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Forres house Community centre Tel: Emma 07973491963 CHRISTIANS TOGETHER IN FORRES Fridays, 10:30am - 2pm at the Tolbooth for tea & coffee, fellowship, Christian lending Library and charity goods for sale. All welcome.

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DALLAS PARENT & TODDLERS Every Monday, 2pm - 4pm at Dallas Hall. Come join us for a cuppa & play. Contact Susan 01343 890439 / Emma 01343 890479 or find us on Facebook.

DYKE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY HALL/ DYKE CHURCH Last Wednesday of every month.

9:15am - 11:30am at Dyke Village Hall. Join us for Coffee, Home Baking and Chat. All welcome. Entry £2. for info email dykevillagehall.co.uk FINDHORN BOWLING CLUB Daily, 9am - 9pm, Apr - Sept, Church Place. Affiliated to the Scottish Bowling Association & Highland Bowling League. All ages & abilities welcome. Call Joan Tomkinson 673847 FINDHORN HERITAGE CENTRE & ICEHOUSE Open 2pm to 5pm at weekends in May & September. Open every afternoon June, July & August. www.findhorn-heritage.co.uk FINDHORN VILLAGE CENTRE COFFEE MORNING Wednesdays 10.30 - 11.30am. All Welcome. £1 per person. Join us for a chatter, cuppa & some cake!

Open to all. Call 01309 692339 FORRES 50 PLUS GROUP WALKING SECTION 2nd Friday of the month, 5 to 10 miles long. Usually good tracks or paths though sometimes over rougher stretches. (Affiliated to Grampian 50 plus Network) Call Margaret or Dave 01309 671724 FORRES BIG CHOIR Every Thursday during term time, 7pm - 9pm at Kinloss Church. A mixed community choir for singers of all levels of experience.

No auditions and no need to read music. Call Bill Henderson on 07876 213576 for more details.

FORRES COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB 1st Friday each month, Victoria Hotel. Social & line dancing to live bands. Contact Billy 674674 FORRES LACE GROUP Tuesdays 10am - 12pm in Forres Community Centre. Contact Rona Russell 673367

FORRES & NAIRN DISTRICT WELFARE ASSOCIATION A football league made up from clubs and pubs in the Forres & Nairn area. Apr - Sept, age 16 + For details call Mashy Young on 07796 524050 or email forresnairnwfa@hotmail.co.uk FORRES ROTARY CLUB Thursdays 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the Ramnee Hotel. Call Tony Galloway Secretary on 694816 FORRES SOCCER 7S Tel: 01309 676976.

Mobile: 07990832097. www.forres-soccer7s.co.uk GRANT PARK BOWLING CLUB Daily 1 - 4pm & 6 -9pm, Apr Sept. Non-members & visitors £1 per session. All levels & ages welcome. Coaching available.

Call Jim Hasman 673062 GIRLGUIDING MORAY 2 Rainbow units, 4 Brownie units, 4 Guide units and a Senior Section Unit in Forres & Kinloss.

Call Maxine Chappell 675501 or email moraymax@tiscali.co.uk KNIT & NATTER Tuesdays 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Findhorn Village Centre. All ages welcome. Join in some fun and chatter. Call Karin on 692339.

LGBT MORAY 1st Tuesday each month, 7:30pm at The Mucklecross Pub, Elgin.

18+ only. OR 3rd Saturday at 10:30am at The Mosset Tavern, Forres. Well attended group with mixed ages. For more details visit www.lgbtmoray.co.uk, email lgbtmoray@gmail.com or call 07598 418638 MACMILLAN CANCER RELIEF (FORRES BRANCH) Contact Sue Hellon, Secretary on 01309 678875 MACS MORAY AREA CANCER SUPPORT A support group which provides both practical and emotional support for anyone, of any age, affected by Cancer within Moray.

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MORAVIAN ORIENTEERS All ages welcome. Contact Dr Douglas Murray 672545 or email douglas.murray9 @btinternet.com MORAY COELIAC GROUP Meet 1st Saturday of the month (except Jan & Feb), 10:30am in the cafe at Baxters, Fochabers.

For newly diagnosed and existing members to network, ask questions, share recipes and ideas / info. 'Coffee, Cake. All welcome. For further info email Kirsteen.pyett@btinternet.co.uk MORAY FIRTH LADIES CURLING CLUB Tuesdays, 10am - 12noon from September to March. Call Ann Munro on 01309 690332.

TRANSITION TOWN FORRES Local group promoting local solutions to fossil fuel shortage and climate change. Contact ttforres@googlemail.com VARIS CLUB 1st Tuesday, 10am, Forres Town Hall. Open to all retired business and professional people. Guest speakers, new members welcome. Contact Norman Thomson 676884 tsiMORAY Supporting groups, promoting volunteering and social enterprises in Moray. For details call 01343 541713 or visit www.tsimoray.org.uk PLEASE NOTE: Details of Clubs & Societies are published on a rotational basis.

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS God has started to speak – are you starting to listen?

I can’t remember what we were celebrating – but it must have been quite significant because we were in a posh dining room at Edinburgh Zoo; work colleagues plus husbands and wives enjoying good food and lots of chat. As you might appreciate it was fairly noisy – the conversational buzz might have kept the lions awake.

One guy, a couple of places down the table from me had recently left the organisation, I think to pursue further studies. Just to my right an older lady (slightly hard of hearing) leaned forward to enquire of him how he was getting on in his new situation. I should explain that ‘Donald’ was quietly spoken and always thought carefully before saying anything – good qualities in anybody! So he paused before replying. She,the questioner, was one of those people who are so full of energy they never seem to pause for a moment - and she didn’t.

‘What was that Donald, I didn’t catch your reply’. Slowly, deliberately he looked her in the eye and (straightfaced) responded, ‘that’s because I haven’t started to speak yet’.

Listening to others is a relatively simple skill; as is often remarked we have been given two listening devices and one for speaking. Yet, so often we are so busy talking, questioning and, yes, assuming that we don’t pause to really listen. To hear and digest what the other person is saying, so that we can respond appropriately. Another friend, whose standard conversational response was ‘very good’, was once caught out when he was told ‘I broke my leg’! And yes, he did answer – ‘very good’!

The people who wrote and passed on God’s message to us tell us God is always speaking. The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known. They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard. Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world.

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So every time we open our eyes and look around we can ‘hear’ God speaking. As Paul, one of God’s spokesmen put it ever since the world was created, people have seen the

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earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities-- his eternal power and divine nature. Romans 1:20 New Living Translation.

If true (and I believe it is) I think that invites the question – am I listening? I mean, am I prepared to pause from whatever it is I am doing and for however long it needs to consider what God is saying to me? And to do that in the knowledge that God thought carefully before he spoke. Paul, again said that before the world was made God took decisions – he carefully planned both what to do and to say. He created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries. His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him - though he is not far from any one of us. Acts 17:2627 New Living Translation God has started to speak – are you starting to listen?

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St John the Evangelist Scottish Episcopal Church Sundays 8am: communion. 10am: family communion. Tel: 01309 672856.

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Website: www.stjohnsforres.wordpress.com St Laurence Church Sundays 10am: family service. Tel: 01309 672260. Email: barryj.boydstlaurence@btinternet.com St Leonards Church Sundays 10.30am: family service. Tea and coffee served afterwards. Tel: 01309 672380.

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PARLIAMENT BLOG & TIDE TIMES School summer break is in full swing here in Moray and is a great chance get round summer events in Moray's communities and speak to folk outdoors in, hopefully, half decent weather. So far I've managed a few, with Piping at Forres being a particular highlight. I, once again, entered the Tattie Scone Championship, where I came a reasonably creditable joint fourth - I'm not saying how many were in the competition, but I wasn't last! The highlight, of course, was not my tattie scone baking - even though I reckon they were tasty - but the fantastic musical talent on display with the combined efforts of literally thousands of pipers and drummers.

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Rolling Event 1 august - 28 august the arctic during museum opening hours at elgin museum. an exhibition of photographs by james byatt. visit www.elginmuseum.org.uk

until 31 august scotland's gardens in moray & nairn: bruntlands bungalow alves, elgin, iv30 8uz, by arrangement: 07999 817715 or buss.shelter@virgin.net

until 31 august scotland's gardens in moray & nairn: castleview auchindoun, dufftown, ab55 4dy by arrangement: 01340 820941 or castleview10@hotmail.com

29 wednesday wild! mask making 10am - 12pm, falconer museum, forres. free family drop-in in celebration of our ‘scots safari / safari scots’ exhibition. soup & coffee morning 10:30am at dyke & district village hall. all welcome! do you like jokes? comedy club 7:30pm the blue room, drouthy cobbler. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

31 friday world orienteering championships - sprint qualifying race 6pm - 8pm, out on the streets of west forres. spectators can watch from vantage points around the courses which will be set in the pilmuir area of town. exact details can't be revealed to ensure a fair competition. more info at www.woc2015.org

31 july - 2 august speyfest fochabers. the best in traditional and contemporary celtic music. visit www.speyfest.com

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until 30 september the nelson tower, forres open every day from 2pm 4pm. manned by volunteers and managed by the forres heritage trust.

until further notice newbold house garden tasters saturdays 10am 12:30pm, 11 st. leonards road, forres. . all ages and abilities. for more info call 01309 672659 or visit www.newboldhouse.org

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AUGUST 2015 1 saturday macmillan cancer support coffee morning forres town hall. cake and candy, bric-a-brac, raffles etc. kinloss & forres model club open day 10am - 4pm at findhorn village centre and hostel. includes: a large model display, working model railway layout, a display of model construction techniques plus tombola teas / coffees / tray bakes. free entry. aberlour strathspey highland games highland dancing starts at 11am, all other events start 1pm the alice littler memorial park, aberlour. call 01340 810844 or visit www.aboutaberlour.co.uk/ the-aberlour-strathspey-highland-games/ nairn show 10am, kinnudie farm, auldearn.livestock exhibitions, craft fair, trade stands, show jumping and much more. call 01667 455214 email secretary@nairnshow.org.uk • www.nairnshow.org.uk

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2 sunday cream teas 2pm - 4pm at pluscarden village hall, home baking and produce. lossiemouth raft race 2pm, east beach, lossiemouth. www.raf.mod.uk/raflossiemouth/events/ world orienteering championships - sprint final 5pm -7pm, around the streets of east forres. live on tv, the streets will be closed and spectators can follow the race from vantage points throughout the town. with giant screens in the arena showing the action as well as race commentary and live gps. www.woc2015.org

2 sunday - 8 saturday the scottish 6 days orienteering event The biggest mass-participation sporting event ever staged in the area. aims to appeal to all ages and skill levels. based around inverness, with 3 of the days in moray and the other 3 in the glens sw of inverness. for details of events visit www.scottish6days.com/2015

4 tuesday world orienteering championships - middle-distance final 11am - 5pm, darnaway castle - the "forest" stages. full arena coverage plus a full programme of non-orienteering entertainment for all ages at the "highland o fest". www.woc2015.org

5 wednesday â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;big gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; - tiger tails! 10am - 12pm, falconer museum, forres. free family drop-in in celebration of our â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;scots safari / safari scotsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; exhibition. archaeology finds handling session 11am - 2pm at elgin museum. handling finds from archaeological digs and discovering information about them. for all the family. visit www.elginmuseum.org.uk world orienteering championships - forest relay 2pm - 6pm, darnaway castle. big-screen coverage. visit www.woc2015.org

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dig boxes 11am - 2pm, elgin museum. drop in craft session to make boxes to hold your archaeological finds. visit www.elginmuseum.org.uk

7 friday the lantern of the north present : the vigo thieves 7.30pm at the bishopmill hall, elgin. support from local lads edgar road. tickets ÂŁ8 from sound & vision and online from skiddle.com for more info see www.facebook.com/lanternofnorth world orienteering championships - long-distance race 10am - 4pm, glen affric. last race of woc2015. watch the action on giant screens in the arena and see the runners live as they pass through the spectator section and the finish area. www.woc2015.org

8 saturday â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;fly cupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; - afternoon tea 2pm - 4pm in findhorn church hall. all welcome! a mad hatter's tea party! 11am - 3pm, elgin museum a fun filled fund raising event for the museum with the characters from "alice in wonderland". stalls, games, craft activities and things to eat & drink. a ÂŁ2 donation, but elgin museum young marvels card holders and senior citizens get in free! for further details call elgin museum on 01343 543675 or visit www.elginmuseum.org.uk

9 sunday strawberry tea 2pm - 4pm in st john's rectory garden. (if wet in hall) .usual stalls. all welcome. lazy sunday jazz cafĂŠ @ the drouthy cobbler 2:30pm in the blue room. an afternoon with trombonist brian keddie & band. visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk st laurence day craft fair 11am - 4pm at forres town hall. refreshments by philp's fine food. for further info contact forrescrafters@gmail or call 07565 499598 historic wheels vintage car day @ brodie castle 1pm a fantastic family day out with the rare opportunity to see motors from throughout the decades lined up together and talk to the owners. entry to grounds is applicable. adult: ÂŁ6 child: ÂŁ2 conc: ÂŁ4 family: ÂŁ15 moray coast motor cycle club poker run 2015 10am 11am registration, 11am kick off from tom adamsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, elgin. 5 cards to be collected over a route of approx 127miles. ÂŁ10 entry includes food & refreshments. proceeds going to local charities. plus a raffle. visit www.mcmcc.org.uk/pokerrun or call 07928 444 376

12 wednesday fur n feather hats! 10am - 12pm, falconer museum, forres. free family drop-in in celebration of our â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;scots safari / safari scotsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; exhibition. ww1 day 11am - 2pm at elgin museum. a drop in session to see the museum's wwi display and share family stories about the war. elginmuseum.org.uk

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Wee Sunday 30th August Brodie Castle - 11am - 2pm Children £5 each & Adults go FREE Come and explore the wonder of nature through the eyes of your little fairies and elves!

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Whisky Minstrels Songsmith Bruce Coughlan & multi-instrumentalist Nolan Murray team up to share their Roots/Americana music and stories from 4 decades on the road.

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Mon 27 Jul

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Peter Liddle & Feivel

A new collaborative project between Dry the River’s frontman Peter Liddle and Swedish songstress Feivel (Elin Hörberg).

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Raising to Distinction Open Morning Sat 19 Sept 2015 Admissions Deadline Fri 15 Jan 2016 Queen Victoria School in Dunblane is a co-educational boarding school for the children of UK Armed Forces personnel who are Scottish, or who have served in Scotland or who have been members of a Scottish regiment. The QVS experience encourages and develops well-rounded, confident individuals in an environment of stability and continuity.

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Queen Victoria School, Dunblane Wendy Bellars, Head Open Morning is Saturday, 19th September 2015 Queen Victoria School (QVS) is a co-educational boarding school fully funded – parents don’t pay fees – by the Ministry of Defence to provide stability and continuity of education for the children of UK Armed Forces personnel who are Scottish, or who have served in Scotland or who have been members of a Scottish regiment.

There are 277 pupils in the School, ranging from Primary 7 through to S6. Age-ranges within each year-group are wide, however, because of the very varied and inevitably disrupted educational backgrounds from which the pupils come. One pupil came into S3 having been to 13 different schools; others into P7 having been to eleven different schools – and these are not just different schools, but different education systems as well.

Academic results are consistently well above the national averages, however, and there is a wide programme of extra-curricular activities, Games and the Combined Cadet Force. Major sports are rugby – where QVS is generally considered to “punch well above its weight” as a small school – and hockey, although there is a growing commitment to football as well.

QVS pupils and their families greatly value the strength of mutual support in a school community where all recognise the reality of Service life.

Set in 45 acres of beautiful Perthshire countryside, Queen Victoria School is easily accessible by road, rail or air.

If QVS pupils were not at the School, they would be attending whichever was the local school in the area in which their parents were posted. QVS has a particular brief from the Ministry of Defence to care for those eligible families who could not otherwise afford boarding education.

Ceremonial – piping, drumming, Highland Dancing and drill – constitutes an important part of the life of the School and is a visible link between the pupils and the work that their parents have chosen to do, in the UK Armed Forces. The Pipes, Drums and Dancers of QVS are internationally renowned, having played at tattoos both at home and abroad, most recently in the Basel Christmas Tattoo 2013 and The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2012.

There is no substitute for visiting a school, meeting its pupils and staff and picking up the atmosphere.

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Going for Green!

19 wednesday blazin' fiddles @ universal hall 7:30pm. for tickets and info visit www.universalhall.co.uk

20 thursday pinot noir varietal tasting @ the drouthy cobbler 7:30pm. visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

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kick start your creativity 10am - 3.30pm. findhorn village centre. with local artist moragbsmith and local writer mairi sutherland. for more info or to book call morag on 07901 045520, mairi on 07510 654208 or email moragbsmith@gmail.com 6th speyside way race ultra marathon registration takes place in buckie community high school, which is near the finish. starts at 9am in ballindalloch - a bus will leave buckie at 7.45am. for more info visit www.speysidewayrace.co.uk unicef coffee morning 10am -12 noon in forres town hall. teas & coffees. cake & candy, bric-a-brac etc. pay at door.

lindsay lou and the flatbellys @ universal hall 8pm. for tickets and info visit www.universalhall.co.uk

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13 thursday create wwi biplanes 11am - 2pm, elgin museum. drop in craft session, for kids and their adults, to make the early type of biplanes used in wwi. visit www.elginmuseum.org.uk

15 saturday scotland's gardens in moray & nairn: haugh garden college of roseisle, iv30 5ye. 2pm - 5pm, teas, home baking & plant stall. dyke & edinkille parish churches family day 10:30am - 1pm at brodie castle. join us for a woods and wellies walk. meet in castle car park. lunch provided. for catering & dietary requirements call 07789 404794. donations welcome. nairn half marathon start time 12:30pm part of the nairn highland games. start & finish in the games arena. souvenir, medal & goody bag for all finishers. for more details visit www.nairnroadrunners.co.uk the macallan nairn highland games 11.30am - 5pm. the links, marine rd. traditional highland games with activities and entertainment. for more info visit www.nairnhighlandgames.co.uk

16 sunday pirate day @ spey bay 10:30am - 4:30pm, dolphin centre. walk the plank, best dressed competition, treasure hunt and sample pirate cuisine in the café quarters. no booking is necessary and admission is free. children must be accompanied by an adult.

01343 820339 or email dolphincentre@whales.org ogan's fund present their annual 'logan's family fun day' 12pm - 5pm, lossiemouth playing fields. plenty for all the family. free entry. car boot sale starts at 10am. visit www.logansfund.org

18 tuesday highland literary salon 7pm at glen mhor hotel inverness. guest speaker: michael elcock. for more info visit www.highlandlitsalon.com

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burghead headland trust norse weekend sat from 12 noon "boats at burghead" at the harbour with a viking invasion and battles between the vikings and the native picts. plus "paella at the pier" from the burghead bothy, a beer tent and tea tent, a puppet show, face painting, stalls and children's games. sun 2pm, a memorial service at the harbour, led by a norwegian minister assisted by the local minister. after there will be "music at the pier"

26 wednesday do you like jokes? comedy club 7:30pm the blue room, drouthy cobbler. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk soup & coffee morning 10am - 1pm at dyke & district village hall. all welcome.

28 friday twilight walk @ spey bay 8pm -10pm, dolphin centre. look for bats and moths, listen out for owls and lay in wait for other creatures of the night! £3. booking is essential. suitable for all. children to be accompanied by an adult. wear appropriate clothing and footwear and bring a torch and binoculars if possible. call 01343 820339 or email dolphincentre@whales.org mckerron, brechin & ó headhra @ drouthy cobbler 8pm in the blue room. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

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During the last year the upstairs venue has hosted around two high quality events every week including comedians Mark Nelson, Jo Caulfield, Patrick Monahan. Musicians have been delighted to make Elgin a stop on their tour of the Highlands and award winning acts - like RM Hubbert, Ivan Drever, Tony Wright, Hector Bizerk, Scott Matthews, Mairearad & Anna – of all kinds of genres have played to great audiences.

Upcoming events are listed in Spotlight magazine and on The Drouthy Cobbler's web site – www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk Moray's only monthly comedy club returns with another fantastic line-up on Wednesday 26th August.

Starting in July last year, the Drouthy Cobbler has consistently brought the best of Scottish comedy to Elgin.

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The venue was recently recognised for this activity with a nomination for ‘Best Venue under 100 capacity’ at the Scottish Comedy Awards.

Their stage is also open for any budding local comedians who would like to test their mettle in front of a live audience. Several local wannabe comics have already performed their debut five minutes and have been warmly received by both the crowd and fellow performers. If you fancy your chances, get in touch with the venue. Who knows? The next big thing could be right on our doorsteps.

Starting in June, The Drouthy Cobbler launched a series of varietal wine tasting events for anyone with an interest in wines.

The first event focused on the hugely popular and widely planted Sauvignon Blanc grape and was very well attended.

The upcoming August tasting will explore the world of Pinot Noir A notoriously difficult grape to vinify due to its thin skin and sensitivity to cold, as well as a susceptibility to a variety of different viticultural diseases. Pinot Noir is also one of the most highly regarded grapes which, when done right, can produce some of the finest wines in the world, including Champagnes.

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