), 2pm - 4pm for a sociable afternoon with entertainment or bingo for over 60’s. Elgin Community Centre.

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ELGIN JOG SCOTLAND Thurs, 6pm, Elgin Leisure Centre Jog Scotland is a recreational running group. In Elgin we are very much a social running group. For info email karen.gerrie@hotmail.co.uk

FOCHABERS OVER 60S LUNCH CLUB Thurs, 12pm, Bellie Church Hall, Fochabers. Enjoy a homecooked two-course lunch with tea/coffee & biscuits for £3.

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HARVEST CENTRE MAH JONG CLUB (AMERICAN RULES) 1st & 3rd Thurs of the month (Sept - Jun), 11am - 1pm, Harvest Centre, Elgin (next door to Yeadon’s bookshop). £3.

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HELGIN ROLLER DERBY Fast-paced contact sport played on roller skates. Beginners Skating sessions Saturdays 11am – 1pm. Open to all aged 16+ with hire kit available. Find us on Facebook or email info@helginrollerderby.com Highland Gliding Club Sat & Sun all year & Wed evening (May - Oct), Easterton Airfield, Birnie. Gliding & soaring at all levels, beginner upwards, Call Anne Burgess on 01343 820834. www.highglide.co.uk

LOSSIEMOUTH SENIOR CITZENS FRIDAY WALKING GROUP Fri. We accept members from nearby Hopeman, Duffus & Cummingston as well as being Lossiemouth based. New members & Volunteer minibus drivers very welcome.

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JOG SCOTLAND ELGIN Thurs, 6pm, Elgin Library during winter months & Cricket Pavilion during summer months.

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LOSSIE HAE A NEWS! 3rd Tues of month, 1.30pm 3pm, Hersbruck Court Sheltered Housing, Ramsay Lane, Lossiemouth. Have a cuppa & a news, quizzes, dominoes, bingo, crafts, card games, gentle exercises, etc. Call Sharon FInlay (Community Activities Organiser) on 07584 408209 or email sfinlay@alzscot.org

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MORAY CARERS CHOIR Mon, 11am - 1pm, St Giles church hall, Elgin. £4 per session. For carers who love to sing. Call01542 850441 or at moraycarerschoir@gmail.com

MORAY OSTOMATES 1st Sat of month until Dec, 1pm 3pm, Moray Resource Centre, Elgin. Come along for a cup of tea & a chat. Call Meggie or Kathleen on 01343 552449 or 01343 821628

THE ELGIN STROKE FRIENDS (CHEST HEART & STROKE SCOTLAND) Fri, 10am - 12.30pm, Elgin & Forres Free Church. Offers support, friendship, fun & outings to people who are living with the effects of stroke & their carers Call Anne Toye (Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland) on 07919 023449

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings ‘It is darkest just before the dawn.’

How true this is in life, especially at Easter. The dreadful events of Good Friday can be summed up quite simply in Jesus’ words “My God, my God, why did you forsake me?” Mk 15:34 It is most certainly the ‘Dark Night of the Soul’. Our modern society often leaves people bereft, looking for meaning, and facing a future that appears to be the blackest of pits. Meaningless. From which there appears to be no return.

For followers of ‘The Way’ (those who live and walk in the footsteps of Jesus) we know that the Crucifixion of God’s Son (the anointed one) is just a lens that all must pass through in order to achieve God’s fullness; Joy! Life in Christ! Unity with God! We become ‘Divine’… This is what Easter is all about. New life!

People often talk about having Faith, or more likely, not having faith. A better word would be TRUST. To trust in God is to hand yourself completely over to the One who loves you. Who will be there for you, and will never let you down. This may seem ridiculous in the

dark light of Good Friday or after an appalling experience in life, but the reality is that you are just passing (with Jesus) through a very dark tunnel – it may appear never ending, but keep travelling, keep trusting, ‘All Will Be Well’.

At our communion services each week we say (during the Eucharistic Prayer) “do this in remembrance of me”. Lk 22:19;1 Cor 11:24 It is Jesus’ last commandment to you and me. It reminds us how Jesus lived and acted throughout His life: worshipping God and loving His neighbour as Himself.

He always had time for everyone, and ALL were loved equally. Some people in society appear to respond positively to a quotation of Boetcker’s (an American preacher born in the 19th Century) ‘you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves’. Sadly, life is not so kind to some, as it is to others, we all need help – some permanently! Jesus taught us to love in this way: “Give to everyone who asks…” Lk 6: 30 Surely this is the meaning of “How blissful the

Alves Church First Sunday every month 11.30am. Tel: 01309 690474.

Birnie & Pluscarden Church Sunday worship at 11am alternating weekly between Birnie & Pluscarden. All welcome.

Burghead Free Church Sunday service at 11am with Sunday school and crèche. Evening service 6pm. Midweek meeting Wednesday at 7pm.

Contact Peter Turnbull 07841 777482. Visit www.burgheadfreechurch.org Elgin and Forres Free Church of Scotland Sunday Service, Sunday school, and crèche 11am. Evening service 6pm. Midweek meeting Wednesday 7.30pm. Contact Colin Morison: 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 Church of God Pinetree Crescent, Elgin. Sunday Worship 10:30am followed by refreshments in the church cafe. All welcome.

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 of God) Sunday Service in "The Gallery” at Elgin Library 10.30am with Sunday School. All midweek meetings, including Toddler Group (Tues 10-11.30am), at Riverside Gospel Hall, Bridge St, Elgin. www.elginccog.org Elgin High Church Sunday service 11am. Contact Parish Asst. Paula Baker: 01542 832662.

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destitute, abject in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matt 5: 3 This is the example of love demonstrated

by Jesus in His Passion and Resurrection. All is summed up in the words of the Eucharistic Prayer “Do this in remembrance of me.” The dark tunnel of Lent and Holy Week are now over. They teach us that even in the darkest of times, there is light at the end of the tunnel, and a new beginning (probably not one we have not planned). We may bear scars from our experience, but Jesus has been with us all the time. We need to TRUST in God and keep travelling. For ‘all will be well’. There will be JOY! again!

May the Risen Lord bless you greatly with Joy this Eastertide.

Christopher Ketley Rector of Holy Trinity, Elgin & St. Margaret’s, Lossiemouth A Scottish Episcopal Church (A member of the Anglican Communion)

2.30pm. 2nd Sunday of month Evensong 6.30pm. Tel: 01542 882782. www.gordonchapelfochabers.uk Holy Trinity Elgin. Sundays 8am: Holy Communion. 11am: Family Eucharist. 6.30pm: evening service. Tel: 01343 547505.

Hopeman Baptist Church Sundays 11am and 6pm.

Living Waters Fellowship Wednesdays 7pm: 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 9:15am, 11am (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 club12.30pm (Sept - May). Gospel meeting 6.30pm. Tel: 01343 812211. For details visit www.lossiemouthgospelhall.org.uk Lossiemouth United Free Church of Scotland Sundays 11am and 6pm including Sunday school. Website: www.lossieufchurch.org Moray Presbytery www.moraypresbytery.org.uk

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Parliament Blog & Tide Times As the MP for Moray, defence issues are always high up my agenda given we are home to both Kinloss Barracks and RAF Lossiemouth. Both bases play an important role in Moray life and the local economy. I also know the welcome our service men and women and their families receive here is greatly appreciated by all.

While the wintry weather resulted in the postponement of the Secretary of State for Defence cutting the first sod in the groundwork’s for the arrival of the new P8 Poseidon aircraft, these works continue. This represents significant investment by the UK Government and Boeing. RAF Lossiemouth is a major strategic base for our military and the investment we will see both on the camp and in the local area over the next few years will no doubt benefit local businesses and our communities.

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This year marks 100 years since some women got the vote.

Nicola Sturgeon (our female first Minister who appointed a gender balanced cabinet) led a debate in Holyrood to mark the occasion. A lot has changed in 100 years, and for that I am truly thankful.

But while we have made some bold changes already, let’s not be complacent, or take progress for granted.

With that in mind, I am glad to see the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is #PressforProgress.

We need concerted, deliberate action if we are going to achieve gender equality.

Research shows that gender parity is over 200 years away. Women should not have to wait this long for equality, we deserve it now.

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Many of us will have watched Blue Planet and seen the devastating impact of plastic in our seas. With straws, carrier bags and other plastic waste ending up in the ocean, suffocating wildlife and polluting our beautiful coastline.

Undoubtedly, plastic straws are contributing to the increase in plastic litter in our seas, and so much of the litter we find on our beaches is plastic based, as I’ve seen first-hand when I’ve joined the Spey Bay Dolphin Centre on some of their beach cleans.

That litter on our shores and in our seas is a result of our behaviour, with all the single use plastic we throw away every day.

It’s abundantly clear the damage that plastics are causing to our planet and it is vital that we do everything we can to reduce the volume of plastic that we use and discard. So I am hugely supportive of the campaign to ban single use plastic straws and am pleased that the Scottish Government has committed to a ban in Scotland.

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8 sunday

ibfa highlands & islands bodybuilding competition 2018@the ironworks, inverness 12pm, categories ranging from miss bikini & men's fitness to mr & miss highlands. www.ironworksvenue.com the dublin legends "seven drunken nights & more tour 2018" 7.30pm, eden court (empire theatre), inverness. all welcome

9 monday

elgin & district parkinson’s support group: shirley catto on her role as the parkinson's nurse specialist in moray 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm, st sylvester's hall 19 institution road elgin. meetings are free to attend. call gillian gibson on 01343 541056 or email at elginanddistrictpsg@gmail.com. www.parkinsons.org.uk port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: astoria 8am - 4pm

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11 wednesday

the arts society speyside lecture: fakes & forgeries: case studies demonstrating the lengths forgers will go to pass off works of art as legitimate 11am coffee & tea available from 10.15am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. new members welcome/£7 for visitors. call membership secretary on 07789 880481 moray stamp club: gb postal rates & gb minithemes; speaker - jeff dugdale 2pm - 4pm, activities room, elgin library. email (secretary) Benromach Aprilmichael 18.pdf ellison 1 07/03/2018 at michael56101@gmail.com www.moraystampclub.wordpress.com

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culloden: the battle in history & memory; speaker prof murray pittock. annual 1745 association commemoration talk 8pm, culloden battlefield visitors' centre

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red riding hood's magic purse@ universal hall, findhorn 2pm. £7/£6 concs/£5 u16s. puppets & shadow theatre. call david till on 01309 691170 or uhallpromo@gmail.com. www.universalhall.co.uk quiz night 7pm , pluscarden hall £3 at the door room to ride 100km: huntly audax 9am - 5.20pm, huntly. £5 (closing date 11th april 2018). huntly development trust offers 4 routes through huntly, banff, cullen, keith, the cabrach, alford & clatt email donald boyd at donald.boyd@huntly.net www.huntlydevelopmenttrust.org/room-to-ride-2018 in the shadow of the princes: discussion panel.

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lossie hae a news! 1.30pm - 3pm, hersbruck court sheltered housing, ramsay lane, lossiemouth have a cuppa & a news, quizzes, dominoes, bingo, crafts, etc for anyone living with dementia. call sharon finlay on 07584 408209 or email at sfinlay@alzscot.org

18 wednesday

elgin writers' group: write on the night; evocative writing using smell as a starter 7.30pm - 9.30pm, elgin library. closing date of article comp on current social issue. www.elginwriters.wordpress.com

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runbalmoral: a festival of running, for people of all ages. book online tbc, balmoral castle. call 01339 742555. www.runbalmoral.com/content daffodil weekend walks & exhibition 11am - 4pm, brodie castle. £5. the garden team will be leading guided tours & talking about the history of the daffodil collection at brodie castle. call rebecca harrison on 01309 641371 or raharrison@nts.org.uk www.nts.org.uk/events

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SY S T E M S

Local family run company based in Elgin offering fully project managed home improvements including Kitchens, Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Windows, Doors and Central Heating Systems in Moray, Highlands and Aberdeenshire.

Our showroom in Elgin displays a wide range of high quality Kitchen and Bathroom products which are available to both trade and retail customers. All products can come supply only however we also offer a supply and installation service. We offer a free design and quote service with no obligation. So why not pop in today and make an appointment or, call 01343 551331 "Great job done on new bathroom.

Hassle free work with no problems and excellent customer service."

- GARETH RICHARDS

Providing high range kitchen, bathrooms and heating systems for over 16 years â&#x20AC;&#x201C; All trades fully project managed from start to finish

FREE Quotations FREE Plan and Design Come and visit our showroom

01343 551331 Open 6 days a week Monday - Fridays 9am-5pm Saturdays 10am-2pm 16 Linkwood Place Elgin IV30 1HZ

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