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is for under 18’s - they get taught by the Scotland coach to go and compete in competitions to win trophies etc. beginners are welcome DARNAWAY CURLING CLUB Small, friendly club would be delighted to welcome new members for the coming season. Why not come and try a new sport. For further details contact evrae@hotmail.com ELGIN AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY Quality drama productions for Elgin and District, and comprehensive theatrical experiences for interested adults and young people at Kingsmills Studio. Call Jenna Ward 552457 or 07873 497487. www.elgindrama.co.uk ELGIN CITY COMMUNITY FOOTBALL Football activities for boys & girls of all ages. Call Robbie Hope 01343 551114 or visit www.elgincommunityfootball.co.uk ELGIN DARBY & JOAN CLUB Every Tuesday Oct - May, 2 - 4pm for a sociable afternoon with entertainment or bingo for over 60’s. Elgin Community Centre. Contact Moira Webb 541001 ELGIN-LANDSHUT TWIN TOWN ASSOCIATION Encourages friendship and exchange visits between Elgin and its twin town in Bavaria. Contact Alastair Rossiter 542939 www.landshut-elgin.de ELGIN MINIATURE RIFLE CLUB Encourages a responsible attitude towards target shooting in a safe controlled environment. Mondays 7:15pm Sept - March at Indoor Rifle Range, Pinefield. Call Athole Manson 07779 710985 or email atholem@aol.com LAICH OF MORAY TRUST Providing transport for elderly, infirm and disabled within Moray. Mainly within Moray, but sometimes further. Contact Rob Tyson 545531
LHANBRYDE INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Promotes the game of indoor bowling, sociable and competitive, meets Sept - April on Mondays & Thursdays 7pm-10pm. Contact Ella Harley 814224 / 843194 EAGLES BASKETBALL CLUB Developing Basketball in Moray. U12, U14, U16s in Buckie, Elgin & Forres, Adults mixed (Tuesdays 7.30-10pm Elgin Academy) & Adults Women (6.30-8pm Mondays Elgin Academy). If interested in any of the above contact Graham Stewart on 07972 178 790 or elgin.eagles@yahoo.com LOSSIE FOLK CLUB Meets every Tuesday at 8.30pm in the Beach Bar, Lossiemouth MILTONDUFF VILLAGE HALL Available for regular meetings or one-off occasions. Community events are Badminton, Bowling, Gardening Club, Toddler Group on Tues & Thurs and Playgroup Mon - Fri. Contact Jeff Hyland 545360 or email jeff.hyland@virgin.net MILTONDUFF MINIS TODDLER GROUP Tues & Thurs 10 - 11.30am for 0-3 years, Miltonduff Hall. Toys, games and activities. Contact Claudette on 548984 or email miltonduffplaygroup@gmail.com MORAY FIGURE SKATING CLUB Fridays 5.45pm - 7.45pm, Moray Leisure Centre, Elgin. Figure skating at all levels. Contact Pamela McKenzie 549730 or pamelamcke1@btinternet.com or visit www.mfsc.org.uk MORAY GAELIC GROUP Mondays, 7:30 - 9pm, Moray College. Conversation classes in gaelic led by three volunteer native gaelic speakers. £1 per night, £5 year membership. moraygaelicgroup@uhi.ac.uk www.moraygaelicgroup.ning.com
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MORAY VILLAGE HALLS For details of local Village Halls and how to book visit www.morayvillagehalls.org.uk STEP BY STEP IN MORAY Young parent feeling lonely and isolated and need company? We meet Fridays, 10 - 11.30am, Elgin Youth Cafe. Contact Anne Attenburrow 552330 or email aattenburrow@aol.com VOLUNTARY ACTION MORAY (VAM) Encourages and supports voluntary activity, assist local groups and identify needs which require development. Contact 01343 541713 WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION We hold 9 meetings per year on Saturday afternoons in Elgin Library. Open to anyone with an interest in the WW1. Contact Derek Bird on 01343 870562 or email chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk YOUNG PERSONS ADDICTION COUNSELLING In Keith, offering free confidential counselling to Moray youngsters (12-24) with issues regarding addictions or are concerned about someone else’s addiction. If you think the service could benefit you can call Robert or Carol on 01542 886630
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Well - that was fun wasn’t it. Another year another Christmas. As you read this you may be contemplating some Hogmanay celebrations or maybe you prefer the peace and quiet of your own home. Whatever your choice is, we at SpotLight would like to wish you a happy 2012 and hope that all your aspirations for the year come to fruition. If not - don’t worry there’s always next Christmas to look forward to!
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In reply Verne is reputed to have said ‘Madam the black notes are for funerals and the white notes are for weddings.’ For all of us the old year that is now gone will have had those moments when both the black notes of sadness and the white notes of joy will have been our experience. For some of us the old year that is now gone has been in the minor key while for others it has been in the major key. But as any good musician will tell you in order to make beautiful music that can move people and bring glory to God we need to use the black and white notes together. And as this is true in music so too is it true in life. But this can only happen when we allow to Jesus to step into our lives and use both the good and bad that we experience, the black and white notes to create
Alves Church 1st Sunday of each month at 11.30am. 01309 690931 Birnie - Pluscarden Church Sunday Service Pluscarden 10am Birnie 11.30am and Elgin High Church Sunday Service 11am. Contact Parish Asst. Paula Baker tel: 01542 832662 Burghead Church Every Sunday at 11.30am. Contact 01309 690931 Elgin & Forres Free Church of Scotland Sunday Sevice 11am including Sunday School & Creche; Evening Service 6pm, Midweek Meeting Wednesday 7.30pm. Contact Colin Morrison 542196 Elgin Baptist Sunday morning worship 11am including crèche pre Sunday school, Sunday school and bible class, evening service 6pm Contact: 01343 548309 Elgin City Church Every Sunday 10.30am at Elgin Community Centre - Childrens church & creche available. Contact 543624 Elgin Community Church Sunday Morning Service 10.30am; Evening Fellowship & Youth Group at 6pm. Contact 54665 Hopeman Baptist Church meets every Sunday 11am & 6pm. Everyone welcome. Contact Rev. S.J. Macdonald 831175 or visit the website www.hopemanbaptist.org.uk Living Waters Fellowship, Bishopmill Hall, Bishopmill, Elgin. Family service - Sundays at 1.00pm with Tea, Coffee & food after service. Kids Church. Tel: 07730 256543 or visit www.livingwatersfellowship.co.uk Lossiemouth Baptist Church meets every Sunday 9.30am, 11.30am and 6pm. Junior Church Sunday 11.30am and Kids Church (P4-P7) Thursdays 6.15pm-8pm. Contact Rev. Rae Mackenzie 812062 www.lossiebaptist.org Lossiemouth Gospel Hall meets every Sunday for Sunday Club at 9.30am, Gospel Meeting at 6.30pm. Further details 812987 or visit www.lossiemouthgospelhall.org.uk Lossiemouth United Free Church of Scotland meets Sunday 11am and 6pm, including Sunday School. Contact Rev. Alexander Ritchie 810262 www.ufcos.org.uk/lossie Moray Grace Fellowship Meets Sunday mornings 10.30am in The Warehouse Theatre, Lossie.
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something beautiful for as the Bible tells us in Ecclesiastes 3 v 11 ‘He has made everything beautiful in his time’ For the Christian God most powerfully demonstrated this when he sent Jesus his Son into our dark and broken world to die on a cross in pain and disgrace as seaming failure so that he night deliver us from the darkness and brokenness of our sin and as a result create something new and beautiful within us as we put our faith and trust in him. And so as we enter into another new year having just celebrated his birth Jesus invites us again to welcome him into our lives and into the circumstances of our lives so that he might be able to make all things beautiful in his time. Rev. Stuart J. Macdonald Hopeman Baptist Church
Contact Vic Cameron for more details tel. 850142, email vic.cameron2803@btinternet.com or www.moraygrace.wordpress.com Scottish Episcopal Church Holy Trinity, Elgin Sunday Services 8am Holy Communion; 11am Family Eucharist; 6.30pm Evensong, tel: 547505 St Andrews-Lhanbryd & Urquhart Parish Church, Morning Worship, including Young Church and Créche every Sunday at 11am. Evening Services on last Sunday of month at St Margaret's Hall, Urquhart at 7pm. Tel: Andrew Robertson 843765 St Gerardines High Church Lossiemouth, Family Worship Sunday 11am; Evening Service 6pm last Sunday in Month. Contact 823588 St Giles & St Columba’s South, Elgin Sunday 9.30am at St Columba’s South & 11am at St Giles Church, Wednesday 7.30pm & Thursday 12.30pm at St. Giles Church. Contact the Church Office tel: 551501 or visit www.elginstgiles.org St James Church of Scotland, Lossiemouth Family Worship 11am including creche and Sunday School; Evening Service 6pm; Swordfish Youth Group 7pm. Contact Rev. Graham Crawford 07817 504042 St Margaret’s Church, Lossiemouth Family Eucharist 9.30am; Holy Communion 10am Thursdays; Evening Prayer 5pm Thursdays St Sylvester's Catholic Church, Elgin Vigil Mass Saturday 7pm; Sunday Mass 11.45am. Contact 542280 www.stsylvesters.net Parish of Duffus, Spynie and Hopeman First Sunday of each month, one service (10.30 a.m.) in Hopeman if five Sundays in the month, all other Sundays Hopeman 10am, Duffus or Spynie 11.30am. Contact Rev. Bruce Lawrie 830276 or email: blawrie@zetnet.co.uk If you are a member of a church not listed here please email us the details and we may print this in future issues. Email: megan@spotlighton.co.uk
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If you have owned your property since before 01 April 2003 (and it is located in Moray) when you come to sell your property for any form of ‘price’, your property will be subject to ‘first registration’. The Keeper of the Land Register of Scotland will amalgamate the information from all the previous Title Deeds in to one document, the Land Certificate, and allocate the property with its own unique Title Number.
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As part of the process of first registration the Keeper will compare your Title Deed Plan against the Ordnance Survey map. Quite often, especially with rural properties, the comparison reveals discrepancies between the two plans, for example, if a watercourse was used as a boundary the route of these divert over time, or fence lines move when replaced.
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However, matters can be more complicated if the legal title is smaller than the occupational extent. The Keeper may require corrective conveyancing so that the legal and occupational extents coincide. This may not be possible if the ground ‘outwith’ the legal extent has already been registered to another party.
It is therefore sensible to have a Boundary Comparison Report carried out in the early stages of marketing your property ie, before or soon after offering it ‘for sale’ so that you can take steps to rectify the title if necessary and you are not taken unawares when a buyer submits an offer and wants to move quickly.
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Mon. 2nd Jan. 2012 Tues. 3rd Jan. 2012 Mon. 2nd April 2012 Fri. 6th April 2012 Mon. 9th April 2012 Mon. 7th May 2012 Mon. 4th June 2012 Mon. 4th June 2012 Tues. 5th June 2012 Mon. 25th June 2012
Summer Bank Holiday Mon. 6th Aug. 2012 Lossiemouth Holiday ‡ Mon. 13th Aug. 2012 Elgin Holiday § Mon. 3rd Sept. 2012 Mon. 17th Sept. 2012 Lossiemouth Holiday ‡ Elgin Holiday § Mon. 15th Oct. 2012 St Andrews Day Fri. 30th Nov. 2012 Christmas Day Tues. 25th Dec. 2012 Boxing Day Wed. 26th Dec. 2012 * substitute, as this holiday falls on a weekend or other bank holiday ‡ includes Hopeman & Burghead § includes Lhanbryde, Fochabers, Garmouth, Kingston, Mosstodloch, Spey Bay and Urquhart
School Holidays Spring Term Starts Elgin High & Feeders Elgin Academy & Feeders Mid-term Holiday Mid-term Holiday Spring Term Ends Good Friday Holiday Summer Term Starts Lossie High & Feeders May Day Holiday In-service Closure
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In-service Closure Friday 18th May 2012 Summer Term Ends Thursday 28th June 2012 for 2012/2013 (all dates inclusive) Autumn Term Starts Tuesday 21st August 2012 Autumn Term Ends Friday 12th October 2012 Winter Term Starts Monday 29th October 2012 In-service Closure Monday 19th November 2012 In-service Closure Tuesday 20th November 2012 Winter Term Ends Fri. 21st December 2012 Spring Term Starts Monday 7th January 2013
Useful Numbers SCHOOLS Alves Primary School ..................................(01343) 850247 Bishopmill Primary School ..........................(01343) 547841 Burghead Primary School ..........................(01343) 835529 East End Primary School ............................(01343) 542381 Greenwards Primary School ......................(01343) 541661 Hopeman Primary School ..........................(01343) 830281 Lhanbryde Primary School..........................(01343) 842649 Mosstowie Primary School..........................(01343) 547119 New Elgin Primary School ..........................(01343) 547587 Seafield Primary School ..............................(01343) 547792 St Sylvesters R.C. Primary School ..............(01343) 541453 West End Primary School............................(01343) 543161 Elgin Academy ............................................(01343) 543485 Elgin High School........................................(01343) 545181 Hythehill Primary School ............................(01343) 812014 St Gerardine Primary School ......................(01343) 812251 Lossiemouth High School ..........................(01343) 812047 Police Station ................................................0845 600 5700 Bus Station, Elgin .......................................(01343) 544222 Citizens Advice Bureau ...............................(01343) 550088 Dalcross Airport ...........................................(01667) 464000 Dallas Village Hall .......................................(01343) 890243 Elgin Town Hall ................(01343) 547767/562600-To Book Lossie Town Hall ............................(01343) 813327/815309 Moray Council .............................................(01343) 543451 National Rail Enquiries ..................................08457 484950 Elgin Library ................................................(01343) 562600 Lossie Library ..............................................(01343) 813334 Elgin Community Council............................(01343) 544091 Moray Leisure Centre .................................(01343) 550033 Lossie Swimming Pool ................................(01343) 815299 page 10 - January 2012
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28 wednesday - 29 thursday winter showcase @ ironworks 7pm. over 14s. two nights back to back featuring the most exciting emerging talent in the highlands and islands and celebrating the quality and diversity of the current contemporary music scene across the region. for tickets or more information tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com
29 thursday fourth thursdays mac film night the warehouse theatre, lossiemouth. doors open 6:45pm, film starts at 7pm. admission: free for moray arts club members (new members accepted at the door). to book contact emma cooper tel: 01343 548475
30 friday winter showcase club night @ ironworks 10pm. over 18 +. for tickets or more information tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com
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31 saturday torridon’s hogmanay bash + niteworks @ ironworks 9pm. over 18s. for tickets or more information tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com SpotLight on Elgin, Lossie & District
NAIRN Nairn Community & Arts Centre Yo Your our local venue for films, shows, concerts and parties. Wide range of activities for all ages.
JANUARY JANUAR RY EVENTS W ed 18th January .................. 8.00pm,Tickets ÂŁ10 Wed ..................8.00pm,Tickets “An evening of mediumshipâ€? with June Field Sat 28th January ...................................... 8.00pm Music Nairn presents ..... “Finzi String Quartetâ€? elephone 01667 453476, For further details Te Telephone e-mail, info@nairncc.co.uk or check out our website at www.nairncommunitycentre.co.uk www.nairncommunitycentre.co.uk the big hogmanay party 9pm til late. mosset tavern, gordon street, forres. tickets ÂŁ15, includes stovies. tel:01309 672981 or email info@mossettavern.com
JANUARY 3 tuesday - 28 saturday ‘hugo’ film exhibition props, automata, drawings and photographs from the 3D film by martin scorsese. tuesday - saturday, 10am-5pm, free entry. the house of automata, seapark, kinloss (next to petrol station) tel: 01309 691212 www.thehouseofautomata.com
13 friday action for happiness present ‘happy’ a film 7:30pm, nairn community and arts centre. entrance fee ÂŁ5 per adult and half price for under 18s. from roko
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19 thursday the moray society lecture ‘history of the sheriff court in elgin’ by noel mcpartlin 2pm. elgin museum
20 friday burns supper in dallas hall top table includes councillor douglas ross and ben & christine macdonald. tickets £10 available from ian sutherland 01343 890420. vegetarian haggis available if requested when buying ticket. thin lizzy @ ironworks 19:30. for tickets or info tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com a taste of burns 7:30pm - 12:30am, roseisle village hall. tickets £12.50 each. call 01343 835167 for more information
21 saturday Nairn Men’s Breakfast 9.45 for 10am, you are invited to hear Brian Irvine ex Pro footballer at Windsor Hotel Nairn. Come along and meet other men Christian and non Christians share food and fellowship and hear what GOD has done in Brian's life. Phone Campbell 01667 455149 or Dereck 01667 456088 by friday 20th January to book a place.
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26 thursday saxecose: young, vibrant saxophone quartet 7:30pm. st christopher’s chapel, gordonstoun school, nr elgin. £12/£6. visit www.thegcs.org.uk for more details. tickets from www.thebooth.co.uk
28 saturday the western front association meeting 2:30pm,’the gallery’ elgin library. john macgregor, nairn’s vc. speaker - dave shillabeer. there will be a collection for branch funds. contact derek bird 01343 870562 or visit www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk moray introducing - ‘rostow’ and ‘thousand stars’ 9:30pm - 1:30am, beach bar, lossiemouth. free admission. showcasing the best unsigned band and singer/songwriter talent from the moray, grampian and highlands area. call christina on 07884181957 or email christinatatlow@hotmail.co.uk ‘music nairn’ presents a concert by the finzi string quartet playing haydn, ravel and brahms. 8pm at nairn community arts centre. tickets £18, members £14 and students £2. tel 01667 455701 a celebration of chinese dance, food art and culture 1:45pm - 4pm, forres town hall. fan dancing performances too. call 01343 835167 for more information. fake blood @ ironworks 10pm. over 18s. for tickets or more information tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com
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lion dance 2pm at the falconer museum. wake up the lion and watch him dance and bring good luck for the year. call 01343 835167 for more information.
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Visit cinemanairn.blogspot.com or contact Nairn Community Centre on 01667 453476 for details
Cinema Listings January 2012 Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
Vue Cinema, Inverness
Over January The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo (tbc) My Week With Marilyn (15) Home Alone (PG)
From friday 6th January Shame (tbc) The Descendents (15) The Artist (PG) The Darkest Hour 3D (12ac) The Iron Lady (12a) War Horse (tbc) The Sitter (15) A Monster in Paris (tbc) Coriolanus (tbc) J. Edgar (15) Underworld: Awakening 3D (tbc)
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Moray Playhouse, Elgin
New Screenings begin on Fridays Call 01343 542680 or visit www.morayplayhouse.co.uk
Highland Spiritual Cinema
Monthly screenings of uplifting and inspiring films that inform, enlighten and entertain. For further details please visit www.highlandspiritualcinema.net or telephone 01463 237452
KidsAM Every Saturday & Sunday at 10.15am Tickets £1.25 / VIP Tickets £2.75 Senior Screenings Every Tuesday afternoon Tickets £3.05 / VIP Tickets £4.55 Includes tea/coffee & biscuits
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Universal Hall, Findhorn
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JANUARY 2012 continued
29 sunday lofty arts creative fun day, 10am till 12 noon, for kids under 10, sessions: £4 per child, or three children for £10, booking desirable but not essential, children must be accompanied by an adult, The Loft East Grange Farm Kinloss tel:01343 850111.
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Have you made up your own "God"? God is Holy and He demands something from us. He wants us to put our faith in His Son for salvation. Many people today think that they will be in Heaven as long as they don’t commit any heinous crimes. But the Bible teaches that "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23). We have all – you & me, everyone - fallen short of God’s moral standards. We have all broken His laws, and our sin makes us unfit for heaven. Only by personally accepting Christ as our own Lord and Saviour – believing that he died for OUR sins and was raised for OUR justification, and forsaking our sins to live in subjection to Him – can we approach this Holy God. The Bible says "He that believeth on the "You turn things upside down, as if the potter were Son (Jesus Christ) hath everlasting life: and he that thought to be like the clay." Isaiah 29:16 believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”(John 3:35-36) Some have turned God into a loving Santa Claus What have you done then with Jesus which is called who showers us with good things when we are nice. Christ? When we are naughty, however, He isn’t quite as generous. Perish the thought that He would ever God is Just and will by no means pass by sin. punish us! He is a loving God. They think that in the You may not like thinking about this, but the Bible states end He will forgive everyone…except the Hitlers and that God has appointed a day in which He will judge you the Stalins. by that man (Jesus Christ) whom He has appointed. Each of us will personally meet with God one day. We Others have made God into a family doctor. He is will either meet Him in our sins and be judged by Him, there when we need Him. Most of the time we can and be cast into the lake of fire, or if we are saved, we will get on quite well without Him. In fact, we rarely even meet Him clothed in the righteousness of His Dear Son, think about Him unless we have a problem. But when so that when God looks at us He no longer sees our sin, misfortune strikes, they want God to hear their call for but instead sees us clothed in the righteousness of Christ help and come to their rescue. . "He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, (John 3:18). Still others have formed God into a watchmaker. He created the universe, set it in motion and then God is Gracious and Merciful and has given us ample they think He sat back to watch it tick away on its time and opportunity to accept His one way of salvation. own. He is far removed and doesn’t get involved in “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be our affairs. So they believe they are free to form their saved.” Acts 16:31 own laws, their own standards of right and wrong, even their own religion. Have you made a "God" of your own liking, a "God" who
Have we formed our own opinions about who God is; what He is like, what type of lifestyles He approves of and whom He will forgive? Are we making up our own “God”? Have we turned things upside down ?
If we really want to know what God is like and what He thinks and expects of us, we must be willing to set aside our opinions and listen to what He has to say about Himself. We must turn to God’s Word, the Bible. What does the Bible say about God – the God with whom we have to do?
resembles a Santa Claus, a watchmaker, a doctor or something else? If so, then you have turned things upside down. Your "God" exists only in your imagination. He is not the God of the Bible, or the God you will meet in eternity. To be ready to meet the true God you must prepare on His terms – your own imagination will only take you to Hell.
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