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Clubs and Societies BISHOPSMILL LADIES INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Wed (Sept - Apr), 7pm, Bishopmill Hall, Elgin. New members most welcome. Call 01343 541602 COOPER PARK HEALTH WALK Wed lunchtime health walks, Cooper Park, Elgin. Short, social walks. Free. Led by a trained walk-leader. Anyone is welcome, even if you haven't been active for a while. Call Steve Coomber on 07813 342 248.

ELGIN ROTARY CLUB 1st Thurs of month: Evening meeting & meal, 5.30pm - 7pm; Thurs, 12.15pm - 1.45pm & 3rd Wed of month: Informal drop in meeting, Eight Acres Hotel, Elgin. Working with the community for the benefit of the community. Email at secretary@elgin.rotary1010.org www.elgin.rotary1010.org FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP Last Wed of month, 7.30pm, the Football Club, Macduff Street, Lossiemouth. Anyone who suffers or cares for someone

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with this debilitating disease is welcome. Call Karen McSheffrey, Susan or Fiona on 07583 834453, 07935 223480 & 07484 178787 FOCHABERS 50+ WALKING GROUP Alternate Mon, 10am & Sun, 1.30pm (2pm after British Summer Time), The Institute, High Street, Fochabers.. New members are always welcome do come & join us! Call the Secretary on 01343 843253 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 LADS Established for over 40 years, LADS is a drama group based in Elgin. New members with an interest in drama whether on stage or behind the scenes welcome. Call Estelle on 01343 544610. www.ladselgin.co.uk LHANBRYDE INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Mon & Thurs (Sept - Apr), 7pm 10pm. Promotes the game of indoor bowling, sociable & competitive. Call Ella Harley on 01343 843194 LOSSIEMOUTH BOWLING CLUB St Gerardine’s Road, Lossie.

Call 01343 813766 LOSSIEMOUTH ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION BRANCH AND SOCIAL CLUB Offers various social activities. www.lossiemouth-rna.org 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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MONDAY DANCE CLUB Mon, 1.30pm - 4pm, Supper Room, Elgin Town Hall.

Sequence, Latin & Ballroom dancing. £2. Tea & cakes available. 50+. Call David Gurton on 01343 540109 MORAY BOUNCE BACK TO NETBALL Tues (excl college closures), 7pm – 8.30 pm, Moray College Sports Hall. Elgin. Call Rosanagh on 07891 776123 or at moraybbn@gmail.com MORAY CAMERA CLUB Mon (Sept - Apr), 7.15pm, the Gallery, Elgin Library. Meet up with others interested in improving their photography.

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Call 01343 814805 MORAY FIGURE SKATING CLUB Fri (Sept - Jun, term time only), 5:15pm - 7.15pm, Moray Leisure Centre. Free first session.

Includes a 25 minute lesson with a qualified coach & free time on the ice to practice & socialize with other members. Call Mike on 07974 387326 or email at morayfiguresk8@aol.com www.morayfigureskatingclub.co.uk MORAY PARENT & CARER SUPPORT GROUP We provide support, information and a friendly shoulder to anyone who finds themselves caring for a child with additional support needs. We have regular meet-ups in Elgin & Forres.

Email Pauline, Lorna & Gillian at moraypcsg@gmail.com or see facebook for details.

MORAY PHILATELIC SOCIETY Wed, 2pm - 4pm, Activities Room, Elgin Library. Regular meetings & exchange of information on the various aspects of philately. Call Brian J. Goodwin on 01343 545391 or at brian184@btinternet.com www.moraystampclub. wordpress.com

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MORAY TREFOIL GUILD Sun (Sept - April), 2.30pm, Moray Resource Centre. Former members of the Guide movement & anyone interested in Guiding very welcome.

Call Carolyn Robertson on 01343 842800 MOSSTOWIE MODEL FLYING CLUB Based at Lochinver Road, Mosstowie, Elgin & will be relocating to a larger, permanent site later in 2018.The club is for the enjoyment & promotion of radio controlled model aircraft, helicopters & drones. Call Gordon Bain on 01343 540228 or email at glbjmb@gmail.com PARKINSON'S SUPPORT GROUP NAIRN Last Wed of month, 2pm, Nairn Hospital. For people with Parkinson’s, carers & family members. Speakers & discussions on medical matters & topics of general interest.

Call 01667 455236 SPYNIE VILLAGE HALL Available for private parties & functions with a beautiful outdoor space as well as a new fully equipped kitchen. Full disabled access & facilities.

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Facebook page : Spynie village hall TAIJI FOCUS Sun, 7pm - -8.30pm, Focus Martial Arts & Fitness Centre (upstairs).Tai Chi for health & self-defence. £6. Call Sean Reed on 07799 105138 or email at seantaijifocus@yahoo.com WALKING FOOTBALL Thurs, 1pm - 2pm, Elgin Community Centre. £3 - £4 per session. Call Dougie Ross on 07776 024180 PLEASE NOTE Details of Clubs & Societies are published on a rotational basis. If you would like your details to be included in this section please email linda@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings Life is cyclical. Sometimes the cycles are small other times much larger. We are nearing the end of the Church’s year, and it is a time to look back in sorrow and joy at what has been achieved, and what has been lost.

Perhaps the largest cyclical anniversary we will be observing is the Armistice that marked the end of the First World War. You will have noticed how the media, and churches, have been observing the centennial anniversaries of battles, deaths and historical events over the past five years. (It was only this summer that we recalled the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the RAF).

Memories can be fleeting or long lasting. Perhaps, over time, memories fade or become distant – no longer relevant. Yet, to those who lived through the experience, they were changed forever. We are formed by our experiences, and memories, good or bad.

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Who or what have you lost that was irreplaceable?

What is the biggest thing you have had to forgive someone? Was it even possible to forgive them?

Being able to forgive: The ability to be merciful. Is perhaps the most important gift we can bestow on someone in this life. It allows people to be brought back into the fold – accepted. Without

forgiveness the ones at fault become ‘Outcasts’, and those who cannot forgive are stuck in the perpetual rut of anger and hurt. We can see the damage this can do, historically, with the Treaty of Versailles. Article 231, which became known as the ‘Guilt Clause’. It meant that Germany had to make reparation of 132 billion marks to the Allies (equivalent to £284 billion today) for the damaged caused during the war. The effect of this Draconian clause was to sow the seeds of discontent that would lead to the Second World War. (There is a wonderful novel by Lucy Beckett ‘A Postcard from the Volcano’ that describes this period from the German point of view).

The Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11-32) shows how God forgives us.

Are we capable of such forgiveness though? The elder son in the parable illustrates our jealousy when people are forgiven. Pope Francis has spoken at length on mercy: I think we too are the people who, on the one hand, want to listen to Jesus, but on the other hand, at times, like to find a stick to beat others with, to condemn others. And Jesus has this message for us: mercy. I think — and I say it with humility — that this is the Lord's most powerful message: mercy.

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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 Calvary Tabernacle Church, Lesmurdie Road, Elgin Sunday 10.30am, Kids’ church and adult classes. Praise and worship service at 11.30am.

Wednesday Mid Week Connect Service 6.30pm. Call Pastor Derek Fyfe on 01343 551760. www.calvarytabelgin.org. facebook@calvarytabelgin.

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

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not with me you are against me. We in Moray have the privilege of knowing many marriages between people of different nationalities. Some of the marriages have been born from the ashes of the Second World War. Due to these relationships we know that ALL people need to be loved and feel secure. It is fear that leads to hate.

The First World War, and the Centennial Anniversaries, have taught us the futility of war. As we remember the sacrifice of those who gave their lives in the First World War, let us learn to be as merciful as God has taught us to be.

As this centennial cycle comes to a close, and a new cycle begins. May we learn to forgive as God forgives. So that we can move on in Peace and Charity, and those who have fallen, due to their deeds, be shown Mercy. “...yet, though sin is shown to be wide and deep, thank God His Grace is wider and deeper still!” Romans 5: 20

Rev Canon Christopher Ketley Former Rector of Holy Trinity, Elgin and St. Margaret’s Lossiemouth.

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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.

Elgin Mosque 78 South Street, Elgin IV30 1JG. www.elginmosque.org.uk 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. 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.

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Parliament Blog & Tide Times The dark winter nights have changed the Moray landscape and the fantastic summer is definitely a distant memory, but November gets off to a brighter start as Bonfire Night celebrations are in full swing. Even before the last embers have died, organisers in towns across Moray will be stringing up displays ready for their festive light switch-on. Can I also take this opportunity to thank everyone who has contacted Krystle and I following the announcement that we are expecting our first child next year. With all the joy surrounding this, there are also the questions all future parents in Moray are currently facing about where they will have their child; how they will get to Aberdeen if they have to go there and what kind of journey they will face as they travel a considerable distance in labour. I have been working with the campaigners since the announcement of the downgrading of maternity paediatric services at Doctor Gray’s and while I previously heard their concerns, I now very much share them as well. As usual I can be contacted on douglas.ross.mp@parliament.uk

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Christmas is fast approaching and it is time to think about stirring the Christmas pudding but it is also the time to think about how we can help locally.

Christmas gives us all the chance to not only to buy local but also to help in our own neighbourhoods, so perhaps that should be our festive resolution.

Whilst online shopping couldn’t be more convenient, it comes at a cost. Little of our hard earned money ends up in the local economy and in the Highlands we often have to face expensive and unfair delivery costs.

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The Scottish Government is investing almost £1 billion in free childcare, with families across Moray set to benefit from an ambitious increase in the number of free childcare hours.

The investment will see families entitled to 1140 hours of free childcare for three and four year olds and, by almost doubling the availability of free childcare, parents are set to save hundreds of pounds a month, with many finding it easier to return to work.

Local authority and partner childcare providers are vital to the delivery of this ambitious policy and ensuring that our children get the best start in life, and so last month I hosted a meeting in Elgin for local childcare providers to meet with the Minister for Children and Young People, Maree Todd MSP. I felt it was important that they had the opportunity to share their views with the Minister and to put any questions directly to her.

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7 wednesday garmouth folk club: iona fyfe & luc daniel mcnally 8pm, garmouth golf club. for tickets please call 01343 870656 or on door

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the moray tenants forum (mtf) 2pm - 4pm, venue tbc. free. call 0300 123 4566 or email at tenantparticipation@moray.gov.uk. luncheon club: soup & sweet with cheery banter & a cup of tea or coffee 1pm, findhorn village centre. £3.50. call 01309 692339 or email at findhornvillagecentre@gmail.com elgin flower club: inspirations; a floral demonstration by gill garrow of elgin 7.30pm, high church hall, north guildry street, elgin. visitors - £4. www.elginflowerclub.com phil campbell & the bastard sons@the ironworks, inverness, tbc. www.ironworksvenue.com elgin community council monthly meeting: speaker: pam gowans, chief officer, health & social care moray 7pm -9pm, council chamber, council hq, high street, elgin. call patsy gowans on 07497 111510 or email at patsy.gowans1@btinternet.com the greyfriars club: tombola: fundraiser for greyfriars Nov 18.pdf 1 11/10/2018 09:03 club doorsDrumduan open 6.30pm, eyes down 7.30pm, elgin town hall. £1.50

10 saturday - 11 sunday monsterfest@the ironworks, inverness tbc, indoor rock music festival. www.ironworksvenue.com mackenzie & cruickshank winter market: part 2 9am - 4pm, mackenzie & cruickshank, forres. lots of gifts for christmas & other occasions

11 sunday 100th anniversary of 1918 armistice at the dallachy memorial hosted by lennox cc 3.30pm, the dallachy memorial, bogmoor. tea & cakes in the spey bay hall after the service. please note the b9104 @ bogmoor will be closed from 3.30pm - 4pm the lessons of history: elgin museum special opening for ww1 display, poppy cascade & other great war remembrance items 11.30am to 2.30pm, elgin museum, 1 high street, elgin. free. teas served. call mary shand on 01343 543675 or email at curator@elginmuseum.org.uk. starlight elgin 2018: dance festival for beginners to advanced 9am - 7pm, elgin town hall

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14 wednesday elgin writers' group: romantic short story competition; readings & results 7.30pm - 9.30pm, elgin library. www.elginwriters.wordpress.com

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inverness choral society concert performing "the armed man" & other shorter items 7.30pm, eden clan coffee morning 10.30am - 12pm, the clan court theatre, inverness. call sandra riach on 01997 cancer support centre, 227 high street, elgin 466253 or email at sandra.riach1@btinternet.com open to anyone affected by cancer with information neil oliver: the story of the british isles in 100 places & support available. guest speakers. all welcome 7.30pm, the empire theatre, eden court, inverness call 01343 544132 call 01463 234234 hopeman primary school christmas market 6pm 8pm, hopeman primary school. ÂŁ2.50/ÂŁ1. start your saturday sunday christmas shopping early at our annual event - more mackenzie & cruickshank winter market: part 2 than 30 stalls of local nov crafts. refreshments & a raffle.20:259am - 4pm, mackenzie & cruickshank, forres. lots of thornhall 18.pdf 1 11/10/2018 hopeman primary school parent council gifts for christmas & other occasions www.facebook.com/events/236738173658432/

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