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Clubs and Societies BISHOPSMILL LADIES INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Wed (Sept - Apr.), 7pm, Bishopmill Hall. New members welcome. Call 01343 541602 ELGIN AND DISTRICT PARKINSON'S SUPPORT GROUP Monthly meetings, 73.0pm 9.30pm, St Sylvester's Church Hall, Institution Road, Elgin.

Free entry with teas & coffees after the meeting. Call Gillian Gibson (Sec) on 01343 541056 elginanddistrictpsg@gmail.com ELGIN COMMUNITY CENTRE BOWLING CLUB Mon, Wed & Fri Sept - Apr), 1pm - 2.30pm, Elgin Community Centre. . Warm welcome to all ages & abilities. Call Dennis De Wilde (Pres) on 01343 549381 ELGIN DARBY AND JOAN CLUB Tues (Oct - May), 2pm - 4pm, Elgin Community Centre. A sociable afternoon with entertainment or bingo for over 60’s. Call Moira Webb on 01343 541001

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ELGIN HIGH CHURCH HIGH SPIRITS CLUB Wed (Sept - Apr), 10am - 12pm, the Church Hall, North Guildry Street, Elgin. Speakers or entertainment. Open to all.

Call May on 01343 542120 ELGIN INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Mon, 6.30pm - 9.45pm & Wed, 7.15pm - 9.30pm. Call James Junor on 01343 546069 or at jamesjunor@btinternet.com ELGIN MINIATURE RIFLE CLUB Encourages a responsible attitude towards target shooting in a safe controlled environment.

Mon (Sept - Mar ), 7.15pm, Indoor Rifle Range, Pinefield, Elgin. Call Athole Manson on 07779 710985 or email at atholem@aol.com ELGIN ROUND TABLE 2nd & 4th Thurs of month (Sept Jun), 7pm, Royal Hotel, Elgin.

Call Dominic Young on 01343 548167 or email dominicyoung31@aol.com ELGIN SCRABBLE CLUB Tues, 1.30pm - 4.30pm, the Elgin Community Centre. All ages & levels welcome. Call Margaret Armstrong on 01343 545377 ELGIN SENIOR CITIZENS’ BOWLING CLUB Mon, Wed & Fri, 1pm - 2.30pm, Elgin Community Centre. Call Dod on 01343 545579 ELGIN WRITERS’ GROUP Wed (fortnightly, Mar - Jun & Sept - Dec), 7.30pm - 9.30pm, Elgin Library. Write poetry, fiction & history & listen to speakers.

New members welcome. www.elgin-writers.moonfruit.com 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 01343 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. www.spanglefish.com/ harvestcentremahjongclub or email hce.roombookings@gmail.com INNER WHEEL OF ELGIN Monthly (excl Jul & Aug).

Community service undertaking fundraising for local & overseas charities, Call Pam Sutherland on 01343 550264 JOYFUL NOISE SINGERS Thurs, 10am - 12pm, St Giles Church, Elgin. Moray's older people's choir. All welcome.

Call 07486 374525 or email at joyfulnoise@btinternet.com www.joyfulnoiseuk.com LAICH OF MORAY TRUST Providing transport for elderly, infirm & disabled within Moray.

Mainly within Moray, but sometimes further. Call Rob Tyson on 01343 545531 LHANBRYDE INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Mon & Thurs ( Sept - Apr), 7pm 10pm. Promotes the game of indoor bowling, sociable & competitive, Call Ella Harley on 01343 843194 MILTONDUFF MINI TODDLER GROUP Tues & Thurs, 9am - 10am, Miltonduff Hall. Toys, games & activities for 0-3 years. Call Julie on 07738 159805. See Facebook # Miltonduff Pre School Group MORAY & NAIRN FLORAL ART CLUB 2nd Wed of month (Mar - Jun & Sept - Dec), 7.30pm, The Tolbooth, Forres. Annual fee.

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MORAY FIGURE SKATING CLUB Fri (Sept - Jun, term time only), 5.15pm - 7.15pm, Moray Leisure Centre. Free first session. Incls 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.

MORAY TABLE TENNIS CLUB Termtimes only, 5.30pm 6.30pm, Elgin Academy.

Coached by International Umpire, Ken Kennedy & Commonwealth medallist, Stephen Gertsen. Age 8yrs & upwards. £4. Email at stephengertsen@hotmail.co.uk MORAY WHEELCHAIR CURLING CLUB Mon & Wed (Sept - Mar), 2pm 4pm, Moray Leisure Centre.

NEW ELGIN LADIES INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Thurs, (Sept - Mar, excl away match dates), 7pm, New Elgin Hall. Call Susan Grant on 01343 541867 THE BUSY BEES CRAFT GROUP Tues, 2pm - 4.30pm, Annexe Building, New Elgin Hall. All skill levels. new members welcome Email at thebusybeescraftgroup@outlook.com THE MORAY MS COMMUNITY 2nd Fri of month, The Oaks, Morriston Road, Elgin.

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings September always used to be associated with harvests and many churches had special ‘harvest thanksgiving’ services, which would celebrate God’s abundant provision for us in this country. Of course, people are not so agriculturally aware these days, food is thought of as coming primarily from the supermarket rather than the soil. A hundred years ago, the Agricultural Committee in Moray was recommending that Scouts and school children should gather the eggs of seagulls to stop them multiplying and to add some healthy food to the table! Times have certainly changed; taking bird eggs from a nest now is considered a heinous act of behaviour. This generation just doesn’t have an association to the land that past generations have experienced.

Nevertheless, an old saying that has stood the test of time is ‘a person reaps what they sow.’ Any farmer, crofter or keen gardener, will identify with this saying because it is vital to what they do. As a positive example, the Forres in Bloom team don’t just

scatter random seeds and bulbs in the hope they’ll come up looking lovely, everything is planned and governed to reach the end result: a beautiful town in which to live. A negative example would be the invasive and quick-growing Giant Hogweed that is being cut back along the Findhorn River. Of course, the metaphor reaches far wider than its agricultural origins; it applies to every action or lack of action. If a sportsperson only puts in a little practice, if that’s all they are willing to sow, well, then they will only reap a minor improvement in their game.

If education in Moray keeps getting cut then what kind of ‘crop of children’ will we reap in future years? If society sows immorality as something that is ‘normal and progressive’ then what kind of environment will our children reap in the coming years? Like a good many sayings that we use today, many of them originate from Scripture, and the ‘reap what you sow’ proverb is no different. We all know the general truth of this saying, that what we often ‘put in’ to

Moray Coast Baptist Church (Lossiemouth) Sunday services at 10:30am. Thursday night Bible study at 7pm. Crèche available for each service. Call 07862 898939 for more information, or visit www.moraycoastbc.com. Pastor Donald Clough Moray Grace Fellowship The Warehouse Theatre, Lossie. Sundays 10.30am. Call Vic Cameron: 07738 260550 Email: vic.cameron2803@btinternet.com • www.moraygrace.wordpress.com Parish of Duffus, Spynie and Hopeman First Sunday of the month, united service 10.30am. On other Sundays, services are 10am at Hopeman and 11.30am at Duffus or Spynie. Call Rev. Jenny Adams on 01343 830276. www.duffusparish.co.uk Pluscarden Abbey Weekday Mass 9am. Sunday Mass 8am - English and 10am - Latin. See www.pluscardenabbey.org/services for full timetable of services.

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something determines what we ‘get out’ of it. It is certainly true that how we live our lives here will determine where we spend eternity, for as Paul writes in his letter to the Galatians: ‘do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.’ Gal. 6:7 It is worth therefore, taking the time to consider the words of the Old Testament prophet Hosea, who said: ‘sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.’ Hosea 10:12 What a healthy and beneficial harvest that would be for the people of Moray – a harvest of righteousness. That is a harvest worth labouring for!

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September and November. Services will also be held in St Columba’s South Church, Duff Avenue, Elgin during August, October and December 2016. For further information please contact the Church Office on 01343 551501 or via e-mail at stgileselgin@gmail.com You can also visit our website at www.elginstgileschurch.co.uk St James Church of Scotland Lossiemouth. Sunday worship 10am including crèche and Sunday school. Contact Rev. Geoff McKee 01343 208852 St Margaret’s Church Lossiemouth. Sunday 9.30am: Family Eucharist . Thursdays 10am: Holy Communion.

St Michael’s Parish Church of Scotland Dallas. Family service at 12 noon followed by tea & fellowship. Tel. 01309.672380 or 01343.890420.

St Sylvester's Catholic Church Elgin. Vigil Mass Saturday 7pm.

Sunday Mass 11.45am. Tel: 01343 542280.

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Parliament Blog & Tide Times The major issue I have been contacted about in recent weeks has been the downgrading of the maternity unit at Dr Gray’s. We have seen a fantastic campaign launched by the KeepMUM group with a peaceful protest in Elgin where hundreds marched in support of retaining our services locally. At the public meeting where NHS Grampian promised to answer questions from the public, many were left frustrated as the panel simply skirted round the key issues.

The fact is the MUM campaign was launched thirty years ago to secure this vital maternity unit in Moray and it’s shocking that in 2018 it should have to be reformed to maintain the service. The examples that have been shared with me about problems encountered by mums going to Aberdeen to give birth are not scare stories to cause concern, they are reality and proves why so many fear the proposals which took effect from July.

I have also been keen to ensure this remains a non-party political campaign. We will win if we work together in a united front, rather than try to score cheap party political points. I know this was the success of the campaign thirty years ago, and I hope the same approach can bring about the same results now.

As Parliamentarians head back to Parliament after the summer recess I’d like to reflect on the summer.

Many of us will have enjoyed time off with our friends and families in the past weeks. But this isn’t possible for everyone.

Tourism is the biggest industry in the Highlands and its workers can generally forget getting time off in summer.

Likewise, our valuable public services; NHS, Council, Emergency Services and others were working hard for us whilst many of us were relaxing.

I’m also reminded that while many of us were able to enjoy time away from the routine, there are those for whom summer provides no respite from the grind of struggling to make ends. And I look forward to returning to Parliament to help them.

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NHS Grampian plan for the changes to be in place for a year to eighteen months while they redesign the service, however, the news has caused real concern and anxiety to families across Moray, and I’ve been working with campaigners to press NHS Grampian to reinstate the service as soon as possible, and not in a year or 18 months as is planned.

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STARTS SATURDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER

FREE DESIGN * SERVICE ELGIN 7-9 Pinefield Parade. IV30 6JQ Tel: 01343 543181 • Fax: 01343 551920 elginshowroom@williamwilson.co.uk

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* Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Retail sales only.

Sale period from Saturday 1st September until Saturday 29th September 2018.

Free design service does not include a home visit.

• bathroom suites • showers & enclosures • tiles & accessories • wet rooms • fitted furniture • experienced staff

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ELGIN SALE STAR STARTS 1ST OCTOBER FOR 4 WEEKS “ WE WILL BEAT BEAT ALL OTHER KITCHEN QUOTES”

890+ AV VAILABLE APPLIANCES TO ORDER

OUR SHOWROOM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

14 NEW KITCHEN RANGES ADDED, NOW OVER 70 TO CHOOSE FROM

FREE PLANNING & DESIGN • BEST TIME TO BUY • NEXT T DA DAY Y DELIVERY • WE CAN HELP FIND A TRADESPERSON • FANT ANTASTIC ASTIC LOW PRICES “NOT TO BE MISSED” • WE WILL NOT BE BEATEN BEATEN ON PRICE • AND MUCH MORE...

HOWDENS ELGIN 36 Tyock Industrial Estate, Elgin IV30 1XY Tel: 01343 541250 Email: elgin@howdens.com