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Clubs and Societies 4TH LOSSIE BOYS BRIGADE Wed, Anchor boys (Primary 1,2 & 3) 5.30pm - 6.30pm; Junior Section (Primary 4,5 & 6) 6.30pm - 8pm; Company Section (Primary 7 & High School) 8pm - 9.30pm. Hythehill Primary School. Call James Allan on 01343 542305 ALVES LADIES’ BOWLING CLUB Mon, 7pm, Alves Hall.

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ARMY RESERVES - ELGIN PLATOON, C COMPANY 7 SCOTS Tues, 7.30pm - 9.30pm, Elgin Reserve Centre. Join us to better yourself, get fit, learn new skills that are useful in civilian street including driving, make new ELGIN CITY COMMUNITY friends, but most of all have fun FOOTBALL & get PAID for it. Call Captain Football activities for boys & girls Ken Scott on 0131 310 3853 or of all ages. Call Robbie Hope on 07807 497706 or email at 01343 551114 Ad 7scots-bhq-oc-rrtt@mod.uk rates - Elgin.qxp 03/12/2018www.facebook.com/elgincity12:02 Page 1 Kenneth.scott855@mod.uk communityfootball BELLES ON BIKES MORAY Sun, 10am, from various ELGIN-LANDSHUT TWIN meeting points.Ladies leisure TOWN ASSOCIATION cycling club – social rides, Encourages friendship & exchange visits between Elgin & Sample one-off advertising its twin town in Bavaria. Call rates (colour advert) Alastair Rossiter on 01343 542939. www.landshut-elgin.de

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FREE SOCIAL GROUP Last Thurs of month, 7pm, Muckle Cross, Elgin. For over 21s in Moray. Walking group, weekends away, attending music, theatre & cinema events.

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GLEN MORAY MALE VOICE CHOIR Thurs (Sept - Apr), 7.30pm, Bishopmill Primary School hall.

All men welcome to join this community choir. No audition necessary. Call Alistair Farquhar on 1343 541328 or email at alistair.farquhar@btinternet.com HARVEST CENTRE MAH JONG CLUB (AMERICAN RULES) 1st & 3rd Thurs of month (Sept Jun), 11am - 1pm, Harvest Centre, Elgin (next door to Yeadon’s bookshop). Cost £3.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION (RAFA) MORAY BRANCH 1st Wed of month, 7.30pm, ExServicemen's Club, 9 High Street, Elgin. All current & retired RAF are very welcome to attend

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings Why does God allow disasters to happen? This is one of the most difficult question humans have tried to address through the ages. If God is all powerful and all-merciful, why on earth does God allow suffering ?

In the beginning, the Bible tells us, God created the heaven and the earth. The earth was formless and chaotic with darkness covering everything. (Genesis 1: 1-2)) That’s exactly how it must feel to earthquake victims trapped under the rubble, in the darkness. That’s how we may feel when a family crisis threatens. That’s how we can feel if we, or someone we love, receive a sudden diagnosis of terminal illness or some other devastating news.

But then, Genesis tells us, God began to work to create order out of the randomness and chaos. He separated light from dark, the earth from the sky, the dry land from the sea. (Genesis 1: 3-4) This is what it means to create: not to make something out of nothing. But to make order out of chaos.

I passionately believe that God is all merciful, and that, in the words of one of my favourite hymns, God is working his purpose out; the creative Spirit of God is still hovering over the dark waters, operating over the millennia to bring order out of chaos. And one way God does that is to use us human beings; he is doing that in lots of places right now, all over the world, through prayer and in practical ways.

There isn’t a simple or satisfying answer to the question…why suffering? But there may be, after all, a satisfying explanation in our response when tragedy or crisis strikes any one of us.

That’s what Job discovered in the Old Testament story. Job’s response, after much agonised soul-searching about the source of his terrible afflictions and pain, was to learn to trust in God who is supreme and is in control. He realised, in the end, that his questioning had been too narrow and that in the context of God’s whole creation the answers to his questions lay far beyond human understanding.

Job is simply a character in a story and he did not have the experience of the presence of Jesus Christ or the hope of eternal life. We, however, who are real people, we can believe in a God of hope who is always present through his son, Jesus Christ.

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The Lord’s true love is surely not spent, nor has his compassion failed; they are new every morning.

(Lamentations 3: 22-25) Rev Jenny Sclater, Assistant Priest.

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Moray Coast Baptist Church Fochabers Public Institute, 15 High Street, Fochabers, IV32 7EP. Sunday services at 5pm & 6pm..

Thursday night Bible study at 7pm. Crèche available for each service.

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Parliament Blog & Tide Times Last month I focused on the concerns being voiced by people across Moray about the proposed budget cuts as Moray Council struggled to balance the books. As the budget has now been set these concerns have become a reality, with residents facing having to pay more with an increase in council tax and extra charges being levied for dealing with garden waste for example, while the services we receive being reduce or removed altogether. Looking on the bright side, at least the weather is striding into spring and hopefully you can read your Spotlight while enjoying the outdoors in garden. Indeed, in some parts of Moray, farmers are busy with lambing and spring calving as well as planning their agricultural season ahead and hoping the problems they faced last year during the long dry season won’t reoccur. This also goes for those householders who are reliant on a private water source and who were left without water during the hot summer months. As always, I am more than happy to be contacted on douglas.ross.mp@parliament.uk or by calling my office in Forres on 01309 679253

Douglas Ross MP

Aging demography and depopulation are longstanding challenges for businesses and communities across the Highlands. It's a constant challenge to sustain a working age population in rural areas. But for the last few decades, we've been able to attract Europeans to settle in Scotland enriching our communities. They are very welcome and we want to encourage them to stay. Of all the losses we face with Brexit, it is the loss of people we will feel the hardest. The people who leave, the people who don't come and the babies who aren't born. We want to help local businesses grow but for that they need people.

We need immigration, and all of us, including local politicians must stand up for it.

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Alongside community representatives, I have been campaigning to save the Bank of Scotland in Lossiemouth – the last bank in town – from closure.

A report from ‘Which?’ magazine published in 2017 showed that Moray is one of the areas hit hardest by bank closures in Scotland. 40% of bank branches in the area have closed in recent years with many communities left with no banks at all.

It is ludicrous that the Bank of Scotland is set to abandon Lossiemouth while we prepare for the expansion at the RAF base and the increase in population that will bring.

It is particularly hard for the public to stomach when taxpayers’ cash bailed out these banks at their time of need – and now these banks are bailing on communities in Moray.

I wrote to the UK Government seeking an intervention to prevent banks from closing the last bank branch in a community – but sadly they refused.

People in Lossiemouth need the UK Government to step in and take action to save their last bank – Conservative Ministers must put Lossie’s interests before the big banks.

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elgin. new members welcome. ÂŁ7 for visitors. call karen weller on 07789 880481 or email at twelk69@hotmail.com elgin u3a members meeting: the head gardener of gordon castle on the renovations & history of the garden 2pm - 4pm, elgin town hall - supper room. members & interested parties welcome. free. call steve gross (membership sec) on 01340 881569 or email at membersecretary@u3a-elgin.org.uk. www.u3a-elgin.org.uk heroes: aerial dance show from all or nothing & room 2 manoeuvre 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn. adult ÂŁ12; conc ÂŁ10; u16s. advised age 7+. call 01309 691170 (enquiries only) or email at uhallpromo@gmail.com. www.universalhall.co.uk moray & nairn floral art club: salmagundi 7.30pm, the tolbooth, forres. for further information see www.safas.org.uk

11 thursday banff & moray members' centre (national trust scotland): spring lunch & agm; speaker -stuart brooke's, head of conservation & policy 12.30pm for 1pm - 3pm the mansefield hotel, elgin. ÂŁ24. call janice oakes (vice chairman) on 01309 675224 or email janiceoakes51@gmail.com for further info

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14 sunday moray ramblers: pattack falls to loch laggan 7am, elgin community centre car park. adults £11; children £5. distance: 10 miles. route via rothes. booking essential. call evie mcivor on 01343 820844 www.morayramblers.org.uk cars and coffee - inverness 10am - 12pm, rollerbowl, inverness all welcome! email at carsandcoffeeinverness@highlandclassic.org.uk www.facebook.com/carsandcoffeeinverness

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scottish rock garden club (moray group): a look at some of ireland's finest gardens. speaker- derek hosie 7.30pm, new elgin hall annex, land street, new elgin. call alan souter (convener) or amanda willox (sec) on 01343 871504 or 07787 289372 elgin writers' group: short story competition results; members of the camera club will adjudicate 7.30pm - 9.30pm, elgin library, cooper park www.elginwriters.wordpress.com

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macmillan cancer support soup & sweet 12pm 2pm, forres town hall. £4. come along, enjoy delicious soup & yummy pudding & know you are supporting those living with cancer. call sue hellon on 01309 678875

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20 saturday spring craft fair 11am - 3pm, cullen community & residential centre, cullen. free entry. refreshments available. call pamela on 01542 840701 or email at info@cullencrc.org.uk. www.cullencrc.org.uk messy church 2pm - 4pm, st. leonard's church hall, forres. free. join in with crafts, games, story, worship, prayer & food with volunteers from local churches call cath perry on 07796 766983 or email at cathperry10@gmail.com elgin’s easter family day various events throughout the day. elgin. all welcome mockness 80s' all day party@the ironworks, inverness. www.ironworksvenue.com family fun day at nelson's tower 11am - 3pm, nelson's tower, cluny hill, forres. free. conquer the tower, bouncy castle, face painter, crafts, hunt the cannon, come dressed as king, queen or pirate! call claire doughty on 07846 145050 or email at claire@clairedoughtypublicity.uk www.forresheritage.co.uk

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27 saturday western front association (wfa): 16 squadron rfc/raf; an army cooperation unit in the first world war. speaker - colin buxton 2.30pm, the gallery, elgin library. call derek bird (chairman) on 01343 870562 or email at chairman.wfasnb@gmail.com. www.westernfrontassociation.com the tailor of inverness: matthew zajac tells the story of his father's life from poland to scotland 8pm, universal hall, findhorn. adult £12;concs £10; u16s £8. call 01309 691170 (enquiries only) or email at uhallpromo@gmail.com moravian orienteering: sat & moray & nairn schools league: millbuies. registration: 10.15am - 11.15am see www.moravianorienteering.org for details toyah@the ironworks, inverness 7pm www.ironworksvenue.com scottish rock garden club (highland): rare plant sale & display 10.30am, united reform church, nairn. free. plant sale opens 10.30 am; show opens 11.30 am moray field club spring walk: first walk of 2019 from ardersier to fort george, 2 miles, looking out for birds & dolphins. guided tour of the fort 10am, bus leaves from lossie green, elgin. £15 (incl bus fare & entry to fort). call sara marsh on 07840 285438 or email at morayfieldclub@gmail.com

27 saturday - 28 sunday etape loch ness: 66 miles on traffic free roads, starting & finishing in inverness. general entry full but still places available by joining team macmillan 6.15am (start). registration on 27th 10am, loch ness, inverness. 18+. spectator info at www.etapelochness.com forres tennis club: festival weekend forres tennis club, albert street, forres. free. tennis activites with a variety of sessions for all ages & abilities. all details will be available on the website & facebook page. let's get active! call annerle douglas (club sec) on 07762 619896 or at forrestennisclub@outlook.com. www.forrestennisclub.co.uk

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Installers and Distributors of Royal Grass

As market leaders in luxury gardens Royal Grassâ&#x201E;˘ know why people choose artificial grass. People want to have their lawns hassle-free!

We make our grass as it is meant to be. A pleasure to walk on, beautiful to look at and durable. The unique feature of Royal Grassâ&#x201E;˘ is the special V-shape of our fibres with MiNT-Technology. Thanks to this shape the fibres stand up proudly and yet at the same time remain soft â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a pleasure to touch.

Please call or email us for no obligation quotes for your own special space.

01542 835330

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www.morayartificialgrass.co.uk

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Introducing Moray’s newest dining experience serving the best of Moray’s natural larder - fresh from the sea to your plate. From the team who brought you the Seafood Cafe Findhorn (Findhorn’s Hidden Gem) nu Lunch Me e s r u o C 2 erson £15 per p RQGD\ &ORVHG 0

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The Seafood Restaurant & Grill 79 Clifton Road, Lossiemouth, IV31 6DP T: 01343 810543

The Seafood Cafe Findhorn, The Royal Yacht Club T: 01309 690247

Bring your own bottle - No corkage