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Clubs and Societies BANFF, MORAY & NAIRN CANINE CLUB Mon (during school terms), 6.30pm in Spynie Hall, Elgin. Classes in obedience & ringcraft Call Margaret on 01343 542070 or email at bmnblog@aol.com ELGIN MODEL RAILWAY CLUB Tues & Thurs, 7pm - 9.30pm. Juniors (12 - 16 yrs) on a Sun, 2pm - 4pm. All welcome. Email enquiries@elginmodelrailwayclub.co.uk ELGIN MUSICAL THEATRE (EMT) Tues, 7.30pm, Holy Trinity Church Hall, Elgin from midAugust onwards & every March in Elgin Town Hall to perform musical productions. Email emtsecretary@outlook.com www.elginmusicaltheatre.com ELGIN SENIOR CITIZENS DANCING CLUB Mon, 1.30pm - 4pm, Supper Room, Elgin Town Hall. Join the over 50s for music & dancing in friendly company. £2.50, includes tea & cakes.

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ELGIN SPEAKERS CLUB Wed (fortnightly), 7.30pm, Elgin High School. Provides a meeting place where members can support one another to learn and develop the basics of speaking in public. All welcome. Call 07879 613738. See Facebook FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP Last Wed of month, 7.30pm, the Football Club, Macduff Street, Lossiemouth. Anyone who suffers or cares for someone with this debilitating disease is welcome. Call Karen McSheffrey, Susan or Fiona on 07583 834453, 07935 223480, 07484 178787 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. New members always welcome. LAIGH O'MORAY VINTAGE ASSOCIATION Vintage rally held every September at Inchkeil, Roseisle near Elgin supporting local charities. See Facebook page LIGHT & LIFE 2nd Mon of month, Costa Coffee, High Street, Elgin. 7pm - 9pm. (Please check beforehand). FREE Spiritual readings, Spiritual art, Personality styles, Dream Interpretation, Massage, Healing for body, soul & mind & Live music. Call Alyson Sim on 07733 127539 LOSSIE SURF & LIFESAVING CLUB Wed, 6pm - 8pm, the Moray Firth Watersports Association, West Beach. All equipment is provided. www.facebook.com/ LossiemouthSurfLifesavingClub or email info@h2otraining.co.uk LOSSIEMOUTH ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION BRANCH & SOCIAL CLUB Join us for a variety of social activities. See website for info. www.lossiemouth-rna.org

MORAY GIRLS' FOOTBALL CLUB Mon, Tues & Wed, in Elgin, Cooper Park & Thornhill Pitches Welcoming girls from throughout Moray & Speyside. Contact Shona for info on applicable days & times. If you are aged between 9-14yrs & have played football or are keen to play, why not come along to one of our sessions? Call Shona on 07723 769076 or send a message via Facebook page, Moray Girls Football Club MORAY JAZZ CLUB Thurs, 8pm - 10.30pm, doors open at 7.30pm. Elgin City Football/Social Club, Elgin. Admission: members £5, £8 for non-members. Fantastic Live bands, Fully Licensed bar & Beverages. Annual membership £15. Call Tom McPherson on 07467 026748 or email at morayjazz@gmail.com MORAY RUGBY CLUB Tues & Thurs, 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Senior pre season training, Morriston Playing Fields, Elgin. In addition to a senior squad, Moray RFC have a thriving youth section catering for age groups from P1 to under 18. For info see www.morayrfc.co.uk MORAY SPEYSIDE FILM CLUB Last Tues of month, 6.30pm 9.30pm, Lecture Theatre, Moray College, UHI. Screening locally produced films & awardwinning documentaries. £3.50/£2.50. www.facebook.com/MoraySpey sideFilmClub MOTHERS’ UNION Every 3rd Wed, Holy Trinity Church, Elgin, 2pm. Attached to the Anglican Church. Variety of speakers etc. Men welcome, meetings open to all. Call Catherine Green or Lynne Taylor on 01343 552794 or 835861 RAJA YOGA GUIDED MEDITATION CLASS Wed, 4pm, The Moray Resource Centre, Maisondieu Road, Elgin. Benefits of Raja

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Yoga include reduced stress, relieving anxiety, peace of mind. Classes are FREE OF CHARGE & we meet every Everyone is welcome to join us. Call Alistair on 07816 930710 or email at a_watson24@sky.com SPEY VALLEY CAGED BIRD SOCIETY 1st Tues of month, 7.30pm, Gordon Arms Hotel, Fochabers. Call J.Munro on 01343 870586 STEP BY STEP IN MORAY ELGIN Tues, 10am-11.30am, 1pm2.30pm & on Fri, 10am11.30am. Meets at Elgin Youth Cafe. Toddler groups for isolated & vulnerable families. Call Margaret on 07583 835681 or at margaret.mcinnes@stepbystep inmoray.co.uk TAIJI FOCUS Tai Chi for health & selfdefence. Focus Martial Arts and Fitness Centre. Sundays 7pm 8.30pm (upstairs). £6. Call Sean Reed on 07799 105138 or email at seantaijifocus@yahoo.com. See Facebook: Taiji Focus, Elgin THE ELGIN STROKE FRIENDS Fri, 10am - 12.30pm, Elgin & Forres Free Church. This group offers support, friendship, fun & outings to people who are living with the effecrts of strokes & their carers. Call Anne Toye, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland on 07919 023449 for more info UKULELE CLUB Last Tues of month, 7.30pm 8.30pm, the Seaforth Club, Elgin. All welcome to come along. £4 per session. Email at moraymusiclessons.com

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For many, the prospect of a New Year can be daunting sometimes but I recently came across this quote which I quite liked:

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings The cat always finds the best spot; whether that is curled up in a tight ball inside a shoebox barely bigger than himself, or stretched out in the centre of the most comfortable chair in the house – he seems always to be able to find satisfaction. To get what he wants. Single-mindedly he pursues comfort and warmth; once obtained, there he settles...usually for most of the day, barely shifting position. Total relaxation. Total peace. I am most definitely not like that. There is always something to attend to. A ringing phone that must be answered, a buzzing machine that requires to be turned off, a pot of tea or coffee to be brewed, emails that demand a response. To say nothing of the books that need read, the people who need a visit, the appointments that must be kept. Like the restless sea, life is constant movement. Doing Things! Now when I look at Jesus – my model, mentor, leader – the one I look to for inspiration, guidance, direction – what do I find? Exactly the same. As I follow his story it is one of constant activity.

Healing and feeding, teaching and directing, challenging and rebuking, rescuing and defending, he was always going and constantly praying. In this world he was never truly at rest. But all that activity – all his activity was so that I don’t have to; or rather it was because I can’t. All my rushing about – all my doing – doesn’t secure me peace and satisfaction. Rest. There is always something left undone or something new to attempt. And as another year begins I am reminded of that reality. That we must keep going – but that while we live that going never ends. And that all our doing will never secure our peace. As we enter the anniversary year of the end of ‘the war to end all wars’ we are painfully reminded that it didn’t. But Jesus doing – did. He secured peace forever. ‘When he had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God.’ (Hebrews 10.12) he sat down; he didn’t keep doing because he had done. It was finished – completely.

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 (Church of God) Family Worship Sundays 10:30am, Start Right Toddler Group: Tues 10am - 11:30am (Term Time) Bible Study: Wed at 7pm. Contact Pastor Manuel on 01343 546654 Elgin High Church Sunday service 11am. Contact Parish Asst. Paula Baker: 01542 832662. Gordon Chapel Scottish Episcopal Church, Fochabers Sunday Family Eucharist 10am. 1st Wednesday of month Communion 2.30pm. 2nd Sunday of month Evensong 6.30pm. Tel: 01542 882782.

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‘For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace...’ Ephesians 2:14-1 Celebrated spiritual writer Augustine of Hippo put it like this – my heart is restless until it finds its rest in you. I know what he means. My cat appears able to find rest in his (and my) world but I cannot. It is only when I look beyond where I live now that I find real rest – real fulfilment – real peace, where Jesus is. And the only way of enjoying that is by going to him, single-mindedly seeking him out and asking him to provide what only he can. May you find the peace of Christ

Rev Colin Morison Elgin and Forres Free Churches

www.gordonchapel.org.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 2017 was a roller-coaster year ending my time as a Moray Councillor and moving from Holyrood to Westminster. Fingers crossed 2018 will be more settled! I hope you enjoyed the festive season, spending precious time with friends and family and got the chance to have a bit of time off. As I head back to London I will continue to focus on getting the best deal that I can for Moray. Among the issues I will be seeking to improve will be better broadband, action on delivery charges and promoting the Moray Growth Deal. I will also continue to support vital industries and communities in our area such as farming and fishing in whatever way I can. As usual, myself and my staff will be working hard to support constituents with any issues they may have from my office in Moray. Please feel free to drop in or phone 01309 679253.

In the run up to Christmas, my colleague Richard Lochhead MSP has launched a campaign to end the rip-off delivery surcharges across Scotland. The problem of high delivery charges for consumers in remote or rural areas continues to cause hardship for many of my constituents and businesses in the Highlands and Islands – an area that is impacted more than any other part of the UK. As someone who has lived and grown up in the Highlands, I have always thought that it is completely unfair that consumers in rural and remote areas pay more for delivery than anywhere else in the UK. Please support the campaign by singing the petition and if you have a story to tell please share it with us: www.fairdeliverycharges.scot/

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DO prune Apple and Pear trees. This needn’t be an intimidating job, check out my blog for some step-by-step instructions for pruning small trees. Remember, the final form of an Apple tree should look a bit like a bowl, and a Pear tree should resemble the shape of a Champagne flute. A blackbird should be able to happily fly between the branches of both once you have finished. DO keep the birds fed. Put out a variety of feed if you can, and try to make some water available. I have a ‘pond’ in a Belfast sink which has various stones around and within it to allow birds to use it as birdbath. I free the pond of any ice each morning. DO think about new plans for your garden. Now is the perfect time for new landscaping jobs such as building your own compost heap, or getting help with new designs or

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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 – 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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